CND Daily Nail 2.14.12 Burgundy Bursts of Color at Naeem Khan

Down to the last 2 releases from CND for NYFW - please do enjoy!

CND Daily Nail 2.14.12

Burgundy Bursts of Color at Naeem Khan

February 14, 2012 - The CND Daily Nail wishes you a very Happy Valentine's Day! In tune with the heart pumping holiday, the runway showcased blood-red burgundy nails and gold metallic shades (engagement rings, anyone?):


At Naeem Khan, CND's Angi Wingle created a pure blood-red nail with CND Colour in Bloodline. This seductive manicure popped against the black, white, cream, and gold color scheme in the collection.

To accessorize Alexandre Herchcovitch's collection of excess and opulence, CND's Wanda Ruiz designed a "Midas Touch Manicure" with CND Colour in Gold Chrome topped with Air Dry Top Coat. This nail coupled with gold eyeshadow and metallic pieces on the runway amidst earthy neutrals, dusty rose and flesh tones.

Stay tuned for The CND Daily Nail during Fashion Week for show-by-show reports from:


• Milly
• The Blonds


To read Jan Arnold's daily backstage blog, please visit cnd.com. Track @CNDWorld during Fashion Week, on Facebook, Pinterest and on YouTube.

CND Muddy Rose

With all this CND news, I just had to check out a bottle that's been sitting in my box for awhile, unloved.  WHY HAVEN'T I LOVED YOU?  Muddy Rose is a core color - an opaque dark pink - mauve?  Whatever, I love this color.  I love you Muddy Rose.  I used a base of CND Stickey, 2 coats of polish and a top of CND Air Dry.  I probably could have gone with just one coat of polish but I wanted to keep it super thin to make sure I had a proper manicure.

Interestingly look how much dark this polish appears on my nails than it does in the bottle!  Regardless, I'm in love - it's such a pretty neutral color!

In the shade, you get a bit more purple tone than pink - like a berry?  Are there berries this shade?  I want berries to be this shade.  Cough.

I think this indoors with the flash picture is probably the best color accurate picture - or at least the bottle looks like my nails!  Interesting that this creme is so much more than just a creme!  It's like - love in a bottle.  Okay, seriously, I love this color, you should get it.  Great application, great color.  Yep.


CND is available for $9 per colour, and $11 per effect and you can find locations to buy here.

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

Pure Ice’s Hot Nail Looks Ignite the Runway at Falguni & Shane Peacock’s Fall 2012 Show

Pure Ice has really been stepping it up! It's great to see them represented at NYFW. Please enjoy the following press release from Pure Ice.

Pure Ice’s Hot Nail Looks Ignite the Runway at Falguni & Shane Peacock’s Fall 2012 Show

Pure Ice by Bari Cosmetics is a line of cutting-edge nail enamels that are always on-trend and in style. As the nail sponsor of Falguni & Shane Peacock’s Fall 2012 show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, Pure Ice became the go-to for fall and winter’s hottest nail trends. Celebrity manicurist Lisa Logan used a combination of Pure Ice nails colors to achieve a nail look that was rocker-chic and completely unique, keeping in line with the ideals of the Falguni & Shane Peacock brand.

Inspired by dark, edgy glamour, Falguni & Shane Peacock’s Autumn/Winter 2012 Collection was based on pops of color worked into tribal prints. Since the Falguni & Shane Peacock brand was created with the philosophy that “life is too short to blend in” in mind, it’s no surprise that the nail look was dark yet beautiful with nails that were long, almond-shaped and painted to resemble flames.

Lisa created two nail options for the collection, all utilizing Pure Ice nail enamels, for a combination she described as “really grungy, but couture.” The first option was “Black Rage” (a black shade) as the base of the nail with “Siren” (a fiery red) at the tip, mixed with “Bite Me!” (a shimmery gold) and “Golden Ticket” (a gold glitter) on top. The second option was similar but Lisa used “Siren” as the base with “Black Rage” at the tip with “Bite Me!” and “Golden Ticket” on top. Lisa finished both looks by horizontally using a striping brush to create a look that resembled flames for nails that were bold, unconventional and provocative.

All Pure Ice nail enamels are free of formaldehyde, toluene and DBP and contain Bari Cosmetics’ patented salon long-wear formula for a look that will last all season long. Retailing at only $1.99, these polishes are the perfect way to bring looks from the runway your way!

Visit the new blog www.pureicecosmetics.com

Pure Ice is available at Walmart stores and online at www.baricosmetics.com.

