Retro Nails

So...back in the 90's when Courtney Love was my idol, I read a article on nail polish fav's of the stars. Courtney's choice was Delux Beauty polish. That article always stuck with me as the bottle was so different and retro looking and the colours were beautiful.


15 years or more later, I did a bit of research on this seemingly discontinued range, I found that the Delux Beauty line of nail polishes was founded by Hollywood makeup artist Jillian Fink-Dempsey. She pioneered the concept of custom color combinations by layering polishes and was the first to introduce the Topcoat With Color product line, stains designed to be worn alone or layered over another color for maximum sheen. The collection of nail lacquers were inspired by 50's cocktails and you could choose from iridescents, opaques, metallics and coloured topcoats.


I managed to track down a few bottles on ebay a while back and bought them, I kinda thought that they would probably be un-usable but I just didn't care, I just wanted those bottles that had stuck in my mind for all that time.


Anyway, they arrived and the colours were lovely...

(Excuse the crappy pic, taken on my phone so the colours are a little dark, though the 3 on the right are iridescent which cant really be seen in the shot.)


So, I've had them for a while now, but I thought I would show them off as to my suprise, even though these are probably the best part of 15-20 years old, they work brilliantly! the arnt thick or gloopy, if anything they are a little runny (3 layers are required for a decent cover).


SO here is me wearing the coral coloured one on the far left. (the names arnt clear on the bottles)

So, 15 or more years down the line...Courtney still holds a place in my heart (even if a lil cringe worthy one) and I have the varnish of my dreams and it still works!!! :)