The Nail Collection

I routinely check my blog comments after a nail polish company rejected me from their Blogger Network because I "do not interact enough" with my readers and the other day, I received a comment on my Nail Polish Monthly Subscriptions post from the co-founder of the new The Nail Collection. Please enjoy the following press release.

Nothing To Disclose

(Based out of New York, USA) The Nail Collection will be launching soon, although you can still sign up to our newsletter on thenailcollection.com with your email and be automatically enrolled in our Pre-Launch Giveaway. With our monthly subscription service, you receive 4 luxurious nail polish colors for $30 a month. Brands will include a mix of Essie, O.P.I., China Glaze and Orly. We will be adding more brands soon after official launch. We will be shipping internationally. Through our website, you will also be able to buy individual colors from the brands you love with most orders shipping free.

For more information, please contact The Team at info@thenailcollection.com

PLUS: Follow us on twitter @TNailCollection and become a Facebook fan! facebook.com/thenailcollection

China Glaze Roguish Red

Nothing To Disclose

How do you like them apples, FTC? (What am I talking about? Click here.)

I love a good classic red creme and China Glaze Roguish Red from the 2012 Wicked collection (Halloween release) is definitely one of those. I guess I'd call this a tomato red.

I used a base of Cult Nails Get It On, 2 coats of polish and a top of Cult Nails Wicked Fast. I found that this polish flooded my cuticles on the first coat so I had to be more careful with coat 2.  

Look how red hot this is! It's eye blazing and I love it.

Here in the shade, you can see how beautifully the polish applied - no bumps or issues with the final application.

Finally an indoor photo. Would you be mad if future postings only had this pose in there? I've been trying to figure out how to better streamline polish swatching as I not only work a full time job, but also a part time, and I'm a mom AND I'm a newlywed. That doesn't leave a lot of time for blogging. But I'm not sure that I can do a polish justice with just one picture... and just one light source. I'm so torn.

I purchased this bottle off Head2Toe Beauty and it's still in stock here. I'll be sure to wear this polish again.

China Glaze [Website] [Facebook] [Twitter] can be found online through several etailers, including my favorite Head2Toe Beauty, Sally's Beauty Supply as well as TransDesign.

Poop out on Popularity

Maybe I just wanted to say the word "poop" in a blog posting.  Maybe I'm steamed that more and more companies are making everything to be about popularity.  Maybe a little bit of both.

Earlier this week, I received a PR pitch about a company's contest to be held on Facebook.  The gist was that you had to have the most likes on a Facebook wall posting in order to win a really awesome prize (a prize, by the way, that I've been dreaming of since I was 16 years old).  I swallowed that dream moment and decided to write back the company and let them know that this is WAY against Facebook's Terms of Service and as much as I want to compete and win, I cannot participate.

Really?  Really.  Straight from Facebook. (click to see larger)

Letter "v".

Now, I additionally work for a public relations firm myself.

And it's HARD to get fans to engage with you sometimes! But breaking Facebook rules isn't the answer because it can get your Page removed.

Additionally, I just hate popularity contests. I hate bugging everyone I know to please "comment on this photo" or "share this status" or "like this page". Also I refuse to pay people to like/share/comment for me (oh yes, this happens more than you know).  I don't like losing either - and frankly, I lose a lot when it comes to popularity.  (Except that ONE TIME I won Miss Congeniality in the same scholarship pageant that Eva Longoria won years ago. Seriously. Yes it was the last sentence in the article but I was proud of it.)

A dear friend from The Plastic Diaries wrote a similar posting today, which sparked mine.  Please click on her logo to be directed to her blog posting.

And now I'm off for an evening of Zumba and later - blogging. I want to try out my new buttons.

Oh yes, and

Nothing To Disclose

FTC Updates to Disclosure Regulations

Image Courtesy of 15 Minute Beauty Fanatic

Because nothing is simple anymore.

The FTC has decided to update its Disclosure Regulations in regards to the dot com'ers. You are more than welcome to read the 50+ page PDF here.

The gist is that the FTC wants to make sure that when I got something for free, then YOU KNOW I GOT IT FREE.  They also don't want me to use an affiliate link without you realizing HEY, IF YOU CLICK HERE AND BUY SOMETHING, I WILL GET SOMETHING IN RETURN. (For the record, the ONLY affiliate link on PolishGalore is my Julep Maven subscription link in the blog posting here.)

