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Rescue Beauty Lounge has a fabulous new collection for fall 2010. The colors are based on “The Real Housewives of the Tudor Dynasty” in other words, four of King Henry the VIII’s wives.

As a quick side-note, you might not know this about me, but I am obsessed with Tudor history and have been for about five years. I have read tons of historical books, fiction books and watched every series and movie in recent memory about it. I am utterly fascinated. In fact, half the reason I wanted to go to London last year was to visit The Tower of London where Anne Boleyn was held and murdered (along with Catherine Howard). I am particularly fascinated with Anne Bolyen and believe all the stories about her being a witch and evil are false. I think she was sucked into the Kingdom by her family who only wanted to use her for their own fortune, and by the power of the King. Listen to me, I act like I was actually there.

Anyway I digress. This collection is insanely delicious. Ji’s idea for the colors is based on the opulent colors and fabrics of that era.

“I fell in love with the Tudor dynasty in the novel Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel,” says Baek. “The more I learned of the queens’ wardrobes—the layers of embroidery, embellishments of pearls and fur and rich jewel toned fabrics—the more I saw a parallel with what’s going on in fashion this fall. Givenchy’s intricate brocades, Lanvin’s feather-festooned metallics, and the strong, powerful neutrals at Celine all served as starting points for Rescue Beauty Lounge’s Autumn/Winter color collection. Each color has micro particles of pink, blue, green, gold, and silver to add iridescence similar the tiny colored threaded that give brocade fabrics their depth of color.”

The formula of these is complete perfection, as you would hope for from RBL. Butter. Smooth. Opaque in two coats.

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Morning all!

So it’s yet another dreary Monday morning here in the Bay, blech. How was your weekend?

Today I have Rescue Beauty Lounge’s new colors for spring 2010. These colors were inspired by the Proenza Schouler spring 2010 collection, which was all about the surfer vibe.

I cannot comment about the formula yet because these samples are not RBL’s actual formula.

Two of the colors have very subtle shimmer, so I posted two pics, one without flash and one with. Check them out!

Diddy Mow (without flash)

Diddy Mow is a gorgeous dusty putty green with very slight shimmer. I am in love with this color and do not own anything like it. No it’s not a dupe for anything else! Diddy Mow is an actual surf term for a harsh wipe-out. This was two coats.

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Afternoon/evening everyone!

Today I am starting a new series called “VV Top 5″, which will feature my top 5 favorite polishes by color and finish.

I thought for the month of December I would do holiday colors, and the first color that comes to mind when I think of Christmas is red. So here we have them!

These are my favorite 5 red’s that I actually own. Some of the pics were swatched awhile ago, so the pictures don’t all look totally consistent (sorry!).

They are in no particular order.

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Monday. Again. Sigh. Maybe the polishes I am about to show will cheer some of you ‘I’ve got the Monday blues’ folks up.

You may have heard that Rescue Beauty Lounge paired up with three great nail polish bloggers to create The Blog Writer’s Colors collection. These ladies wanted to create a polish that wasn’t yet available on the market and was something they had dreamt about. Well I can say I think they managed to do that, and the results are simply fabulous.

I don’t even think I have to say anything about the formula, Rescue Beauty Lounge is some of the best polish out there. Not a single flaw with application on any of these, as I would expect from a color that costs $18.00 per bottle! Peep ‘em out!

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