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Nailing NYFW

If there’s anything that NYFW teaches you, is that fashion doesn’t stop at the end of the runway. The audience and crowds contributed to plenty an ooh and ahh, whether they were celebrity or not. My camera was often pointed equally to someone’s clothes and shoes, as it was to the models and garments.

I even felt the kick under my heiny to step it up and rocked out with bright lipstick for days. But today’s not about that – today’s nail day!

The pasttime that I can always commit to is doing my nails and toes. I usually do this before I do anything, as I can aid drying time that way. I also am tempted to try a new polish nearly every day (though that is half blamed on my penchant to peel my polish and half because of my constant new purchases). For NYFW, I didn’t want to be a one color girl, so I enjoyed some fancy mattes, suedes, creams, and a Konad for days.

I wanted to mix it up for Fashion Week, as I didn’t want to run through all the fabulosity with a mere one color. I tried to do a fresh nail every other day.

First one was a cream color that struck my eye immediately when I came into the Beauty Supply store. It was a sherbet melon/orange type color, and I could attest that I had none to even so much as mimic it. Plus the color was around $2. The brand was one that I never tried before, but as it’s name says itself – I was ~~curious~~ Quirious!

Though I liked this color, the polish took a bit too long to meet my expectations. The picture here is after roughly four coats. The first two coats made it look sheer as all goodness and that actually made me pout. I like the finished effect, but it takes too long to achieve it. Regardless, though… given the price, I’ll forgive em & probably showcase more of their colors soon.

Next two colors that I tried are pretty new to the nail market and I didn’t want to wait too long to try them out. After spotting them on websites and nail blogs alike, my heart was beating fast in the material sector. First one was OPI Suede in Russian Navy.

The little note attached to it says the same thing as the ones on the Mattes as I posted here. They tell you not to use a base or top coat, that they wear differently than other polish, and not to use lotion.

Just to let y’all know. I haved used a base coat with all my matte polishes and that hasn’t changed anything. I have seen that the one time I followed directions and didn’t use a base coat, the matte made my nail yellow. Yaya doesn’t like that one bit.

The Suedes are fabulous guys. They have this silver underlayer that makes the top coat shine. It’s hard to explain. The pictures show you that I have a top coat on my ring finger to show you what it looks like with a top coat. I like the color both ways. I also noticed that upon removal, you can actually come across the middle layer that is invisible to the eye when applying or wearing.

flash on the left and no flash on the right

Coooooool. Right? 🙂 This is when I was removing it, so excuse the chip. Mattes and Suedes wear a lot more sensitive than creams, so they tend to chip at the ends within one or two days.

Next one was OPI by Sephora in Metro Chic Matte. This was an ultra cool matte, that had the best application of any of the mattes I have ever come across. Case in point: most mattes, if you apply more than two swipes on one nail in succession start to clump up. This one did no such thing.

flash on the left and no flash on the right

pinky has a top coat on it. Looks almost identical to Metro Chic cream

The color is a little different with flash and no flash. Neither shows the color perfectly. It is a bit in between the two if you can imagine. I tried to add a little Holo pizazz with China Glaze on the thumb and ring finger.

I also love that this polish is extremely true to bottle color. Most of the mattes – it is just too hard to convey that.

My last mani was my last hoorah inspired by my girl Brit from ClumpsofMascara. She was tweetin’ and YouTubin’ with a fab houndstooth Konadicure, and I took her as inspiration to rock my plates out. I used a Sally Hansen Insta-Dri polish that I just got from Walgreens on sale, and used bows and fishnets to rock out the rest. I used my black and white Konad polishes and then mixed some of them to see if I could get gradient colors.

After a nail or two, I realized I was mimicking my fave Betsey Johnson mini handbag.

What y’all think? What are you rocking on your nails?

