Nail Trends: The Matte Nail Polish. What I love about a matte nail polish is that it’s easier to apply even with dark shades. The look is cool and relaxed compare to a super glossy nail polish. My favorite picks are from MAC Cosmetics: MAC Nail Lacquer in WHAM BAM, GLAM (matte) a beautiful brown-gray shade. MAC BLACK ENOUGH? A perfect black shade but matte.

L to R:  MAC BLACK ENOUGH?, MAC WHAM BAM, GLAM

ZOYA Sparkle Summer Collection: Today is ZOYA Nail Lacquer in MIMI day, $7. The shade is purple with blue undertones and lots of gold sparkle. You know how much I love sparkle. ZOYA MIMI nail polish is part of the ZOYA Sparkle collection Summer 2010. It’s hot right now:)

I’m loving the latest ORLY Nail Lacquers Collection which complements Spring 2010 color Trends.

The hottest colors for the upcoming Spring/Summer season according to the Spring 2010 Fashion Preview: Pantone Color Report are:

Turquoise: Spring and summer naturally evoke feelings of calm ocean waters and tranquil beach vacations in cool, vibrant and tropical colors.

ORLY Nail Lacuer in Gumdrop

AmparoBlue: This soothing hue from the blue-green family conjures feelings of escape

ORLY Nail Lacquer in Snowcone

Violet: Lends a romantic air to the warm-weather palette and a distinctive addition to any wardrobe

ORLY Nail Lacquer in Lollipop

Aurora: Yellow has made its mark on fashion and spring in a gleaming way

ORLY Nail Lacquer in Lemonade

Fusion Coral: Provocative energy continues to surge throughout the warmer hues of spring

ORLY Nail Lacquer in Candy Candy

Tomato Purée: This inviting orange connects directly to this season’s classic red

ORLY Nail Lacquer in Pixi Stix

Pink Champagne: Kick back and enjoy the bubbly luxury

ORLY Nail Lacquer in Dream Boat

All ORLY Nail Lacquers retail for $7.50 on www.orlybeauty.com and are free of DBP and all traces of Toluene, Formaldehyde and Formaldehyde Resin.

Watch Marta’s vlog as she takes you through her must-have beauty products to look out for in Spring 2010!

Beauty and makeup products mentioned in Marta’s vlog:

Dior Capture Totale ONE Essential Skin Boosting Super Serum
Dior Diorshow Extase mascara
Clinique youth surge night age decelerating night moisturizer for dry and combination skin types
Olay Body Quench Body Lotion Fragrance Free
MAC Nail Lacquer in Light Affair from MAC Love Lace collection
MAC Care Blends Essential Oils Grapefruit + Chamomile from MAC Warm & Cozy collection
MAC Lipgelle in Shift to Pink from MAC in Lillyland collection
Lancome Chris & Tell Lipstick

Essie Spring 2010 : The Art of Spring Color Collection.

Inspiration: Spring ushers in a warm, high-spirited bouquet of pretty shades and sultry silhouettes. At the Spring 2010 shows, designers expressed a super-sexy return to elegance with a pop art palette of colors. Body-clinging pieces with flurries of tulle, silk and organza flowed alongside crepe skirts, linen kimonos and shantung gowns in never-ending shades of lilac, rose and cerise.

From Left: Pop Art Pink: Sheer chiffon pink. Lilacism: Satiny smooth lilac. Neo Whimsical: Light as a feather rose-plum. Van D’go: Deliciously ripe melon. Tart Deco: Dreamy creamy coral. Red Nouveau: Fiery hot red pepper.

4pc Mini Set includes: Pop Art Pink, Lilacism, Tart Deco, Red Nouveau

“When I go to the fashion shows, I don’t just see clothes, I see artistic expression and color,” says Essie Weingarten, founder and president of Essie Cosmetics, Ltd. “Art and fashion go hand in hand, and this season’s collections reminded me of the pop art fashion explosion. My spring color collection is a reflection of that movement.”

The Colors: A palette of shades created to compliment the essence of Spring.

