The Spring 2011 OPI Collection is called Femme de Cirque, and is composed of four dreamy additions to the “SoftShades” collection. The collection includes three pink hues, and one sheer glitter coat that can be worn on its own, or over the other light-as-air shades.

“SoftShades Nail Lacquers make a very powerful statement by being enticingly feminine with a delicate hue,” says Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, OPI Executive VP & Artistic Director. “Every woman can feel like a shining star with this high performance collection. The sheer glitter coat is perfect to wear alone for a touch of sparkle, or to layer over another shade for a personal touch.”

While these polish colors are extremely delicate, they are also elegant and sophisticated. These nail shades will take you from classy and modern, to trendy. If you prefer neutral nail polish shades, need to keep it demure for work, or simply love french manicures, you are going to love this collection! To see full photographs and swatches, read more…

Hard Candy Fox In A Box is brand new to their spring 2011 collection and includes two bronzing duo’s and three blush quad’s. Skinny Dipping, above, is one of the two bronzing duo’s, and gives off gorgeous bronze-coral color. This duo is the brighter of the two bronzing duo’s, and is the best fit for those who are looking for punchy coral color, and a bronze glow. Of course, incredibly fun, bright, and cute packaging never hurts either! To see photographs and swatches, read more…

The Spring 2011 Essie Collection is called A French Affair and is composed of six shades inspired by wine, sand, and endless shopping. The shades are very light and airy, and are perfect for the warmer weather and sunshine. My personal favorite from this collection is “Topless & Barefoot,” shown above. It is a gorgeous nude beige that applies flawlessly opaque to the nails in just 2 coats. It complements every single skin tone from fair to dark, and makes your fingers look long and elegant. To see more photographs and swatches, read more…

As soon as I saw these Clinique Chubby Stick Moisturizing Lip Colour Balms get released, I knew I would love them. The problem? Every other woman had the same idea as me apparently! I had a hard time finding these online and in store, as they were often sold out of the shade I wanted. I finally got my hands on Woppin’ Watermelon, a gorgeous watermelon pink that has sheer, moisturizing color to it. So what are my thoughts on the formula and overall wear? read more…

The spring 2011 Nicole by OPI Collection is sure to please nail polish lovers everywhere with varying shades depending upon your mood and personality. I was fortunate enough to be sent 4 shades from this collection, and they are all uniquely gorgeous. Nicole’s Nickel is a blackened steel gray with chunky glitter in it. This is a difficult shade to describe entirely, especially since it looks mostly black in the bottle. Originally I dismissed this shade as something I probably already own in my nail polish collection, but on the nail it looks so different…in a great way. The chunky silver glitter reflects the light, literally, like a nickel or a coin. I don’t quite have anything like it in my collection, and it is gorgeous. To see photographs and swatches, read more…

Crackle nail polish is all the rage right now! I have to be honest when I tell you that I love this trend because it brings something new and fresh to the nail polish scene. For awhile there, it seemed like we were a little stagnant with nail polish shades and collections, and these crackle nail polishes bring something new and fun to the scene. China Glaze is the first to introduce color crackle nail polish, available in six different shades. I have had my collection for awhile, but have been hesitant to post full swatches of the collection because a couple of the shades don’t crackle as well as the others. I finally found a gorgeous combination, however, with Zoya “Trixie,” a metallic silver nail polish, with China Glaze “Broken Hearted” pink crackle over top of it. To see photographs, swatches, and tips for achieving this look, read more…

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Shadow Pencils are brand new to the Urban Decay product line, and are very similar to their amazingly popular 24/7 eyeliner pencils. With a chunkier pencil and tip, these pencils can be used as shadow all over the lid, or as eyeliner. Not only that, but they last, and won’t crease or budge until you remove them with makeup remover. To see photographs and swatches of my two favorites, “Morphine,” and “Delinquent,” read more…

Okay, okay, so we know we are all about beauty, but we can’t help but let you in on this amazing giveaway for a Chloé handbag! On her “Things I Love” blog, Sarah McNamara is giving away her favorite spring bag. Simply click on the photograph above for a chance to win this gorgeous designer handbag, and if you want more details on this handbag, read more…

Spring is almost here! To get in the mood, we want to compile a list of your favorite spring nail polish colors of all time!

To participate, tell us what your favorite spring nail polish is. User names, names, and/or blog names will be included with submissions.

For this look, I used the LORAC Multiplex 3D Eyeshadow Palette, focusing on the top 3 warm shades in the palette. The effect reminds me of a Sahara desert sunset, with warm shades of bronze, gold, and mauve. This is an incredibly simple eye look, and if you want to try this at home, you can use any eyeshadow colors you have that are similar, however, the LORAC palette is incredibly gorgeous, pigmented, and has the most amazing duo-chrome eyeshadow in it (on my bottom lash line). To see how to get this look, as well as plenty of more photographs, read more…