OPI Nail Studio for the iPhone
Awhile back, Spa editor-in-chief, Julie Sinclair, blogged about OPI’s Nail Polish Studio—a website where you can test drive any color OPI carries. You just adjust the skin tone of the virtual hand to match your own, then you can see which colors look best.
But what if you’re out at the salon, standing in front of a rack of hundreds of shades? A computer isn’t going to do you much good. And that’s why OPI recently released a free iPhone app version of their nail studio. Just click here to see OPI’s app (warning: clicking the link will open iTunes if it is installed on your computer).
We know this will help us a ton next time we’re out shopping for a fun new color.
—Stephanie Kinnear, web editor
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Emergency Winter Skincare and Skin-Repair
When planning and packing for a trip to cold climates, it is vital to have the correct clothing to stay warm. However, it’s just as important to have the right products to protect and soothe skin from the cool, dry air.
This was an essential tip I forgot to follow myself while spending the holidays in Lake Tahoe. My face moisturizer ran out the day I arrived; my lip moisturizer was nowhere to be found.
Armed only with my eye crème and borrowed ChapStick from my brother, my lackluster skincare regimen proved no match for the elements.
Upon returning from my trip, I made a beeline for my medicine cabinet, hoping to find a miracle in there to cure my parched face, hangnails, and peeling lips. And miracle (make that 3 miracles) I did find:
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(for the face) G.M. Collin Hydramucine Optimal Gel – specially designed with a botanical complex and vegetal peptides to hydrate the skin. This left my skin soft and moisturized, while not at all greasy (good for normal to oily skin). |
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(for lips) Jane Iredale Sugar&Butter Lip Exfoliator/Plumper – organic brown sugar buffs away dry skin, and tinted lip plumper moistens with shea butter and peptides. After a good scrub with the exfoliating end, my lips were kissably soft. |
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(for hands) Sephora by OPI Restorative Hand Moisturizer – blend of almond, avocado, and shea butter provides instant hydration. I randomly had a sample of this, and am now in love. The instant it is applied, skin becomes baby soft with no oily or greasy feel whatsoever. |
Though only meant to be a temporary fix, I can guarantee that these products will now become a regular part of my skincare routine!
—Veronica Sooley, photo editor
top image: iStockphoto.com
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Instant Makeover: OPI’s Polish Studio
I’m generally not one to wear nail polish, which makes it extra-fun when I do—for special occasions or when I just want to add a little something different to my day. Like wearing lipstick, adding a few coats of nail polish (or a color you don’t usually wear) can really seem transformational.
The other day I came across this cool online tool by OPI for trying out new colors. Want to know how purples, brights, or metallics would look on your skin tone so you don’t regret it later? Click here, then on the “Try On This Color” tab. Set your skin tone, adjust the nail length, and have fun testing out shades like “We’ll Always Have Paris,” “Tasmanian Devil Made Me Do It,” and “Blue My Mind.” (Who gets to name these polishes? I’m really enjoying them.)
After spending the past 10 minutes trying out some new colors, I’m now psyched for a mani/pedi — thinking I’ll go for “Yes…I Can-Can,” a fun purply-brownish-black.
—Julie Sinclair, editor-in-chief