Tips From The Expert: 

For polish to last longer use a base, like First Base Base Coat and top coat, like Good to Go! – the base coat prepares the polish to adhere and the top coat seals in color. Also, wait 2 minutes in between color applications so that the polish can set. A few days later, apply Shine-e to refresh polish to a top shine finish. The Essie Art of Spring Collection joins the award-winning lineup beginning February 2010 at www.essie.com and fine spas, salons and beauty destinations nationwide. SRP $8.00 USD.

Nail Trends: the black nail polish has been popular for quite some time now and in my opinion will remain a classic. This spring however expect lighter colors like white or a pale grey taupe like MAC Light Affair ($12) from its latest MAC Love Lace collection to be the it nail polish shade. I absolutely love this color: it’s not too white, not too grey, and not too sheer. A nice break from black, be sure to attract compliments. Marta declares: MAC Light Affair nail polish is the new black!

MAC Love Lace Nail Polish in Light Affair: Revolutionary new high-gloss formula. Provides a no-streak/no-chip finish. Contains conditioners and UV protection. Rich color in a high-lacquer full-cream finish.

CHANEL introduces Spring 2010 Makeup Collection: ‘Coco’ Chanel left an indelible imprint on countless women with beautiful, practical and lasting designs that enhanced a woman’s natural allure. Today, Peter Philips, Global Creative Director of CHANEL Makeup, honors her legacy with LES IMPRESSIONS DE CHANEL — a collection of clean, classic neutrals that are infinitely wearable and effortlessly chic. He used this collection to create a pure, fresh beauty look for the Spring-Summer 2010 Ready-to-Wear runway show. Quintessential shades, ranging from pink and beige to warm brown and khaki, enhance the complexion and illuminate the face, highlighting a woman’s natural beauty. On counter: January 2010.

EXCLUSIVE CREATION:
EMPREINTE DE CHANEL
RADIANT GLOW HIGHLIGHTING POWDER
Limited Edition

This highlighting powder combines subtly shimmering shades of rosewood, beige and brown for a uniquely flattering effect. Skin takes on a natural warmth and luminosity, as if bathed in the softest candlelight. Ideal for brightening the face or emphasizing the cheek or browbone with a unique beveled brush. Pure CHANEL: the world-renowned CC signature imprint. $65.00

LES 4 OMBRES
QUADRA EYE SHADOW
LES 4 OMBRES Quadra Eye Shadow in new Kaska Beige offers a warm, natural palette of beiges and browns that can be applied with a soft touch to delicately enhance the eyes. $56.00

ROUGE ALLURE
LUMINOUS SATIN LIP COLOUR
Four new shades of ROUGE ALLURE Luminous Satin Lip Colour offer a flattering range of soft neutrals, from light beige and warm peach to a natural mauve and soft plum. $32.00

BEAUTÉ DES ONGLES
PROTECTIVE BASE COAT
EXTREME SHINE NAIL LACQUER
Practicality takes on a new poise — and polish — this season, safeguarding nails against chipping. CHANEL maximizes the manicure with a new anti-yellowing base coat and quick-drying, high-shine top coat that work in tandem to strengthen and protect, while reducing the appearance of white spots. $23.00 each

EMPREINTE DE CHANEL
RADIANT GLOW HIGHLIGHTING POWDER $65.00
LIMITED EDITION

LIPS
ROUGE ALLURE
LUMINOUS SATIN LIP COLOUR $32.00

DÉLICIEUSE (APRICOT)
INSOUCIANTE (MAUVE)
INCOGNITO (ROSEWOOD)
IMPERTINENTE (BROWN)

LÈVRES SCINTILLANTES
GLOSSIMER $27.00

FUTILE (PINK)
MALINE (GOLD)

ROUGE DOUBLE INTENSITÉ
ULTRA WEAR LIP COLOUR $34.00

LE CRAYON LÈVRES
PRECISION LIP DEFINER $28.00

BEIGE (BEIGE)

FACE
POUDRE UNIVERSELLE COMPACTE
NATURAL FINISH PRESSED POWDER $44.00

BEIGE CLAIR (BEIGE)
JOUES CONTRASTE POWDER BLUSH $42.00
IMPRÉVU (COPPER)

