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Pantone Color of the Year 2014

Easy Breezy Beautiful… and Radiant!

January 7, 2014 By Lena

Weeks ago, I shared with y’all a nail polish roundup featuring Pantone’s Colour of the Year – Radiant Orchid. Originally, I had mixed feelings about its promotion from humble lavender to glorified purple, but after re-examining the shade with curiosity and an open mind, I’ve since come to love it. And I suppose Pantone says it best:

“Radiant Orchid blooms with confidence and magical warmth that intrigues the eye and sparks the imagination. It is an expressive, creative and embracing purple—one that draws you in with its beguiling charm. A captivating harmony of fuchsia, purple and pink undertones, Radiant Orchid emanates great joy, love and health.”

Cruising the Cover Girl site today, I found a wealth of radiant orchid-inspired hues that are too pretty not to share. From eye-enhancing eye shadows to lip-perfecting gloss balms, Cover Girl cosmetics are an easy (breezy beautiful) and affordable way to rock a trend.


1. Lipslicks Smoochies Lip Balm in C U L8R; 2. Outlast Lipstain in Scarlet Pucker; 3. Lipslicks Smoochies Sizzle Gloss in Violet Flare; 4. Outlast Stay Brilliant Nail Gloss in Grapevine; 5. LipPerfection Lipcolour in Divine; 6. LipPerfection Jumbo Gloss Balm in Plum Twist; 7. SmokyShadowBlast in Purple Plume; 8. Flamed Out Shadow Pot in Blazing Purple; 9. Eye Enhancers 1-Kit Shadows in Silver Lilac; 10. Eye Enhancers 4-Kit Shadows in Ice Princess; 11. Eye Enhancers 4-Kit Shadows in Blossoms. Click here to visit Cover Girl.

Filed Under: Beauty Tagged With: Cover Girl, makeup, Pantone Color of the Year 2014, Radiant Orchid

It’s You, Only More Radiant.

December 5, 2013 By Lena

Yes friends, it’s time of year again! Pantone has released the 2014 Colour of the Year.

Radiant Orchid blooms with confidence and magical warmth that intrigues the eye and sparks the imagination. It is an expressive, creative and embracing purple—one that draws you in with its beguiling charm. A captivating harmony of fuchsia, purple and pink undertones, Radiant Orchid emanates great joy, love and health.

Thoughts? To tell the truth, this hue will have to grow on me. While I was instantly captivated by Tangerine Tango (2012) and Emerald (2013), I’m finding Radiant Orchid a bit “soft”. Yes, it’s feminine and romantic, but as a paint on my bedroom walls? Too pretty. Not interesting enough.

Anyhoo, a new colour of the year is an instant excuse to rock the trend. And what better way than on your nails? You just know I can’t resist a good nail polish roundup!


Top Row, L – R: Illamasqua, Velocity; Formula X for Sephora, At Your Own Risk; Alessandro, Pink Orchid; China Glaze, Put a Bow on It; OPI, A Grape Fit

Middle Row, L – R: Color Club, Ms. Socialite;  OPI, Anti-Bleak; ORLY, Plum Noir; NCLA, Laurel Canyon Lolita

Bottom Row, L – R: ZOYA, Paige; Sally Hansen, Plum Power; Butter London, Queen Vic; Spa Ritual, Heliotrope; China Glaze, Drawn to You

Do you love Pantone’s choice for Colour of the Year? Are you tickled purple over Radiant Orchid? 

Filed Under: Beauty Tagged With: Beauty, nail polish, Pantone Color of the Year 2014, Radiant Orchid

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