Essie Wedding 2013

Each year Essie releases a new Wedding collection, soft shades suited for the brides-to-be. These collections don’t feature sheer pinks or pale whites though! No, Essie pushes the envelope with subtle colour and creamy candy hues. Who said that wedding nails had to be boring?

We’re happy to announce the new Essie Wedding 2013 shades! Let’s take a look.

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These four new shades make up the Essie Wedding 2013 collection. Pastel pinks, lavender and a soft fuchsia. These shades are the perfect addition and soft pop of colour for a bridal look.

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The star of the collection is Essie Using My Maiden Name. This is the shade we’re most excited about! This beautiful soft lavender periwinkle colour is certainly going to leave a lasting impression. It’s subtle, feminine and certainly not boring!

This collection will hit the shelves around May 2013 but we have it available now for pre-order on our site, Phoenix Beauty Lounge. Would you wear any of these shades to your wedding? Or are you dying to get your hands on these anyway, wedding or not? 🙂 Let us know in the comments!

China Glaze Sunsational Summer 2013

Hi everyone! We’re excited to announce the new China Glaze Summer 2013 collection called Sunsational! Create waves with Sunsational! This 12-piece collection features six new cremes and six new jellies. This collection will be available in May 2013. Let’s take a look at the visuals and the colors.

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We’re in love with this display! China Glaze created a gorgeous summery visual for the Sunsational collection. This collection underwent a name-change last minute as it was first dubbed Neons – On The Shore. We’re not quite sure why, but we’re definitely not unhappy about the change! Sunsational definitely has a ring to it! 🙂

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As you can see this collection is extremely bright and full of fun shades for Summer 2013! We’re really excited and can’t wait to see swatches of this collection. We love that China Glaze chose to do an entire set of jelly finish polishes. Jellies are starting to gain more popularity and we love it!

China Glaze Sunsational will be available from May 2013 but we have it available now for pre-order at Phoenix Beauty Lounge! What are your thoughts on this collection? Are you dying to pick it up or will you take a pass? Let us know in the comments!

OPI Couture de Minnie Summer 2013

After the amazing success of last years Vintage Minnie Mouse collection, OPI releases a new Summer 2013 collection called Couture de Minnie. This new collection features five new shades inspired by our favorite mouse. We’re really excited to share this exclusive news with you! Let’s take a look!

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Five new beautiful OPI Minnie Mouse shades! We love the fuchsia pink and white glitter polish, OPI Minnie Style. And the magenta Liquid Sand finish, OPI Magazine Cover Mouse, looks great too! We can’t wait to get our hands on these pretty pinks. OPI Chic from Ears to Tail and OPI A Definite Moust-have look like the perfect bubblegum pink and hot pink creme. And it looks like we can spot some beautiful pink shimmer in OPI Innie Minnie Mightie Bow. We’re digging it!

OPI Couture de Minnie is available to order now on our site, Phoenix Beauty Lounge. What do you think of this new OPI collection? Any shades you can’t wait to get your hands on? Let us know in the comments!

Essie Resort 2013 Collection

Introducing the Essie Resort 2013 collection! A bright and colourful collection featuring four striking shades. We are excited the share the news and images of this years Essie Resort collection. This collection is powerful, feminine and sexy!

“We all love to play the role of powerful seductress.” says Essie Weingarten, Brand Founder and Global Creative Director of Essie. “Get in the mood for your close-up with over-the-top fabulous color.” Weingarten ensured this was no ordinary palette of persuasion, “I wanted to re-imagine sexy color in a way that is as unexpected as the modern woman herself.” It’s about striking, bold color that’s as fresh as a roll in the hay – it’s definitely not your traditional femme fatale look. It’s an allure from confidence, a playful attitude and indefatigable optimism.essieresortcollection

We are in love with these new Essie Resort shades. Bright, colorful, fun and perfect for Summer. We need you, Summer 2013! It can’t come soon enough, we are desperately longing for some sunshine, and we want these summer shades on our hands and toes.

Essie Resort 2013 will be available this April 2013. If you cannot wait to get your hands on them, we have them available for pre-order now on our site Phoenix Beauty Lounge!

OPI Oz the Great and Powerful, Soft Shades 2013

It’s become a tradition for OPI to release a collection of Soft Shades each year. For 2013 they were inspired by Disney’s Oz the Great and Powerful, and created 3 nudes, 3 glitters and 1 Liquid Sand for their annual OPI Soft Shades collection. Let’s take a look!

