First look! Review of the new Young Nails maniQ Colors System for nails. A professional only 2 week flexible gel nail polish system featuring 18 colors consisting of six metallics, ten glosses (high shine cremes) and two pearlized. Launching January 2011. Check back on www.solessence.com for...

Looking for something a little iconic?  Chanel’s Coco Madamoiselle fragrance is a huge hit, and in bar form tucks nicely into any stocking to be used for the bath or in the dresser to fragrance linens and lingerie.  It is hard to imagine dressing up this $24 molded soap, but Chanel...

This is three different types of glitter and is stunning in real life!  Just enough bling but still on the subtle side.   The tip makes it best on longer nails like Pam’s, but it is pretty on most lengths.  What are you sporting for New Year’s...

Michel Germain has built an empire on his Sexual fragrance lines that first launched with Victoria’s Secret, and this year’s launch is no disappointment.  The new Sexual Sugar fragrance for women in the impossibly pretty pink and silver packaging is reminiscent of...

Target has some amazing rockstar rings for work and for play.  Great detail, mirrors, and colors all just for $9.99 – but wait, there’s more!  They come prepackaged in little blue round boxes that can be hung from the stocking with care.  It isn’t Tiffany’s but it...

I strained to hear the conversation in the crowded salon.  My next client was discussing with another the possible choices for her manicure. The only thing is, I couldn’t recognize the name of this mix.  Now, I make a lot of custom nail colors , but one thing is that my...

New Video Review Posted Here Eighteen maniQ colors ship January 2011 I have long been a huge fan of Young Nails’ maniQ, a soft gel that has many, many uses for the crafty nail tech. It boasts of a four week wear and had a little secret – you could mix nail polish colors to the...

The world is ablaze with French Vogue editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld’s fresh announcement today that she is ending her ten year career at the magazine. With “no plans” ahead, she hinted in past interviews that she found her strong suit as a stylist. She didn’t...

Milwaukee: This Saturday, head over to boutique revolution for a little holiday cheer. Food, drink, music and 25% off all purchases at this social event with owner Sheena Luckett (think Fashion Revolution). boutique revolution 5209 West North Avenue Milwaukee, WI...

Swatching on hands has begun! Check here for updates I recently posted on the twelve new colors CND is releasing March 2011 for their two week, no chip manicure called Shellac.  Thanks to CND I’m able to show you better photos of the Shellac hybrid nail polish bottle colors and...

It’s not wireless, but the gems make up the difference.  Best of all?  $9.99 price tag at Marshalls.  A stapler, tape dispenser and calculator are also available in clear or...

You’ll need this for New Year’s!  Multi-use, clinically proven way to reduce fine lines and under eye puffiness  ($62 USD Retail Value at Sephora, Bergdorf Goodman)   This giveaway ends Wednesday, December 22nd Pacific Time 11:59pm. How to Enter: 1. Place a comment in the...

Giveaway: This item is for (1) bottle of Siren by Paris Hilton. There will be 3 people drawn, receiving 1 bottle each. Paris channeled Marilyn Monroe for retro elegance for her 2010 fragrance release, Tease.  This is an uplifting citrus and white flower scent with a warm feel.  It is not...

Yearning for something a little extravagant? Models Own is offering Gold Rush,  ”the most expensive nail polish in the world,” and at roughly $131,000 USD I’d have to say that is pretty accurate.  A gold top inlaid with 1,118 diamonds houses the lacquer that gives a gold...

To see hand swatches of the product, check here After creating a world-wide beauty frenzy May/June 2010 with Shellac, a hybrid polish gel that lasts two weeks without chipping, CND pulled the scheduled releases of their color launches just to accommodate initial orders.  Selling out four...