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Sultry, mysterious and incredibly sexy, the 12 new colors introduced by Zoya for the Summer are breathtaking.  Zoya's Smoke and Mirrors collections offer rich hues with grey undertones from a jewel-toned palette.  The Smoke Collection includes six creams, while the Mirrors collection features shimmering metallics. Beautiful and flattering, each hue has been hand-crafted by Zoya to look great against a variety of skin tones and pop against the trendiest colors of the season.  Buy your collection today!  Click here to start shopping!

Essie makes a splash with their vibrant new collection, featuring bold colors from both a bright and neutral palette. Truly, a little something for everyone. Each hue in its bottle, listed from left to right: Essie Absolutely Shore: A soft sea foam green Essie Too Too Hot: A sizzling rich red coral Essie Braziliant: A hot orange with a touch of shimmer Last three colors listed from left to right, pictured above: Essie Super Bossa Nova: An upbeat bright fuchsia Essie Meet Me at Sunset: A vibrant deep orange Essie Smooth Sailing: A breezy lavender blue with a reflection of pearl We're super excited for these colors - let us know what you think!

That's right ladies - OPI Pirates of the Caribbean collection is right around the corner.  Due to start shipping mid to late April, this new collection features revamped spring pastels with edgier undertones, sophisticated opaque formulas and irresistibly unique shades. From previews of the collection, these are my favorites:

	OPI Silver Shatter: Most highly anticipated from the collection is OPI's Silver Shatter, a crackle top coat in a glittering, shimmering silver. Beautiful over spring-y pastels or dark vampy colors for contrast, Silver Shatter is even more wearable than Black Shatter, with the added bonus of sparkle and the same cool broken effect! Pre-order now.
	OPI Mermaid Tears: Truly, a "magical" green.  More subdued than the usual mint-y pastel green, OPI Mermaid Tears features a grey undertone and a soft sophistication.  Combined with a classic cream formula, this color is truly wearable - and unique! Pre-order now.
	OPI Stranger Tides: My personal favorite, OPI Stranger Tides is a blissfully neutral sage, adding the slightest tinge of green to a creamy, cool beige.  A fresh twist on a faithful neutral that is utterly distinct. Pre-order now.

All of these colors ARE available for pre-order NOW. Order today to reserve your polish when they arrive in April - be the first to have them! Click here to pre-order!

Day three of our Swatch week features Zoya's Wonderful collection, their newest fall collection released alongside Wicked, and available at Beauty of a Site for purchase- even right now! Both of the collections play with dark and light, offering one sparkly (Wicked) and one creme (Wonderful) collection for your enjoyment. Play with these bold shades!

	Shawn is a bright myrtyle green, even brighter than our picture gives it credit. The color is even a little murky; more than just a simple green.
	Cola is a very warm brown creme, more red than purple. It truly is the color of creamy Colas.  A beautiful color against any skin tone!
	Kristi is a bright, classic, pure red, truly crimson.  Warm with orange undertones, this is the perfect pair-with-anything attention-getting red.
	Burke, unfortunately, isn't showing up in our picture as well as we'd hope.  It's an almost red-berry shade, described by Zoya as a "sienna red" creme.
	Stacy, (again, no justice given) is an almost purple / burgundy.  I sort of love the color.  Not bright enough to be berry, but definitely in the purple family, without being dark.  Pretty!
	Kelly is so so so beautiful.  When applied, it's almost a purple-y grey color.  With several coats, it's steel blue nature shows through.  Absolutely beautiful.

I've included one of Zoya's promotional pictures of the collection below to help offset some of our lighting issues, so that the true colors show through a little more. The collection is beautiful, and I highly suggest putting it on your have-to-have list. Better yet, order it today and get it even before your local beauty store. It's gorgeous! Click here to purchase!

See Zoya's Wicked Collection- you can purchase it now! We have swatches and pictures of these beautiful new nail polish colors. Check it out today, and purchase it if you love it! Be the first to have them!

