Organic Nail Polish Remover? Really?

I almost never write about other beauty brands, but I stumbled across a great non-Lancome product recently. Shocking, I know. : )



I was in a new indie beauty shop in my neighborhood called Shen when I spotted an organic nail polish remover. (The full name is Karma Organic Organic Nail Polish Remover with Soybean Oil and Lavender.) I never expected it would work, but since nail polish remover always smells terrible, I thought I'd give it a try.



Earlier this week, I wanted to switch from wearing my favorite blue-grey Le Gris L'Wren to the ruby Le Rouge L'Wren (both from our holiday collection. Did you read All Lacquered Up's rave about Le Rouge? Amazing! So I grabbed the Karma remover and to my surprise, it worked. Really well! It's also very oily, which I'm hoping is good for my nails.



I'll be sure to break it out again this morning because I'm going to give our spring 2011 purple another test run. It's the coolest color. I wore it once before and everyone asked me what it was. (Even a Gossip Girl asked me to send her a bottle as soon as I could!)



(The photos above are backstage pictures featuring Le Gris, Le Rouge and the spring 2011 purple.)



I'm not sure where you can find Karma, but you can always called Shen. 718-576-2679. (It's Small Business Saturday in the U.S., so it's a good day to buy something from a small business! )



Are you wearing nail polish today? What shade? And did you apply it yourself or get a manicure?

Happy Halloween from The Lancome Blog!

Are you a big Halloween fan? I am, but for some reason, I didn't inherit the Halloween costume gene. I don't dress up, but I love seeing other people's creativity come out during the holiday. I especially love that YouTube explodes with Halloween how-to videos this time of year. It seems like it's the equivalent of the Olympics for the popular makeup artists and "gurus" over there. They're all competing to see who can do the best and the most Halloween videos.



If you haven't watched any, I put a few above to save you some time! Regardless of what you're looking for, you can find it on YouTube. There's super scary from the likes of Petrilude, fun and sexy from Miss Jessica Harlow, and everything in between. I love Michelle's "Catwoman" video, but if I had to wear a costume, I'd want to wear the mask and makeup from Michelle's "Elegant Masquerade" video or Jessica's "Jessica Rabbit." Although I'm not sure I have what it takes to fill out that dress without a lot of help.



(Did you notice the nail polish in the "Catwoman" and "Elegant Masquerade" videos? It's Le Gris L'Wren from the L'Wren Scott holiday collection. It's more blue grey in person and as I've mentioned before, I think it's one of the most beautiful nail polish colors ever! We've also gotten a ton of inquiries about the lipstick in "Elegant Masquerade." It's L'Absolu Rouge Lipstick in Cherrywood Luxe.)



If you have a favorite Halloween video, leave the link in the comments below. Also let us know how and if you celebrate Halloween. To our international readers, what does your country do on Halloween?



Hope to see some of you at PS1 tomorrow!! Happy Halloween!!

Le Gris L'Wren Nail Polish. Swoon.

The L'Wren Scott holiday collection has just hit lancome-usa.com. L'Wren worked with Aaron De Mey, Lancome's artistic director for makeup, to create the limited edition set. I try not to gush too much on the blog, but this is definitely one of my favorite collections. It really feels like L'Wren's fashion but in makeup form. Chic and fashion forward, but very wearable and very pretty. If you're familiar with L'Wren's designs, you know that she always tries to make women look sexy, never weird.



I'm wearing the blue/grey Le Gris L'Wren nail polish today. Two different men commented on how cool the color is. (Neither man was my boyfriend. Maybe he'll say something later!) I don't think a man has commented on my nail polish in...years.



I'm sure that Le Gris L'Wren will sell out. (Don't say I didn't warn you!) We used the color in L'Wren's Fall 2010 fashion show and a lot of the beauty bloggers wrote about it. (Pix above from backstage!) L'Wren also sent sample bottles to several of her friends and top editors. I'm sure one or two made their way to eBay, but I forgot to check!



Le Gris is slightly hidden on the site. Click here and scroll down to find the color. It's $14.50 and comes in a special mini bottle, but it still has the fabulous Lancome nail brush that makes it so easy to do your own manicure.



The L'Wren Scott collection will arrive at the Lancome boutiques, Bergdorf Goodman and select Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus locations in the weeks ahead.



Let me know if you have questions about the collection!

The L'Wren Scott Nail. Coming Soon?

Here's a great backstage photo of the nail polish that designer L'Wren Scott and our artistic director for makeup Aaron De Mey created for L'Wren's beautiful Fall 2010 collection. L'Wren wore it that day, as did all the models in the show.

To say I am dying for this nail polish is an understatement.

Will it ever hit counters? I still don't have an answer. But the second I do...

P.S. Check out the groovy manicure on the manicurist. Usually manicurists have terrible nails (occupational hazard), so this is impressive.

P.S.S. I'm off to L.A. tomorrow for some Oscar-related festivities. We're doing Demi Moore's makeup for Sunday, so stay tuned!