Wednesday, February 6, 2013

LEATHER LOOK



This is late, but what the hell. Nail news is nail news. 

Nails Inc. came up with a black varnish that when dry looks alot like leather. Then they packaged it up with some little skull decals so all the tough luxe girls (and boys?) would love it. 


Then Alexa Chung wore it somewhere and it was reported on and then the world lost it's mind. 


Sales for the polish went berserk and the waiting list for re-issue hit almost a thousand. 


Just as a side-note, Illamasqua did a really similar black a couple of years ago as their first foray into their rubber finish collection. It was pretty dope too. 


If you managed to get a bottle of this Nails Inc. little precious, you'd probably be feeling pretty good about yourself.


Well done.


Image via style.mtv.com

LAYER UPON LAYER




My brain is starting to hurt from just how many gimmicks can be packaged into one 15ml glass bottle. 

Hoorah for the creative geniuses at Essie who've manage to

to get three into their latest magnetic collection, Repstyle. 

Until very recently, Essie would not venture into the shimmer arena, but aren't they happy they did? The next progression is the magnetic formulation, and this latest manipulation of the magnet.... making the shavings move into a reptilian pattern. 


Wow. 


Image via fashionista.com 

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

DIAMOND GLOW



Some people may tend to think getting a regular spray tan is an excessive way to spend cash. St Tropez has found a way to push that into a whole new arena - a tanning product containing real diamonds. 

By all accounts, this is an in-salon treatment and then you get a take-home bottle for a little top-up before you head out. If A$300 per treatment doesn't make a dint in your in your wallet, then you probably won't be feeling any kind of way when you get home a few hours later and wash all that diamond crush down the drain. 


For the truly opulent only. 


Image via dailymail.co.uk

Monday, February 4, 2013

'O' DOT 'P' DOT 'I' DOT







So... Fox News has a, ah, particular kind of reputation in the States and this report is no exception. 

Watch Dagan McDowell butcher the name of the company (say it with me - OH PEE EYE), then ask the C.E.O. of a company that has been the market leader for 31 years and was recently bought by cosmetic behemoth, Coty for close to 1 billion dollars, just how do they deal with the pressure of all the innovation and competition in the market place (the same company that invented most of that pressure), and then she hits him with the burning question of his own personal opinion about how he feels as a 'wealthy person', particularly in California with the impending tax hikes.  

Watch Dagan McDowell butcher the name of the company (say it with me - OH PEE EYE), then ask the C.E.O. of a company that has been the market leader for 31 years and was recently bought by cosmetic behemoth, Coty for close to 1 billion dollars, just how do they deal with the pressure of all the innovation and competition in the market place (the same company that invented most of that pressure), and then she hits him with the burning question of his own personal opinion about how he feels as a 'wealthy person', particularly in California with the impending tax hikes.  

George Schaeffer is truly a gracious man. Not sure why he agreed to go on Fox News, but the statistics in the report are nothing short of awe-inspiring, and further confirmation that the nail biz is the one to be in. 


Video via foxbusiness.com

WHAT. IS. SHE. DOING. (QUESTION MARK)



Proving it really is that hard to try, reigning queen of Idon'tgiveaflyingf-landia, really did, huh-hum, lie low (ha!) when the spray tech insisted on finishing the treatment. 

No pants on deck, Lundz? (I'm sure that isn't the first time she's heard that question... but I digress!).


And I thought she'd already shown us just about every tanning monstrosity possible. Well, that just serves me right, doesn't it. 


Gosh. 


Image via eonline.com