Holiday Gifts for Nail Polish Lovers

One of the easiest people to make happy during the holiday are nail polish lovers. Give us an assortment of lovely nail colors and we're very happy campers. As nail polish lovers, we know our fellow addicts will be bursting with joy at the thought of receiving the following holiday gift sets from Lauren B. Beauty, and Ciaté London.

LAUREN B. THE NUDE COLLECTION

The natural, clean-manicure look is huge this season – here’s how to master it once and for all. This collection of nude shades, from porcelain to espresso brown, looks insanely flattering and refined on every skin tone. Easy to wear, these wonderful polishes celebrates lighter and deeper tones while keeping you on trend. The kit includes Lauren B's gentle Nail Polish Remover Pads to make color changes a snap. Get these 5 polishes for $75.00 (a $105 value!)

LAUREN B. THE LUXURY NAIL COUTURE COLLECTION

A perfect, glossy finish says elegant lady; sultry purples and glitter telegraph cool girl. Your nails will love to be coated in luxury with these 5 amazing polishes. Get this set for $75.00 (a $117 value!) 

• Nail Perfecter - made to even out nail color and texture
• Pacific Palisades - a cool, lush shade of orchid violet (and Pantone color of the year);
• Mulholland Drive - a deeply sexy purple hue that isn’t too inky;
• Hollywood Boulevard - a multicolor glitter that’s super-chic layered over dark polish or worn simply on its own
• Gel-Like Top Coat - for a quick-drying, salon gel manicure effect that lasts and lasts.

LAUREN B. THE ULTIMATE TREATMENT COLLECTION

Like everything else, our nails needs love and care as well. This must-have set contains 7 time-saving botanical breakthroughs to have your nails looking good all the time, with or without nail polish. Use the botanically-powered Nourishing Hand Cream, Nail & Cuticle Balm and Cuticle Oil daily to smooth and soothe hands; the Nail Polish Remover Pads to hydrate your skin; the Nail Growth Serum to saturate your nails with amino acids and vitamins for growth; the Nail Perfecter to disguise nail flaws, and the high-tech Gel-Like Top Coat for exceptionally long-wearing, high-gloss finish. This 7-treatment set retails for $195.00 (a $212 value!).

The Lauren B Holiday Nail Polish Giftsets are available on LaurenBBeauty.com, Bergdorf Goodman, Net-a-porter, Anthropologie.com, and other fine retailers worldwide.

CIATÉ OH CHRISTMAS TREE

This year, upgrade your merry mani with Ciaté London's luxe Christmas Tree nail offering, this delightful paint pot tree is adorned with colorful Christmas ‘baubles’ framing 6 festive paint pot colors. This limited edition gift set contains the following six festive crème and glitter shades:

• Tangled Tinsel - decadent chunks of gold glitter sprinkled with silver and lilac
• Serendipity - a sparkling pink glitter
• Mosaic Madness - an orange, lime, sliver and navy cocktail of mosaics
• Headliner - an extraordinary cocktail of blue and green
• Kiss Chase - a dreamy pink
• Sand Dune - a glistening gold that screams modern charm

CIATÉ LONDON X OLIVIA PALERMO FASHION EDIT NAIL SET

A four-piece mini nail collection collaboration between Ciaté London and Olivia Palermo, with shades inspired by a Fashion Week destination. From a pop red statement at the New York shows, a deep purple for the London FROW – a Bordeaux red in time for Paris couture and rounding off show season in Milan with a powdery pink. The four nail polish colors include Sundays, Hutch, Brooklyn, and Napa Valley. Get this set for $30.00

CIATÉ LONDON PAINT POT DUO

A perfectly packaged pair of mini Paint Pots that makes a great stocking stuffer. This duo features a high coverage crème, and a dazzling glitter. Wear each color on their own, or layered together for a festive party look. Get it for $15.00

Add a hint of sparkle and color to your Noel nails this year, with these must have gifts for all nail polish addicts. Get all the Ciaté London sets from Sephora, Pottery Barn Teen, and Birchbox.

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SinfulColors's Mirror Metallics for Holiday 2013

Here's more fun holiday gift options for the nail polish lover in your life. With SinfulColor's new Mirror Metallics Collection, your nail polish addict can have loads of sparkly fun as they try out these cool colors

The Mirror Metallics nail polish collection features seven sparkling shades guaranteed to steal the spotlight. Infused with sensuous shimmer, these luminous tints will light up your holiday celebrations. It covers the color scheme from seductive purple to bold gold with each hue designed to bring a sweeping holiday spirit to all who partake in the festivities.

