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Sunday Manicure (Vol.12)

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On Saturday morning @ 10.30 I had an appointment at the hair salon -to give my short do a refresh cut & color. As I was sitting there, in between procedures, I thought about how it had been absolute ages since I’d had my nails done professionally and how I would love a sneaky Sunday Manicure week -where I’d get to show you a new color, without actually doing any of the work… My salon stocks Essie and had the Winter 2013 colors in, so that was a bit of a no- brainer. I picked out a shade and just leaned back… Products used: Essie ‘First Base’ Base Coat 15.00€ Essie no. 853, ‘Mind Your Mittens’ 12.50€ Essie ‘Good to Go’ Top Coat 15.00€ First Impressions: Since my approach to this wasn’t really “hands on’, I can’t say too much. The color did apply real well (as Essie’s usually do, so no surprises there…). The end result you see required two coats, plus topcoat. I found the color a bit hard to picture here. When …

Sunday Manicure (Vol.11)

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Products used: Erre Due Diamond Base Coat 6.49€ Avon Nailware Pro+ in Vintage Boutique (183939) 9.80€ Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat 15.60€ First Impressions: Those who know me, know that brown is generally not one of my favorite colors but I do like this light, latte one from Avon’s Nailware Pro+ range. Though the brush on this (and most Avon polishes, to be honest) is nothing special, the color did glide on easily – with good payoff and no evident streaking. The average drying time of the polish (not as short as the Speed Dry+ 30 range one, but still quite satisfactory) was drastically diminished to 1-2 minutes by my marvelous, precious new top coat – making me quite the happy camper for the second week in a row. As far as durability goes (& judging from my previous experience with Nailware Pro+) I’m certain this will last a full 7 days of banging away on my keyboard – with no evident chipping. All in all, I’d wholeheartedly recommend this especially to any of …

Sunday Manicure (Vol.10)

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After the brief, festive reprieve of last week, Sunday Manicure’s back. To make up for taking time off, today’s volume is kind of a double-whammy: I’m testing both a new color and a much talked about speed-drying top coat.   Products used: Erre Due Diamond Base Coat 6.49€ Sephora Color Hit Nail Polish in no.75, Blackjack 5.40€ Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat 15.60€ First Impressions: This week’s nail polish is from my favorite Sephora line (see other colors I own here, here and here), so my impressions couldn’t really be anything but favorable. The fantastic, ergonomic brush made application a piece of cake, while the color (a sparkling greyish black) glided on like a dream – as per usual. These polishes dry quick anyway, but today I wanted to try the (raved- about- by- beauty- bloggers- everywhere) famous, Seche Vite top coat. Now, being fully aware of the fact that I’m ridiculously late in doing so, I have to sing this product’s praises review this. Let me start by saying it’ s one of …

Coming Soon: YSL ‘La Laque Couture Spicy Collection’

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In addition to its ‘Flower Crush’ makeup collection, set to launch in Feb. 2014, Yves Saint Laurent will soon be introducing the ‘La Laque Couture Spicy Collection’ featuring 5 new polish shades inspired by colorful spices and one golden top coat (which was released earlier, in time for the Christmas holidays, and is available to buy through YSL online). Here’s a closer look at the -gorgeous- new shades we’ll all be lusting after, come next month… From left to right: No. 47 Feuille d’Or (Top Coat) – 22.60€, No. 41 Eau de Rose, No. 42 Safran Sultan. From left to right: No. 43 Opulente Cannelle, No. 44 Ambre Gingembre, No. 46 Poivre Noir. ‘Opulente Cannelle’ and ‘Poivre Noir’ are my two favorites, with ‘Ambre Gingembre’ a close third. And, at the expected  22.60€ per bottle, I have a sneaking suspicion I might just try all of them. How about you? Looking forward to trying any of these?

Coming Soon: YSL “Flower Crush” Spring 2014 Collection

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Yves Saint Laurent’s getting ready to launch its gorgeous Spring 2014 makeup range, inspired by “an arm full of roses, peonies, crocuses, hyacinths and irises”. As evident from the above shot, Cara Delevingne (model, it-girl and brand ambassador) is set to be the face of the campaign. Here’s what the upcoming collection will include (& what I am currently absolutely in love with): Limited edition, Pivoine Crush Ombrés 5 Lumières Eye Palette (in shades of fuchsia, pink, coral, black cherry and shimmery champagne). Rosy Blush Collector Face Palette (a limited edition blush and highlighter, incorporating a matte and an iridescent shade of pink). Gloss Volupté – with its cutesy lip-shaped applicator – available in four new shades (from left to right: Rose Fusion, Rose Orfèvre, Terriblement Fuchsia and Prune Organdi). Rouge Volupté lipstick in four shades (from left to right: Fuchsia Storm, Jealous Coral, Pink Neillia & Pink Asarina). Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Pur Couture Vernis à Lèvres in Rouge Avant-Gardiste (left) & Bourgogne Artistique (right). Dessin Du Regard Waterproof eye pencil in Intense Purple. …