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Tom Ford Blackout nail polish review

Pictured: Tom Ford Blackout nail polish. Both photos taken during morning golden hour. Top photo taken in direct sun, bottom photo taken in the shade.

Tom Ford Blackout is a fabulous new nail polish color from Tom Ford for the winter, and holiday season. This edgy hue is not your average, flat black color! Noooooo, Tom Ford upped the black nail polish game by adding sparkles, and dimension to Blackout. The result is fabulous!

Tom Ford Blackout nail polish is a cream polish, littered with millions of dazzling sparkles. The sparkles are a cool, subtle silver, and they add dimension to the black hue. This makes Blackout a must-have in anyone’s nail polish wardrobe. After all, black is a edgy yet neutral version of classic nail polish.

Throughout the years, black nail polish has drifted in and out of fashion. Although it has it’s popular moments, black nail polish is a classic color which is considered both neutral, and cutting-edge. This makes it an easy shade to wear with any color palette, in any season.

Blackout by Tom Ford is an excellent black nail polish to own. I have noticed Tom Ford nail polish has a strong shelf life. His polish maintains it’s texture, color, and composition while sitting on a shelf, for an extended period of time. One of my pet peeves is when a nail polish has been sitting on a shelf for six months, and it goes bad! Tom Ford does not. It maintains a long life, which is nothing short of fabulous!

I tested out Tom Ford Blackout nail polish with one base coat, two coats of color, and one coat of top coat. The polish applied evenly, without streaking. It also lasted a full week without chipping. Love that!

I have fallen in love with Tom Ford Blackout nail polish, and I look forward to wearing it throughout the winter 2016, and holiday 2015 seasons!

Tom Ford Blackout nail polish can be found online here.

Francesca Liberatore spring 2016 New York Fashion Week

Photos: Cathy OBrien/Bay Area Fashionista 2015©

Francesca Liberatore sent her spring/summer 2016 collection down the New York Fashion Week runway on September 12, 2015 at the Skylight Moynihan in New York. For the spring season, Francesca Liberatore explored the human heart, and took inspiration from the heart’s true nature; and all of it’s facets.

She looked deeper than the traditional concept of romance normally associated with the heart. Instead, Francesca Liberatore looked at each individual heart and it’s capacity to express all of itself. These expressions included obsession, hate, possession, love, desire, domination, devotion, and more!

The Francesca Liberatore spring 2016 collection expressed this inspiration using textiles such as silk, chiffon, and tulle which are fluid. The use of hand drawn hearts throughout the collection were embroidered or detailed with Swarovski crystals which sparkled and radiated on the runway.

There was a touch of menswear inspiration on lapels, waistlines, and intentional seams which help to form a strong silhouette, celebrating the feminine form. The Francesca Liberatore spring 2015 collection also included a natural color palette of true orange, sangria, persimmon, black, white and bold shades of pink. All of the artwork was created by Francesca Liberatore herself.

Although romance was not part of Francesca Liberatore spring 2016 inspiration, there was a small touch of it as models glided down the runway in flowing fabrics; which were a touch ethereal with an edge.

I fell in love with the use of color and prints; the dresses were nothing short of amazing! I wish my pictures had turned out better. I was in the second row and for some reason it was hard to get around the heads in front of me! Thankfully, you can view the Francesca Liberatore spring 2016 collection in it’s entirety below.

The orange dresses, both solid colored and print, were among my favorite pieces in the collection. The orange lace was beautiful!

To learn more about the Francesca Liberatore spring 2016 collection, and the designer in general, please visit francescaliberatore.it.

Video: FrancescaLiberatore

Borghese + Aerosyn-Lex Mestrovic Fango Collection review

Pictured: Borghese + Aerosyn-Lex Mestrovic Fango collection c/o Borghese

The limited edition, Borghese + Aerosyn-Lex Mestrovic Fango collection is nothing short of amazing! Not only do the jars contain Borghese’s fabulous Fango products; which include a mud for the perfect way to repair and hydrate delicate, dry skin, the jars have been designed by uber cool artist, Aerosyn-Lex Mestrovic! Love!

According to Borghese, this collaboration is more than mere packaging. This is a way to re-energize Borghese’s Fango collection with a contemporary, fresh, new look. I am in love!

What makes the Borghese + Aerosyn-Lex Mestrovic Fango collection very cool, is that it has launched just in time for the holiday season! The collection includes a mini-duo, which is priced under $40, as well as full size jars priced under $80. They make fabulous Christmas, or holiday, presents! The duo comes in a cute, rectangular box which also features Aerosyn-Lex Mestrovic’s art. The presentation is ideal for gift-giving; as well as for collecting!

The duo, pictured above, includes the Fango Active Mud for face and body. This is a great way to rejuvenate skin; and relax at home. Who doesn’t need a spa day?! The duo also includes Fango Delicato Active Mud which rejuvenates dry, delicate skin. This is a must-have during the winter months when heaters dry out the air, and our skin!

The limited edition, Borghese + Aerosyn-Lex Mestrovic Fango collection can be found exclusively online here for the duo, online here for the Fango Delicato Active Mud, and online here for the Fango Active Mud.

The Borghese + Aerosyn-Lex Mestrovic Fango collection:

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