Mattése Elite Amour De Ma Vie

From the Mattése Elite Mon Amour collection, today I have Amour De Ma Vie, a sparkling rainbow glitter in a dark base.  We've had tons of "Happy Birthday" dupes but this is on the darker end of that.  Unlike deborah lippmann's "Forget You" (which one day I will wear, since I do own it), this is more of a microglitter that gets a bit swallowed by its dark base.  I used a base of Poshe, 2 coats and topped with CND Air Dry.

Sadly here in the sun you see more of the rainbow glitter in the bottle than on the nail.  The nail shows more of a red and silver glitter in a dark grey base...  It's an interesting color for sure.  Also this is a thirsty glitter that does dry bumpy, so either lots of top coat OR Lynnderella Glitter Tamer (if you're able to find it).

Here in the indirect sun, you can really see how bumpy it is - should have used Glitter Tamer.

Here in the shade you can see some of the blue glitter come alive.  Yay blue glitter!  

And finally indoors with the flash...  This polish hates my camera and won't focus.  Grr.


Overall, interesting but too dark for me for spring.

Mattése Elite Carnaval Nail Polish retails for $5.99 and is available for purchase exclusively at Ricky’s NYC store locations and at www.RickysNYC.com

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

Mattése Elite Mon Amour Nail Polish Collection

GLITTER.  Oh you are my favorite.  Please enjoy the following from Mattése Elite!  (All images courtesy of d2 publicity.)

Tender is the Night

Love Your Nails with Mattése Elite’s Mon Amour

Sparkle and shine in Mattése Elite’s newest nail polish collection, appropriately named Mon Amour.  Inspired by the romance of Paris, this collection is ll full of high-impact glistening glitter, sure to attract the attention of that special someone.


Available in 6 glamorous shades

Je T'Adore

a silky pink nude

Je T'Aime

an iridescent molten gold glitter

Mon Amour

a feminine rosy pink glitter

Amour De Ma Vie

a sparkling rainbow glitter with a dark base

Embrasse Moi

a vibrant fuchsia glitter

Baise Moi

a wild cacophony of large rainbow glitter

Mattése Elite Me Amour Nail Polish retails for $5.99 and is available for purchase exclusively at Ricky’s NYC store locations and at www.RickysNYC.com.

Mattése Elite Passistas

I have another hot neon from the Carnaval Collection - Passistas - a neon purple.  I used a base of Poshe and 3 coats of polish.  Just like Desfiles de Samba, I didn't use a top coat and this polish did not dry matte like most neons.

Check out this hotness.  Now in case you're wondering, this is not like Color Club Mrs. Robinson or China Glaze Purple Panic... no, this is more pink than purple.  Anywho.

I know this looks more purple than pink.  Deal with it.  The shade does funny things.  Also, look how squishy this looks!  Love!  Okay, so I'm going to call this purple... but it's more pink than purple normally.

Finally indoors with the flash and I'm sorry... my eyes hurt too.  Merp.

Mattése Elite Carnaval Nail Polish retails for $5.99 and is available for purchase exclusively at Ricky’s NYC store locations and at www.RickysNYC.com

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

deborah lippmann at Donna Karan

More deborah lippmann Fashion Week news!  All images courtesy of TLCommunications.

Backstage at Donna Karan Fall 2012

Donna Karan maintained a feminine and womanly aesthetic this season, but wanted to add a bit of a twist to the nail look. Deborah Lippmann took a modern approach to a classic look, incorporating the perfect amount of color and playfulness into the nail. Fashion, a not‐so‐typical‐taupe, was on the nails with Single Ladies, a flirtatious red, on the tip.

$16 each, available at www.deborahlippmann.com

Twitter Handle: @DeborahLippmann

a-england Lady of the Lake

My other beauty from a-england is Lady of the Lake, also from the Mythicals collection.  This is a purple holographic polish.  I used a base coat of Poshe, 2 coats of polish and no top coat.

I originally thought that this would be like China Glaze LOL, but it's a darker purple with a less of a lineral pull to it.  I still am in love. MOAR PICTURES.

Nom nom.  It's a pretty little girl... erm lady.

As always, the shade kills the holographic and makes it look like a shimmer.  Boo.

Finally the indoors with the flash - a scattered holo, but I do love it.  Great stuff a-england... great.


Lady of the Lake (UK£ 9.00) is available from a-england [Website] [Facebook] [Twitter], and for those in the US, there are 2 e-tailers.  I purchased my bottle from OverallBeauty for $12 and she has this listed as on back-order.  Llarowe is the other US e-tailer and she also sells it for $12 and apparently has almost 35 available still.