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This week I was invited to an event by Glamour Magazine to preview Essie’s new Luxeffects Holiday 2011 collection and to enjoy to mani’s and mimosas with my fellow beauty bloggers and celebrity manicurist, Elle Gerstein. We gathered at Tenoverten Nail Salon in TriBeCa, to talk celebrity mani’s, nail polish layering and all of the wonderful color combinations that you can create with polish.

Yes, I know, my life doesn’t suck.

Since I was in the presence of the woman that maintains Jennifer Lopez’ lovely digits I took the opportunity to ask Elle a little bit about her layering tips for manicures. She said that she likes to use complimentary colors but sometimes she will use a bright color and layer it with a glitter polish on top. She suggested a few pink shades for me to layer underneath a glittery nail polish and I decided to take her advice. I went with a bright pink Essie polish, Forget Me Nots and layer it underneath a new glitter polish from the Luxeffects Holiday Collection, A Cut Above.

The Essie Luxeffects Holiday 2011 polishes is a five-piece collection of shimmers and glitter nail polish topcoats, would you expect anything less for the holidays? These glamorous polishes are intended for layering but you can wear them alone for a more subtle look. I’m a pink girl, I absolutely adore the color so I was immediately drawn to Forget Me Not, I thought that it would really pop underneath the Essie Luxeffect color, A Cut Above. Here is the final look:

I must say that this is one of my favorite manicures, I love the layering effect of the glitter nail polish under a bold pink! What do you think about this look?

Yesterday I attended a wonderful media breakfast with Glamour Magazine and Essie Weingarten of essie Cosmetics at TenOverTen Nail Salon in New York City. We previewed the Essie Winter 2011 nail color collection and were treated to manicured and mimosa’s. The Winter 2011 collection is inspired by jewelry and who doesn’t love that?

Essie nail polish Winter 2011 collection — Essie Cosmetics Winter 2011 collection

Like any great accessory, jewelry makes a statement. So I say, the bigger the better! Whether you wear rings, bangles, pendants or brooches—size matters!” says Essie Weingarten, founder of essie cosmetics. The same is true with color for Winter 2011—the bolder the better.

Essie cocktail bling swatch — Cocktail Bling

Out of the collection loved Bangle Jangle and Cocktail Bling. It was a touch choice but I ended up going for Essie’s Cocktail Bling which is a nod to the lavish jewels worn at holiday parties. The color is a gorgeous soft smokey grey with a hint of purple.

What do you think of the Essie Winter 2011 collection?

Looking Polished: Essie Luxeffects Holiday manicure

Looking Polished: Essie Winter 2011 Collection with Essie Weingarten