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Dolce & Gabbana Bonbon nail polish spring 2016

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dolce & gabbana bonbon nail polish review and swatch for spring 2016

Nail Polish c/o Dolce & Gabbana Bonbon nail polish for spring 2016 from the Rosa Look beauty collection

Dolce & Gabbana Bonbon nail polish is a beautiful pink nail lacquer from the designing duo’s spring 2016 makeup collection, Rosa Look 2016. This fabulous beauty collection for spring offers various shades of pink, and rose, lipsticks, eye shadows, and nail colors; with complementing hues in black and white. Bonbon is my favorite nail hue from the collection.

Bonbon by Dolce & Gabbana for spring 2016 is a fabulous, vivid pink, cream nail polish which plays well with both pastels, and brights. Although it is in the soft pink family, Dolce & Gabbana Bonbon nail polish for spring 2016 offers vivid color saturation; and enough brightness to never be overshadowed by a sunny spring day! Love that!

I tested Dolce & Gabbana Bonbon nail polish with one base coat, two coats of color, and one top coat. The polish lasted a full week before my nails grew, and it needed to come off. I love this color so much, and the fact that it is long lasting; so I have decided to wear it during New York Fashion Week! You will definitely see this on my nails over the course of the week.

Dolce & Gabbana Bonbon nail polish from the Rosa Look 2016 collection is also a fabulous color to keep on hand as a nail polish wardrobe staple. The brightness of the pink gives it enough sass to not fall into the soft pink “too springy” category. This color can easily be worn all year round; in any season. It is a great pink to own if you tend to shy away from pastels, but want to get in on the current pink nail polish trend. It’s a grown up pink 😉

The Rosa Look 2016 Collection also offers a fuchsia nail polish hue named “Bacio” as well as a classic white nail polish, “Innocence,” and a timeless black color, “Lava.” Dolce & Gabbana’s spring 2016 nail polish colors can be found online here.

Dolce & Gabbana Bonbon nail polish for spring 2016 online:

L’Oreal Professionnel at Pamella Roland Fall 2016 NYFW

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Photos: Cathy OBrien/Bay Area Fashionista 2016©

Pamella Roland showed her fall/winter 2016 collection at New York Fashion Week on February 12, 2016 at Pier 59 Studios. I had the opportunity to go backstage before the show and check out the fabulous hairstyles being created by Ted Gibson using L’Oreal Professionnel hair care products. The hairstyles were sleek, sophisticated, and modern. Loved them!

The hairstyles were designed in line with Pamella Roland’s inspiration for her fall 2016 runway collection. In order to achieve this, Ted Gibson, Celebrity Stylist and Owner of Ted Gibson Salon stated: “This season we were inspired by modern architecture and the city of Tokyo. We wanted the models to look as if they had just traveled through Japan.”

I am in love with this timeless yet modern hairstyle; and it looked amazing with Pamella Roland’s fall 2016 collection! I loved being able to see the process from start to finish when I was backstage with L’Oreal Professionnel at Pamella Roland. This is an easy hairstyle to replicate in five easy steps using L’Oreal products.

Here is how you can get the Pamella Roland runway hairstyle at home! All you need to do is buy a fabulous headband, such as this one online here.

STEP 1: Before styling, slip headband on model (or yourself) and let it rest around the neck until use.

STEP 2: Use L’Oreal Professionnel Volume Envy extra mousse to dampen hair and begin to brush hair back into ponytail. Ponytail should sit on the occipital. Use bungee to secure.

STEP 3: Please headband on the head.

STEP 4: Apply L’Oreal Professionnel Volume Envy extra mousse to the tail of the ponytail and wrap hair into a bun. Secure with pins.

STEP 5: Complete style using L’Oreal Professionnel Lumi Controle wax and L’Oreal Professional Infinium 3 hairspray to control and polish hair.

KEY PRODUCTS

  1. L’Oreal Professionnel Volume Envy
  2. L’Oreal Professionnel Lumi Control
  3. L’Oreal Professionnel Infinium 3

That’s it! Five easy steps to fabulous, runway hair! All of these amazing products are available at L’Oreal Professionnel Salons, and online here.

Video courtesy of Fashion Show.

Derek Lam 10 Crosby fragrance collection review

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Derek Lam 10 Crosby Fragrance Collection gift set c/o Derek Lam

The wait is over! Derek Lam’s new perfume collection, the Derek Lam 10 Crosby Fragrance Collection is here! Not only was it worth the wait, it is heaven scent 😉

The gift set pictured above features ten beautiful fragrances from Derek Lam in travel size, or purse size, spray bottles. Aside from being TSA friendly, the gift set offers you the chance to either give the gift of scent, or treat yourself to all ten of Derek Lam’s new scent’s! I prefer the latter.

Derek Lam’s ten new fragrances were created by famed perfumers Clement Gavarry, Pascal Gaurin, Yves Cassar, and Laurent LeGuernec. They were inspired by the stories, and women, Derek Lam has observed outside his window on 10 Crosby Street. How fabulous, and storied, is that!

There is a scent for everyone in the Derek Lam 10 Crosby Fragrance Collection. In fact, you may find yourself drawn to more than one; or perhaps all ten! I know I am 🙂 Here are the beautiful, key fragrance notes for each scent:

Silent Street: White Musks

Looking Glass: Chinese Magnolia, Tonka Bean Madagascar

Hi-Fi: Pink Peony, French Narcisse

Drunk on Youth: Crisp Apple, Honeysuckle

Afloat: White Mimosa, Orris

Rain Day: Neroli Tunisa, Vetiver Haiti

Something Wild: Cedarwood, Vanilla Bean Madagascar

Ellipsis: Austrlian Sandalwood, Jasmine

Blackout: Osmanthus, Chai Tea Essence

2am Kiss: Salty Wood, Crystalized Amber

Although all ten of the scents in the Derek Lam 10 Crosby Fragrance Collection are fabulous, my favorites are “2am Kiss,” “Something Wild,” and “Rain Day.” These are the three I find myself reaching for first. I plan to take one with me to New York Fashion Week, but I don’t know which one to choose! I love them all!

The fragrances in the Derek Lam 10 Crosby Fragrance Collection are high quality eau de parfums. The fragrance lasts all day, so there is no need to respray during the day. Love that!

I am looking forward to choosing one of the EDP’s from the Derek Lam 10 Crosby Fragrance Collection for my travel beauty bag when I go to New York later this week; and for future trips! I am also looking forward to enjoying these fragrances on a daily basis. Perhaps my Mom will find a gift set on her brunch chair for this upcoming Mother’s Day 😉 Shhh, don’t tell her! It’s a surprise!

The Derek Lam 10 Crosby Fragrance Collection gift set can be found online here (under $100 + free shipping!). The EDP’s are also sold separately in full size bottles, which can be found online here. You will love them!