Archive for October, 2010
Think Pink – Donate & Win Giveaway 2010
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and as I’ve done every year since starting ALU I am helping to raise funds for a BCA charity. This year I have selected Living Beyond Breast Cancer, a national support and education charity.
I’m asking you to support me in my goal in two ways.
1. I will be hosting my annual Comments4ACure campaign. Beginning October 20th through October 22nd every comment made on ALU will raise $1 for Living Beyond Breast Cancer up to a maximum of $150. It’s that simple. You comment, I donate.
2. How would you like to win a gift basket filled with 50+ nail polishes containing the hottest fall & holiday colors from Chanel, China Glaze, CND, MAC, OPI and more? By donating to LBBC via the Think Pink – Donate & Win Giveaway you just might be the grand prize winner or one of the 3 runner up winners. Read on to see what you could win and how to enter!
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The Rescue Beauty Lounge 50% Off Sale Is Coming!
Prepare your wallets Fanatics. Ji Baek from Rescue Beauty Lounge is hosting another 50% Off Sale for her loyal fans.
What? 50% off RBL nail polishes. The Real Housewives of the Tudor Dynasty are NOT part of the sale.
When? November 1st, 2010. 11am-4pm EST
Who? The sale is open to newsletter subscribers only so make sure you sign up for the RBL email list.
A few FYIs as stated on RBL’s Facebook page:
No free shipping. Orders will take 10-15 days. This will likely be the last sale of this kind. Also, do not fill your shopping cart prior to the sale as it will mess up the inventory.
Ji pushed up the date of the sale this year to accommodate for the holidays but remember, this is a small company hand packing each order so please be patient after the sale is over. I can’t even imagine the number of orders that will be placed and how much time it will take to ship them all out.
That being said, happy shopping!! Which colors do you plan to buy? Will there be a lot of gifts bought during the sale? If you need some inspiration be sure to check out my past Rescue Beauty reviews.
Justin Bieber Nail Polish?? Really??
Justin Bieber’s collaboration with Nicole by OPI, the One Less Lonely Girl Collection, was the first topic of discussion last night on my fave late night talk show, Chelsea Lately. The conversation that took place at the roundtable pretty much sums up my feelings on the subject. Does he even know this is happening? As Chelsea later mentioned, why not come out with a hair product? People have been asking me about this for a few days now and my only real response is, “I can’t with the Bieber!”
“So Justin Bieber has his own nail polish line. [long pause & incredulous stare] This is as close as any girl is ever going to get to one of his fingers. He probably doesn’t even know that he has a nail polish line. He probably has no idea that this even exits. – Chelsea Handler on Chelsea Lately
“It’s so humiliating. Like you know he doesn’t want to launch nail polish. He’s like ‘Hey Mom, can’t we launch basketballs? Can’t we launch basketballs?’ ‘Uh no, no one with balls listens to your music.’” – Natasha Leggero on Chelsea Lately
I get that the “I’m A Belieber” nation is strong with a lot of buying power and Nicole by OPI is smart to partner with him but I can’t help but roll my eyes at it all. What does this kid have to do with nail polish? If you’re looking for a tween star to sell nail color there are a LOT of better options that make sense. Regardless, I’m sure it will sell out since the colors do look pretty and there’s a confetti heart glitter polish that will drive every little girl crazy.
Me + Blue, Step 2 The Beat Of My Heart, Give Me The First Dance, One Less Lonely Glitter, Prized Possession Purple, OMB!
The One Less Lonely Girl Collection from Nicole by OPI will launch in December 2010 at Walmart with these six shades. Another set of six will release in January 2011. After that the whole collection will be available at Sears, Target and ULTA in February 2011.
So what do you think? Will you be getting these polishes in spite of the Bieber association or because of it? Does it matter if a celebrity is involved as long as you like the colors?
And The Collaborations Continue – OPI with Serena Williams & Katy Perry
OPI has moved beyond Hollywood and onto the Celebrity scene with their color collaborations. In 2011 we will see polish colors created with both tennis star Serena Williams and rock star Katy Perry.
Teen Vogue Editor Eva Chen broke the story on Twitter after meeting with OPI’s Suzi Weiss-Fischmann and I’ve confirmed the news with OPI. See, this is why I LOVE Twitter. According to Eva & OPI… |
Fanatic Feedback – To Buff or Not To Buff? That Is The Question!
Happy Friday Fanatics! Things have been a bit slow this week because I suffered a massive tear on my ring finger and I’ve been been babying it. However I do have a few fun things to show you that will go up later today.
In the meantime, I was reading a recent article on Glamour’s Girls In The Beauty Department blog about whether or not nails need to “breathe” (they don’t btw) and in it they mentioned “buffing is key” to getting your natural nails to look good.
I’ve talked to many a manicurist over the years and there are definitely two camps when it comes to buffing. Those that feel that an occasional light buffing to smooth out ridges/imperfections is okay and others who consider a regular buffing part of a proper manicure.
Now let me clarify, when I say “occasional” I mean once every few months and by “regular” I mean once every week/two. I doubt I could find a manicurist worth their salt that would advise to buffing your nails every few days as that would severely weaken the nail plate.
Personally, I stand firmly in the anti-buffing camp. I rarely buff my nails because they are naturally weak. When I do, I use a tip I received from Celebrity Manicurist Elle who told me to apply cuticle oil to the nail plate prior to buffing. The oil provides slip that prevents you from removing too many layers from the plate.
So what’s your take? Is a good buffing part of your regular manicure routine? Are you in the no-buffing camp? I’d love to hear your thoughts on the subject.
Lisa N.
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