CND Daily Nail 9.14.11 Glitz & Glam Perfection at The Blonds

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The CND Daily Nail 9.14.11

Glitz & Glam Perfection at The Blonds

September 14, 2011 - CND's 15 year anniversary at Fashion Week is almost coming to a close, with only one more day to go. Today's runway nails were Playboy Bunny-approved, feathered and furious, fleshy, and neon bright:


At The Blonds, Kristina Estabrooks created "Glitz & Glam" manicures for a collection inspired by 60's Playboy glamour infused with razzle dazzle spectacle we all know and love. The 20 sets of nail tips took over 100 hours of manual labor to hand detail, and included a "Stockings Series" of manicures portraying fishnets, lacy tights and sexy seams. Vintage cosmic-shaped glass was imported from Germany to shape diamond-decadent nails that shined out loud in the spotlight.

For Wayne, Wanda Ruiz created"Birds of Prey"manicures using CND Colour in Brilliant White with feathered and furious strokes of Blackjack on the tip of each nail to go with fierce, white-out eyebrows.

At 3.1 Phillip Lim, Angi Wingle designed "Rain Coat" manicures to match see-through jackets on the runway. The designer wanted the manicure shade to mirror the flesh tone underneath the nailplate, so CND custom-blended a nail stain using drops of CND Colour in Raspberry Parfait and Guava mixed with Speedey Top Coat.

For Milly, Candice Manacchio fashioned neon bright nails using a blend of CND Colours in Brilliant White, Bicycle Yellow, and Electric Orange, to accessorize fuchsia pink lips and vibrant shades of vermillion, tangerine and jade in the collection.

Color Club Fashion Week

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COLOR CLUB TAKES FASHION WEEK BY STORM

WITH IMITATION, CHARLOTTE RONSON AND KATIE GALLAGHER

Color Club Presents Nail Looks from the Perfect Natural Color to Red Red Blood Inspired Nail Art


New York – September 14, 2011 - Following the company’s consumer debut in August 2011, Color Club, the New York based nail color company hit New York Fashion Week by storm.


Color Club kicked off New York Fashion Week SS/12 with the bridal themed Imitation Show. The nail, developed by Color Club lead and celebrity manicurist, Fumiko Kano featured Color Club’s Incognito, a pinky beige tone and Silver Glitter and small rhinestones from Color Club’s Art Club nail art line. The nail added the perfect amount of femininity and sparkle to the bridal-themed show.


Color Club took the Stage at Lincoln Center for the Charlotte Ronson SS/12 Show. Charlotte Ronson and her team carefully chose from Color Club’s core line of more than 150 shades and found Pret-a-Pink, the perfect natural pinky nude shade to complement the minimalist airy looks seen on the models. Front row admirers included: Nikki Hilton, Whitney Port, Kelly Osbourne, and Olivia Palermo.


From Lincoln Center to Milk Studio’s - Color Club took center stage at Katie Gallagher’s “SS12 Red Red Blood” Presentation with admirers including Jared Leto, Lucy Liu, and Hope Atherton. The nail featured Color Club’s Where’s the Soiree black on the underside of the nail with two coats of Color Club’s Red-ical Gypsy on the nail. The long rounded nail was finished with a holepunch at the tip with a double layer of Gutermann thread. The Nail Team lead was celebrity manicurist Alicia Torello from the Wall Group.


Katie Gallagher speaking about the inspiration for her SS12 RED RED BLOOD Presentation: "My spring-summer collection comes from Blood. Not the blood of nightmares or brutality, but the blood that's sanguine, living and the brightest red, always moving, coursing, and restless inside us, all the while staying hidden to the outside world.”


Color Club will also be the featured nail team for the ThreeASFOUR collection on September 15, 2011.


About Color Club
A favorite of celebrity manicurists and nail color fans worldwide, Color Club is renowned for its high performance rich shades and exceptionally safe products. From the brightest neons, to glitter and French, all nail colors are vegan, Formaldehyde, Toluene, DBP and paraben-free - and made in New York, NY with the best raw materials. Products are available at shopcolorclub.com.


You can also visit our new YouTube channel for footage we took at the shows and Fashion’s Night Out!

http://www.youtube.com/user/ColorClubNail

CND Daily Nail 9.13.11 Harlequin Hardware Manicures at Diego Binetti

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The CND Daily Nail 9.13.11

Harlequin Hardware Manicures at Diego Binetti

September 13, 2011 - CND pioneered nails as accessories on the runway, and for Diego Binetti, nails are a true statement piece. So ladies and gents, please grab your disguises - we're on our way to a masquerade ball!


