Green Glam: SpaRituals Nail Polish

It's hard to Go Green with beauty products - especially NAIL POLISH.. because quite frankly we do not know what the ingredients are!!  It's a BIG FAT QUESTION ????

Surprisingly, most beauty companies use ground fish scales to make their nail polish shimmer (FACT!) - otherwise known as pearl essence (that sounds better doesn't it?).  I bet you didn't know all of that!  So now...whenever you read the ingredients to your favorite beauty products - do know that 'Pearl Essence' is ground fish scales. 

What makes SpaRituals Nail Polish a "Green Glam" winner, is the fact that instead of recycling the use of dead fish - they prefer to use 100% RECYCLED GLASS in their New Illuminate shades (see below) and it's soooo pretty!! 

A great buy too - only $12 each!!

NAIL IT!

Make it BLEED.. by wearing the deepest and darkest red you can find.  YES BLOOD RED is a total WIN this season.

Check out Rihanna rocking Essie's OxBlood nail color. LOVE IT!  SO ROCK IT TOO!

As Halloween approaches us - be sure to get some gory Blood Red nail polish and you'll fashionably fit right in!

Ladies ... BRIGHT red will not cut it - so keep it on the shelf and bypass it for now.  Be smart about what color you decide to paint on your nails when at your local Nail Spa/Salon.

I took the liberty to provide you with the RIGHT RED RANGE...

Whatever Brand you decide OPI, ESSIE, NARS, DIOR etc...... just make sure its a DEEP DARK RED and match it up with a Fashionable Gettup & a Burgundy Clutch Purse!

Have fun at the Nail Salon... ;)

-CocoaGirl

NAIL NEWS! Sally Hansen gets INNOVATIVE!

SALON EFFECTS is Sally Hansen's newest product on the market and it has the gals going wild from young tweenies to trendy divas!

This product line has a variety of designs to choose from. Starting with glitterly effects, fashionable patterns to animal print. You name it - claim it!

According to customers, the stickers stay on your nails for up to 7 days.. and no chipping occurs. Wooo Sii ladies -- we may be able to save some time and money.

I think this is a great link to economically concerned chicas as we want to look fabulous all week long with out spending too much time and/or money. You can purchase Salon Effects at your nearest retail pharmacy store i.e CVS, Walgreens, Duane Reade, Rite-Aid etc.

Have fun being fashionably foward ladies!

Beauty Snippet: Serena's New Glam Slam Color

GLAM SLAM: OPI and Serena Williams are announcing their latest lacquers in the Glam Slam collection, under the name Glam Slam England. The first lacquer set includes Your Royal Shine-ness...
(courtesy of the WWD.com)

Athletic Ambassadors: Serena Williams - Glam Slam!

Tennis Star, Serena Williams slammed a match with OPI Nail Polish creators
(acquired by Coty Beauty in 2010 http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-11-28/coty-opi-deal-may-be-announced-by-tomorrow-people-say.html). Williams has been known to wear cool nail color polish on the court. Since she is constantly in the paparazzi pool of photos, brand developers know that $he i$ a money machine. So why not hit her up to collab for the Glam Slam series of nail shades; which will be released in conjunction with the next four grand slam tournaments. WHY NOT!?!

This girl loves nail polish so much that she is working on opening a chain of nail salons!!! Coming soon to a city near you...

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Here is a snippet from her interview with BeautyInc/WWD trade mag with Rachel Brown:
(WWD/BeatyInc) How did you create the colors for OPI, and what's your favorite color?

(Serena Williams) "When you do a collection, you have to do it in advance and make sure it is going to be in style. Thank goodness I have a fashion background, because I was able to look up different fashion and nail trends. OPI came up with this great concept where you put on a nail polish and it actually cracks and it looks like a completely different design that takes hours to do."

Serena is definitely doin' her thing! She has her apparel company, an accessory collection currently distributed via HSN http://www.hsn.com/serena-williams/serena-williams_c-sw_a-6590_xc.aspx; and she is the spokesperson for Mission Skincare http://www.missionathletecare.com/- betcha didn't know that - did ya!?!?