Fall colors tend to be darker, rich reds - burgundy, purple-reds, and the
like. Almost all the brands carry these colors at this time of the year.
It's more important to choose one that has staying power. I have tried so
many brands - from Lancome to Revlon to Chanel - and here are my favorites
(they don't chip easily):
Chanel
Estee Lauder
Mac

Many people on this newsgroup like Opi but it's difficult to find here in
Europe.

In choosing the type of red (blue (cool) reds vs. warm reds, you need to
look at your skintone. Warm/yellow-based skintones call for warm reds (looks
more natural), although you might use a cool red for impact and
ultra-glamour.

Evie


"Sandrine" <sandrine@fakeemail.com> wrote in message
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In the UK In Style there was an article about how the French Manicure is
"out" and a sheer wash that complimented your skin tone is in...polishes
from Essie, OPI, EL, YSL, Maybelline were featured. All were very pale.

--
M~Elizabeth

To thine own self be true
"Evie" <lemoncloud@planetnojunk.nl> wrote in message
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The problem with sheers is that if dirt gets under the nails then the
nastiness shows right through the polish. I have tons of sheers in my polish
collection and rarely use them because of this reason.

French manicures may be out of style, but I'll never stop wearing them
because they look so clean and elegant, IMO. I especially like them when my
nails are a little short because they make them look longer. In my area,
French manicures are extremely popular and that never seems to change. Then
again, in my area, huge over-teased frizzy hair and curling-ironed
straight-across bangs and '80s style narrow leg jeans and racoon eyes and
chronic tanning-bed tans are also massively popular, so perhaps the enduring
popularity of the French manicure here isn't a good thing.

Jay



"melizabeth" <chris1031@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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Ah, but the problem with dark colors is that even the teeniest, tiniest little
chip is painfully obvious. With sheers/pale colors, I don't feel so
self-conscious when that first little chip shows up, whereas I feel like my
nails are already a mess when it happens with dark colors.

EMiriamD

"No fashion is ever a success unless it is used as a form of seduction."
-- Christian Dior

"mirrormirror" <jgitomer@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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: The problem with sheers is that if dirt gets under the nails then the
: nastiness shows right through the polish. I have tons of sheers in my
polish
: collection and rarely use them because of this reason.
:
Maybe get a nail brush and clean under them?
I would do this regardless of what color polish I was wearing if my nails
were dirty.

Nomad's Dream is my all-time favorite OPI polish for just that reason
- little dings do not show up and nails look "finished" from manicure
to manicure. Also, it is neutral and goes with everything.

Janice




On 06 Sep 2003 02:03:01 GMT, emiriamd@aol.com (EMiriamD) wrote:

"Evie" <lemoncloud@planetnojunk.nl> wrote in message
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Evie,

Have you tried Diamant sensation from Astor? I have all kinds of polish
brands, but it outlasts them all. The downside is they don't have that many
colours and they changed them all in the last year or so. My favourites were
naturally dropped.

One of my newest colours is God save the queens nails. I love it. It's very
"autumn" to me.

-julie

I feel like I've been outed. Honestly, ladies and gentleman, my hygiene
isn't bad. I've even been told that I look clean! More than once!

But sometimes I'm somewhere that I can't scrub my nails so camouflage is the
second best option, at least till I can get to a sink.

I felt a need to share that. After all, this stuff is archived.

Jay



"laura" <laura003@cox.net> wrote in message
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I understood exactly what you meant, Jay. Yesterday I was at my son's school
helping to get ready for last night's football game. The other moms and I were
dragging out big boxes of stuff from last year's season. The boxes were all
dirty and some of the stuff in them that we needed was covered with football
field mud from last year! My hands were so grubby. Then I looked at my watch
and realized if I didn't leave *right then* I would miss the cut-off time for
depositing a check in the bank and have it posted for that day. So I just flew
to the bank (and barely made it in time), and my nails made me look like I'd
been digging potatoes. I wasn't wearing polish. I am not a dirty person
either, but sometimes things happen that you just can't prevent. -- Beckie

"laura" <laura003@cox.net> wrote in message
The kind of dirt that shows under sheers is just the day to day
grime that accumulates between scrubs even though one is washing
hands after ablutions and before working with food or eating. Sort
of what the white covers in a French manicure.
It just accumulates between daily proper cleanings. If one were to
scrub with a nail brush every time one washed one's hands I'm sure
the result would be infected nailbeds or some other nasty
undesirable thing.

Moira, the Faerie Godmother