For Diego Binetti, Candice Manacchio delivered drama for digits, crafting "Harlequin Hardware" manicures stained in CND Colour in Raspberry Parfait and Frosting Cream, capped in gold and silver metal for an artisanal finish. Toes were polished in Raspberry Parfait. Makeup embraced "mask as part of the model," and hair was crimped and elaborately wrapped for a nighttime beauty look to remember:

At Karen Walker, Wanda Ruiz custom blended "Murky Mustard" manicures using CND Colour in Bicycle Yellow with 7 drops of CND Colour in Blackjack for a summery, spirited and youthful shade. Fresh faces with poppy orange lips and Victorian twisted hair made it almost possible to hear the songbirds tweeting!

OPI I Lily Love You

I saved the best for last from the 2011 Nice Stems collection.  This is I Lily Love You, a pink based jelly glitter with flakies!  The flakies are mostly pink and semi-iridescent but it's still a flakie!  To show you how it looks alone, this is 2 coats over OPI Natural Nail base coat.

The flakies are hard to see on the nail, and there is also some glitter sprinkled out there too.  Not sure how much I like this on my nails bare - it almost makes the fingers look injured?

In the shade, it looks a bit better.  I have to tell you, this dries gritty.  You can use OPI Top Coat or RapiDry, but if you want a smooth finish, I recommend Seche Vite or nubar Diamont.

Finally indoors with the flash, you can see the flakies, the glitter, the pink jelly base... it's all pretty.


However, this color seriously looks amazing over other colors.  Here is it over OPI Come to Poppy.

Oh yes, much better.  I still wish the flakies showed up on the nail as well as it does in the bottle, but hey, it's a start!  More like this OPI!

And in the shade - seriously, I'm just repeating myself at this point.  I LOVE THIS COLOR.  I noticed that my salon I go to for my manicures and pedicures had this color up on the shelf, so it's good to see that the locals here like it too.  I still have to say my peace on the piece that was in NAILS magazine but since I haven't gotten my issue yet, I'm waiting a bit.  More on all that later.


And this completes this collection!  Woo hoo!


OPI is available at Professional Salons, including Beauty Brands, Beauty First, Chatters, Dillard’s, JCPenney, Pure Beauty, Regis, Trade Secret, and Ulta, for $8.50 ($10.95 CAN) suggested retail for each Nail Lacquer. Please visit their website for details [official website].  

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

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Spring 2012

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INTRODUCING

COMPLETE SALON MANICURE

LIMITED EDITION SPRING 2012 DESIGNER NAIL COLOR COLLECTIONS

FROM SALLY HANSEN

THINK: Trend-setting spring polishes, hot off the runway.


WHAT THEY ARE: A designer spring wardrobe for your nails. Nail leader Sally Hansen took New York Fashion Week by storm, joining forces with Tracy Reese, Prabal Gurung, and Alexander Wang to create exclusive nail colors to complement each of their runway collections. Sally Hansen’s limited edition fall collections put exclusive runway nail looks at your fingertips.


The designers looked to Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure to create their custom colors. Complete Salon Manicure is an all-in-one formula that combines the components of a professional salon manicure—base coat, strengthener, growth treatment, rich color and top coat in a single multi-tasking polish. Backstage Beauty fixture and nail expert, Jin Soon Choi, created the manicures at each of the three shows.


Tracy Reese joined forces with Sally Hansen for the twelfth consecutive season to create seven bold shades that mirror the designer’s relaxed, romantic spring aesthetic. On the runway, models wore Complete Salon Manicure in Temptation.

Prabal Gurung’s three-color Complete Salon Manicure collection features eye-catching brights and creamy pale hues with an edge that reflects the designer’s spring collection inspired by Nobuyashi Araki’s photographic series, “Sensual Flower.”On Prabal Gurung’s fall runway, models sported Loves-Me-Not, a deep plum.

Alexander Wang enlisted Sally Hansen for a first-time collaboration to create a clean, natural-looking runway nail to offset his spring collection which channels a tropical speed racer using perforation and lasering. Models wore Parchment, a sheer nude Complete Salon Manicure shade on the runway—the perfect accent to Wang’s downtown cool looks.

Tracy Reese for Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure:
• Buttercup
• Fired Up
• Honey Whip
• Olive Branch
• Temptation
• Parrot
• The Sky’s the Limit


Prabal Gurung for Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure:
• Barely Bluebell
• Loves-Me-Not
• Purple Posy


Alexander Wang with Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure:
• Oxblood
• Parchment
• Petrol


WHAT THEY COST: Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure, $7.99 each.


WHERE TO FIND THEM: Sally Hansen products are available at chain drug stores, food stores and mass merchandisers nationally starting April 2012