Yours with any $70 Estee Lauder purchase
Receive this complimentary gift worth $195 when you make any Estee Lauder purchase of $70.00 or more.  You’ll get the top beauty trends of the season in this cute gold-weave tote – a 14-day supply of Re-Nutriv Ultimate Lift Age-Correcting Creme, a compact of the most-requested shades for lips and eyes, mascara, lipstick and more.

Updated Wednesday, October 12

KK Bloom boutique on Selwyn Ave. (at Colony Rd) is taking 15% off some of their most popular items from popular designers like Ella Moss, Adam, Aryn K and Wink to help support breast cancer awareness.  A portion of the sale proceeds will sponsor someone in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer at the end of this month.   Look for items with a pink bow on the hanger to save and support the cause.

Monkees of Morrocroft is hosting the ever-popular Elizabeth McKay and Skirtin’ Around Trunk Show on October 20-21 to benefit Carolina Breast Friends.   Click here for more information about this fabulous event.

The Blue tones for fall nails released by Chanel just a month ago for FNO will be discontinued in just 3 days.  You can order them online here.  Yikes – do we have another Missoni for Target on our hands?  Is there not already enough ridiculous frenzy for “IT” nail shades to satisfy Chanel?  Please.

Hmmm. Gotta go.  The online ordering promises a long wait, and they are already Out Of Stock on the darkest blue, Blue Rebel.

It’s time for your Beauty Duty at Neiman Marcus South Park, and you have until this Sunday to get it done.

Spend $100 on any cosmetics or fragrance purch at NM and  you will receive free one of these NM totes in your choice of 3 colors filled with samples.  Even better, almost every brand and counter has their own gift with purchase: (more…)

What to Wear with your new flares or color denim this fall?  Why, Le Jeans de Chanel, but of course.  Determined to continue to mine the fashion / nail frenzy for as much as it’s worth, Chanel has set up an online wait-list for their newest releases….Coco Blue, Blue Boy and Blue Rebel.  I wish I didn’t like these, particularly Blue Boy, but, I do.  Sign me up. (more…)

Quartz.  Peridot.  Graphite.

Remember these names as you will be reading about them in the blogs and fashion mags for a while.  These are the hot new shades from Chanel Beauté, along with recurring hotties Black Pearl, Black Satin and Blue Satin.

For sale online now at the Chanel site.  Soon to be at Neiman Marcus.  If you buy online, you’ll pay the $25 for the polish and $7.95+ for shipping.  But you will have it; it will be yours.  All yours.

SHELLAC™.

It’s the logical evolution in manicures.  Like a standard polish but more durable and longer lasting.  Up to 3 weeks for some folks, and at least two weeks of fairly flawless shine for most.  It just may well put an end to both acrylics, gels and regular polish manicures in the next year or so.
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COLORS:  Some may stay true to nudes (Deborah Lippman Naked is the hottest new nude, as well as Duchess Catherine’s custom wedding blend using Essie Allure).   Others prefer neutrals (Chanel Particuliere and Essie Chinchilly) and some cannot step back from blacks (Chanel Black Pearl is the must have).   But most of us break out the pinks or the brights for spring and summer.  This year is a happy one for nail color lovers everywhere.  Corals are huge, pinks are bright or pale, and pastels in blue, yellow, peach and lavendar are selling like crazy.

(UPDATE 5/17 – read 10 Things to Know from Deborah Lippman, here on fashionista.com.) (like, she’s selling on HSN starting on July 5th).

We polled the Modern Salon and Spa Nail Technicians all around town this week to find out what the Hottest Colors are by neighborhood. (more…)