NAILS
LE VERNIS
NAIL COLOUR $23.00

INATTENDU (NUDE)
TENDRESSE (PINK)
PARTICULIÈRE (GREY)

ROSE AGATE (PLUM BROWN)

EYES
LES 4 OMBRES
QUADRA EYE SHADOW $56.00

KASKA BEIGE (BEIGE–BROWN–PLUM–BRONZE)

OMBRE D’EAU
FLUID IRIDESCENT EYESHADOW $32.00

TORRENT (KHAKI)

OMBRE ESSENTIELLE
SOFT TOUCH EYESHADOW $28.50

SILLAGE (NUDE)
TRACE (BRONZE SHIMMER)

LE CRAYON YEUX
PRECISION EYE DEFINER $28.00

KHAKI DORÉ (KHAKI)

Available at www.CHANEL.com , CHANEL boutiques and department and specialty stores.

When MAC meets the lore and legend that is Lilly Pulitzer, you get a fabulous and funky fun new chapter: a bit of Mar-a-Lago, some well-to-do winky-wink, and a dash of retro-modern pop culture mayhem in prints and colours that make it hip to be in permanent happy land! A collaboration that feels like the best tongue-in-chic resort retort, with all the wonderful prints and Key West colour combinations Lilly has done so beautifully since, well, forever! Fly down to South Florida, with MAC in Lillyland!

Available January 7, 2010 through February 2010 at all MAC locations.

Brush 168 LARGE ANGLED CONTOUR
For expert application of cheek contour. This brush is a large angled contour. the fibres form a buff ed edge and are soft and firmly bundled. Suggested Retail Price $32.00 U.S./$38.50 CDN

239 EYE SHADER
Soft and dense to shade or blend eye shadow or emollient-based products. This brush has a tapered, rounded edge with smooth, firm, fine fibres. It can be used to build intense colour on the eyelid. Suggested Retail Price $24.50 U.S./$29.50 CDN

TECHNAKOHL LINER

Purple Dash Intense aubergine
Graphblack Rich graphic black
Suggested Retail Price $14.50 U.S./$17.50 CDN

LIPGELÉE

Resort Life Off -white with pink pearl
Lush & Bright Bright pink-yellow-coral with pink pearl
Prepy Blue-pink with pink pearl
Shift to Pink Light violet with silver pearl
Suggested Retail Price $14.00 U.S./$16.50 CDN

NAIL LACQUER

Coconut Ice Light yellow-peach-pink (Cream)
Steamy Hot pink (Cream)
Suggested Retail Price $12.00 U.S./$14.50 CDN

PAINT POT

Bare Study Soft beige with gold pearl (Frost)
Rubenesque Golden peach with gold pearl (Frost)
Fresco Rose Pink with matching pearl (Frost)
Suggested Retail Price $16.50 U.S./$20.00 CDN

PEARLMATTE FACE POWDER
Suggested Retail Price $27.00 U.S./$32.50 CDN

PEARLMATTE EYE SHADOW
Suggested Retail Price $19.50 U.S./$23.50 CCDN

CREMEBLEND BLUSH

So Sweet , So Easy Light yellow-pink
Opimistic Orange Bright coral
Joie-de -Vivre Peachy coral
Florida Bright fuschia
Suggested Retail Price $18.50 U.S./$22.00 CDN

All Ages, All Races, All Sexes is our credo. Now MAC takes the “One World” idea further than ever, with a multi-culti colour story, intent on a universal focus – spectacularly shaded and shaped brows for all, because beautiful people come in colours! Miraculously matched to the individual, Impeccable Brow Pencil is the ultimate artist’s tool to fill, lengthen and shape, with a firm tip that sharpens application for high-performance precision. Penultimate Brow Marker, in one shade suits all, is a liquefied glide adept at the all-important arch. But that’s not all: Lipstick, Lipglass, Eye Shadow and Nail Lacquer shade extensions speak your language, a match for every international skin tone.

Available January 7, 2010 through March 2010 at all MAC locations.

