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Deborah Lippmann: Lara’s Theme (swatches & review)

It’s Summer…or at least that’s how it will feel the instant you slide ‘Lara’s Theme’ onto your fingertips. Accompanying her newest releases ‘Yellow Brick Road’, ‘Girls Just Want To Have Fun’ and ‘I Know What Boys Like’ (reviewed here and here respectively), ‘Lara’s Theme’ is the latest from the creative genius that is Deborah Lippmann. This shade is a super-pigmented orange hue, simply bursting with colour. Not quite a neon in intensity, nor fully a crème, it’s almost a hybrid of the two, with the added bonus of a high jelly-like shine at the finish. All swatches are with Rehydrating Base Coat, two coats of lacquer and Addicted to Speed Ultra Quick Dry top coat, all Deborah Lippmann.

Created with supermodel Lara Stone and with a colourful nod to her Dutch heritage, ‘Lara’s Theme’ is an incredibly saturated and vibrant orange hue. Needing only two coats for absolutely full coverage, it literally covers your nails in a rich creamy wave and self-levels to utter smoothness. While the resulting finish is intensely glossy on its own, I added a layer of Deborah’s top coat which only increased the gloss…and then some!

Above, is an excerpt from the May 2011 issue of Vogue magazine, highlighting this intense Summer shade.

We all know by now that Deborah, an accomplished musician herself, also names all her lacquers after well-known song titles (some nostalgic and some spanking new). Inspired by the 1965 cult classic film Dr. Zhivago, ‘Lara’s Theme’ is the name of the title track and I just can’t help but hear “somewhere my love” in an endless loop in my head, every time I look at this shade!

Final thoughts: If you’re unfamiliar with Deborah Lippmann polishes, rest assured that the quality is utterly superb. ‘Lara’s Theme’ is a rich shade, definitely not runny at all, gives a stunning Summer glow to your fingertips and will never coming off as garish. With a light tan, this will be simply outstanding and I cannot wait to pair it with a pair of strappy sandals…very St. Tropez! Please visit Deborah Lippmann’s site for more information or to order.

*Disclaimer: product sample provided by the company/PR for my unbiased consideration

Deborah Lippmann – ‘Girls Just Want To Have Fun’ & ‘I Know What Boys Like’ (swatches & review)

April 16, 2011

For summer 2011, Deborah Lippmann shows us bright, vibrant, colour-saturated hues…the 80’s revisited with a modern & fresh twist. These two shades are ridiculously creamy, yet still manage to have an almost subdued elegance to them and the application was nothing short of perfection. Well known for being the ‘go-to’ manicurist of many celebrities, Deborah has once more delved into that vast creative pool she inhabits and brought us these two beauties! All swatches are with Deborah Lippmann’s Rehydrating Base Coat and three thin coats of lacquer, no top coat (with that natural glossiness….are you kidding?!).

‘Girls Just Want To Have Fun’ is the heat of summer captured in a bottle of nail polish. A super rich and utterly creamy coral, this has just enough pink in it to add an interesting depth of hue and will look absolutely spectacular against each and every skin tone. Rather squishy looking, this straddles the line between a crème and jelly polish, and while not 100% opaque with three thin coats, it’s still so incredible to look at. Perfectly self levelling, the formula was superb. Love, love, LOVE this one!

‘I Know What Boys Like’ is the blue shade of the summer evening sky right before night falls. Described by Deborah as a “periwinkle blue”, it has a dusty and muted quality to it which prevents it from ever seeming too garish. The slight purple leanings in its base give it a beautiful tone and I love how regal the colour looks, no matter the lighting. Decent opacity was reached by the second coat, but I opted for three to be consistent. Just look at that glossy finish!

Final thoughts: While a coral shade seems right in line for a summer colour, I was surprised to learn that Deborah would also be launching a blue shade for the season, but after having seen (and worn) it, I understand how perfectly it fits in with her vision and love how ‘cool’ it looks. ‘Girls Just Want To Have Fun’ is seriously so amazing to look at, that I didn’t want to remove it to wear anything else! Both these lacquers were a dream to apply and I am beyond impressed with the perfectly brush-stroke free finish…both are definite WINS! All Deborah Lippmann products are available at several fine high end department stores as well as her website here.