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I have been asked quite a few times what color nail polish do I wear with a black dress? What color nail polish with a brown dress? Black-tie event? First date even? So I went to talk to one of my favorite nail techs over at Ella Blue here in Elk Grove to ask her opinion on colors of nail polish to that goes with what color dress.

Susan said that with a black dress or black tie event where you are wearing a black dress, red nail polish will always do well. Colors such as

Hot Candy Apple by BB Couture

Hot Candy Apple by BB Couture or Hot Salsa are good choices of reds. What you don’t want to be wearing are colors such as blues or greens. They take away from your overall look. Or you could always have a French Manicure done, that look is great for all colors of dresses.

Now if you are wearing a brown dress to a event that’s a little harder to choose. You will want a nail polish color that’s more of a orange look to it. Colors such as Pale Poppy by BB Couture is a good choice or  Great Balls of Fire from the Flashback to the 50’s Collection by BB Couture is also a great choice. And again a French Manicure with your basic white tips is always a good choice as well. You also try a red that is like a blue red not a true red as your choice of nail polish. I wasn’t sure what she meant by a blue red so I can’t show you a color nail polish that would work for that.

First date was a interesting question. What color nail polish works on a first date? That is a highly personal question because it depends more on what type of person you want to show yourself as. Fun loving? Dragon’s Breath by BB Couture which happens to be our best selling nail polish to date is a great color for a first date. Specially this time of year. You can’t go wrong with a deep rich purple nail polish that any skin-tone could wear.

More of a quiet person? Again a French Manicure is a good idea. If you enjoy wearing pink nail polish then wear it on your first date! Pink shows you are a caring person with a love for life and not hard core. The better choices are not to go wild and wear nail polish colors that don’t

A~ go with your outfit or

B~ are chipped and need to be redone.

Remove your nail polish if your polish happens to be chipped because it shows you don’t care enough about how your hands look not to have your nails done. It’s better to go without nail polish than it is to have chipped nail polish specially dark colors. If you want your nail polish to stay chip-free longer you need to wear Top Rock by BB Couture! It really rocks because I have tested it out on Dragon’s Breath and my nails remained chip-free for about a week! Can your top coat do the same?

All these nail polishes would be great gift ideas as well. Nail polish gifts are great because they work all year around and why give a gift that they won’t use? Who doesn’t love nail polish?

I hope this helps answer your questions about what color nail polish do you wear with what color dress.

There are now 14 brand new BB Nail Polish colors just added!

1. Candy Mousse
2. Pixie Dust
3. Candy Lace
4. Tangerine Scream
5. Tropical Sunset
6. Love Drunk
7. Chili Pepper
8. Passion Plum
9. Purple Haze
10. Mocha Pudding
11. In The Buff
12. Vampire Bite
13. Icy Plum
14. Naughty Rose

Posted: October 24th, 2008 under Home base.
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This beautiful dark nail polish is from the FairyTale Collection by BB Couture. It shows what a beautiful set of nails should look like without chips. The nails belong to a customer of BB Couture who really loves her nail polish!

BB Couture Nail Polish Dragon's Breath

No matter what, nail polish does chip. Often when you are wearing dark nail polish does the chips really become very noticeable.  Sometimes you will see a actor with chipped nail polish and that just looks tacky. They say to wear light colored nail polish is chipping is a major problem for you and you don’t have to the time to change it all the time.

Why does nail polish chip? There are a number of reasons why your nail polish will chip, either its because when it was applied it was applied too heavy, or without a base coat and top coat. It happens also if your nails are really dry and flaky for other reasons besides the fact you are wearing nail polish. Another problem could be as simple as when you gotten a manicure done, the oils or lotions that were used on your nails, will cause your nail polish not stick to your fingernails.  But no matter what even the most expertly applied nail polish will become chipped from general wear and tear and you will need to take the time to repair it.

But how does one repair chipped nail polish? Before you start getting out your nail polisher remover be careful because you want to remove the chipped polish off one nail not all nails. But if your nail polish is chipped on more than 2  fingernails you might just want to remove it and redo all your nails.

To fix your chipped nail polish try this: use a medium weight buffer, smooth over the chipped area. When you are painting over the chipped area, just ‘dab’ it on lightly with the brush. Let it dry ‘touch-dry’ and then paint over the whole nail. The reapply your Top Coat over the nail after the polish has dried. Top Coat by BB Couture helps hold your dark nail polish on even longer! Check it out here: Top Rock by BB Couture and get this is smells like Raspberries!

UPDATE Oct 28th, 2008: Here is a article about how cool (NOT) chipped nail polish is

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/lifestyle/orl-livchippednails102308oct23,0,4836162.story

Posted: October 9th, 2008 under Home base.
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