A final polish

L. J Nail Salon offers a luxury manicure experience, while the Nail Garden is popular for their creative designs. Photo provided to Shanghai Star

GAGDET: The Rouge

For fashion and beauty junkies, it's no secret that Christian Louboutin, the world-famous shoe designer whose scarlet-soled stilettos were inspired by cherry-red nail polish, launched his first nail polish collection, Rouge Louboutin this past summer. Following the huge success of the nail polish, the brand has decided to introduce a nail-art pen. It’s designed to be used on the underside of your nails and is only available in red.

Shop: Loubi Under Red is priced at $45 and can be purchased from christrianlouboutin.com and nordstorm.com.

TOOL: Your Trendy Kit

This innovative, at-home kit sold by Sephora makes it possible to PIY (polish-it-yourself), even a gel manicure. It includes a pre-timed LED lamp that can dry your manicure in 30 seconds, a hoof stick, a two-in-one bottle of top coat and base coat, and a bottle of cherry-red gel manicure. There is also an at-home gel manicure removing set available at the beauty chain store. The set retails at 138 yuan ($22.4).

Shop: My Trendy Kit is priced at 608 yuan and can be purchased from sephora.com and at any of its brick-and-mortar stores in Shanghai.