After weeks of sporting dark, chocolaty nails for the past couple of weeks (OPI’s Espresso Yourself), I decided to lighten it up a bit and get playful with my nail color today.

Before I go vampy again in the fall, I sassed up my nails with NARS Arabesque nail lacquer ($16 US), a fun pink glitter polish with a clear base. I did two coats above and what’s nice about glitter polishes is you can wear as much or as little as you’d like, just adjust the number of coats you apply.

One coat might be really nice over a subtle gold polish, which is going to be big for fall. If you do two or three coats, you can wear it as a bold, stand alone color that’ll catch all sorts of light throughout the day. I’m telling you, it’s really fun!

What color polish are you wearing today? Are you keeping summer alive with fun brights, or are you ready for fall with darker shades?

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Sometimes I just can’t keep up with all the releases that beauty powerhouse MAC comes out with each year, but I definitely have to try, right? And now, yet another collection (or two) has arrived on counters from one of my favorite beauty brands, Starflash and Lustre Twins.

After the experience I had at the counters with Electroflash, I was feelin’ like I was all MAC’d out. That is until I took a look at these Lustre Twins lippies. I cannot get enough of lippies, so I think I’m going to have to muster up some nerve and take on the hater MUA at my local Nordie’s counter in order to get a peak at Lustre Twins. My days have been extremely busy these days so I apologize for the lack of swatches!

What I will tell you, though, is that MAC’s lustre formulas are my fave lipstick formulas. Lustre Twins gives us nine new duo-shades of this fun lip color set. I can’t wait to get my hands on a couple of these - it’s like 2 for 1! This collection also gives us 3 more pretty limited edition nail lacquers.

MAC shadows are really awesome — reasonably priced, nice texture, and they’ve got pretty much every color under the rainbow. There’s always a few colors that work for me in every collection (but then again, I’m not that picky). Starflash gives us muted versions of those vibrant summer colors and would be awesome as we transition from summer into fall.

I’ve got my eye on Mink & Sable, a frosty olive green, and Smoke & Diamonds, a dirty taupe shade. I’m so ready for sultry fall colors, baby!

Do you have your eye on these babies? Let me know which Little Twin Stars you’re craving

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All you California girls, and those of you C.A. girls at heart - don’t miss out on CHANEL’s hot new Robertson Nails collection created to commemorate the new boutique that just opened on Robertson Blvd., one of the best streets to shop on in Los Angeles!

If you’re like me and don’t live in the area to get your hands on these four neon summer shades at the boutique, it’s available online for your buying pleasure! LA Sunrise is a fun lemony-yellow; Melrose is a bold, bright pink; Rodeo Drive, a mod, creamy lavender I’m totally diggin’; and LA Sunset, pretty coral with that might just rival a perfect sunset in LA.

All four limited edition shades are currently up on the website and retail for $25 US each - so act fast before these babies become cult favorites and disappear for good.

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I hope everyone had a great 4th of July holiday yesterday - I’ve been having a really fun time on my mini vacation. Yesterday we drove up from Reno to Lake Tahoe to see my mom and check out the fireworks show over the lake.

We spent the whole day at Mom’s nail salon, Escape Nail Spa (shameless plug - if you’re ever in the South Lake Tahoe area, come pay her a visit at Suite #9 in the Raley’s plaza right next to Heavenly. They were voted 2007’s Best Nail Spot in Lake Tahoe!). It was a blast and I felt like a princess getting prepped and pampered for the holiday festivities.

Check out my patriotic manicure - it’s a fireworks show right on my fingertips! I can’t remember what color they used but it sure was red with lots of sparkle thanks to silver and gold glitter polish as well as a rhinestone on each nail. It’s definitely a lot crazier than what I normally wear but hey, it’s a blingin’ holiday and I can’t say no to what Mom wants to do, right??

Hope you’re all having an awesome weekend - I’m off to the casinos to try and win back some of the moola I lost in Reno.

Our friend’s wedding yesterday in San Diego was a lovely outdoor affair on the waterfront with beautiful views of docked boats all along the coast. And while weddings are not really events where I like to be daring with my nail color, I still want to spice it up in my own little way when I can.

For my wedding day manicure, I choose a pale blue color from Essie’s spring collection called Looking for Love. A shade like this is totally in line with the demure and understated look that you would expect for a manicure, but the fact that it’s got a baby blue-ish, lavender undertone versus the regular pale pink really made me feel like a standout.

What are your favorite nail colors to wear to a formal event?

How did you spend your weekend? The wedding was so fun - check out how cute the Boyfriend looks! But I’m completely pooped from my trip and am so looking forward to spending a few days laying low before heading off to Reno and Tahoe for the 4th of July holiday weekend!

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