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Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s nails are the fairest of them all? 🙂
Deborah Lippmann Snow White & The Huntsman Nail Lacquer Set, $25. Includes two full size bottles of Prelude to a Kiss, a sheer pale pink, and Dark Side of the Moon, a deep eggplant. Available now at Nordstrom and nordstrom.com.
Deborah Lippmann Berry Metal. One of two shades in the Steal My Kisses Magnetic Wave Design Set, $36. Available now at Nordstrom and online.
Deborah Lippmann Love is a Battlefield. One of two shades in the Steal My Kisses Magnetic Wave Design Set, $36. Available now at Nordstrom and online.
Deboran Lippmann Ray of Light, $18. It’s also the name of one of my favorite Madge songs!
Quicker than a ray of light…
It’s like Friday Night Lights up in here!
I’ve been bitten by the football nail art bug… It must have happened right before last week’s Niner’s game, and now, because I couldn’t leave my East Bay girls hanging, this one’s for the Raider Nation! 🙂
I stopped by a UPS Store to mail a package last week and received an unexpected compliment from the guy working the counter. He pointed at my glittery red and gold ombre manicure and said, “Atta girl! You’re wearing 49er colors.”
He said that his wife, a long-time Niners fan, would probably love to wear a mani like that on game day and asked if it was hard to do.
“Not at all,” I replied, and I walked him through the process as he prepped my package.
FYI: Talking nails with a big, burly UPS guy is weirdly entertaining. About halfway through the process, his eyes took on the same glazed, confused look that El Hub gets when I try to explain why it makes perfect sense for me to own 15 pairs of black shoes…
That’s when I suggested that the guy have his wife visit MBB. 🙂
If you’re a sports fan, Thanksgiving also means football! — a fun excuse to 1) paint your nails in support of your team and 2) give everyone around you something sparkly to look at while they heap mashed potatoes on their plate (YUM!).
To match the 49ers, I used red and gold shades from China Glaze and Lippmann.
Polishes from the left: China Glaze Champagne Bubbles, Lippmann Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?, and China Glaze Ring in the Red
So, Mr. UPS guy, this one’s for you and your wife! 🙂
Let’s start by applying a clear base coat to even out the surface of the nail, and then brush on three layers of your background color, in my case golden Champagne Bubbles by China Glaze.
Not even strobe lights could compete with the glare from the glitterific shades in Deborah Lippmann’s latest collection of nail lacquers. I hope you’re ready to pump up the jam, love, because this disco ball’s droppin’, haaay! It’s time to hit the dance floor with Deborah’s holiday collection. 🙂
This ode to sparkle and shine, available now, contains six separate nail polishes, four limited edition and two permanent shades ($16-18 each), and the $42 three-piece Get This Party Started set (with full-size bottles).
Today my nails took four of the individual polishes and the entire Get This Party Started set out for a joy ride. With their fun flecks of glitter and rich metallic finishes, these colors are just begging to be worn on a dance floor.
Deborah Lippmann Nail Polishes for Holiday 2011 ($16-18 each)
Shimmery red Do Ya Think I’m Sexy, glittery gold Shake Your Groove Thing, glittery graphite I Love the Nightlife and iridescently glittery Stairway to Heaven catch and reflect so much light that I think I was almost hypnotized!
Having a clear formula should make these limited edition shades (Stairway to Heaven’s base appears slightly milky) great for layering with other polishes, perhaps atop a base of shiny red, silver, gold or gunmetal gray, but I think they sparkle just as well when worn alone.
Set aside at least 30 minutes for these, though, if you want to cover your nails entirely with glitter as it may take five or six coats to get a good distribution (on account of the clear formula/base).
MAKEUP AND BEAUTY BLOG RATING: A-Get This Party Started Set ($42)
My favorite part of the collection. 🙂 It comes with three full-size bottles — Deborah’s famous Happy Birthday shade (a mutli-colored glitter in a clear base), and two new riffs on the shade.
The first, Candy Shop, is Happy Birthday in a sheer pink base. The second one, Forget You, combines Happy Birthday with a sheer black base. I love both the contrast between the small and large pieces glitter in all three of these, and how it gives the group of them extra dimension. I also just like how fun these colors feel. We’re talking light rays and disco balls here.
MAKEUP AND BEAUTY BLOG RATING: A+
Here are swatches of four of the individual shades and all three polishes in Get This Party Started. In each of these, I’m wearing two layers (without a base or top coat).
Get This Party Started
Happy Birthday (from Get This Party Started)
Candy Shop (from Get This Party Started)
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Swatches and pics of the Juicy Couture Deborah Lippmann Metallic Nail Set ($48), one of two new Juicy Couture Deborah Lippmann sets for holiday 2011.