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NYFW: Lela Rose S/S 2010 beauty

To continue the coverage of NYFW, I am breaking some posts up into pieces so that you don’t get restless scrolling. Whenever I get home and troll through photographs and footage and find that I have an abundance of material, I find it best to separate the fashion and beauty and offer more for you to read in separate posts. Either way, you got no choice! 🙂

As I already said in the fashion post, the collection was great. It was very relaxed and carefree but still prim and taken care of in every aspect. Does that make sense? Every look, from head to toe was flawless, in that it looked effortless. You know – those girls that practically skip down the street looking perfect and saying they just got out of bed? Or when you have a spiffy day and feel refreshed but did next to nothing to achieve it – just wore the tried and true, good to you. This collection was like that.

The overall look was a soft but not overdone bronzed, carefree image. As Sarah from Stila describes it best, it’s like the girl who fell asleep under the sun for a bit in the summer, but she had her SPF on – so she just has a glow. Some of the products used were the Pomegranate Crush Stain, the Fandango Duo Eyeshadow, and the Cobalt Smudge Pot (all personal faves!) .The hair was slightly piecy ponytails, mastered by the best, depicting the same story that the makeup began to write. The nails? Well of course they followed suit!

Deborah Lippmann of her namesake brand described the mani pedis (Fashion was the shade used at the show – order here) as reverting back to matching the mani to the pedi. She reiterated that women should rely less on the go to French Mani and venture out into the broader world of polish (to which everyone agreed). The polish used in the show was just the perfect shade (described as a “Not-so-typical taupe” cream color on the website) to dig your feet into the sand and have your toes disappear into sandy oblivion.

Check out the rest of the images a la Yaya:

Sarah from Stila taking care of Lela herself

the Lippmann polish army. See that glitter hiding on the left? That’s my wishlist polish in Happy Birthday (and y’all know mine is coming up on the 23rd!)

the Ted Gibson family. Mr. fab hair himself is rocking a tie

makeup prep lineup

Deborah Lippmann polish at work

Ted Gibson working his hair magic

Lela’s dog stitch was jonesing for a makeover, but he was fab the way he came!

Check out the show here:

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NYFW: Lela Rose S/S 2010 fashion

Another day of the life in the tents! This show transpired on Sunday – so bear with me as I catch up. Thankfully, I did not go to any shows on Monday, so I should be reporting faster. That’s good right?

I am also going to be entering the world of YouTube y’all! I realized I had no choice as I interviewed numerous makeup artists, hair stylists, shows, and designers for your waiting eyes. These posts might come after all my posts for NYFW are concluded by tomorrow/Friday, because as we all know (or may not know) the videos take a while to upload and edit (mostly to upload though), and I don’t want the whole post to wait and suffer because of the video.

Regardless of the wait – you’ll definitely love the material. This being the first Fashion Week I participated in (I usually watch at home), I’ve met so many great people and have gathered more than enough scoop to share with y’all!

The Lela Rose show was a great one. There was a large array of (mostly) wedge shoes and apparel that was the real definition of Spring. The beauty team was a godsend with Stila for the face, Ted Gibson for hair, and Deborah Lippmann for nails. Additionally, Darphin skin care (from across the pond!) was present to keep the gals skin in line and prettified. These girls live the life during fashion week, don’t they?!

starting the madness backstage

looks

preparation

The clothes for the show were just as carefree and soft as the rest of the look. The collection contained many bright colors (but not neon) in lime-yellow, fuschia, greens, and blues. There were some pieces that really struck me & my favorites list because of how they fluttered during movement.

I loved nearly every pair of shoes

Lela’s dog Stitch, was the real start of the entire show, as he walked the backstage area, taking the rights over his kingdom. He sniffed and greeted every artist, model, worker, etc. (and he probably liked the catering team the most). I actually wholeheartedly expected him to walk the runway.

he was too cute and fast for my paparazzi ways!

mercifully preventing wardrobe malfunctions

on a side note: there were some hot looking shoes in the audience as well:

Check out the rest here:

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Fall Makeup for 2009

In the midst of all this Fashion Week madness, one can’t deny the change in the air. The streets aren’t as warm anymore, there are more sleeved fashions paraded about town, and scarves are coming out.

