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Trend Alert: Gray Nail Polish

BellaSugar — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:00:18 -0800

Usually the color gray is reserved for cashmere, not cosmetics. But as it turns out, gray is continuing the transition into beauty products, and it can be a chic and versatile color for nails. Leading the way is the always-innovative Rescue Beauty Lounge with its dove-gray shade Concrete Jungle ($18).

A great and inexpensive alternative is Revlon's Steel-Etto from its Dark Pleasures line. It's a little darker, incorporating a beautiful shimmery silver tone into the hue. If you're still unsure about gray nails, try out Wet N Wild in Sparked. At only $1.99 a bottle, it's a risk you can afford to take!

Link Time!

BellaSugar — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:59:19 -0700

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Spring's hot nail polish color could be gray - Beauty Counter
Sephoras in JC Penney have sweet deals - Beauty Snob
Go inside a Victoria's Secret casting call - The Cut
Guys care about only one thing (when it comes to makeup) - Lemondrop
Nail polish sleuthing with The City - Makeup and Beauty Blog
Behind the scenes of Jennifer Lopez's new scent - People Style Watch
Top hair color tips - Beauty Blitz

Get Ginnifer Goodwin's Lilac Nails

BellaSugar — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:00:12 -0700

If I had to wager on it, nail polish trends this season will be bright and bold. Think Agyness Deyn's royal blue polish and Natalie Portman's taxi cab yellow tones. I'd also venture to say that we'll be seeing a lot of matte finishes, as well as subdued hues like khakis, grays, and even polish-free nails for a low-maintenance look.

That's why I'm digging Ginnifer Goodwin's smoky lilac nails she wore to a Bulgari bash earlier in the week. This flattering, toned-down shade, which is reminiscent of the insanely popular Sephora by OPI in Metro Chic ($9), uniquely combines the bold with the subdued, and the matte with a creamier finish.

Think you might want to get painted purple? Get some inspiration below, and tell me what lovely lilac shades are your favorites.

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Agyness Deyn Inspires a Nail Polish Color

BellaSugar — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:00:22 -0700

Model Agyness Deyn is famous for her shock of platinum-blond hair, but at least one beauty product is more interested in her fingernails. Australian cosmetics brand Bloom has released a limited-edition nail polish called Agyness (about $15). It's around only for a little while, and to get it, you'd have to order from Down Under. While Agyness Deyn hasn't been spotted wearing her namesake color, the matte shade of wet-concrete gray is quirky and unusual. Kind of like the model herself.

Matte Nail Polish Makes a Comeback. Maybe.

BellaSugar — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:00:25 -0700

Matte nail polish, once the choice of adolescent grunge wannabes, had a brief blip of popularity circa '92. Even Revlon got in on the action, offering a gloss-free red polish that I thought was so cool, so Sassy. Looking back, I now realize it wasn't quite as cool as I thought it was in ninth grade.

Or is it? Yep, gloss-free polish has returned. Man Glaze (big yech on the name) makes gray and black matte polishes that sell for $6.66 each. And KO cosmetics's "flatte" polish ($22) comes in pink, ivory, and black - as modeled here by Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. There's no question that matte color is trying to make a comeback. The question is, will you take a shine to it?

Trend Alert: Gunmetal Nails

BellaSugar — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:00:55 -0700

Here's a new twist on the metallic nail trend. Those who find black nail polish to be a touch too dark, red to be too bright, and yellow to be too over-the-top can find comfort in gunmetal gray. Gunmetal is a sleek, dark and sultry member of the silver family. Here are three bad-ass nail shades you'll be sure to love.

Hit Me With Your Best Shot from the Lippmann Collection ($15) was created with Pat Benetar! This is polish is a sexy and smoldering ultra dark gunmetal gray that will make you feel like a rock star. It has been formulated with biotin and green tea to nourish, strengthen and protect your nails and has a chip-resistant glossy finish.

For two more gorgeous gunmetal nail polishes, read more

Gunmetal Grey from Zoya ($6) is a deep steely, silvery metallic polish that looks glittery and sultry on nails. Caution, this color encourages all kinds of naughty behavior!

CND polish in Hyde in The Dark ($6) is part of the new Fall 2007 collection. This dark metallic grey polish lasts for up to ten days without chipping. The color is chic and it won't streak-an important thing if you're dealing with metallic lacquers.

Trend Alert: Chrome Nails

BellaSugar — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:00:56 -0700

Leave it to Rihanna, the queen bee of nail polish, to take an opaque, shimmery metallic color to the next level. Chrome is more of a powerful gold-and-silver version of its true silver sister gunmetal and it is also much darker than pale gray.

I still can't quite believe that metallic nails are still this much of a sensation. Even LC can't get enough of glittery metallic nails! Below are a couple of rocker-cool chrome polish suggestions for Summer. Enjoy!

Essie Steel-ing the Scene ($8) is a bronzey-pewter (effectively a chrome) shade of nail polish that contains flecks and packs a lot of punch. For those of you who are too shy to wear this on your nails, it makes for a great toenail color.

Tropez Super Pearl Nail Enamel in Black Pearl ($1.99) is a deep, opaque gray that looks amazing with one sheer coat of Tini Beauty's Gold Haze Topper as a topcoat. The result is a metallic, high-shine glossy finish - and the best part is that it's a unique color!

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Small Beauty Updates to Help You Fall Forward

BellaSugar — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:00:48 -0700

Today is the first day of Autumn, which means it's time to update your makeup regimen just a little bit. No need to revamp your entire look immediately: it's much more fun to slowly incorporate some of Fall's trends into your look. Here are some small changes you can make to ease into the new season:

Lay off the bronzer. This may seem like a no-brainer, but lots of people cling on to the last remnants of Summer by supplementing their fading tan with bronzing products. Rosy cheeks are the trend for Fall - on your way there, try a rosy cheek stain with a little bronzer over it. Jemma Kidd Rosy Glow Lip & Cheek Tint is my favorite - the stain really sinks in, so the texture won't mix weirdly with your bronzer.
Go for a metallic nail polish shade. Dark berry colors with reflective pigments and grays were all over Fall runways. Try Cover Girl Boundless Color Nail Polish in Plum Pudding.
Give up the gloss. Makeup artists have been telling me for months that sheer lipstick is replacing gloss, and I can't think of a better time to embrace that then when it gets windy (no one wants her hair stuck to a pair of chapped lips . . . ew!). Try Revlon Sheer Colorstay Lipcolor.
Practice your smoky eye. Save it for nighttime for now, but the smoky eye, especially with hints of silver or bronze, is big for Fall. Check out Oscar de la Renta's Fall runway to see what I mean.

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