Katy, You're a Firework...

Celebrity beauty product lines always give me the creeps. I don't care if it's Kim Kardashian or Sean Combs--no matter what you're famous for, I don't think you should be putting out a fragrance unless there is a real reason. Like... you are a descendent of one of the great noses and you have a keen understanding of the business, have traveled the world researching ingredients, and your perfume is actually going to make an impact on the industry. Clearly, very few singers/actors/models can say any of the above is true of themselves. Putting out a fragrance, or a lipstick, or whatever random cosmetic initiative it is, tends to be simply one more way for "celebs" to rake in dough off slapping their name onto a product. (Sarah Jessica Parker, I understand, can be excused from the above generalization as she actually did the proper work to put out a product worth standing behind--even if the scent itself is eh).

For the most part, if there is a celebrity name attached to any cosmetic product, I won't go near it. The same can't be said for clothing and accessories (under the right circumstances!) but that is a topic for another post, on another day. However, when my friend Christie recently posted on her Facebook wall that she couldn't get enough of OPI's new polishes by Katy Perry, I was intrigued.

I googled the line and found a refreshingly adorable collection of colors. Named after Katy's catchy hits from the past year, each one packs major girl-power punch. From the iridescent, silvery, salmony pink of "Teenage Dream" to the mellow, opalescent mint green of "Not Like the Movies." A friend who's bought all of them reports that "the crackle sucks." That would be the black shellac that can be applied over any of the shades to create a fun pattern. But, I'm happy to skip the crackle anyway (who needs chipped chunks of black polish obscuring the view to her lovely shimmering nails?) and just go for the colors. For whatever reason, this is one instance where the celeb cosmetics line gets away with being downright cute and fun. Here are the colors--get them before summer hits and metallics give way to flourescents!