TREND MILL | Pantone revisited...

WE'VE SEEN this movie before, and know how it ends. But we can't get enough of the Pantone trend! 

Nowadays, you can get virtually whatever you want in the Pantone aesthetic. Remeber my post on Pantone-inspired beauty brands and packaging?

Even iPhone and iPad Pantone skins too. Case Scenario is working with Pantone to produce limited edition A/W 2010-2011 skins in the season's Pantone picks.

It's the trend that just keeps on giving...

TREND MILL | Andrea Fulerton Nail Boutique rocks

 

A LARGE swath of beauty bloggers on the interweb are obsessed with nails. So obsessed that they take daily pics (NOTDs to you) of a different manicure. I wonder how they’ll react to the launch of Andrea Fulerton Nail Boutique this month. Because it’s a cracker of a range.

First, Fulerton is always behind the scenes at the hottest fashion shows, works with the top stars and knows what’s going to be a hit trend seasons before it is. She knows what you’re going to want to be wearing on your fingers next fall before it’s even a glimmer in your fashionable eye.

She’s also incorporated some pretty interesting concepts into the range. There’s a stand-alone kiosk that is stocked with double-ended bottles, nail art, glitter, nail tools and all sorts that Andrea has clearly thought long and hard about. In fact, I bet most of the products came about because she wanted them for her own use and couldn’t find them previously, like the credit card-slim buffing block. There are 78 SKUs in all.

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5 WAYS TO | Use cool fitness trends to melt fat

ARE YOU you tired of religiously hitting the treadmill without seeing results? Are you bored to tears swimming laps? How about yawning like mad during your Hatha Yoga class? Me too. But there are plenty of novel ways to exercise. Here’s our pick of the strangest/coolest right now...

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Originally written by Jessica Teas for Smarter Beauty Blog. Image credit: flickr.com/photos/frted/4967459259/sizes/m/in/photostream/