Pure Ice Black Crackle

The companion to Pure Ice Golden Ticket is this black crackle.  As far as black crackles go, this one was pretty neat.  It was still relatively thin and well, as for the crackling... let me show you.  This is one coat of crackle over my existing manicure.  This crackle does dry matte, so I added Seche Vite to make it shine.

See how lovely it cracks?  This is how a lot of European crackles seem to work (versus OPI here in the States).  I'm happy!

Here in the shade , you can see that the glitter shows up super nicely under the crackle.

And finally indoors with the flash - well... not much else to say here.  Crackle - good deal.


You can purchase this duo for $6 straight from Bari Cosmetics here.  Read more about Bari's Cosmetics including Pure Ice on their Facebook Page and follow them on Twitter.

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 The Heart Truth Red Dress Collection 2012

Finishing up some fashion week news here - this time Deborah Lippmann was at the Heart Truth Red Dress Show.  All images courtesy of TLCommunications.

Backstage at The Heart Truth Red Dress Collection 2012

The Heart Truth kicks off New York Fashion Week as the tenth collection of Red Dresses are revealed. Deborah Lippmann is in charge of the nails and toes of the beautiful celebrities and influencers who will flaunt the collection – and she is armed with a slew of her classic and sexy red hues. “We’ll go with the lacquer shade that works best for each style, it will vary from woman to woman depending on what they like,” explains Lippmann. “I’m personally very excited to work with this these women. It’s going to be a great show!”


Deborah Lippmann’s red hues that you will see on the runway:

$16 each, available at www.deborahlippmann.com

• Jennifer Nettle wore Nail Lacquer in My Old Flame
• Jenna Elfman wore Nail Lacquer in Prelude to a Kiss on her hands and Nail Lacquer in My Old Flame on her toes
• Christie Brinkley, Elizabeth Rohm and Debbie Phelps wore Nail Lacquer in It’s Raining Men
• Rose McGowan wore Nail Lacquer in Shape of My Heart
• Aisha Taylor wore Nail Lacquer in Fashion

Pure Ice Golden Ticket

Remember this post?  Now time to see it in action!  While the original release called this color "Ice Strobelight" (or at least that's what I thought), I was told it's actually called "Golden Ticket."  I'll update in case I'm wrong.  ^_^  This is a nice gold glitter - nice coverage which I liked a lot.  I used a base of Poshe, 2 coats of polish and a top of Seche Vite.

Pretty sun pictures!  You can almost see a bit of tiny red glitter in there!

Here in the shade you can see more of that red glitter in the bottle and the polish is definitely nicely opaque.

Finally indoors with the flash and this is a nice metallic gold instead of an antique gold or rose gold.  No green tint in it either.


I will be reviewing the Black Crackle later - you can purchase this duo for $6 straight from Bari Cosmetics here.  Read more about Bari's Cosmetics including Pure Ice on their Facebook Page and follow them on Twitter.


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

Zoya Beach & Surf

I was at work when Confessions of a Sarcastic Mom emailed me saying "YAY NEW ZOYAS!".  During lunch, I downloaded the email so I could see and man, I'm excited!  Zoya has had some fantastic collections all year long (and then some) and these look like some seriously complimentary polishes up in here!

Announcing Summer 2012 nail color by Zoya Nail Polish!

BEACH and SURF dive into the color...

New nail color - coming soon to a salon near you and Zoya.com!


Summer 2012 is going to be a super stylish season for nails with the latest offering of nail polish collections, Beach and Surf, from the new color of fashion, Zoya! This new splash of color, designed by the Zoya color experts, is kissed by sea and sand translating beautifully onto the nail in the famous, full-coverage Zoya formula.


Dive into the creamy shades of the Zoya Beach Collection or the shimmering sea foils of the Zoya Surf Collection. The choice is yours – this color palette is sure to be a splash!


Zoya BEACH Collection
• Reagan (ZP614) - deep cerise pink cream
• Lara (ZP615) - vivid cerise pink cream
• Shelby (ZP616) - soft pinky pink cream
• Arizona (ZP617) - soft coral orange cream
• Tracie (ZP618) - sea grass metallic
• Wednesday (ZP619) - soft aqua cream


Zoya SURF Collection
• Rory (ZP620) - lotus pink foil metallic
• Carly (ZP621) - thalia purple foil metallic
• Kimber (ZP622) - magenta pink foil metallic
• Myrta (ZP623) - coral orange foil metallic
• Meg (ZP624) - mermaid green foil metallic
• Zuza (ZP625) - aquamarine foil metallic


Zoya is the new color of fashion...


The Zoya BEACH and SURF collection was designed and inspired by resort runways and tropical get-a-ways.  Ultra long-wearing, glossy nail lacquers by Zoya are free of harmful industrial chemicals like toluene, camphor, formaldehyde, resin, dibutyl phthalate (DBP) that are known to cause cancer and birth defects.


Find Zoya BEACH and SURF as well as over 300 other ultra high-fashion Zoya shades at www.zoya.com. As always, each and every Zoya color is made for women so we name them after women.


BEACH and SURF by Zoya Nail Polish - 12 new colors:
Available April 1, 2012 (USA)
www.zoya.com
Sug. Retail $8.00 per 0.5 fl.oz. bottle (US).

deborah lippmann at Kate Spade

Please enjoy the following press release from Deborah Lippmann, this time at Kate Spade.  All images courtest of TLCommunications!

Backstage at Kate Spade Fall 2012

This season, Kate Spade envisioned a bold and fun nail, and Deborah Lippmann came up with the perfect play on nail art. You’ll be seeing spots as the models flaunt a pretty polka‐dot nail that is feminine and long with a rounded tip. The base is Fade to Black, an opaque vinyl record black, topped with sporadic polka dots in I’m Not Innocent, a clean creamy peach, to add the perfect pop of color.

$16 each, available at www.deborahlippmann.com