Milan Fashion Week – How Funky Is Your Chicken?
I have to admit I’m a little sad there wasn’t anything like this in New York. Coco Rocha rockin’ the poultry in Milan for Moschino.
Color Swatches – CND Shellac Spring 2011- March Release
Click here for the new Fall September 2011 CND Shellac colors and here for layering options
Finally! New CND Spring/March swatches can begin. I have seen the colors and layering options a few times over, and they are fun! Thanks to CND I was able to provide better photos of the spring 2011 Shellac release for you in this December post and, as I did with the first set of Shellac, I’ll be adding actual hand watches. These are all two coats with base and top.
I’ll continually update this page until all Shellac swatches are available. To get you this information before the March launch, so you know what you want to order and/or try on first, I’m posting photos as I can get swatches. They will be updated for better lighting/consistent look. Keep checking back.
Rock Royalty – the bottle is not a match. This is a plum/purple
Black Pool – Very rich black
Hollywood – True to the bottle, and even prettier. If you can handle a bright red, this one is flecked with metallics. Stunning.
Iced Coral – A very useful layering color, this is also a great peach/pink with a hint of green. I’m not the biggest fan of frosts but this one is perfect for my skintone.
Gotcha – This bubbly pink is much brighter than the original photo but softer than last year’s Tutti Frutti. Shown with glitter
Cocoa – This is a lovely camel that serves as a really pretty base for Shellac layering or with the right skin tone as an updated neutral.
Original Cocoa photo swatch:
Decadence – This is a tough one to photograph. It keeps popping out cherry red – I’d say the thumb is the closest in shade. In terms of swatching, it is very similar to the CND Jason Wu collection red. It is on the sheer side, like a jelly. I didn’t think that was possible with Shellac. Very, very pretty, but looks best with three coats.
Hot Pop Pink
It doesn’t get much pinker than this! Similar to OPI’s Strawberry Margarita.
Beau – You may wonder why you are getting the color Negligee in a Romantique bottle, but wait, there are differences. Beau comes on with a bit of a violet/blue and white transparency. This alternates as a good layering and base color as well.
Clearly Pink Clearly Pink is that crystal clear with a hint of pink color many have been asking for. Although Pink & White/Traditional Frenches have been out for many years now, think of the base color used. There you have it. It makes for an extremely clean looking nail, but is a little too clear if you have any trouble spots or damaged nails. Example below shows how nice it looks on nail, and how exposed any damage will be.
Masquerade
Mmmm, this is one I was waiting for. It has the same richness as Red Baroness but a lot more pink. It photos a bit mottled. While it is highly pigmented, 3 coats can probably ease out any shadowing if you are having troubles. Very true to the bottle color, even a tad darker.
Mother of Pearl
Contrary to most impressions, Mother of Pearl is not a white Shellac with glitter, but a clear with glitter. It’s very random how the glitter lays – I find multiple shakes and laying the bottle on the side helps get the glitter on the brush. Very, very hard to photograph, you can see a pic of it overlaid on Black Pool below, as well as how it can look coming out of the bottle
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This new batch of colors plus the first release brings 24 colors total, but CND’s original goal had been to have 100 by fall. Not sure if they are still up to that but these new colors bring the a huge variety of layering options. Here are a few:
MB Fashion Week – New York: Lela Rose
Lela Rose was all about confident glam, from the hair to the lips to the nails. Celebs in the audience included Brittany Snow (wearing Lela Rose), Rose McGowan, Shantel VanSanten and Lynn Collins. There were a few unusual sets at the beginning that just didn’t seem to fit the young, fresh look of this designer, but that quickly fell away as the show progressed. Knee highs that give a double take as boots were an adorable addition. Feathered skirts, paintbrush textiles and gradient/ombre with strong greens and teals make for a lush, romantic fall look.
Hair – Ted Gibson lead: Devin Toth (pictured above, left)
Gorgeous finger waves and long pony was the look. Ted was sent off to the Grammys!
Makeup: Stila lead – Sarah Lucero
Makeup artist Sarah Lucero discusses the merlot lip she create for Lela Rose and the must have products to make this look work
Nails – Deborah Lippman
Deborah Lippmann was also whisked away for the Grammys and her husband Jude took over, describing the color that Lela Rose went with for the runway. Cha-ching! It’s Billionaire.
Skin – Clarisonic
This was a first. Clarisonic was backstage giving models cleansing, then Opal marine serum treatments. I was given a treatment and I have to say – wow! It was absolutely refreshing. I have the Clarisonic and especially love it in the shower. Invest!
Brittany Snow at Lela Rose
Runway
Lela Rose Fall 2011
TRESemme Works the Crowd at Fashion Week
Attending Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York? You’ve got one more day to treat your tresses by TRESemme. A sponsor of fashion week, they’ve taken over a huge corner with a two-story location where you can wait on white leather seating and get escorted upstairs to have your hair refreshed during the event.
Who will be working on your hair, you ask? This is way beyond beauty school trainee – a style team that includes the like of Jay Palaniuk, editorial hair stylist. Jay has worked on numerous covers and in-house events and will give you all the details to the science behind how the TRESemme products work to give your hair amazing style.
One of the mousse products contains special polymers that may eliminate the need for followup hairspray, depending on your style. You’ll get great shine and hold with less product (always a plus).
This is a perfect way to spend time between shows. This isn’t a popup but the waitlist has been long all week, and there is no mercy for the wanderer (your name will get erased and you’ve got to start at square one again). It’s okay, the Kefir people continually walk by with bottles, making sure you have enough sustinance for the wait.
Mercedes-Benz Fashion week through February 17th.
CND Shellac Nails at ABS Chicago 2011
Fall nail trends are the talk of the town during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, but what’s a girl to do this spring/summer? Expect a reprisal of that excitement at ABS Chicago, Monday March 14th, when The INTA conference at ABS 2011 presents Shellac & Fashion Fusion to answer those questions. This is a spring/summer nail trend workshop for $75 that includes:
- CND UV Lamp
- Take Home Products
- Spring/Summer Look Book
The show admission is seperate from ABS. To register, please go here to register for this CND event.
