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Posted by hillary on Jul 5, 2011 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

Chanel: Peridot & Graphite Nail Polish

August babes – make sure you purchase Peridot. There used to be a time when I found the yellow green color of my birth month disappointing (why couldn’t it be diamond? or pink? or pearl? or or or) but over time I have grown to love this interesting stone, and I’m loving it as a Chanel polish. Peridot is true to name and utterly fantastic on the nails, although I would probably have this more in the vicinity of toes. This lineup is a handclapper.

Graphite is also a stunner. It is sometimes silvery, sometimes leadish. Oddly, it sometimes has a green cast. It takes normal silver or grey and pushes it into something mesmerizing.

Missing swatch #3 but it was the odd duck out. A pretty tan with a hint of green/blues, it was a dull version of OPI holo Design.

The Chanel formulation for Peridot and Graphite is easy, smooth, and it is even possible to get away with just one coat. Enjoy these summer sparklers!

Posted by hillary on Jul 4, 2011 in Uncategorized | 4 comments

Zoya: Smoke & Mirrors Fall 2011

The Fall 2011 collection information is starting to come fast and furious. Zoya’s latest includes 12 of the following:

Zoya Smoke Collection

Jana (ZP564) – smoky mauve quartz cream
Petra (ZP565) – smoky eggplant mauve cream
Codie (ZP566) – smoky brown taupe cream
Anja (ZP567) – smoky palatinate purple cream
Cynthia (ZP568) – smoky Prussian blue cream
Dree (ZP569) – smoky camouflage green cream

Zoya Mirrors Collection

Nimue (ZP570) – smoky rich thistle metallic
Marina (ZP571) – smoky steel blue metallic
Tao (ZP572) – smoky slate gray metallic
Yara (ZP573) – sparkly olive green metallic
Neeka (ZP574) – sparkly amethyst purple metallic
Jem (ZP575) – sparkly fandango pink metallic

The collection becomes available July 15, 2011.

Posted by hillary on Jul 4, 2011 in Uncategorized | 2 comments

CND Shellac Layering: Iced Coral

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Sorry for inundating with swatches. I’d normally spread things out but I’m trying to take advantage of the holiday/down time to catch up on all of the editing.

Iced Coral is one of the prettiest Shellac colors for spring/summer and a great layering shade. It gives a bit of a peachy frost with a tinge of green. It usually softens and lightens any color you put it over, and smooths out the appearance (for example, over Iced Cappuccino). Over the different pinks and reds you get what I call sunshiney shades, and a good mix of peaches.

Iced Coral over Tropix

Iced Coral over Tutti Frutti

Iced Coral over Hot Pop Pink

Iced Coral over Gotcha

Iced Coral over Rose Bud

Iced Coral over Cappuccino

Iced Coral over Cocoa

Iced Coral over Romantique

Iced Coral over Strawberry Smoothie

Iced Coral over Black Pool
Putting Iced Coral over Rock Royalty or Fedora will have similar results. There is a slight color difference, but almost negligible.

Posted by hillary on Jul 3, 2011 in Uncategorized | 4 comments

CND Shellac Layering: Negligee

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Negligee over any Shellac color is an easy way to add a bit of dimension, smooth out imperfections and create a bit of opalescense. It doesn’t fully come through in the photos, but in many of the colors, especially pink reds, they look a bit like Jolly Ranchers. Very pretty and summery. If you are looking for a deep Shellac Blue, the Negligee over Black Pool will give you that color.

Negligee over Black Pool