OPI: NYFW SS12 Recap

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Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week SS12 has officially concluded, and OPI was thrilled to participate in four exciting shows: BCBG, Jason Wu, Rebecca Taylor and Hervé Léger! 

BCBG: Thursday, September 8 @ Lincoln Center – Models wore Samoan Sand on both nails and toes. Celebrity attendees included Elisha Cuthbert (Happy Endings), Sophia Bush (One Tree Hill), Jordana Brewster (The Fast & The Furious), and Louise Roe (Plain Jane). 

BCBG, credit OPI

BCBG, credit OPI

Jason Wu: Friday, September 9 @ Center 548 – Models wore Monsooner or Later on nails (this poppy red shade was selected to match lips by MAC) and Samoan Sand on toes. Celebrity attendees included Lea Michele (Glee), Jamie King (Hart of Dixie), and Caroline Sieber (stylist).

Jason Wu, credit OPI

Jason Wu, credit OPI

Rebecca Taylor: Friday, September 9 @ Lincoln Center – Models wore Stranger Tides on nails and Tickle My France-y on toes. Celebrity attendees included Ashley Tisdale (High School Musical), Jordana Brewster (The Fast & The Furious), Louise Roe (The City), Whitney Port (The City) and Sophia Bush (One Tree Hill).

Rebecca Taylor, credit Don Ashby

Rebecca Taylor, credit Marion Curtis

Hervé Léger: Tuesday, September 13 @ Lincoln Center – Models wore Coney Island Cotton Candy on both nails and toes. Celebrity attendees included Jessica Szohr (Gossip Girl), LeeAnn Rimes (singer), Katie Cassidy (Gossip Girl), and Janina Gavankar (True Blood).

Hervé Léger, credit OPI

CND Daily Nail 9.14.11 Glitz & Glam Perfection at The Blonds

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The CND Daily Nail 9.14.11

Glitz & Glam Perfection at The Blonds

September 14, 2011 - CND's 15 year anniversary at Fashion Week is almost coming to a close, with only one more day to go. Today's runway nails were Playboy Bunny-approved, feathered and furious, fleshy, and neon bright:


At The Blonds, Kristina Estabrooks created "Glitz & Glam" manicures for a collection inspired by 60's Playboy glamour infused with razzle dazzle spectacle we all know and love. The 20 sets of nail tips took over 100 hours of manual labor to hand detail, and included a "Stockings Series" of manicures portraying fishnets, lacy tights and sexy seams. Vintage cosmic-shaped glass was imported from Germany to shape diamond-decadent nails that shined out loud in the spotlight.

For Wayne, Wanda Ruiz created"Birds of Prey"manicures using CND Colour in Brilliant White with feathered and furious strokes of Blackjack on the tip of each nail to go with fierce, white-out eyebrows.

At 3.1 Phillip Lim, Angi Wingle designed "Rain Coat" manicures to match see-through jackets on the runway. The designer wanted the manicure shade to mirror the flesh tone underneath the nailplate, so CND custom-blended a nail stain using drops of CND Colour in Raspberry Parfait and Guava mixed with Speedey Top Coat.

For Milly, Candice Manacchio fashioned neon bright nails using a blend of CND Colours in Brilliant White, Bicycle Yellow, and Electric Orange, to accessorize fuchsia pink lips and vibrant shades of vermillion, tangerine and jade in the collection.

Color Club Fashion Week

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COLOR CLUB TAKES FASHION WEEK BY STORM

WITH IMITATION, CHARLOTTE RONSON AND KATIE GALLAGHER

Color Club Presents Nail Looks from the Perfect Natural Color to Red Red Blood Inspired Nail Art


New York – September 14, 2011 - Following the company’s consumer debut in August 2011, Color Club, the New York based nail color company hit New York Fashion Week by storm.


Color Club kicked off New York Fashion Week SS/12 with the bridal themed Imitation Show. The nail, developed by Color Club lead and celebrity manicurist, Fumiko Kano featured Color Club’s Incognito, a pinky beige tone and Silver Glitter and small rhinestones from Color Club’s Art Club nail art line. The nail added the perfect amount of femininity and sparkle to the bridal-themed show.