Any other links on PolishGalore are just straight from Google, nothing hidden, nothing that will give me a kick back, nada.

Any time I use a product that was given to me by the company or the public relations firm that represents the company, you'll see a disclosure at the bottom of that blog posting about it. You can also read it on my Legals posting here or on my About Me page here.  Additionally, my spreadsheet has every Press Sample listed as "PR" if it was indeed a press sample bottle.

NEW! Now after the product picture that I post, you will see one of the two following buttons.

Press Sample      Nothing To Disclose

Clicking on either button will take you to my legals page.  Many thanks to 15 Minute Beauty Fanatic. Note: You will only see the actual button on my website. The CSS will not show up on mobile or in an RSS reader although the link and wording will.
 
A few of the lovely women from the Beauty Blog Coalition have also written about this matter. I've included them below and will keep updating this blog post as more of us write about the issue.

Raging Rouge – FTC Updates Disclosure Regulations Online 
Beauty & Fashion Tech – For Bloggers: How to Comply With The New FTC Guidance on Disclosing Products Provided For Review
Beauty & Fashion Tech – For Bloggers: How To Make Disclosure Buttons For WordPress
Gouldylox Reviews – Full Disclosure
Beauty Info Zone – Our Policies and the new FTC Disclosure rules  
15 Minute Beauty Fanatic – New Disclosures on 15 Minute Beauty
Pink Sith – FTC Update and Disclaimer
The Fabzilla – Changes  
Beyond Beauty Lounge - What is all this FTC Disclosure Chatter anyway?   
Vampy Varnish – Boring Ole FTC
Midnight Manicures – FTC Guidelines for Bloggers and How  
Painted Ladies – New FTC Guidelines
Primed & Polished – Update to FTC  
Portrait of Mai – Google Reader & FTC Disclosure Changes
Phyrra - Update to the FTC on Disclosures
BeautyJudy - New FTC disclosure policies
Pammy Blogs Beauty -  FTC Updates & Full Disclosure
Hello Dollface – Bloggers Discuss Changes to FTC Guidelines

Goodbye Google Reader.

So yesterday, I got a notice on my Google Reader that it's being retired on July 1, 2013. I heavily rely on Google Reader to read the 412 RSS feeds of various blogs that I follow, so I'm frustrated like the rest of y'all. (Really frustrated.)

If you're in the same boat, I'd like to let you know that you can follow me on BlogLovin and they are currently advertising that you can import all your RSS feeds in your Google Reader feeds into BlogLovin through this page.

To follow me on BlogLovin, just click this button. (Also found in my sidebar.) 


Cheers!

China Glaze Avant Garden

I first got to show you this collection last July at Cosmoprof and I'm definitely a sucker for pretty pastels.  (Even the not so pretty green one - yes I said it)  I know you can still pick these up at Sally's Beauty Supply and online at Head 2 Toe Beauty & Transdesign.  (Images courtesy of AII)

BLOSSOM INTO SPRING WITH CHINA GLAZE®

China Glaze® Nail Lacquer Invites You to Visit the Avant Garden

Los Angeles (January 2012) – Spring is here and China Glaze® is blossoming with vibrant color with its new collection, Avant Garden. The delectable palette flows between soft hues and vibrant pops of color, offering an unconventional bouquet of cheerful and vivid shades. Take a stroll down the China Glaze® path, passing a bubbling brook of light and bright blues. Take in the view of the mossy green meadow and stop to enjoy the fragrant flowers of soft pink and white.  Let Avant Garden take you away to a playful, romantic field of color and innovation this Spring.  

The Avant Garden shades include:

Budding Romance

moss green

Sunday Funday

bright blue

Fancy Pants

indigo with pink and purple shimmer

Snap My Dragon

bright red with pink shimmer

Passion for Petals

bright salmon-pink

Mimosas Before Manis

coral with a light wash of shimmer

Life is Rosy

blushed mauve

Pink-ie Promise

iridescent baby pink

Tart-y for the Party

light lavender creme

Fade Into Hue

periwinkle creme

Keep Calm, Paint On

sea foam green

Dandy Lyin’ Around

shimmery vanilla icing

China Glaze® Avant Garden is also available in:

6 Piece Collection of “Blooming Brights”

6 Piece Collection of “Pastel Petals”

12 Piece 3D Counter Display

36 Piece Rack

China Glaze® Avant Garden will be available March 2013. Individual shades retail for $7; 6-piece collections retail for $42.

