Rescue Beauty Lounge - Fall & Winter

Rescue Beauty Lounge has announced their Fall & Winter collection, and as I slowly feel my wallet slipping out of my grasp and into some depth of Manhattan's meatpacking district in which Rescue Beauty Lounge has nestled into a fantastic niche, I'm also trying to hide the guilt somewhere deep in a closet. I should save, I should save, but no--I need to jump on the pre-sale, whenever it happens. I may be in some cabin in Tahoe, but I will iPhone my way to nail polish heaven.

As a blogger, it's kind of interesting to see what kind of impact text and photos can have. Especially when you play around with the quality. When I first read the description of the colors in the press release, I was intrigued. Then I saw some photos, and the intrigue vanished. My upper lip pulled up into a hideous grimace--a face the SO absolutely hates, but I cannot help it, a face that appears when I'm clearly disliking something. Ji didn't mix colors for weeks for that, I hoped. I saw more photos, and then I was relieved. I saw another batch and then I suddenly found myself wanting them all.

The fall colors, a royal purple, a deep gray-green, a wedgewood blue and a pearl are incredible synergies of both flawless opaque creme and spectacular shimmer. And yet, no matter how vibrant, how shimmery, how bold and eye catching the colors Ji produces are, they're still classy and feminine. They're confident shades, not shouty and indecent. In short, I've learned to trust that whatever Ji brews up, it's going to be well worth the money--just wait and see.

The press release from Rescue Beauty Lounge's website (with polish descriptions) after the jump:

The Real Housewives of the Tudor Dynasty Inspire a Brocade Hued Nail Polish Collection from Rescue Beauty. 

The opulent fabrics, quiet luxury and return of ladylike fashions brought to mind the British Royal family to Rescue Beauty Lounge’s Ji Baek. No, not the current resident of Buckingham Palace but the colorful (and often short-lived) wives of Henry the VIII.

“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.”

Henry first married his brother’s widow, Catherine of Aragon, daughter of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand who launched Christopher Columbus’ New World adventure. She was also Europe’s first female ambassador and a proponent of women’s education. Like this revolutionary free-thinker, Catherine is an intense royal purple with a pewter sheen.

Anne Boleyn was rumored to be a witch, with a tiny mysterious sixth little finger that she hid with long, pointed sleeves that ended above her middle finger. Draw attention to your own regal digits with Anne, a complex gray-green with a jewel-like pink shimmer finish.

Jane Seymour was thought to be Henry’s favorite wife as she was the only wife to give him a son, Edward VI. Sadly, she died soon after. Reputed to have created beautiful and elaborate needlework, her namesake polish Jane is at first glance a simple pale pearl. However a mere royal wave reveals washes of pale pink and lavender.

Catherine Howard was Henry’s teenage trophy wife, nineteen to his near 50. Said to be a “rose without a thorn,” this beguiling beauty unfortunately turned too many heads, resulting in the loss of her own. Her ethereal beauty is captured in Catherine H., a shimmering Wedgewood blue, with just a hint of a darkening sky.

“While their inspiration may be extraordinary women who lived over 500 years ago, this shades are perfectly modern with this season’s fashions—from the armor-like structure at Calvin Klein and Gucci to the sumptuous feminine silhouettes at Prada and Louis Vuitton,” says Baek. “This season marked the return of the ‘woman’ as opposed to the ‘girl/waif.’ Why be a sugar-coated princess when you can rule as a gorgeous Queen?”

Rescue Beauty polishes are available at www.rescuebeauty.com or at Rescue Beauty Lounge on Gansevoort Street in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. The polishes sell for $18 a bottle.

Rescue Beauty Lounge Nail polishes are created with resin and high molecular polymers to improve flexibility, durability and high shine. They contain no harmful or drying Touluene, Formaldehyde, or DBP.