Nail Polish

Essie, spring 2012, swatches, Ole Caliente, Orange It's Obvious, Navigate Her, To Buy or Not to Buy, Tour de Finance, A Crewed Interest, KarlaSugar, Karla Sugar

Bravo, Essie. Your spring collection rather brilliantly sums up "what's hot right now," in six efficient moves. If    >>

Sally Hansen, Wild Child, OPI, La Paz-itively Hot

I spotted another fab manicure "out in the wild" recently, so I asked the wearer if I could    >>

Laura Mercier, Tres Chic, swatches, Gel Lip Color, Gel Lipstick, Clementine, Poppy, Dollface, Rosette, Orchid, KarlaSugar, Karla Sugar

Laura Mercier has a little lips-and-nails collection out on counters right now — one of those smaller releases    >>

Sally Hansen, Xtreme Wear, swatches, Green with Envy

The fashion world (Neiman Marcus, specifically), has me primed and on the lookout for hot, saturated color. I'm    >>

Dior, spring 2012, swatches, eyeshadow quints, 441 Garden Pastels, 841 Garden Roses, KarlaSugar, Karla Sugar

Dior's idea of spring 2012 is a garden party (what a delightful idea). The color palette makes me    >>

Chanel Fire

Special thanks to Carine for her fabulous guest swatches of Chanel 159 Fire — it looks like the    >>

Le Metier de Beaute, LMdB, Yield to Yellow, nail swatches

Beauty disaster, readers: I recently walked, index-fingernail-first into a door. I hate having just one short nail; they    >>

Butter London, Rosie Lee, swatches

Another magnificent guest swatch from AlexandraRC of Sparkly Vernis (and another magnificent glitter polish from Butter London). I    >>

Nubar, Boyfriend Jeans, KarlaSugar, Karla Sugar

Last September, Chanel released a trio of blue nail polishes for Fashion's Night Out. They were $29 apiece,    >>

NARS, spring 2012, swatches, Douce France, Paramaribo, Lhasa, Dark Rite, Abbey Road, KarlaSugar, Karla Sugar

NARS' spring collection officially launches on counters on February 1 (and it's already available online). Based on the    >>

MAC, Iris Apfel, lipstick, swatches, Pink Pigeon, Scarlet Ibis, Party Parrot, Flamingo, Morange, Entertain Me, Embrace Me, Redd, KarlaSugar, Karla Sugar

Of the seven collections on MAC's counters right now (Daphne Guinness, Metal X, Tour de Fabulous, Lip Mix,    >>

Le Metier de Beaute, LMdB, Ken Downing, resort 2012, swatches, Yield to Yellow, Not So Safe Orange, ShocKen Pink, HibisKiss, Orange Juiced, KarlaSugar, Karla Sugar

Last September I was in NYC for fashion week, and a fashion blogger passingly mentioned that neon was    >>

Deborah Lippmann, Edge of Glory, swatches, Barney's, Lady Gaga, Gaga's Holiday Workshop

I have a VERY exciting guest swatch for you today: from Barney's exclusive collaboration with Lady Gaga (Gaga's    >>

Chanel, spring 2012, swatches, Rouge Coco, Superstition, Chalys, Paradis, Charme, Destinee, Rouge Coco Shine, Candeur, Flirt, KarlaSugar, Karla Sugar

Chanel's spring collection was one of the first on counter this year. The collection chiefly offers variations on    >>

Butter London, HRH, swatches

Tremendous thanks (again) to AlexandraRC for today's guest swatches. Pretty soon she will have captured Butter London's entire    >>