CND Daily Nail 2.13.12 Thinking Pink at Theory

Just a few more releases from NYFW - I've been watching BeautyJudy recreate some of them... now I want to! Please enjoy the following release from CND!

The CND Daily Nail 2.13.12

Thinking Pink at Theory

February 13, 2012 - During Day 5 of The CND Daily Nail, the catwalk showcased sophisticated and clean pink tones, and inky blue pigmented gem tones:


At Theory, Jin Soon Choi for CND designed clean and sophisticated pink nails with CND Colour in Marshmallow Rose. The designer preferred for both makeup and nails to provide a hint of color - and this subtle hint of pink shared blue undertones with the sheer lilac lip. The nail blended seamlessly with woven metallic and neutral fabrics, leather skirts and modern silhouettes.

CND's Wanda Ruiz designed "Deep Sea" digits at Karen Walker with inky CND Colour in Midnight Sapphire topped with Super Shiney Top Coat. This nail rocked the runway when paired with a coral lip and a "Sea Monsters"-inspired collection of mod jackets, high water trousers and pops of navy, fiery red and bold yellows.

Stay tuned for The CND Daily Nail during Fashion Week for show-by-show reports from:


• Alexandre Herchcovitch
• Milly
• Naeem Khan
• The Blonds


To read Jan Arnold's daily backstage blog, please visit cnd.com. Track @CNDWorld during Fashion Week, on Facebook, Pinterest and on YouTube.

Glitter Gal Light As A Feather

After Christmas, I decided to finally put in a purchase of Glitter Gal Light As A Feather (3D/holo) - a white linear (rainbow looking) holographic polish.  This is the old bottle design at 0.3 fl oz, right before Glitter Gal went through a redesign (and renaming) of their bottles & polishes.  You can still find this bottle available at Overall Beauty, where I purchased mine.  I was really excited to try this polish because it just looked amazing - a white (not silver) holo?  I used a base of Duri Rejuvacote and 4 coats of polish.  I did not use a top coat.  Sadly, on top of needing 4 coats, I found this polish to be on the watery side.

Here in the sun, you can see an amazing holo in the bottle, but not nearly as much on the nails.  You can also tell that the white is a bit milky - not opaque as I'd like it.  I need to try this over a white polish to see if that helps.

YAY for blue skies!  BOO to not a strong holo.

As always, shade pictures completely hide and dim any holographic properties of a polish.

Finally indoors with the flash can you see that this is a holographic polish.


Frankly, for $14, I felt let down by this polish.


Glitter Gal [Website] [Facebook] [Twitter] may be purchased directly from their website but be prepared for a steep shipping cost if you're located outside of Australia.  For other e-tailers, there is Llarowe who has the 0.3 fl oz/9 ml (above size) selling for $14, and the new 15 ml bottles (a China Glaze bottle is 14 ml) are being sold for $20; and Overall Beauty who has the 0.3 fl oz/9 ml (above size) selling for $14, and the new 15 ml bottles (a China Glaze bottle is 14 ml) are being sold for $20.  As for shipping, both US e-tailers offer free US shipping for purchases over $50.

OPI does its last New York Fashion Week show, Herve Leger on Saturday

Please enjoy the following press release from OPI from NYFW.  All images are courtesy of OPI.

OPI was used on nails for the Herve Leger by Max Azria fall/winter show at Lincoln Center on Saturday! Passion was painted on models’ nails for a clean, barely-there nude look that complimented the show’s black and neutral-colored dresses with leather strap detailing. 

Celeb attendees included: actress Kristin Chenowith, actress Poppy Montgomery, model Camila Alves, model Beverly Johnson, actress Kate Mara (Rooney Mara’s sister) and DJ/socialite Harley Viera-Newton.

High Voltage Lacquer Mad Max

After many days of nasty rains & clouds, I finally had a breakthrough of sun, so I really wanted to get some pictures taken!  High Voltage Lacquer is the new nail polish line from tattoo artist & reality tv show star, Kat Von D.  I will admit that I've watched Miami Ink, LA Ink and yes, even NY Ink, and while Kat wasn't my main reason for watching, I did love watching her style change and evolve.  I own almost all her palettes and a couple of her pigments as well but her dabbling into nail polish had me excited.

These bottles remind me a lot of the old Craze Wet n Wild bottles where the cap is almost the size of the bottle.  These are smaller at 0.25 oz but pricey at $12.50.  (To compare, China Glaze is $6 for 0.50 oz - or twice the size.)  This is Mad Max, a "glittering bright sapphire" that had a duochrome purple look online, and is apart of her "My Vida Loca" collection which was all about the bright, bold spirited heritage of the 80s neon.  This polish is supposed to be intensely pigmented (straight from the website) and big 3 free.