These seven metallic SinfulColors hues make haute holiday gifts a cinch:

• Pine Away: A glittery X-mas tree green
• Red Eye: A sprinkle of crimson by candlelight
• Purple Heart: A royal rush of rich purple
• Gold Medal: A golden, glimmery goddess
• Blue Steel: A brilliant blue gush of gift-wrap
• Triple Platinum: A light shade of lilac tinted with tinsel
• Simply Silver: A sparkling ornamental shade of silver (not shown)

We are particularly fond of the Purple Heart and can see this color repeated throughout the season. The Mirror Metallics Collection is available now exclusively at Walgreens and at $1.99 per bottle, you can happily gift the entire collection and still stay within your budget.

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Holiday Gifting | NYX Cosmetics Fall in Love Nail Polish Set

We're back to show you another great holiday gift idea for the nail polish lover in your life. If you're still hunting for a great gift, you could be all set with this 18-piece nail polish set from NYX Cosmetics. Featuring NYX's best shades of the season, the Fall in Love is filled with petite bottles of NYX's fast-drying polish. This mix-n-match set is a great way to show you love her. It contains coordinating glossy and glitter shades, which includes:

• Fig
• Gold Bar
• Moss
• Bijou
• Taffeta
• Venetian Glass
• Naked Pink
• Dark Beige
• Papaya
• My Sunshine
• Wild Orchid
• Vinyl Red
• Mauve With Me
• Sour Plum
• Army Days
• Hunter Green
• Pure Ink
• Abyss

For a little over $1.00 per bottle, this set can be yours, that's right the NYX Cosmetics Fall in Love Nail Polish Set is only $20.00 and can be purchased HERE.

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Red Carpet Manicure Unveils Holiday Pop-Up Shop at Henri Bendel

For beauty lovers like myself, going to Henri Bendel is like walking into a luxe beauty haven. You can always count on finding some fabulous beauty products. From now (November 20th) through December 28th, Red Carpet Manicure, the world’s first at home LED gel manicure system, has partnered with luxury retailer Henri Bendel to launch a five week holiday pop-up shop at its flagship store in NYC. The pop-up is a first for the brand allowing it to showcase its entire product line at the iconic retailer.

What can you expect at this cool pop-up? Red Carpet Manicure nail techs are offering custom nail art demos, including the “Henri Bendel” exclusive design, and will be showing you the correct process of achieving flawless gel manis.

“We are thrilled to partner with Henri Bendel, the world-renowned, trend-setting emporium of the finest selection of fashion, accessory and beauty brands for our first pop-up experience,” said Barry Shields, Managing Partner of Red Carpet Manicure. “The Henri Bendel consumer can now add the hottest collection of light activated LED Gel Nail Polishes to her holiday shopping list. We are confident the women of New York will fall in love with the easy to use Red Carpet Manicure system and the brilliant end results of a Red Carpet manicure, nailing it as the best fashion accessory this holiday season.”

The Red Carpet Manicure products available at the Pop-Up Shop include the Red Carpet Manicure Pro Kit, Nail Treatments including Cuticle Oils and Cuticle Elixirs, Nail Art Kits, Gems, Jewels & Appliqués and more than 70 colors. Its new “Celebrity Manicurist Ultimate Gel Polish Pro Train Case Kit” (shown above) will be a holiday blockbuster gift featuring the Pro 45 LED Light, Nail Essentials, Appliqués, nail tools and files, an instructional DVD and more, a $150 value for $99.99.

So if you happen to be around Henri Bendel (712 Fifth Avenue in New York) anytime until December 28th, you have to stop by and experience this beauty award-winning gel nail system.

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Holiday Gifting | Deborah Lippmann Big Bang Nail Lacquer Set

Want to wow the Deborah Lippmann nail lacquer fan? Just gift her with the amazing Deborah Lippmann Big Bang Nail Lacquer Set. This giftable 12-piece set is a must-have for fans of the brand's cult-favorite lacquers. The set features a range of bold and bright colors in assorted finishes allowing you to explore different layering combinations plus all of the lacquers are infused with treatment benefits such as biotin, green tea extract, and Aucoumea.

The Deborah Lippmann Big Bang Nail Lacquer Set includes eight creme shades in Sweet Life, Scream & Shout, Girl On Fire, Lara's Theme, Harlem Shake, One More Night, Big Blue Note and Invincible; three shimmer shades in Bad Moon Rising, Sunshine Superman and Green Eyed Lady; and one glitter shade in Sparks Fly. As with all their lacquers, these are free from Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl, Parabens and Sulfate.

This set is available now for $78.00, grab this gift HERE.

