Chanel’s fall 2012 cosmetics collection may not be on store shelves yet, but we have a sneak peek into the pretty pinks, mauves, purplish hues and runway shades! What do you think of the color palette, anything for your wish list?
Dolce & Gabbana released their beautiful, runway inspired, “Bouquet” beauty collection for the spring and summer 2012 season. This fabulous collection of vivid colors includes several shades of nail polish which I could not pass up. Since “mint” is one of the hot colors of the season, and a shade I have not used in the past for nail polish, I decided to give the polish a whirl. Here is my review:
Dolce & Gabbana’s “Bouquet Collection” mint nail polish was my first test of the designing duo’s beauty products. I have always been in love with Dolce & Gabbana’s apparel and accessories collection, in fact, I have purchased several of their designs over the years. So, it was only natural for me to try their line of cosmetics.
Dolce & Gabbana’s mint nail polish is packaged in the designing duo’s classic long nail polish bottle. The applicator brush holds a lot of polish and as I began to apply the first coat I discovered right away that the brush needs to be rubbed along the side of the bottle opening a few times before brushing the polish onto my nails. After the first coat, I realized the polish was matte and found it dried nice and quick. Love that!
After my nails were ready, I applied the second coat and it went on smoothly and evenly. There was absolutely no streaking and the color was even. The matte nature of the color was intriguing and gave the otherwise feminine mint hue a little bit of an edge; which I love!
The polish has been wearing well and is extremely chip resistant. I have washed a few dishes by hand without gloves and the polish didn’t chip or crack; showing the high quality finish of Dolce & Gabbana’s nail polish. Fabulous!
I am giving Dolce & Gabbana’s mint nail polish from the “Bouquet Collection” five out of five stars.
Dolce & Gabbana cosmetics can be found at Saks Fifth Avenue and also at Dolce & Gabbana boutiques. The nail polish is priced at $20.
Photo credits: Top photo of Dolce & Gabbana’s “Bouquet Collection” is courtesy of Dolce & Gabbana beauty. Bottom photo of mint nail polish and nails was taken by Cathy at Bay Area Fashionista.
Now that we are well into the beautiful month of May, summer is around the corner and the weather is starting to feel like summer is actually here. As the sun shines brightly and air conditioners are turned on, Fashionistas everywhere are starting to think about shelving their heavier, cool weather fragrances and heavy florals from spring in order to find that perfect warm weather scent.
When the weather gets HOT, our noses tend to gravitate towards refreshing fragrances which generally are citrus or green leaf based. For summer 2012 citrus based fragrances are du rigueur and the refreshing scent of oranges, mandarins, lime and lemon are appearing in new fragrances launches from designers and perfumers alike.
Since Tru Fragrance announced that “Mandarin” is the ultimate “Hip Note” for summer 2012, we decided to test out a few mandarin based scents to share with you. We scoured beauty stores and department stores in order to come up with five mandarin fragrances to share with you; unfortunately we could not narrow it down to five, so we are sharing six!
In no particular order, here are six fabulous, mandarin based fragrances for the summer 2012 season:
Trish McEnvoy No. 6 Mandarin Ginger Lily
DKNY Sweet Delicious Tart Key Lime
Coach Signature Summer Edition 2012
Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Capri
Nina Ricci Nina Fantasy
We love mandarin based fragrances for the summer 2012 season, what do you think of this seasons “Hip Note?” Happy fragrance shopping, and stay fabulous
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