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For the month of May, receive three free product samples with any $35 Zoya or Qtica purchase!  Art of Beauty is generously partnering with Beauty of a Site to over a 2 oz Zoya Remove +, 2 oz Qtica Lotion and 2 oz Qtica Wash with your qualifying order. Zoya nail polish is some of the most diverse and high quality nail polish that we've ever seen at Beauty of a Site, featuring bold colors, a variety of finishes and a chemically safe formula whose color always stays true.  Alongside incredibly effective treatments such as quick dry top coats, polish thinners and protective base coats, Zoya's manicure supplies are among Beauty of a Site's most popular products! Zoya Nail Polish is available for purchase in individual bottles (available here) and in collections (here).  Make sure and check out their incredible treatments too! Looking for Qtica products?  Check them out here!

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.

You still have a few short days left to benefit from Beauty of a Site's April monthly specials!  Here are just a few of the incredible deals that we're offering: 1.  BOGO on Product All Purpose Hair Cream!  This classic product won't be available at Beauty of a Site for much longer, so we're giving you the chance to stock up on a quality product before it's gone.  Buy one jar of this incredible all purpose hair styling cream and get the second absolutely free! 2.  Save over 25% on liters of ISO Bouncy Cleanse:  Buying in bulk saves you cash, whether you're shopping for groceries or shampoo.  Our Bouncy Cleanse liters already help you get more bang for your buck, but for April only, you'll save an extra 10% on the large shampoo sizes.  Take the opportunity to save big before it's too late! 3.  Color Club Nail Polish Closeout Sale:  Beauty of a Site is closing out of Color Club nail polish, and is offering $2-6 off PER BOTTLE!  For incredibly low prices, stock up on these beautiful neon shades- just in time for summer! Click here to browse all of April's monthly specials!

Yes, we keep talking about OPI's newest nail polish collection, but that's because they're so bright, bold & beautiful! We'll share some swatches with you so you can enjoy OPI's Shrek Forever After Brights Collection for yourself: From left to right: Fiercely Fiona, Ogre-the-Top Blue, Who the Shrek are You?, Rumple's Wiggin', What's with the Cattitude?, & Funky Dunkey Click HERE to get yours now!

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!

This just in! We just got these swatches of the OPI Hong Kong Collection-- they are just gorgeous! From left to right: Suzi Says Feng Shui, Jade is the New Black, Dim Sum Plum, Hot & Spicy, Red My Fortune Cookie, Bling Dynasty From left to right: A Good Man-Darin is Hard to Find, Lucky Lucky Lavender, Meet Me on the Star Ferry, Panda-Monium Pink, Pearl of Wisdom, Chop-Sticking to My Story Order yours HERE!

To all of our loyal customers, we wanted to pass along some great news:  All of the OPI Alice in Wonderland nail polishes and mini lacquer sets are in stock and available for purchase.  We are shipping them starting now- they'll start going out on Tuesday! This is an official announcement!  The very best part of the deal is that we have TONS available, so order away!  Pass along the great news! CLICK HERE to purchase nail lacquers from the OPI Alice in Wonderland collection!

I was totally stressed this time yesterday about what I would be wearing to our friends big New Year's bash this year, until I remembered a cardinal fashion rule:  the very best outfits are defined by details.  I put together a classic ensemble in greys, silvers and blacks and spiced it up with the following: For eyes:  I moved away from my overdone smoky eyes and went for something simple with a touch of drama.  Lined the inside corners of my eyes with a white liner, and a thick black liner on the outside of my eyes.  Mascara to follow.  A bit of glitter on my cheek bones sets of my eyes perfectly! For lips:  To balance out the simplicity of my eye makeup, I chose DuWop's Pink Shimmer Lip Venom for plumpness, flushing and plenty of shimmering pink. For hair:  Down and curly, I used Catwalk's Your Highness Gel Creme and Hairspray to control and hold my style.  Flexible for bounce & swing with the perfect amount of shine. For nails: Here's where I had some fun- OPI's new Alice in Wonderland Mad As A Hatter polish features a crazy multi glitter sparkle to help ring in the new year with some extra glitz. For shoulders and arms:  Dirty Girl's Glitter ball adds glitter to exposed skin, while Booty Parlor's Luminizing Body Butter adds a subtle sheen all over skin. Glitz and glitter in the smallest details not only make a perfect New Year's touch, but they are definitive of what runways, cosmetics lines and our favorite celebs are telling us are perfect for 2010.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND NOW for SALE!

These are the most surprising colors OPI has sent us this year!  We are excited to show you these awesome swatches from the new polishes from the Alice in Wonderland Collection!  We should be shipping these products out by the end of the week, but in the meantime, check these out! From left to right: OPI Thanks So Muchness:  A violet infused red with a super subtle shimmer. OPI Mad As a Hatter: Did you see this glitter!? Crazy chunky multi-glitter that has holiday parties, New Year's Eve and general fabulous-ness written all over it. OPI Absolutely Alice:  Another super glittery polish with slightly smaller glitter pieces in blues and golds.  Perfectly Alice inspired! OPI Off With Her Red!: A standby classic bold, creme bright red. Gorgeous! Check here to purchase!!!

So... it's here.  We were excited, but we didn't expect to love it so dang much.  What are we all pining over at Beauty of a Site, you ask?  Why's it's Essie's new "it" color:  Essie Mint Candy Apple. We all were excited about Essie's limited edition North Fork Collection from earlier in the  year, which featured three blue-ish greenish colors, and when we saw the promotional pictures for Essie's Mint Candy Apple from her new Sweet Time of the Year Winter Collection, we were expecting something extremely similar, but this was better! Less bold or blue than Essie Greenport and decidedly more "minty," one of our fellow bloggers straight up called this the color of an after-dinner mint.  And we're pretty sure she's right. Expect a color slightly  more green than the promotional pictures, a true mint green with a tinge of blue, with enough creamy, milkiness to the formula to make it perfectly wintery.  We found that in about two coats, you can get the even and incredibly unique minty green color you're expecting.  And alongside Rock Candy & Lollipop, it's the cutest little holiday collection of nail polishes you've ever seen. And, PS, this color is FLYING off the shelves.  If you love it, you're certainly not alone.  And if you don't love it... you should. Click here to purchase Essie Mint Candy Apple today!

Essie sent over some awesome manicure step-by-step instructions yesterday, and we thought we'd share the wealth! Essie's Matte About You Matte Nail Finisher has made matte polish so easy, and now it makes nail art even easier! Here's how to get these great looks!

* For these layered looks, wait about 2 minutes between applying each layer! *

1.  Glossy Nail with Matte Tip:  Apply base coat and polish normally, then coat entire nail with glossy top coat like Essie Good to Go!.  Carefully apply Matte About You to nail tips from side to side in a semicircular shape.  (Or use nail guides to get the perfect tip!) 2.  Matte Nail with Glossy Tip: Apply base coat and polish normally, then coat entire nail with a thin layer of Matte About You.  Carefully apply Good to Go! to nail tips as described above. 3.  Glossy Nail with Matte Moon & Tip: Apply base coat and polish normally, then coat entire nail with a thin layer of a glossy top coat like Essie Good to Go!  Using the edge of a nail polish brush, apply Matte about You to the bottom third of the nail in a crescent shape.  Carefully apply Matte About You to nail tips. 4.  Matte Nail with Glossy Moon & Tip: Apply base coat and polish normally, then coat entire nail with a thin layer of Matte About You.  Using the edge of a nail polish brush, apply Good to Go! to the bottom third of the nail in a crescent shape.  Carefully apply Good to Go! to nail tips. Have fun!  Let us know how your nails turn out!