LIPSTICK

Equality Light dirty mauve with traveling pearl (Lustre)
Myself Creamy pale yellow beige (Lustre)
Empowered Creamy mid-tone neutral brown (Satin)
5N Plumy sheer brown (Lustre)
Suggested Retail Price $14.00 U.S./$16.50 CDN

LIPGLASS

Naked Frost Sheer taupe with silver pearl (Frost)
Glamour for All Sheer pale baby pink with pearl (Frost)
Liqueur Frosted mid-tone pink brown (Frost)
Spirit & Soul Frosted dark cool brown (Frost)
Suggested Retail Price $14.00 U.S./$16.50 CDN

EYE SHADOW

All Races Cool light mauve taupe (Matte)
Banshee Dirty taupe with frost and sparkle diamond cluster (Lustre)
Cross -cult ural Dark dirty yellow brown (Matte)
Showstopper Deep blackened brown (Matte)
Suggested Retail Price $14.50 U.S./$17.50 CDN

PIGMENT

Universal Mix Sparkly white gold (Frost)
Rich Life Dark cool brown with silver pearl (Frost)
Suggested Retail Price $19.50 U.S./$23.50 CDN

IMPECCABLE BROW PENCIL

Blonde Pale yellow brown
Dirty Blonde Cool light brown
Taupe Mid-tone dirty taupe
Black Blackened dark neutral brown
Suggested Retail Price $15.00 U.S./$18.00 CDN

EYE BROWS

Lingering Soft taupe brown
Spiked Rich brunette
Suggested Retail Price $15.00 U.S./$18.00 CDN

PENULTIMATE BROW MARKER
Suggested Retail Price $16.50 U.S./$20.00 CDN

BROW SET

Clear Color-free
Mink Dirty brown
Suggested Retail Price $14.50 U.S./$17.50 CDN

BEAUTY POWDER BLUSH

Personal Style Light mauve taupe
All ’s Good Cool deep rose
Suggested Retail Price $18.50 U.S./$22.00 CDN 

BLOT POWDER PRESSED

Medium
Deep Dark
Suggested Retail Price $21.00 U.S./$25.00 CDN

MAC Love Lace: This salon-intimate collection is all about a dramatic, intense, smoky eye, with shadows that flash frosty grey to deep blue. Kohl Power is brought back for a limited time in favourite shades plus a new blackened marine blue. And naturally, 44 Lash adds the depth and desire. Lips stay pleasingly pale and Nail Lacquer in Light Affair adds a hint of danger. If ever there was a moment to do away with the winter doldrums and add some instant intrigue, this is it.

Available December 26, 2009 through February 2010 at all MAC locations.

LIPSTICK

Pretty Please Pale pink pearl (Lustre)
Intricate Frosted cool icy taupe (Frost)
Suggested Retail Price $14.00 U.S./$16.50 CDN

LIPGLASS

Icescape Sheer pale pink with pink pearl (Frost)
Utterly Discrete Sheer frosted cool icy mauve (Frost)
Suggested Retail Price $14.00 U.S./$16.50 CDN

EYE SHAD OW

Pincurl Dusty White (Frost)
Hypnotizing Frosted greyed mauve (Frost)
Love Lace Frosted mid-tone grey-ish blue (Veluxe Pearl)
Suave Intentions Light frosted silver blue (Veluxe Pearl)
Suggested Retail Price $14.50 U.S./$17.50 CDN

 KOHL POWER

Sense of Style Blackened deep marine blue
Raven Intense red with black pearl
Feline Rich black
Suggested Retail Price $14.50 U.S./$17.50 CDN

EYE KOHL

Fascinating intense matte white
Suggested Retail Price $14.50 U.S. /$17.50 CDN

ZOOM LASH

Zoomblack  rich black
Suggested Retail Price $13.00 U.S./$15.50 CDN

EYE BROWS

Stud deep rich blackened brown
Suggested Retail Price $15.00 U.S./$18 CDN

LASH

44 Lush unique combination of separate bundles at inner corner and dramatic winged outer corner
Suggested Retail Price $13 U.S./$15.50  CDN

NAIL LACQUER

Light Affair creamy pale grey taupe
Suggested Retail Price $12.00 U.S./$14.50 CDN