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OPI is very excited to take this fantastical journey with Disney,” explains Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, OPI Executive VP & Artistic Director. “Inspired by the magic of Oz The Great and Powerful, this Soft Shades collection captures the whimsy seen in the film, from glittery shades packed with white, gold and silvery iridescent confetti – Lights of Emerald City, When Monkeys Fly! and Which is Witch? – to soft neutrals in white, beige and pink – Don’t Burst My Bubble, Glints of Glinda and I Theodora You.

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The three neutrals in the collection include:

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These are the three glitter polishes released for the OPI Soft Shades of 2013:

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And finally, the Liquid Sand finish released alongside this collection:

  • OPI What Wizardry Is This?: This rich taupe hue was designed for James Franco’s character, the great Wizard of Oz, and is sure to make a bold statement this spring

We love this collection! Even though they are soft shades, they are definitely NOT boring! The glitter polish, Lights of Emerald City, has amazing square white glitter pieces. Something we haven’t seen before in the mainstream polish brands. We’re definitely intrigued and can’t wait to try them out in person.

These will be available for purchase very soon, for now you can purchase them in our store, Phoenix Beauty Lounge. Make sure to take a look!

What are your thoughts on this collection? Let us know!

China Glaze Avant Garden Spring/Summer 2013 Swatches

Hi everyone! Today we’re sharing exclusive swatches of the China Glaze Avant Garden collection for Spring/Summer 2013. A collection full of unique and wonderful shades, brights and pastels. Let’s take a look!

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China Glaze Life Is Rosy: Blushed mauve creme (2 coats). This is a beautiful dusty shade. It’s a nice pop of colour without being too overwhelming. We think this is a wearable color for all ages! It’s fun and bright, but still has a muted quality.

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China Glaze Pink-ie Promise: Iridescent baby pink creme (3 coats). This is a gorgeous pale pink. Like the previous shade, this also has a subtle dusty quality. It has a very subtle shimmer too. So delicate!

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China Glaze Tart-y For The Party: Light lavender creme (2 coats). We love this beautiful lavender shade! It’s soft, pretty and squishy! This is the perfect pastel purple, a must-have in anyone’s collection.

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China Glaze Fade Into Hue: Periwinkle creme (3 coats). This is a very interesting dusty blue. We haven’t seen colors like this often! It’s a dusty blue periwinkle. This one appears like a shiny jelly polish but covers like a creme. We love it!

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China Glaze Keep Calm, Paint On: Sea foam green creme (3 coats). This is a beautiful pale mint green with soft silver shimmer. It’s packed with shimmer! Another unique shade, we definitely haven’t seen anything like this before.

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China Glaze Dandy Lyin’ Around: Shimmery vanilla icing (4 coats). This is a cute sheer white with lots of shimmer. We see hints of blue, green and pink. It’s very sparkly in person, you’ll have to take our word for it. It comes to life in the sunshine! This will be great for layering over other shades to add some pretty sparkles.

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China Glaze Mimosa’s Before Mani’s: Coral with a light wash of shimmer (3 coats). This is a pretty coral shade with subtle shimmer. A very fun, bright summery colour! We highly recommend this for pedicures. 🙂

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China Glaze Passion For Petals: Bright salmon pink creme (2 coats). This is a pretty interesting shade, also a little hard to describe. At first glance it looks like a red, but it’s more unique and interesting. It’s a dusty, pink-ish red. It also covered extremely well! Flawless formula on this one.

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China Glaze Snap My Dragon: Bright red with pink shimmer (2 coats). This is an amazing fiery red with hot pink shimmer. The pink shimmer is a lot more visible in person, it’s very beautiful and sexy.

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China Glaze Fancy Pants: Indigo with pink and purple shimmer (2 coats). Now this is probably one of the coolest blue shades we’ve seen! It has pink shimmer! Isn’t that amazing? It’s a wearable blue as it’s muted but still has an interesting quality because of the shimmer.

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China Glaze Sunday Funday: Bright blue creme (2 coats). This is an amazing vivid turquoise blue. We’re instantly transported to the beach with a cocktail in our hand when we see this colour, in our heads anyway. 🙂 It screams summer holidays!

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China Glaze Budding Romance: Moss green jelly (4 coats). Now, isn’t this an interesting shade? You don’t see an olive green often, but we do like this one a lot. It’s very fashionable and hip. You either love it or hate it!

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And finally, an overview of all the shades! We absolutely love this collection, it’s full of interesting colors. At first glance we thought this would be a pretty pastel collection but nothing out of the ordinary. That definitely wasn’t the case! China Glaze impressed us with twelve wonderful shades you don’t want to miss.

Which one would you love to add to your collection? What’s your favorite color from the China Glaze Avant Garden collection? Let us know in the comments!

All twelve China Glaze Avant Garden shades are available for purchase at Phoenix Beauty Lounge!