Color Club took the Stage at Lincoln Center for the Charlotte Ronson SS/12 Show. Charlotte Ronson and her team carefully chose from Color Club’s core line of more than 150 shades and found Pret-a-Pink, the perfect natural pinky nude shade to complement the minimalist airy looks seen on the models. Front row admirers included: Nikki Hilton, Whitney Port, Kelly Osbourne, and Olivia Palermo.


From Lincoln Center to Milk Studio’s - Color Club took center stage at Katie Gallagher’s “SS12 Red Red Blood” Presentation with admirers including Jared Leto, Lucy Liu, and Hope Atherton. The nail featured Color Club’s Where’s the Soiree black on the underside of the nail with two coats of Color Club’s Red-ical Gypsy on the nail. The long rounded nail was finished with a holepunch at the tip with a double layer of Gutermann thread. The Nail Team lead was celebrity manicurist Alicia Torello from the Wall Group.


Katie Gallagher speaking about the inspiration for her SS12 RED RED BLOOD Presentation: "My spring-summer collection comes from Blood. Not the blood of nightmares or brutality, but the blood that's sanguine, living and the brightest red, always moving, coursing, and restless inside us, all the while staying hidden to the outside world.”


Color Club will also be the featured nail team for the ThreeASFOUR collection on September 15, 2011.


About Color Club
A favorite of celebrity manicurists and nail color fans worldwide, Color Club is renowned for its high performance rich shades and exceptionally safe products. From the brightest neons, to glitter and French, all nail colors are vegan, Formaldehyde, Toluene, DBP and paraben-free - and made in New York, NY with the best raw materials. Products are available at shopcolorclub.com.


You can also visit our new YouTube channel for footage we took at the shows and Fashion’s Night Out!

http://www.youtube.com/user/ColorClubNail

CND Daily Nail 9.13.11 Harlequin Hardware Manicures at Diego Binetti

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The CND Daily Nail 9.13.11

Harlequin Hardware Manicures at Diego Binetti

September 13, 2011 - CND pioneered nails as accessories on the runway, and for Diego Binetti, nails are a true statement piece. So ladies and gents, please grab your disguises - we're on our way to a masquerade ball!


For Diego Binetti, Candice Manacchio delivered drama for digits, crafting "Harlequin Hardware" manicures stained in CND Colour in Raspberry Parfait and Frosting Cream, capped in gold and silver metal for an artisanal finish. Toes were polished in Raspberry Parfait. Makeup embraced "mask as part of the model," and hair was crimped and elaborately wrapped for a nighttime beauty look to remember:

At Karen Walker, Wanda Ruiz custom blended "Murky Mustard" manicures using CND Colour in Bicycle Yellow with 7 drops of CND Colour in Blackjack for a summery, spirited and youthful shade. Fresh faces with poppy orange lips and Victorian twisted hair made it almost possible to hear the songbirds tweeting!

OPI I Lily Love You

I saved the best for last from the 2011 Nice Stems collection.  This is I Lily Love You, a pink based jelly glitter with flakies!  The flakies are mostly pink and semi-iridescent but it's still a flakie!  To show you how it looks alone, this is 2 coats over OPI Natural Nail base coat.

The flakies are hard to see on the nail, and there is also some glitter sprinkled out there too.  Not sure how much I like this on my nails bare - it almost makes the fingers look injured?

In the shade, it looks a bit better.  I have to tell you, this dries gritty.  You can use OPI Top Coat or RapiDry, but if you want a smooth finish, I recommend Seche Vite or nubar Diamont.

Finally indoors with the flash, you can see the flakies, the glitter, the pink jelly base... it's all pretty.


However, this color seriously looks amazing over other colors.  Here is it over OPI Come to Poppy.

Oh yes, much better.  I still wish the flakies showed up on the nail as well as it does in the bottle, but hey, it's a start!  More like this OPI!

And in the shade - seriously, I'm just repeating myself at this point.  I LOVE THIS COLOR.  I noticed that my salon I go to for my manicures and pedicures had this color up on the shelf, so it's good to see that the locals here like it too.  I still have to say my peace on the piece that was in NAILS magazine but since I haven't gotten my issue yet, I'm waiting a bit.  More on all that later.


And this completes this collection!  Woo hoo!


OPI is available at Professional Salons, including Beauty Brands, Beauty First, Chatters, Dillard’s, JCPenney, Pure Beauty, Regis, Trade Secret, and Ulta, for $8.50 ($10.95 CAN) suggested retail for each Nail Lacquer. Please visit their website for details [official website].  

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