To me, scarves are the epitome of Fall and colder weather in general. When scarves came out as a trend for summer as well, you could find me looking all bewildered at everyone and their momma because it didn’t make sense. Scarves are an accessory with both an aesthetic and physical function. It serves as a great neckpiece, converts great into a shawl, or even a bow tie, but it also has the potential to keep you warm.

Something else to usher in the fall? Makeup! Now, I’ve briefly covered trends for the fall, and will definitely revisit the topic, but I’d like to share what some companies are ushering in for the new season. As we all know – seasons come with different colors, and wearing neons and bronzer may not be the most appropriate look for when the thermometer starts to dip.

Check out some of the other new products for fall in makeup and nails below. These include great ones from fan (and my) favorites from Too Faced, Stila, Benefit, Smashbox, Korres, etc.!

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Anything you’re falling for? 🙂

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Fashion’s Night Out – Picture Perfect

I am going to bang out a couple more Fashion Night Out posts today and then commence with the Fashion Week coverage.

I’m not checking out too many shows this year, only about 8, the rest I will be checking out on TV and online. It’s started raining around here and it’s almost comical to see people rush to the tents in the midst of rain and shoes that shouldn’t get water, get soaked.

Until then – I have some photographic enjoyment for y’all.

Click ‘Read more’ to see some of my favorite displays on this night out, and for the trend of the day. Can you tell what it is?

I’ll give you a hint – it’s very lifelike.

Escada displays did not disappoint with live models.
My next stop while walking through the wonders of Fifth Avenue, was Tiffany’s. It was funny on this day to balance what you set out to see and all the wondrous things you saw along the way!

Tiffany’s had a red carpet of their own – in Tiffany blue. There were elegant white roses lining the side of the store, and they had larger than life jewelry boxes piled up by the entrance. There was a woman in a bright red jacket walking past and she just looked perfect in the background. I would like to assume that she shops there every week … with that sassy red coat. 🙂

These two were the Tiffany’s models at the entrance. I took the picture thinking – if I have Tiffany’s dolls – they’d look like this.

Next stop for me? Bergdorf Goodman – and by the looks of things – it was all good…man. 🙂 They had the entrance lit up like a red light district club and the displays were beyond fantastic with the fashions and themes. I only snapped up one pic though, because they drew crowds & it was hard to capture!

The next stop was Prada. Totally not on my list (or budget) for the day, I couldn’t help but stop and enjoy the display. They renamed the day to Wolve’s Night Out for a Little Red Riding Hood theme, and had the storytale outfitted in the latest Prada. Additionally? The customers all walked away with a red apple. That… and the drinks 🙂

The last picture is not from the Fifth Avenue store. It’s from the Soho location. I told y’all I really made the rounds on this day! Even though the Soho store wasn’t rocking the same theme, it kind of fit into it, no?

Next stop was Adidas – had to show the love for them in both of the downtown stores. The Soho location had some nice sports-clothes and the other had people outfitted in the old school track suits, with a breakdance dance off inside the store. Additionally – the mannequins inside were rocking it out (but they said no photos inside 😦 ! )

I’m showing y’all a lot of the outside. The insides were just as great at ALL these stores by the way. It’s just I can only post and share so many photos of one day… right?

Well here’s some goodies from Express, their scarf selection in color and texture was bananas.

Done with my Fifth Avenue travels, I had the downtown area to cover. First one to pop my eyes open with excitement? Karen Millen the designer from across the pond got my heart racing with all the designs. I’m so serious. I asked for an application to work there!

The store was also on trend for the day with live models mingling with the mannequins. I loved this model because she was feisty & gave me Fierce with a capital F.

Then I hit up Bleecker St. Let me make something clear. My feet were barrrking the moment I started to head home. Some of my downtown findings were accidental as I made my way over to the PurpleLab event at Scoop.

