Archive for January, 2007
Creative Nail Design Spring 2007 – Optix
There isn’t a lot of info to be found about Creative’s spring line. These few pictures are the best I could do. Optix is the name of the new collection but to be honest, they might want to call it “Spring 2006: Part II” Some of these new colors look like they’re just a deeper version of what we saw last year. I’m just hoping they’re more opaque. Especially the green. You know I’ll have to have it.
Top Row (l-r): Milky Way: a lilac patina, Cosmic Coral: an edgy peach shimmer, Hyper Fresh: an opalescent white
Bottom Row (l-r): Aqua Jet: an opal mint lustre, Blue Nirvana: a translucent periwinkle, Pink Chrome: an opalescent pink
Spring: The collections have layered, sheer fabrics in pastels with translucent undertones. To complement these we have nail colours such as cosmic coral, blue Nevada, which is great with jeans, a soft luminescent lilac called Milky Way, aqua green and pink chrome. Hems are shorter and necklines are higher, so the accent is on legs and perfectly polished toenails are important. There is also a trend for a futuristic look which will see longer nails with a metallic silver or gold tip and Swarovski crystals on the nails.
Summer: The little white dress is big. We have designed longer almond shaped white eyelet lace nails and marblising effects to go with the dress. Glittering gold nails will be big and we have experimented with crocodile prints with metallic chocolate brown on gold. Lavishly decorated feet will also be the trend in summer 2007. Red, fuchsia and gold are the main colours of the season.
Autumn/winter: The attitude of the season is imperial anarchy or a London punk rock look with a regal touch. There is a lot of plaid with metallic undertones. Our palette for the season includes burgundy with bronze undertones, anthracite metallic, copper pearl, royal purple, metallic burgundy and fuchsia.
5 Things You Don’t Know About Me
I was tagged by All About The Pretty to list the 5 Things You Don’t Know About Me.
- I was a chronic nail biter. Like a seriously gross and habitual nail biter. Blech! I started using polish as a deterrent and here I am today. A full fledged addict.
- I worked at an amusement park in Ohio, Cedar Point, for 4 summers during college. I was a ride operator for 3 of the 4 summers I was there. I climbed to the top of what was, at the time, the world’s tallest roller coaster. The Magnum XL200. It’s windy and scary 201 feet off the ground.
- I have an irrational fear of birds. I don’t know if it’s something that can be passed through genes but my mom and I both freak out and practically fall into the fetal position if a bird comes near us. This past summer, a bird got into my house through the furnace and I hid in my room. HID FROM A BIRD!!
- I am addicted to popcorn. I have an innate love of popcorn. It’s the one food I crave most. When I was a child, we would buy bulk bags of kernels because my Dad and I would snack on a bowl almost every day. This was back when bulk shopping really meant BULK! Kettle corn at fairs is my kryptonite.
- I’m a dedicated Barenaked Ladies fan. A friend from college dragged me to one of their concerts in the mid 90′s (I’m totally dating myself) and I’ve been hooked ever since. I’ve been to every show that’s come to town since. If I could hang out with anyone famous, it would be those guys.
Nail Related Links
StyleIT‘s editor teamed up with All Lacquered Up to show you how to transition your black winter nails into spring.
Blogdorf Goodman reports on the Koibox polish scandal that is buzzing through the online beauty communities.
MonkeyPosh has the international scoop on the Chanel polish that is sure to become a craze when and if it hits the US.
Beauty and Fitness Addict weighs in on health conscious polish Nubar.
Things I’ve Bought That I Love names what they feel are the only 5 polishes you’ll ever need.
(only 5!!! I don’t think so) LOL
Hello Dollface does an interview with Giella of Giella custom blend cosmetics. A line that includes custom blended nail polish.
Finally, this is an older article but I thought it was interesting. New York Magazine gives a brief history of black nail polish.
Stamper Craze
A craze has hit the nail board at Makeup Alley and it has nothing to do with Chanel nail lacquer.
Have you ever seen a nail tech doing nail art? It’s an amazing skill. I’ve often wondered how anyone can paint with such detail considering what a klutz I am. Yes, there are airbrushing tools that make it easier but it’s not something you can do at home. Real nail artists, freehand their work. Just check out the work by Janet at the Beauty Tech website.
Well, nail art fans don’t have to shell out the big bucks for their designs anymore. There is a product on the market that can turn anyone into a DIY nail artist.
From Konad USA comes the Konad Nail Art Stamper. In just a few short steps, you can have something that looks like this.
And the posters at Makeup Alley swear that even the clumsy, such as myself, can stamp with ease.
Check out this great video tutorial from the Konad that shows how simple it is.
http://www.konadusa.com/images/multi_media/Instruction2007%20new.wmv
Now wouldn’t this be fun for Halloween?
This is just an example of some of the fun designs available.
There are a couple places online that you can purchase a stamper of your own. Wow So Cool has a Build Your Own Kit option so you can pick out the colors and designs you want. And Head2Toe Beauty carries all the traditional kits as well as individual colors and design wheels.
photos courtesy of perpetuallycute on Makeup Alley
OPI Designer Series Comparison Pics
Here are some comparion pics of the new Designer Series polishes. Just trying to save you all a few dollars in case you already own some of these.
To my eye, Amethyst is a bit more pink than Sand-erella and has way more holo bling.
Glamour is truly unique and I couldn’t think of a color combination that would come close. The burple (bluish-purple) base is very unique.
Passion is more rose toned than Elegance. I thought for sure that they’d be twins. Passion is definitely a more muted pink than Elegance. As much as I was initially unimpressed with it, I’m now happy to have it based on this comparison.
Desire is Design’s darker, more bronze, winterish sibling. Because of the amount of holographic shimmer in Desire, it’s hard to catagorize it as a warm or cool color. The base is definitely warm but when the light isn’t causing the holo to show off it’s rainbow beauty, the shimmer looks silver.
For anyone that hasn’t tried this line, the glitter is as smooth as the diamond dust formula is to apply. I love that it’s easy to remove and doesn’t give you that nails on a chalkboard feeling as you rub it off, like with a lot of glitter polishes.
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