OPI Euro Centrale Spring 2013 Collection Swatches

Hi everyone! We have some beautiful swatches of the OPI Euro Centrale collection to share with you today. This is the OPI Spring collection for 2013. It features twelve shades, including glitter, cremes, shimmer and jellies. Definitely something for everyone! Let’s take a look.

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OPI Polka.com: This is beautiful glitter features pink, blue and lavender hex glitter as well as tiny blue glitter. We went for a fun gradient look but it looks great layered over the other shades of the collection too!

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OPI Eurso… Euro: A classic deep blue creme. This one is so vibrant! We used two coats for flawless coverage.

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OPI Suzi’s Hungary Again!: This is a warm pink jelly, subtly leans towards coral. Very girly! This was three coats.

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OPI You’re Such A Budapest: This is a beautiful periwinkle lavender blue. It’s as beautiful as it is difficult to describe. 🙂 This is also a jelly finish and required three coats.

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OPI Can’t Find My Czechbook: This beautiful vibrant turquoise blue had really nice coverage, it required two coats for a flawless finish. Looks more green in certain light settings, a very pretty shade!

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OPI My Paprika Is Hotter Than Yours: An amazing bright fiery red. A very warm/orange toned red that was very opaque, almost a one-coater. Get your sunglasses out for this one!

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OPI Hands Off My Kielbasa!: Frosty nude usually sounds like a bad thing but this polish is absolutely stunning! This was three coats.

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OPI Oy-Another Polish Joke!: A beautiful sheer gold microglitter. This looks impossible to receive opacity with at first, but 4 coats gets you pretty close. Will be great for layering and gradients too.

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OPI A Woman’s Prague-Ative: This beautiful burnt copper orange has gold and orange microshimmer. It’s so vibrant and luxurious! You won’t be able to keep your eyes off it. This was three coats.

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OPI Vant To Bite My Neck: Deep eggplant purple. Such a rich shade, the finish is so glossy! This was nice and opaque in two coats.

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OPI I saw… U saw… We Saw… Warsaw: Another beautiful deep shade, this is a midnight blue. Similar to Vant To Bite My Neck, this also needed two coats.

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OPI My Vampire Is Buff: Such a fashionable nude shade! A beautiful pale beige that required 3 coats. Classy and stylish!

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Here’s a “Pinneable” collage featuring all 12 shades. Which is your favorite? We are in love with every single one! It’s a beautiful Spring collection with very fashionable and hip shades. There isn’t one we wouldn’t love wear! Hope you enjoyed our swatches.

Grab your favorites at our site, the OPI Euro Centrale collection is available now for $9.99 a piece!

China Glaze Texture Collection Swatches

The exciting collection previews aren’t over yet! This time we’re sharing the China Glaze Texture collection for Summer 2013. This collection features six bright shades with a unique feature, a matte texturized finish!

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From left to right: Unrefined – Bump & Grind – Itty, Bitty & Gritty – Toe-tally Textured – In The Rough – Of Course!

These are similar to matte glitters such as the OPI Liquid Sand polishes, but they are a tad different. Let’s take a look up close.

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  • Unrefined: Bubblegum pink
  • Bump & Grind: Bright magenta
  • Itty, Bitty & Gritty: Peachy pink

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  • Toe-Tally Textured: Bright orange
  • In The Rough: Pastel green
  • Of Course!: Bright blue

These look very interesting! The finish looks gritty but feels fairly soft. They are meant to mimic sand and we think they were very successful in creating that effect. The China Glaze Texture shades bring a subtle 3D effect and unique finish to your nails, for those looking to try something different. The shades are fun, bright and very appropriate for summer. We can’t wait to try these!

What do you think about this collection? Which color would you like to add to your collection?

China Glaze Hologlam Collection Swatches

Hi everyone! Guess what? We have swatches of the much anticipated China Glaze Hologlam collection! This collection features twelve beautiful holographic shades. Let’s take a look!

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From left to right: Get Outta My Space, Astroo-Hot, Infra-Red, When Stars Collide, Not In This Galaxy, OMG A UFO, Don’t Be A Luna-Tic, Sci-Fly By, Take A Trek, Strap On Your Moonboots, Galactic Gray, Cosmic Dust.

The collection features pinks, reds, coral, green, blues, gunmetal and silver. Something for everyone! Let’s take a look at them up close and admire the holo sparkle. 🙂

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We absolutely love this collection and cannot wait until the release! Cosmic Dust has the strongest and prettiest holographic sparkle, but the coral shade, Not In This Galaxy, has us completely enchanted. What do you think? Which shades will you be getting?

They are available for pre-order on Phoenix Beauty Lounge so make sure to check them out!