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10 Must-Have Nail Colors for Spring

When it starts to get really cold, the only thing we can think about is warmth. And the sun. And color. While we can’t have the first two quite yet, cosmetics companies are meeting our need for the third: The spring nail polish collections are here! (Or will be very soon.) While there were a lot of neutral nails on spring runways, it seems like color for real-life nails is going nowhere. From bright pastels to shocking neon, we’re happy that nails aren’t going to be so serious this season.

Click through to see our ten favorite shades from the collections.

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October Mood Board

By Steff Yotka Sunday, Oct 2, 2011 / 6:28 PM


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Happy Birthday Coco Chanel!

By Hayley Phelan Friday, Aug 19, 2011 / 5:30 PM

We raise our glass to Coco Chanel, who was born on this day 128 years ago in France. You can celebrate the designer’s birthday by picking up Chanel N°19 Poudré–a reimagining of Coco’s signature scent, named after her birthday and specially released today at Saks to commemorate the designer.

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See the Top 25 of Beauty Inc’s List of the 100 Best Beauty Companies

Every year Beauty Inc ranks the world’s top 100 beauty companies and this morning, the results came in for 2010.

While it’s not exactly a shocker who made the list (L’Oreal, Proctor & Gamble and Chanel all nabbed top spots) it is surprising to note how the overall list has changed since last year. Namely, that total sales have increased–25.1% to be exact–and that, in particular, small firms saw a large amount of growth, with the list’s 100th-ranked company showing a 9.2% increase since 2009. The news is particularly heartening because, in case you haven’t heard, retail isn’t exactly having a good year.

But not everyone was immune to the recent financial crisis: Of the 15 companies that saw a decline in sales, seven were from Japan, where consumer confidence has been in a continual downward spiral.

See the list of the top 25 beauty companies after the jump.

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Why TriBeCa’s Tenoverten is the Best Nail Salon Ever

Anyone who’s ever ridden in a cab with me knows that I’m a stickler for good customer service. (I.e., if a driver is incompetent I get real annoyed.) I’m like this about pretty much everything, from restaurants to department stores. (No one–I mean no one–who works at Uniqlo knows where anything is. Unless they’ve been promoted to the +J department. There, I’ve noticed, you can’t be lazy. But I digress.)

Because of my high standards, I never really stick to one place for beauty treatments, particularly manicures, pedicures, and Brazilians. To me, all nail salons are pretty much the same. The people are nice, but you can’t put a tip on a credit card and it’s rare to find a technician with whom you’re so impressed that you make an effort to go see her every week or two.

I was fine bouncing along, getting a manicure whenever I had the time. Until, that is, I discovered Tenoverten, a light-filled loft in New York’s TriBeCa neighborhood.

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Summer Manicure Inspiration

It’s Memorial Day. While it’s not officially summer on the calendar for a few weeks yet, mentally we’re in summer mode. It’s in the 80s here in NYC and everyone is in sandals and sundresses–which means it’s time to ditch the greige nails. We’ve searched high and low for manicure inspiration for the summer, and found some amazing picks.

Click through to see some of the best and brightest manis for the summer:

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The Best Easter Egg Inspired Makeup Colors

It’s Easter this weekend, and that means miracles (if you believe in that sort of thing), chocolate, and lots and lots of pastels. In an ode to spring and Easter, we present the season’s best Easter egg makeup. (If pastels make you queasy or want to hit someone, you may want to skip this one.) A word of caution? Use one at a time and use them sparingly.

Click through to see all the sweet looks.

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Have You Worn or Will You Wear Yellow Nail Polish?

Yellow nail polish is one trend that keeps popping up year after year and just will not die. It seems to be fueled by whatever pop tartlet is embracing it that particular season. Rihanna did it in 2007. Katy Perry did in 2010. And this year, of course, Lady Gaga wore yolk-y yellow nails–courtesy of Deborah Lippmann–for her egg stunt at the Grammys.

This past weekend I saw three different tweets discussing yellow nails and sending Twitpics of freshly painted yellow nails. Will you wear this trend? I have to say I’m firmly against it.

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Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Rihanna Goes Under the Sea for Vogue; Kate Moss Gets Sloppy, and Bergdorf Gets Booed

Not-So-Glossy-Moss: Apparently the world’s most perfect woman got a little drunky at the YSL party. {NY Post}

Rihanna Goes All Little Mermaid On Us for Vogue: The pop star’s latest impersonation of Ariel is pretty epic. {Fashion Bomb Daily}

Social Media Professionals Can Be Mean: Racked NY interviewed Cannon Hodge, the social media manager at Bergdorf Goodman, and the commenters–many of whom are social media professionals–went apeshit. {Racked NY}

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Latest Gossip From Paris: Tisci to Dior, Ackermann to Givenchy, Slimane to YSL

Clearly the only thing anyone in Paris is talking about this week is John Galliano, and who will replace him at Dior.

The latest gossip goes something like this: Riccardo Tisci will indeed replace Galliano at Christian Dior, Haider Ackermann will slip into Tisci’s spot at Givenchy, and despite YSL’s vehement denial otherwise, Hedi Slimane is about to take over for Stefano Pilati. Oh, and yes, Carine Roitfeld is coming along for the ride. What’s more, if Ackermann is out of the running at Chanel, does that mean its Alber Elbaz’s when Karl purportedly retires in 2012?

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December Mood Board

While Elle Fanning in Somewhere and photos by Juergen Teller are dominating our December mood board, there are plenty of other goodies inside from new Clhoê for Opening Ceremony to Elisa Sendaoui shot by Natalie Joos. So check it out!

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Report From the WWD Beauty Biz Awards: Changes to WWD And The Winners Revealed

This morning, at the ungodly hour of 7:30, the 8th Annual “WWD Beauty Biz Awards” took place at the Four Seasons Restaurant in NYC. Being consummate beauty professionals, everyone in attendance looked refreshed and chic, with lots of Chanel bags and perfectly applied lipstick.

Gina Sanders, the president and CEO of Fairchild Fashion Group, started off the presentation by dishing about changes coming to WWD and Style.com (now owned by Fairchild, of course).

WWD is getting an overall architecture redesign in 2011, and an eight page section called “WWD Style” will be introduced; it will provide deeper “business insight, analysis, and fun.” The men’s coverage will be increased, with new beefier quarterly sections and more weekly coverage. The Beauty Biz insert will also be overhauled. And finally, an iPad application is coming.

Gina was more vague about Style.com– “Like ladies having work done, we don’t want to reveal too much,” she said–but big changes are clearly afoot. She mentioned the potential to reach millions of fanatic fashion and beauty consumers through the site. We will be watching closely.

Now onto the awards.

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