Category Archive: Dior

An evolving mani: from wintry to Snow Leopard nails!

  It began innocently enough; for some bizarre reason, on the day we decided to put up our Christmas tree, I had this sudden & inexplicable urge to create a “holiday” mani., but… Read More

Dior – #751 ‘Marilyn’ Grand Bal Collection Holiday 2012 (swatches, comparison & review)

  Dior’s Grand Bal Holiday 2012 Collection is sophisticated, visually beautiful, and full nostalgic old-world appeal. The packaging is some of the most luxe I’ve seen in a while, and the colours to… Read More

Dior – #901 ‘Diva’ Grand Bal Collection Holiday 2012 (swatches, comparison & review)

  From the moment I first laid eyes on promotional images for Dior’s Grand Bal Holiday 2012 Collection, I couldn’t wait for its release; I think I may have actually “whooped” when I… Read More

CHANEL – Les Essentiels de CHANEL Fall 2012 Le Vernis #559 Frenzy, #561 Suspicious and #563 Vertigo & Comparisons

  Before I even began swatching the new trio of nail varnishes from CHANEL’s fall 2012 ‘Les Essentiels de CHANEL’ collection (reviewed in my previous post here), I had already started thinking of… Read More

Dior Vernis #605 Amazonia – Fall 2012 (swatches, comparisons & review)

  I have a total and probably incomprehensible passion for deep, murky, and mysterious-seeming shades … as well as a “thing” for uniforms; Dior’s ‘Amazonia’ somehow manages to satisfy both of these desires… Read More

Dior ‘Golden Jungle’ Vernis Duo – Crocodile Leather Effect Nails (swatches & review)

  While shopping for some last minute travel items at ‘The Bay’ department store the other day, I literally stopped in my tracks when I passed the Dior counter: THE NEW FALL 2012… Read More

Dior Vernis ‘Saint-Tropez’ and ‘Bikini’ – Summer 2012 (swatches, comparisons & review)

    Last year when Dior released ‘Saint-Tropez’ as a *very* limited edition lacquer and I soon learned that it would not be made available in Canada, I was crushed – seriously. Apart… Read More

Dior #441 Garden Pastels – Couture Colour Eyeshadow Palette for Spring 2012 (swatches & review)

  As I mentioned in my previous post on the ‘Waterlily’ & ‘Forget-Me-Not’ scented lacquers (here), I picked up 3 out of the 4 items from Dior’s Spring 2012 Garden Party Collection –… Read More

Dior ‘Garden Party Spring 2012 Collection’ – Le Vernis #504 Waterlily and #694 Forget-Me-Not (swatches & review)

  A few months ago when the first promotional images started popping up about Dior’s upcoming ‘Garden Party Spring 2012 Collection’, I literally gasped! The sheer beauty of several of the products blew… Read More