Though we've barely had time to enjoy our brand new OPI Spain & Shrek Collections, not to mention the brand new Resort Collection from Essie, both popular nail polish creators have something special planned for us for the summer! OPI will be releasing the Flutter Collection alongside Essie's Summer 2010 Collection within the week - you can start pre-ordering today!! Be the first among nail polish gurus everywhere to get these polishes by placing a pre-order. When we receive the polishes in stock either late this week or early next week, yours will ship automatically, without any worries about us running out of stock! Click here to pre-order OPI Flutter and here to pre-order Essie Summer 2010. OPI Flutter features four new shades, each creative, complex and brilliant in the sunlight. Catch Me In Your Net, the blue of the collection, is my personal favorite color that OPI has released this year, featuring extremely small glitter for a subtle sheen over a comfortably warm turquoise infused blue that is airy but bold. Seriously ladies; it's gorgeous. Also in the collection are Flit a Bit (orange/coral), Flower-to-Flower (warm pink) and Wing It (deep pink with sheen). Essie's Summer 2010 Collection draws its colors from the season's fashion design, featuring classic, feminine, edgy and bold colors, all in the same collection.  This truly is an odd mix of color, but the interesting palette helps to identify the edgy styles of the summer, ranging from a soft and sexy feminine pink to a powerfully seductive deep green.  Both Pretty Edgy (deep green) and Demure Vixen (orchid / lavender with sheen) are getting all sorts of attention, both for their individuality and the interesting way in which they fit into the color palette.  The other colors in the collection, including Haute As Hello (pink / coral), Knockout Pout (bright pink), Miss Matched (muted neutral lavender) and Vermillionaire (bright red), are more classically Essie, though deliciously classic with a modern twist of color variation. Make sure and pre-order your polish today!  As the products arrive in stock, we'll definitely try them on and share our swatches!  Check back later this week and early next week for more details!

Zoya's newest pair of collections feature 12 bold, brilliant and beautiful colors that are perfect for warmer weather and sunny days. The Flash collection includes bright pastels with a classic creme finish to showcase the brilliant warmth of all of the hues. The Zoya Sparkle collection embraces shimmering glitter over bright, vibrant colors. These slightly darker shades are bright and full, full of gorgeous depth and colorful excitement. Summer's most popular colors can be yours today! Order Zoya's Flash and Sparkle collections either as a whole collection, or purchase your favorite colors individually! Click here to shop collections, and click here for individual colors.

OPI Shrek Forever After Brights Collection features six beautiful brights to kick off a bright, vibrant summer. With lime greens, bright purples, creamy yellows and a totally unique pair of blues, this six color collection is flying off the shelves.  We're expecting to receive the polishes next week, but our pre-ordering has started already!  By pre-ordering your polishes, you're guaranteed to receive some of the first polishes that arrive!  We're expecting them to sell out quickly, so don't miss your chance! Click here to pre-order polishes now! [caption id="attachment_796" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="L to R: Who the Shrek are You?, Rumple's Wiggin, Ogre the Top Blue, What's With the Cattitude?"][/caption]

It's only fitting that since we started last week blogging about polish that we could start this one with the same thing.  Along with the OPI Softshades, we've received Essie's newest collection, The Art of Spring.  Featuring very complex and interesting pastels from a palette that praises the world of art and design, we were pleasantly surprised with Essie's interpretation of the "it" colors for Spring 2010. As we have come to expect from her, Essie gives us a brand new soft pink and classic red to celebrate the season in Pop Art Pink and Red Nouveau, respectively.  However, the subtle gray undertone gives the colors an unexpected complexity and a very trendy look.  Lilacism, in particular, redefines a classic lavender to become a shadow dusted lilac; a truly beautiful neutral infused with interesting color.  Van D'Go offers another light pink for Spring, but shares the orange-y warm undertones of Tart Deco, while remaining muted and complex.  Neo Whimsical features the perfect medium pastel pink we always expect from Essie; cool undertones behind a muted and pastel pink that match any outfit, any occasion and any season.  These great colors allow us to enjoy the sophistication of pastels without the easter basket shades we can trip across during this season. Click here to buy Essie's Art of Spring colors!

We're always excited to see what Zoya will send us for fall.  More than any of the other nail polish brands that we carry, Zoya always makes an entire collection work together so well.  Seeing the polishes all together always helps us love each individual color that much more!  Zoya sent us two palettes for the 2009 Fall season: Zoya Truth Collection Made up of six beautiful and warm metallic colors.  Deep coppers & reds with a couple of purples to compliment fall wardrobes. Zoya Dare Collection Six vampy, dark & mysterious opaque, cream polishes.  Dark purples, violets, a blue and even an evergreen for welcoming in cool weather and winter accessorizing. We have to tell you, they're as lovely in person as they are in the photos!  We're selling them like crazy!  Snag these classy collections here! Let us know what you think of these colors, and if you've had time to try them, upload some pictures!