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Preview Ciate's Holiday Gift Sets & Win The Emerald Collection

Hello nail lacquer lovers, it's time to celebrate the gift-giving season. Ciaté has some amazing nail lacquer and innovative nail art gift sets for the upcoming holiday season that you will clamoring for. The coveted nail brand features nail lacquers that are intensely pigmented with sought after designer-inspired manicures (their Caviar is still an industry favorite), original polishes, and standout textures and treatments that will transform your nails into the ultimate statement accessory. Their holiday offerings sees old favorites return and new amazing innovations, one of which a lucky reader will win. Check out some of them below:

Ciaté Mini Mani Month - $58.00
 

Selling out in record numbers last year, this holiday favorite returns due to popular demand. Change your polish every day of the month with this rainbow of color and texture sensations. This holiday calendar countdown includes a playful mix of mini Paint Pots, glitter sprinkles, caviar pearls, salon quality treatments, cute nail gifts, and some hidden surprises along the way. With 17 of Ciate’s favorite creme shades and seven textured manicure toppers, you’ll be entertained all season long. This set contains: Paint Pots Nail Polish in Snow Globe, Boudoir, Hoopla, Hopscotch, Sugar Plum, Fit For A Queen, Candy Floss, Amazing Gracie, Pepperminty, Encore!, Starlet, Chinchilla, Members Only, Play Date, Ivory Queen, Main Stage, Pillow Fight, Tweed and Tails, Caviar Luxe in Metallic Pearls Smoulder (silver), Metallic Pearls Lustre (gold), Caviar Pearls in Cupids Arrow, Midnight in Manhattan, Glitter in Twinkle Toes, Sequins in Dallas Dolly and a Funnel.

Ciaté Tree Trinkets - $30.00
 

Deck your tree with this festive set of six mini glitter polishes floating inside bow-decorated ornaments. Wear each high-gloss shade alone or layered over your favorite color. Your tree will wow friends and family when dressed with these festive gifts. This set contains: 6 Mini Nail Pots in Yule Rules, All Aglow, Candy Cane, Humbug, Wrap Star!, Tinsel Town, 6 holiday ornaments and 6 holiday gift tags

Ciaté Nail Lab - $65.00

Want the ultimate at-home nail studio? Just like a makeup artist has her case, a nail care fan should have a studio. This is the ultimate at-home setup for creating hundreds of custom nail looks. Create and master pro nail styles, including a dotting tool, ombre sponge, and striping brush, plus Ciaté founder Charlotte Knight’s favorite glitter recipes and nail-look show cards to inspire and help you create your own signature Ciaté look. Crown your creation by giving it a name with the enclosed name tags - perfect for creating a special gift. This set contains: 6 Nail Pots in Mistress, Rain Coat, Amazing Gracie, Power Dressing, Pillow Fight, and Ferris Wheel, 7 Recipe cards, 7 Get The Look cards, 8 Suspension Top Coats, Glitter Pots in Splash, Tease, Bombshell, Flitter Pots in Prism, Stiletto, Galactic, Sparkle Pots in Nightfall, Ignite, Crowd Surf, Shimmer Pots in Pout, Day Dream, Pirouette, 2 Empty Mixing Paint Pots, 1 Petri dish, 1 Funnel, 2 Mini test tubes, Name tags, 6 Silver shaker balls, 1 Mini file, 2 Nail buffers, 1 Paint brush, 1 Stripper brush, 1 Dotter and 1 Scoop.

Ciaté Caviar Manicure Luxe in Gleam, Lustre and Smoulder - $25.00

The kit features a salon quality Paint Pot in rich metallic tones—the perfect foundation for the Luxe look. Luxe metal pearls are heavier than the classic caviar pearls, giving this look a more substantial finish. Add Gleam pearls for a blush rose gold color. Smoulder imparts a gleaming platinum look. And Lustre gleams with a classic gold full of glamour and sophistication. This set contains: Caviar Luxe Pearls, Paint Pots Nail Polish, Mini funnel, and Tray.

Ciaté Feathered Manicure in What A Hoot, All A Flutter and Ruffle My Feathers - $25.00

A complete nail kit featuring natural feathers (yes real features) for a stunningly intricate nail art look. This vampy fashion statement gives a extraordinarily fashionable look - the ultimate way to wear feathers this season. This set contains: Speed Coat Pro, Mini Paint Pot, Nail scissors, 2 Nail file blocks, and 40 feathers.

Ciaté Velvet Manicure - $25.00 

Created by Charlotte Knight, Ciaté's Creative Director, whilst experimenting with luxurious textures and finishes. The finished effect of this red velvet manicure is unlike any other, giving an indulgent velvety coat for a truly divine manicure. This set contains: Paint Pot in Boudoir, Crushed Velvet Powder, Clear Plastic Tray, and Little Black Brush.


Ciaté Emerald Collection - $30.00 - WIN THIS SET

Enjoy 2013's Color of the Year in Ciaté's popular textures - Sequin, Velvet and Caviar. This collection comes with a full size Ditch the Heels Paint Pot, which is accompanied by a Velvet Shaker in Chauffeur, a pot of Sequins in Penthouse, and an extra special Emerald Caviar blend in Ball Gown. A funnel, little black brush and mini tray are all included to keep your mani tidy. As previously stated, one of you will win this wonderful, multi-textured set. Want to know how? Just follow the rafflecopter details below:

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Thanks to My Life on and off the Guest List for sharing these amazing Ciate Holiday Gift Sets with us and for helping with this giveaway.

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