I used a base of Duri Rejuvacote and sadly, 4 coats of polish to get it opaque.  For top coat, I used one coat of CND Air Dry.

So oddly, you can see a purple cast on my hand near my thumb, but huh, no purple on the nail.  This is a shimmery microglitter like blue - almost in the same vein of The Painted Nail "Electric Blue".  While I haven't tried it personally, Scrangie had, and Katie from the Painted Nail immediately recognized it.

Anywho.

In the shade, you can see this color did apply smoothly - just took way too many coats.  

Also, the duochrome is completely lost on the nail.  You can see it again here on the right side of the bottle, but on the nail?  Nada.

Finally, indoors with the flash, and you can see I had some opaque issues and almost looks like application issues but that's just the light hitting the microglitter.  Be sure to scrub your hands well after removing as you'll have little blue glitter all over.  Thankfully, this polish did not stain my hands, but you can never be too careful with blues!


High Voltage Lacquer is available on Sephora.com for $12.50 a bottle.  There are only 4 colors currently, but she may be planning more.  Kat's Twitter was all abuzz the past few months with pictures of new products that she's going to be launching soon (mostly makeup, but I have high hopes).

FingerPaints Gumdrops & Lollipops

YAY Spring is here!!!  Please enjoy the following press release from FingerPaints - 4 cremes and 2 shimmers!

Gumdrops & Lollipops

Lemon Sour
(yellow creme)

Circus Peanuts
(orange creme)

Choco Mint
(mint creme)

Blue Raspberry Taffy
(blue creme)

Pop Rock Pink
(pink shimmer)

Grape Gumball
(purple shimmer)

In stores and online starting March 2012.  $4.99 each.

CND Daily Nail 2.12.12 Plum Cherry Nails at Malandrino

Seriously, I love looking at the nails from NYFW - I just need to go to New York already!

The CND Daily Nail 2.12.12

Plum Cherry Nails at Malandrino

February 12, 2012 - During Day 4 of The CND Daily Nail, the runway was filled with custom blended jewel tones, gorgeous nudes, fishnet nails, metallic manis:


At Malandrino, CND's Angi Wingle custom blended a strong plum cherry shade using CND Colours in Plumville and Dark Ruby and topped with two coats of high shine CND Air Dry Top Coat for a biker chic manicure to match leather accents and tough girl graphic eyes.

For Victoria Beckham, CND's Roxanne Valinoti created the ultimate luxe manicure - a perfect neutral of CND Colour in Putty layered with Marshmallow Rose. This nail complemented the tailored clothing and vibrant lip. According to Victoria Beckham, this collection is back to what she wants to wear...and the nails reflect that as well, as her everyday nail look is very natural.

At Joy Cioci CND's Candice Manacchio created a seductive fishnet tipped nail in CND Colour in Blackjack and Putty. The sleek, chic nails perfectly accessorized bold prints, cobalt blues, leather texture, and chiffon fabrics seen in the collection.

At Behnaz Sarafpour, Roxanne Valinoti created an array of high shine gold and metallic manicures. These nail looks went well with the collection's high-tech feminine feel. Fans of this look can recreate the manicure at home with CND Colours in Gold Chrome and Silver Chrome.

Stay tuned for The CND Daily Nail during Fashion Week for show-by-show reports from:


• Alexandre Herchcovitch
• Karen Walker
• Milly
• Naeem Khan
• The Blonds
• Theory


To read Jan Arnold's daily backstage blog, please visit cnd.com. Track @CNDWorld during Fashion Week, on Facebook, Pinterest and on YouTube.

Nail Rock & Meadham Kirchhoff Collaboration

Please enjoy the following from Nail Rock!

NAIL ROCK, the designer nail wraps which just launched stateside, collaborated with famed British designer Meadham Kirchhoff to create an exclusive set of bespoke nail wraps for their SS12 Collection. Fashion darlings and co-designers Ed Meadham and Ben Kirchhoff worked closely with Nail Rock’s Creative Director Zoe Pocock to craft their own signature nail wraps based off their trademark pieces of dazzling femininity from their “A Wolf in Lamb’s Clothing” collection. 

Premiered during London Fashion Week and sported by each of the models, this candy-colored sweet collection will be available for purchase at TopShop & Nordstrom.