Ace Hardware Gives You an OPI Manicure

OPI Nail Laquer just launched a collaboration with Ace Hardware with their Clark + Kensington interior paint.  They created complementary palettes for your manicure and walls with the themes of romance, the Artist and Wild Heart that were gorgeous.

House paint and nail polish. Interior design and beauty. This should have been a no-brainer, but this is the first time I have seen this combination of brands.  Paint is the cheapest, easiest way to change up your home for style and update for trends. The same goes for nail lacquer to modernize your personal look.  

The event had fully designed rooms showing your a lifestyle fantasy in each color palette.  The designers were on hand to chat about the styling and their inspiration.  Guests got to test-dive the new hues by getting manicures on site.  Nathan, a designer from the Wild at Heart theme gave the best tip for using dark or bold colors on the walls.  He said to complement the color by using artwork with a lot of white space, or a lot of bright white in your furniture.  My manicure was from this color palette included the Lilac and pale blue Where's My Czechbook colors.

So, what OPI nail polish will YOU shop for on the next trip to the Ace Hardware store?

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Sailing Style in the City

 Ah yes, Memorial Day Weekend heralds the beginning of summer.  In New York City, the summers mean outdoor cultural events, the transition from black to bright colors in fashion and lots of cocktail filled soirees.

My fellow Glam bloggers and I enjoyed a grey, but delightful day cruising the Hudson River and snapping patriotic photos of Lady Liberty (appropriate for the upcoming holiday, no?)

When you put a bunch of fashion bloggers on a boat in warm weather, you get to preview the best of summer goodies.  While I love hitting the beach at Montauk, I am a target for sunburns and wrinkles.  I was happy to try out Hawaiian Tropic's new Silk Hydration Lotion with 50 SPF.  While Hubby thinks it's excessive (he's fine with 12 SPF) the 50 is perfect for me.  Greasy sunscreens irritate my skin, but I was happy to find that this one left my skin soft (probably the shea butter) and did not feel oily at all.

While I am guilty of wearing a grey summer dress, my colleagues from Tineey, Grease and Glamour, Wanderlust and Haute Mimi were wearing some fabulous bright prints.

I did manage to get some pop color into my outfit.  The bloggers were treated to specs from     .  Everyone wore very cute heels on board.  After 2 1/2 hours of waves though, everyone was grateful for the comfortable flip flops from Sanuk.  The sun did come out in spots and I Ski sunglasses provided protection.

Lucky us, we also left the boat with some goodies to battle the hot humid NYC summer...Thank you Fekkai, Goody Hair, OPI, Tarte and Urban Decay for keeping us pretty.

Photos by Mariana Leung and Glam Media


Disclosure: Compensation was provided by Hawaiian Tropic® Sun Care via Glam Media. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and are not indicative of the opinions or positions of Hawaiian Tropic.
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