| Posted by Bel | The time is 9.37am here in Wellington NZ |
Knowing I'm a fan of OPI nail polish, Lou flicked me through a link to their latest Limited Edition offering. But this time I'm a little unsure.
Glitter nail polish. Are we ready to go back there?
OPI's Burlesque range
I'm pretty sure my mum's bathroom cupboard is still crammed with crusted-up half full bottles left over from my 90s childhood whence I sauntered about with fingernails looking like tacky mismatched discoballs.
There's been a few recommendations lately for Butter London nail polish, and their Fall 2010 range of polishes not only includes shades with holographic sparkles, but are also named in tribute to fashion designer Alexander McQueen. (This alone would probably be enough to sway me, let's be honest.)
Butter London's All Hail McQueen a "holographic taupe"
Sparkling and shimmering nails have been spotted on the catwalks too. Vogue UK states that glitter is officially a spring/summer 2011 beauty trend, with a fashion journalist breathlessly reporting that "the tips of the nails were dipped in multi-coloured glitter and layered with rhinestones". Apparently something referred to as 3D sculpture is also a rising trend in the world of avant-garde manicure but I think we plebs can safely ignore that.
PS Lou, did you know that your sports heroine Serena Williams is a qualified nail technician??
Assuming you don't have a weird foot thing, you can watch her giving Oprah a pedicure and gossiping about rich black women stuff in a video here!
I'm actually a VENUS Williams gal (Serena is runner up in my female-tennis-player affections). But yes I did know that :)
So, um, those holographic nail polishes are actually just glitter, right...? I personally couldn't do "subtle" glitter - all-out trash or bust!