On a typical Sunday afternoon in our apartment (football on the TV, girl friends perusing our beauty coffers on the kitchen table), an interesting conversation took place about nail polish. That’s right, we don’t just write about beauty, we live it. Everyone admitted to stockpiling bottles of lacquer in cabinets, drawers, and boxes—anywhere you can [...]

As a completely sold-out Chanel Jade soars past the $100 mark on eBay, imitations are springing up. Essie recently launched its Mint Candy Apple, a creamy pastel green that’s presumably meant to rival Peter Philips’ Chanel lacquer. On its own it’s a pretty enough shade, but we’re going to be flat-out honest with you, dear [...]

OPI may have opted for a new, tech-savvy marketing approach with the announcement of its Dell laptop collab, but Essie Weingarten isn’t about to jump on any bandwagons to keep up with the competition. Instead, she’s sticking to what she knows best, that being nails and fashion. Weingarten, whose eponymous brand showed up backstage at [...]

Like most of his devoted fans worldwide, we have come to associate Oscar de la Renta with a demure, elegant woman who appreciates the finer things in life. And for the past few seasons, the beauty looks devised for his shows have followed suit: dark (but not too dark) eye contouring; nude lips; clean skin; [...]

There are definitely a few perks that come along with admission to the Mercedes-Benz’ VIP lounge at the tents. There’s free Champagne and a revolving cast of canapés, not to mention the much-needed opportunity to sit down on a leather banquette and take a quick breather in between shows. This year, the exclusive entry pass [...]

The backstage story at Rag & Bone is essentially the same very year. The hair and makeup team of Teddy Charles for Frédéric Fekkai and Revlon’s Gucci Westman are out to create the quintessential Rag & Bone girl: “rock and roll, sexy, laid back,” as Charles put it at yesterday’s show. In beauty terms, that [...]

With so many gift bags, on-site manis, and transitional “night makeup” applications to be had last night, I decided the best way to cover a lot of ground was to stick to one neighborhood. So for convenience reasons, I chose Soho and made my first stop Anna Sui on Greene Street. I naturally gravitated toward [...]

As we’ve previously reported, J.Crew has been feeling the beauty beat recently, putting an increased focus on bright statement lip and nail embellishments on the pages of its catalogs. The company’s summer mailers were brimming with tips painted in Essie’s bright orange shade Short Shorts—which even got an on-page shout-out via a 2-D inspiration board—suggesting [...]

After tiring of the orange and neon pink nail polishes I had been using with frequency last month in an attempt to coax summer out of hiding, I stumbled upon a lacquer that I had never seen before on a recent trip to the salon. It was in the red family, yes, but it looked [...]

With designer collaborations becoming de rigueur over the past few years, we are of the mind that beauty has gotten the short end of the proverbial stick. Outside of Lancôme’s Pout-à-Porter lipstick series, instances of hot designers partnering with beauty brands have been few and far between. But two new projects set to debut this [...]