Yet another store rocking the live model look: Black Fleece

They also had the most creative styling and adoration of the official Fashion’s Night Out tee IMO.

Like it?

Next on the block was Intermix. They had a Barbie display and I wanted to break in and steal the whole darn thing.

Barbie was doing the damn thing with the tee as well.

Another fab display? Vince. I love this brand for the softest of soft fabric. Their tees are pricey but always always worth it, and the rest of the brand follows suit.

I love that they had a Shopper’s Whodunit on display.

What do you think? Did you find anything great?

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Ahh!

As I scurry around and try to replace my phone, and with it the unbacked data of photos and posts ready for y’all, accept this coupon to Sally’s Beauty Supple as my mea culpa and please be patient.

🙂

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Magazine Weekend – Women’s Health September 09

Hey y’all! Happy weekend!

No weekend goes by without a magazine to accompany it, right? Well this weekend, we are exploring the phenomenon that happens all the time. Very often you hear people complaining about not being able to find the right shade of lipstick or lip gloss, and saying that though it looked good on someone else, or in the bottle, it looked terrible on them.

Well, Women’s Health (the September issue) has some good pointers at picking out just the right color and the most flattering shade for you. They also have a great interview with covergirl Mila Kunis. Click ‘read more’ to read the tip and see what else the magazine has for curious readers!

Here’s two tips from the magazine for figuring out if you’re warm toned or cool toned (a key part in choosing a color), and how best to test out the color before committing to buying it:

Also from the mag:

“80% of women have cool undertones, but don’t assume that you do.”

Check out the magazine for the guide on which shades go with cool and warm skin tones, along with the colors that are universally flattering. Also – check out which colors the guide says to avoid!

Shoot me an e-mail to MyOwnJudge@gmail.com if you would like me to explore other/have topics and/or magazines, or for general opinions of what’s in magazine weekend.

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Ladies & Gents of the Jury – Rihanna

So you think you’re a pro jury now eh? You are!

I’m glad my readers get the chance to prance into my courtroom day in and day out to fulfill their judicial duties. I wouldn’t want anyone dodging my jury notices! With that, here’s the doozy for the week:

Enter into the courtroom Miss RiRi, Rihanna
Ever the fashionista, she has a fab photo shoot for the Couture Supplement in September’s Italian Vogue, and I want to know what you think!

Do you like it? What’s calling out to you?

It’s definitely not a commercial look, so that’s out of the question. The diva in training has her gaze down, but I fear she might not have the versatility of a top model – her face seems to have the same expression in them all, no?

That of course doesn’t subtract from the awesome photography by Stephen Klein or the styling… Or even the beauty!

Photo Credit: Vogue Italia

I’m loving it, but who am I?

Ladies & Gents of the Jury: What is your verdict?

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Back to… (s)cool :)

It’s that time again. You know – when the sun hides a lot longer than it shines, and when you wake up in the middle of the night feeling a bit colder than when you went to sleep.

I thought up some ideas and put together a few options to take a peek at. Most of the items are $50 and under, so if you get the itch to shop – it won’t hurt too bad!

Whenever long sleeves come into play, the button up top is the quintessential top that never does you wrong. There are many options for them and the color varieties are endless. The best thing about it, is that depending on what your environment is, you can snazzy it up for an outing, or down for your HR manager/professor.

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Ruffles are playful and will keep you from getting too glum as the weather gets colder and the darkness more abundant.

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Make use of the natural inspirations outside and around you. Take a cue from what is natural at this time of year in terms of colors and incorporate that into your wardrobe!

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Just because it’s warm, doesn’t mean you can’t indulge in sheer fantasies. Pick brighter colors layered over dark colors to keep yourself warmer, and to be kind to other people. Though really – if you’re like me and you don’t care so much what others care about your outfit, you should be putting your neon sheers over white tanks and keep the hope of summer alive.

And while you’re at it, going back to school or just back to cool in the fall, you need new makeup to renew your look right? What better way than to do it with the versatility of a palette?

Here are some under $20 versions!

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