China Glaze® is free of DBP, toluene, and added formaldehyde.

China Glaze® nail lacquers are available through salons and professional beauty supply stores nationwide. For more information, please visit www.chinaglaze.com or follow China Glaze® on Facebook (@ChinaGlazeOfficlal), Twitter (@ChinaGlaze) and Pinterest (pinterest.com/chinaglaze).

China Glaze® is a division of American International Industries.

About American International Industries

For 42 years, AII has been the leading manufacturer and worldwide distributor of innovative, quality beauty and skin care products for men and women.  Our product lines include Andrea, Ardell, Body Drench, Bye Bye Blemish, Checi, China Glaze, Clean + Easy, Clubman/Pinaud, Duo, European Secrets, EzFlow, Fright Night, Gena, GiGi, Gypsy Lash, IBD, It’s So Easy, Jeris-Lustray, LASH BeLONG, Nail Tek, No Tweeze/Micro Tweeze, 'N Rage, Poshe, Prolinc, RAW, Seche, SuperNail, Surgi-Care, Waterworks, Winning Nails, Woltra, Woody’s, and Youthair. For more information, visit our website: www.aiibeauty.com. 

China Glaze Wait Teal You See!

Press Sample

This morning I told you about the new China Glaze Ombré sets - now I have the above to show you!  

I was surprised to see that these were full sized bottles - I knew that from the press release but the packaging just made the bottles seem so small in my hand.

The back of the package shows you a step by step of how to do it.

The ten pull apart 6 sided sponges.  Each one is slightly larger than a quarter.

First I painted my nail with White on White and then I decided to put my colors on a sandwich bag for easy clean up.  

RAWR MESSY SPONGE TIME. Now I think I needed more of the Turned Up Turquoise on my sponge because it just doesn't work as well for my eyes. Also you see how bumpy my sponge is?

Top coat that stuff.  Yep - it helps smooth out the spongy look... well, kinda.

I used my default e.l.f. Professional Concealer brush for cleanup.  They only cost $1 and are so awesome at cleaning up my cuticles.

The China Glaze Ombré sets are available for a limited time at Sally's Beauty Supply for $13.

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

China Glaze Ombré Nail Kits

I went into Sally's on Friday and saw these kits from China Glaze and honestly, the price point is what drew me in.  You get 4 full size bottles for $13 which is cheaper than you can buy the bottles at Sally's.  (Now granted, yes I know you can find e-tailers for cheaper but for those who don't shop online, this is what they have to go by.)

Please enjoy the following press release and stay tuned later today because I reviewed Wait Teal You See!

FADE INTO THE HOTTEST NAIL ART MANICURE

China Glaze® Introduces Ombré Nail Kits

Los Angeles, CA – (February 2013): Ombré patterns have been all the rage lately, and having ombré nail art is always in style.  The French word ombré means "shaded" and refers to anything that slowly fades from one color to another.  Now creating this manicure trend is easier than ever with the new China Glaze® Ombré Nail Kits.

The China Glaze® Ombré Nail Kits feature four core China Glaze® shades to help you create the ultimate ombré manicure.  Kits include:

Sweet Sensations

Includes Angel's Breath, Something Sweet, Dance Baby and Make An Entrance

Grape Expectation

Includes Sweet Hook, Spontaneous, Grape Pop and Crimson

Wait Teal You See

Includes White on White, For Audrey, Aquadelic and Turned Up Turquoise

Each kit includes 10 sponges and detailed instructions to create the ombré effect. Focus the fade on all of your nails, or wear one color on each nail, fading from darkest to lightest and accent with one nail designed with the ombré tip – the designs are endless.

China Glaze® Ombré Nail Kits are available exclusively at Sally Beauty Supply stores and retail for $12.99. 

China Glaze is free of DBP, toluene, and added formaldehyde, and never tested on animals.

China Glaze nail lacquers are available through salons and professional beauty supply stores nationwide. For more information, please visit www.chinaglaze.com or follow China Glaze on Facebook (@ChinaGlaze), Twitter (@ChinaGlazeOfficial) and Pinterest (pinterest.com/chinaglaze).

