Hottest nail polish colors for fall
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The Chinese zodiac calendar may say we're in the Year of the Dragon … but we're actually in the Year of the nail polish. According to market research, nail polish sales are up a jaw-dropping 70 percent this year. When it comes to all things polish, we can't get enough.
So naturally, we're pretty pumped for all the new fall 2012 nail polish colors. With a boatload of shades to choose from, we reached out to celebrity makeup artists to get their top picks for the hottest new shades of the season.
From forest greens to shimmery royal purples, there's a little something for everyone on our list. Even just the names of these nail polishes ("Gobsmacked," "Suspicious," "Miss Fancy Pants") have us itching to try 'em all … the only tough part will be choosing which one to wear first.
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The shade: Butter London in Gobsmacked, $14
Why it's hot: "I love the sound of this name, 'Gobsmacked,' and its shade is equally fabulous. Metallic polishes are going to be huge for fall, especially this sexy, sparkly, asphalt color." — Los Angeles-based makeup artist Sabrina Mae
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The shade: OPI in Deutsch You Want Me Baby , $6
Why it's hot: "This burnt orange is such a quintessential fall color. It reminds me of leaves changing and carving pumpkins." — Mae
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The shade: Pop Beauty in Magenta Muse, $10
Why it's hot: "It's a shimmery, magenta shade that is the ultimate glam girl color. It reminds me of Kim Kardashian — hair done, makeup done … all done up." — New York-based makeup artist Elizabeth Ulloa
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The shade: OPI in Unfor-greta-bly Blue, $6
Why it's hot: "This is a very dark navy blue that looks like the ocean at night — but it's got some shimmer to it, so the color really pops against every type of skin tone." — Mae
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The shade: Essie in Miss Fancy Pants, $8
Why it's hot: "This pretty shade is mauve-ish … not quite lavender, but getting there. It's edgy with a soft innocence. Like McQueen meets Vera Wang." — Ulloa
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The shade: Butter London in Trustafarian, $14
Why it's hot: "This is a brilliant blend of holographic gold and sage green. The artist in me loves its subtle edge, and the beauty expert in me loves the sophisticated balance it creates." — Miami-based makeup artist Marissa Nemes
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The shade: Julep in Annette, $14
Why it's hot: "I'm obsessed with this creamy gray color. It's a great seasonal transition shade — neutral, but completely chic." — Nemes
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The shade: Chanel in Suspicious, $29
Why it's hot: "This powerful shade of deep magenta will compliment your fall wardrobe that's full of colors like black, gray, and plum. It looks so pretty when paired with rose gold jewelry." — Nemes
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The shade: Essie in Nothing Else Matters, $8
Why it's hot: "You can still wear lavender even in the fall, and this shade has a gorgeous metallic sheen. It brings out the little girl in me." — Nemes
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The shade: Sheswai Lacquer in Rootsy, $16
Why it's hot: "This is a really unusual, beautiful shade of caramel. It reminds me of toasted pumpkin seeds." — celebrity manicurist Debbie Leavitt
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Fall makeup: The best products under $25
Elizabeth Arden, Clarins, Tarte
Get the best new beauty products without breaking the bank.
Shopping for new beauty products is fun, but drying out your bank account isn’t, so we rounded up the hottest new fall products for $25 and under. With price tags this slim, you can afford to stock up!
Revlon, Laura Mercier, Clinique, Buxom
Too Faced, Essence, Clarins
Eye shadowPlay with high-fashion colors like Elizabeth Arden’s amethyst ($19; elizabetharden.com), Clarins’s inky asphalt ($20; clarinsusa.com), and Tarte’s amped-up neutrals ($22; tartecosmetics.com), minus the couture price tag.
Sephora, Make Up For Ever, Ardell, YBF
Boots, L'Oreal
Mac
Sephora, Cynthia Rowley, Sonia Kashuk
Between Cynthia Rowley's patterned tweezers ($25; sephora.com), Sephora's ribbon hair ties ($8; sephora.com) and Sonia Kashuk's plaid brush set ($14; target.com starting in September), your primping routine just got a lot more chic.
New York City's new Fix Beauty blowout
bar features a cube-shaped table that includes built-in nail dryers and
room for the nail artists to sit in the center while a client is getting
her hair done.
Leave it to New York City to cater to every beauty niche.
From the town that brought you a luxury doggie day spa and a ponytail hair bar
(yep, they just do ponytails) comes a new salon that solves the age-old
time question: how can I get my hair and my nails done without taking
up my whole day — and my budget?Enter the recently-opened Fix Beauty Bar, which is specifically designed to allow for a blowout and manicure at the same exact time — at an affordable price. Add in drinks, snacks and socializing — all in the time it takes to get from the office to meet a date for drinks.
Friends, New Yorkers and now entrepreneurs, Michelle Breskin and Karol Markowicz both loved to have their hair and nails done. But making time in their busy schedules for both was a problem.
“There are places you can get your hair done and nails done, but you pretty much end up paying a fortune,” said Breskin, 34, who worked in finance and real estate. “I’d rather have it all done at one time in an hour [in one place] and I’m done.”
Markowicz, a 35-year-old freelance writer, said their venture is the answer for legions of Manhattanites who like to take care of themselves but don’t want to make a day of it. “We feel all New York women are pretty busy. Busy women are our clientele — stay-at-home moms, working moms, non-moms and everyone in between,” she said.
“It’s a very New York kind of thing where we’re all crunched for time but we still want to look good."
While some salons have offered the option of pulling up a portable manicure station to someone getting their hair done, this seems to be the first salon to have specifically designed a two-in-one capability. The blowout bar is arranged with a cube-shaped table that seats eight and includes built-in nail dryers and room for the nail artists to sit in the center. Four other chairs allow for blowouts and pedicures.
In addition to coffee, snacks, muffins and mimosas, wine is offered all day, every day. “If someone wants a glass of wine with their 11:00 A.M. appointment,” Markowicz said, “We’re not going to judge anybody.”
Blow outs are one price, $40, regardless of hair length or texture. Customers can add a simultaneous manicure for $15, pedicure for $35 or all three services for $85.
New Yorkers Michelle Breskin and Karol Markowicz say their business
is "luxurious, fast and inexpensive — in and out in an hour.”
Specialty salons are quite popular these days, with DryBar (“no cuts, no color, just blowouts”) rapidly opening new salons nationwide, and establishments such as the John Barrett Salon at Bergdorf Goodman opening specialty treatment bars (braids, ponytails).
With vocal jazz piped in to complete their atmosphere though, Fix Beauty Bar owners hope to distinguish themselves by recreating an era when women congregated and socialized at their beauty salons — just in a New York minute.
“We’re in this for the long haul,” Markowicz said. “It’s definitely something we want to see grow and succeed and become something that New York women relate to and know about.”
What do you think? Would you want your hair and nails tended to at the same time? Let us know!
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