Want to remove your nail polish in an instant—no matter where you are or what you’re doing? Want to stop carrying around bottles of nail polish remover, especially if you want to take off your nail polish while you’re traveling? Enter Deborah Lippmann The Stripper To Go.Each pad is formulated with just the right amount of nail polish remover to strip all 10 nails. Sound impossible? Well, we thought so, until we tried one and discovered that it’s really true! They even remove stubborn glitter and dark colors like it’s no big deal at all. Simply slip your finger into the mitt and let it do its work instantaneously!
Plus, they’re lavender scented—so none of that horrible polish remover smell is left behind.
Deborah Lippmann The Stripper To Go is $12 for a package of 6 at neimanmarcus.com.
Every season, a selection of nail polish colors makes its way into the
best, most popular, most used shades. And we’re counting them down for
you this fall! Up this week: navy. It’s bold, it’s beautiful, it’s completely chic. Here are our favorite takes on the trend.Dior Blue Label
Rich, dark, creamy, opaque … and it’s Dior. Really, what’s not to love about this combination?
$23 at nordstrom.com
NCLA Venice Beach Vixen
A bit paler than navy, but it’s still dark enough to count among our favorites for the season. Plus, we love that this electrifying shade is inspired by the cool vibe of Venice Beach.
$16 at shopncla.com
NYC New York Color In A New York Minute Pier 17
We’ll forgive the longer-than-long name for the gorgeousness of this shade of navy, not to mention the quick-dry formula and the unbelievable price!
$1 at sears.com
CND Midnight Sapphire
We were drawn to this one immediately, not only for the almost-black hue but for the perfect name. Not to mention the ease with which it applies.
$9 at goindulge.com
If you’re anything like me, you’ll need a good eyebrow pencil to make an arch this bold and striking. So, start with the inner edge of your brow and shade across to the outer edge. Use short, soft strokes — this way you can layer more on to intensify the look if you wish. There are lots of great eyebrow pencils out there, my personal favorite is the Laura Mercier Eye Brow Pencil (as it comes in the perfect fair blonde shade for me). Lastly, don’t forget to set the look with a brow gel, like Laura Mercier’s Eye Brow Gel.
Laura Mercier Eye Brow Pencil ($20) and Laura Mercier Eye Brow Gel ($20) are both available at lordandtaylor.com.
We’ve been fascinated by the jelly sandwich manicure for ages. And we’ve been meaning to try it for just as long, but we just got to it this week! And you know what? It’s incredibly simple to do—but looks incredibly cool! Here’s how to do it.1) Pick a nail polish with a jelly finish. A jelly nail polish is super glossy and on the sheerer side, which makes it perfect for layering. We like the three nail polishes from the Zoya Gloss Collection ($8 each at zoya.com), which all have a jelly finish. We used the aubergine-hued Katherine here.
2) Pick a nail polish with a glitter finish. The glitter-ier, the better! You can do one with large flecks, like the bold gold Deborah Lippmann Boom Boom Pow ($20 at nordstrom.com), or one with smaller glitter flecks, like the pretty baby pink NARS Arabesque ($18 at barneys.com), which is what we used here.
3) Start with a base coat to protect your nails and help the nail polish stick better. We like CND Stickey ($8.50 at ulta.com).
4) Layer the polishes one on top of the other, starting with the jelly and waiting for each to dry completely before applying the next layer. At this point, it’s really up to you how sandwich-like you want the manicure to be. It might be okay with just one layer of glitter, but we went with two to really jazz it up. So the final layers looked like this:
Katherine
Arabesque
Katherine
Arabesque
Katherine
5) Finish with a top coat to seal in the polish and add shine. We live and breathe by Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat ($8.99 at walgreens.com).
And that’s it! You’ve now given yourself a jelly sandwich manicure.
Have you tried this before—or are you going to now? Let us know in the comments!
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