China Glaze® is a division of American International Industries.

About American International Industries

For 42 years, AII has been the leading manufacturer and worldwide distributor of innovative, quality beauty and skin care products for men and women.  Our product lines include Andrea, Ardell, Body Drench, Bye Bye Blemish, Checi, China Glaze, Clean + Easy, Clubman/Pinaud, Duo, European Secrets, EzFlow, Fright Night, Gena, GiGi, Gypsy Lash, IBD, It’s So Easy, Jeris-Lustray, LASH BeLONG, Nail Tek, No Tweeze/Micro Tweeze, 'N Rage, Poshe, Prolinc, RAW, Seche, SuperNail, Surgi-Care, Waterworks, Winning Nails, Woltra, Woody’s, and Youthair. For more information, visit our website: www.aiibeauty.com.

JulieG Frosted Gum Drops

This past January, I was given a leak that JulieG would be coming out with their own 6-piece texture collection called Frosted Gum Drops. At $3.99, they are by far the most affordable texture polish on the market to date.  The Jesse's Girl Cosmetics' Facebook Page has said that these may be online as soon as within 2 weeks, so keep your eyes open!

NEW JulieG Limited Edition Frosted Gum Drops Polish Collection!

by Jesse’s Girl Cosmetics

Jesse’s Girl Cosmetics sweetens their partnership with top YouTube personality Julie Gutierrez (JulieG713) for a new line of perfectly polished nail hues. The JulieG Frosted Gum Drops Collection introduces six textured polishes that add girly-glam to your nails!

The new candy-colored, textured polishes paint on fun and daring shades from gummy red to berry blue, to attract any sweet tooth! JulieG’s Frosted Gum Drops need no top coat and shine on with a matte finish. With the everyday gal in mind, Julie's latest collection lets you indulge in the latest technology and color trends without breaking the bank.

JulieG Frosted Gum Drops Polish Collection (SRP: $3.99) is available at Rite Aid stores and www.jessesgirlcosmetics.com

Frosted Gum Drops Shades:

Hot Cinnamon

Hot-red with a glitter finish

Sugar Rush

Bright reddish-pink with pops of gold glitter

Tangerine Dream

Citrus orange with specs of sparkle

Rock Candy

Teal infused with silver glitter

Blueberry Fizz

Berry blue mixed with shiny silver glitter

Crushed Candy

Pure purple with silver sparkle appeal

Zoya PixieDust Summer 2013

I've been obsessed with this new "texture" polish and it's been coming out from almost every brand! I have more information on those coming but today this came in from Zoya! Since I'm wearing Zoya Chyna (and have been since Tuesday), I felt it was appropriate! (Image courtesy of Zoya)

 

REALLY BIG NEWS!!!
INFUSED WITH SUMMERY MAGIC AND WONDER
ZOYA PixieDust - Summer Edition

Because everyone wants more of it...

the color experts at Zoya went back to the lab and created six more beautiful, long-wearing textured, matte and sparkling Zoya PixieDust Colors!

This incredible and best-selling formula is sure to captivate with a magical sparkle and sugary finish like no other.

Zoya PIXIE DUST - sUMMER edition

ZP683 - Solange: EXCLUSIVE PIGMENT!!! Gold Metal sparkle, exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula.

ZP677 - Beatrix: Tangerine Metal sparkle, exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula.

ZP676 - Destiny: Coral Metal sparkle, exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula.

ZP682 - Miranda: Rose sparkle, exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula.

ZP675 - Stevie: Violet sparkle, exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula.

ZP681 - Liberty: Blue sparkle, exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula.

 

Ultra long-wearing, nail lacquers by Zoya are BIG5FREE - all formulas are completely free of harmful industrial chemicals such as toluene, camphor, formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) that are known to cause cancer and birth defects.

 

PixieDust Application: For BEST RESULTS apply 1-3 (for full coverage) thin coats of polish. Allow product to dry completely for full effect. Do not use a base coat or top coat.

 

Find over 300 stunning Zoya colors on www.zoya.com. Each and every color has a name as unique as the women who inspired it.

 

ZOYA IS THE NEW COLOR OF FASHION!

$9.00 ea. (US)
Available on Zoya.com

 

SHIPPING APRIL 1, 2013 (no joke)