Gift ideas for nail polish addicts
By Pam Pastor
Nail polish is a great stocking stuffer for the girls on your list who like obsessing about their nails. But how do you choose from a sea of bottles?

Nail polish is a great stocking stuffer for the girls on your list who like obsessing about their nails. But how do you choose from a sea of bottles?

There’s no doubt about it—nail polish is the new lipstick. And I’m not just saying this because of my mad obsession.

Still on the lookout for pretty nail colors to wear with your flip-flops and bikinis? Inquirer Lifestyle rounded up some of summer’s hottest shades.

1. Apply a base coat to protect your natural nails. 2. Apply white nail polish on your accent nail, the one where you would like to paint the Christmas tree. Polish your other nails with green nail polish. Allow a few minutes for the polishes to dry completely before painting the design. 3. Choose a green nail polish and dab three large dots on your accent nail that resembles a triangle. This will serve as guide for the Christmas tree. Add another dot of the same color and size inside the triangle.

Shelly Lazaro is no stranger to the business of beauty. As president of Cytherea Global Cosmetics, she brought Skin Doctors into the country in 2004. On the lookout for a new brand to introduce to Filipinos, Lazaro attended an exclusive beauty show in Miami, Florida, last year. Out of over 100 companies she saw there, [...]

Nail polish fans and Chanel addicts have been asking the same question for weeks: “When are they coming?” By “they,” they mean the three new shades from the luxury brand’s Illusions d’Ombres Collection for Fall 2011— Graphite, Quartz and Peridot. Graphite is glittery silver, Quartz is metallic silvery beige, and Peridot is a greenish-gold multi-chrome. [...]