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The Nail Polish Files // Spring Summer 2010 Nail Polish Trends

Saturday, April 17th, 2010


Images of nail polish bottles from Polyvore.

I cannot get enough of the candy soft and pastel nail trend. I recently bought the Rimmel baby pink nail lacquer shade because it reminds me of candy floss/cotton candy and that is always a good thing!

On Friday I wore Utopia by Models Own for the first time(as pictured in collage). It was part of a sample pack sent to me. I only wore for it for a day, so did not get to test it’s staying power but I did like the soft lilac meets grey meets cream shade. Although Models Own has a wide range of colours, for me it is their interesting take on pastel nail polish that intrigues me. I like that their collection features colours that you don’t usually get in baby soft version. With colours like a pastel lilac nail polish to a soft green nail polish.

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In the recent past I did a feature on another trendsetting Chanel nail polish. I wrote about the Chanel Particuliere grey meets beige meets clay shade here.

Since then it seems clay/putty nail lacquer shades keep popping up everywhere. On the other spectrum, are nude nail polish hues. I scored a bottle of Revlon’s Copperglaze Platinum nail colour not too long ago at a shopping outlet. It is a perfect nude hue with a slight shimmer (as pictured in collage).

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Rewind to 1997, I had a neon purple nail polish on my nails. Me and neon nails have come a long way. I love Barry M’s range of Neon nail varnish. I must state though that I only wear a colour for short periods at a time, so I’ve never tested it’s durability or wear. All I know is the company is taking a lot of Marian’s pennies, I have a hill high of the stuff.

I cannot get enough of the above three nail trends. They are the main spring summer 2010 nail polish colour trends . Your fingernails will be begging you to paint them into trend!

Please Note: I only recommend the above nail polishes in reference to their palette/colour. I cannot speak for their durability or wear.

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Barry M

Models Own

Essie U.S.A store locator

Essie UK stockist online

Rimmel

Collection 2000

Buy O.P.I online

Bourjouis

Nars

Chanel

Revlon

Butter London

W7

Claire’s Accessories

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Photo Credit: Images used in collage are from Polyvore

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The Nail Polish Files // Chanel Particuliere

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

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The beauty people at Chanel beauty labs seem to know the magic formula to creating mania raising nail polish.

Their waiting list causing Jade shade has barely dried on our nails and there is already a new kid on the block.

Meet Chanel’s Particuliere
Get to know her, because this darlings, is the colour we will all be cooing over before the summer starts. Particuliere for £16 is a peculiar grey,meets off beige colour. Think a mushroom meets taupe colour meets clayish meets your cup coffee sort of shade.

It all began when models wore the shade at Chanel’s spring/summer 2010 show. At the show, British singer Lily Allen was also spotted wearing the colour.

No sooner did the show snaps hit the internet and the Chanel nail polish shade was creating nail envy.

Rihanna, Lauren Conrad, Eva Mendes etc have all been seen sporting similar nail colour.

Get the look too with the below nail products.

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OPI polish in Over The Taupe, £9.50.

Butter London in Fash Pack, £10.

I have my eye on the OPI polish. How fun is the shade name? I am sucker for a great nail lacquer name.

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Photo Credit: Images used in collage are from Polyvore

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Nail addicts anonymous

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

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I am positively addicted to nail polish. Lately I am wearing as much as two colours a day (crazy I know!). My nail colour changes as fast as my outfits do. It is almost ridiculous that last month my nail polish bill was up there with the dry cleaning bill.

Anyone know of a support group for nail lacquer addicts? If not, anyone out there looking to join one? I am currently rocking Black Cherries by Rimmel. My second, ahem I mean third, nail shade of the day.

Till that Nail Lacquer Addicts Anonymous group has its first meeting, I will be crushing on the shades below. Each shade is by yummy Brit based company, Nails Inc.

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All nail polish by Nails Inc, images from Nails Inc

Love how each is shade is named after an important London landmark!

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