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What's Your Sign, Baby? 10 Wacky Beauty Salon Signs
I love unusual salon signs. Perhaps it's due to an intentional pun, the copy is inadvertently missing a letter, or a strange business name makes it all the more fun. The "Greene Nails" salon near my apartment, for instance, doesn't conjure up images of the kind of nails I'd like to step out with; it makes me think more along the lines of "moldy growths," not Chanel's lovely jade hue.
Makeup MacGyver: Making Rihanna's Money Mani
Rihanna rolled up to the Grammys rocking this cream, black, and green manicure that, upon closer inspection, turns out to be US currency. It's fun and unexpected, and being the nail-painting lazybones that I am, it appeals because you don't actually have to do much. So I set out to re-create her look with just some nail scissors, a base coat, top coat, and a fake dollar bill from a kiddie money play set.
Trend Alert: Mushroom Nails
Get out your mobile and start dialing, because there's all kinds of crazy buzz surrounding Chanel's next must-have nail varnish, and you won't want to miss your chance to get on the waiting list! But, instead of this colour being minty green, it's more of a brownish-grey shade with lilac undertones called Particulière. Excited?
What Are Those White Spots on Your Nails?
Punctate leukonychia, if you want the very shortest answer. If you're interested in a little explanation, though, the spots on your nails can be signs of all kinds of issues, from zinc deficiency to an allergy. Usually, though, they don't signal anything.
January Must Haves: Winter Wonder Products
Happy new year fellow beauty junkies! I hope you've all had the chance to relax a bit and gather round with those closest to you to welcome in the new year. I had the opportunity to play around with some new products and also test out some great older goodies from friends and family.
Have You Tried a Minx Manicure?
Minx manicures, the metallic-colored professional-only nail wraps, are becoming more popular thanks to celebrities like Rihanna, Beyoncé, and Kelly Clarkson. Most recently, at an LA Lakers game, Hayden Panettiere wore a gold foil manicure. Seeing her auriferous manicure got me to thinking that perhaps I should try my hand at sporting some Minx, and according to the brand's website, the nearest salon is a just a mere .2 miles away from my apartment.
Meet Buffy, the Dull-Nail Slayer
It seems like you can't walk through a mall these days without someone trying to check out your nails. You know what I mean, right? All you're trying to do is go get an Auntie Anne's pretzel, when you're accosted by a mall-kiosk clerk with a magical $50 buffing system.
File This One Away...
I love my glass nail file, but there is a ton of options on the market for DIY filing these days, from banana-shaped numbers to ceramic files to minis that can hide in the tiniest of purses just in case you get a snag or chip. I've put together a few of the most interesting, for a variety of filing needs. So whether you never want to have to buy another file or need one that you can use once and then throw away, one of the options from the widget below is sure to please.
Which Is Your Favourite Nail Varnish on Fearne Cotton?
Fearne Cotton has been sporting all kinds of bold nail polish shades this Winter. In the past few weeks alone, she gone from black to electric blue to metallic purple and shiny red alone. I think the blue looks rocker chic rad on her and the purple is funky as all get out, but the black and red are also quite classic and sexy.
Twitter Nails Make Me Think I'm Past Due For a Mani
Thought the binary number system paint job was the geekiest manicure you've ever seen? Yeah, umm have a gander at these nails which come decked out with four Twitter fail-whale birds and the signature Twitter T logo.
According to The Daily Nail queens, this Twitterific manicure can be replicated with a few key colors.
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