Jesse's Girl Flambe

I've already swatched Rouge Flambe but today's eye dust from Jesse's Girl is Flambe and check out just how rich this color is!  I couldn't believe how much pigment was packed into one small swatch.  It's definitely not for the faint of heart but does make a very bold statement.

Even in the shade this color seriously kicks butt.  I think I'm going to have a day to just rock this and not care because it's very in your face but I like it a lot and I think we all need a little boldness.  :)

Jesse's Girl sells for $4.99 a piece online or at Rite Aid stores. You can visit Jesse's Girl on their website, Like them on Facebook and Follow them on Twitter.

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me using store credit for external work I provided.  For more information, please read this post.

Color Club In The Teal

Please enjoy the following press release from Color Club

Super Saturday Teal (right)

OCRF Teal (left)

*COLOR CLUB DEBUTS LIMITED EDITION NAIL POLISH COLLECTION FOR OCRF*

 OCRF and Super Saturday Teal to Benefit the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund

New York, NY – July 2011 Color Club, a New York based cosmetic brand specializing in nail and lip products announced today a limited edition nail polish collection developed exclusively for the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF).  The new shades – OCRF and Super Saturday Teal – are sophisticated yet playful teal blue shades created exclusively for OCRF and Super Saturday 14. The polishes will be available beginning in July 2011 as part of the OCRF Super Saturday 14 event and sold though September 2011, which is Ovarian Cancer Research month. The polishes are available on www.shopcolorclub.com and 10% of all proceeds will benefit OCRF. Color Club is also the official nail sponsor of Super Saturday 14 and will be offering manicures and nail art at the event on July 30, 2011 in the Hamptons.

Color Club is renowned for its high performance rich shades and exceptionally safe products. All nail colors are vegan, Formaldehyde, Toluene, DBP and paraben-free - and made in New York, NY with the best raw materials. Color Club products are made in the USA and are not tested on animals. Products are available at shopcolorclub.com.

ABOUT COLOR CLUB

Color Club is a nail polish brand developed by Forsythe Cosmetic Group.  Founded in 1979, the Forsythe Cosmetic Group is a New York-based cosmetic company widely regarded worldwide as a pioneer within the professional beauty industry. A global brand with products represented in more than 95 countries, Forsythe was one of the first companies to recognize and address the needs of the professional nail salon, a new phenomenon at the time. Rather quickly, the Forsythe name became synonymous with excellent, performance-proven products available in a diverse range of eye-catching shades. Today, more than three decades later, the Forsythe Cosmetic Group remains a vanguard in the beauty business by constantly introducing new concepts and elevating industry standards. Forsythe manufactures every product it offers, a practice that ensures superior color-matching quality control and the ability to respond quickly to consumer demands for the latest and most exciting trends in nail color, nail treatments and lip color.

Purchase Super Saturday colors to benefit OCRF here

For additional information on OCRF please visit OCRF.org

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Jesse's Girl Blue Moon

This is not the first time that Jesse's Girl has used the title Blue Moon in its cosmetics (check out the nail polish here) but I can see why they used it here!  Unlike the other blues in their eye dust collection, this is a darker base with loads of metallic blue sparkles in it.  Great for day or evening but I'd probably stick to evening with it.

The shimmer is lost in the shade but not completely gone.  It helps keep the opacity of this eye dust without being too heavy or dark.

Jesse's Girl sells for $4.99 a piece online or at Rite Aid stores. You can visit Jesse's Girl on their website, Like them on Facebook and Follow them on Twitter.

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me using store credit for external work I provided.  For more information, please read this post.

Cosmoprof: 2 August 2011

As you may have read on Twitter, as I was getting on my plane to go home, I got a phone call that my Dad was going into the ER.  He's been transferred to another town where he's awaiting more testing - we're thinking it's heart related.  So I do apologize for this posting being late.


One booth that I visited the previous day was Prolana.  This is a salon only brand that was created in part by Donna Lewis, who used to work on China Glaze.  It's a big 3 free polish that is long wearing.  They have over 45 shades in normal sized bottles as well as travel sized.

Prolana Bare Naked Lacquers Collection

Proloana Ice Queen Collection

Prolana Holiday 2011 Cheers!

Prolana Winter 2011 Shade

Proloana Nail Wheel

Prolana Color Overdose (neons) Collection

Prolana Per Suede Collection

Next I went to see Dare to Wear by LE Chat.  They had all kinds of new things to look at - most impressively for me was their "Perfect Match" system which has a gel polish for hands and a matching nail polish (same color/shade) for your toes or just touch ups... and did I mention they were glitters?  They have tons of glitter polish, neons, crackle, and very nice gift sets during the holidays.  All gift sets (box sets) come with a DtW top coat.  You can also Like their page on Facebook.

Dare to Wear Crack-m-up Crackle Polish

Dare to Wear Disco Tech

Dare to Wear glitters

Dare to Wear Halloween 2011

Dare to Wear Holiday 2011

Dare to Wear Neons

Perfect Match system

My next stop was Color Club.  They have SO much coming out this year.  In addition to the collections already out (Fractured, Back to Boho), they have their Halloween and Holiday sets, Backstage (launched at Cosmoprof which is a bunch of chunky flakies and glitters), Copycoat (which are scented fast drying top coats - the scents are major perfume company scents), Foiled, PRIDE (some proceeds will go to GLAAD), All About French (available very soon), and Beyond the Mistletoe (Holiday 2011).

  

Backstage on the top, Beyond the Mistletoe on the bottom

  

Foiled swatches

As I was leaving, I found a really cute waxing product, but for some reason I broke out in welts after the application.  We're not sure if it was because I'm on Remicade for Rheumatoid Arthritis, or if the generic brand lavender oil that was used after the product caused problems, or what.  I do want to try the product again to make sure it wasn't a fluke, but we'll get back to all that later.


After a bit of searching, I found the Essie section.  They also have a lot coming out soon.  Right now is Carry On - all about fashion basics... earthy... 50s chic.  Next in September will be their Breast Cancer Awareness color Raise Awareness which will be a limited edition pink creme.  For winter, you'll see Cocktail Bling which has been inspired by different jewels (but are not jewel toned).  During the holidays, you'll see their New Years Eve metallics with Dive Bar and then will be Luxeffects a 1-2 coat top coat that you don't need another top coat with.  All 5 colors in that collection will be sold for the same price as regular Essie.

  

This was a super busy day for me, being the last one and all.  I went by the NYX Cosmetics booth to find out that they are reinventing themselves again.  As you may remember, I was NOT happy with the one NYX polish I bought back in October of last year.  Starting in the first week of September, they will be coming out with the Advanced Salon Formula, which is supposed to be a one coat polish with over 144 colors.  (Anyone else recognize the bottle shape?)  For their consumer line, they are calling it NYX Girls which is their "entry level" polish available for $3 a bottle.  They are also introducing a new matte collection which will be around $4-5 a piece.

I also stopped by Piggy Paint who had their adult "Refined" line and their new Puppy Line for pets' nails.

And right as the show was closing, I turned the corner and ran into Jordana.  They have a lot of nail polish with art striping brushes coming out, great for the seasoned pro and also for the nail art newbie (like me!) as well as a Crackle collection.  Also coming out are their Jewels collection - some intense glitters (MORE YAY).

And with that, I'm spent.  It was an absolutely amazing 3 days of beauty related products and I'm sad it wasn't about 5 days longer.  I loved looking at everything coming out, all the people who spoke "my language", meeting everyone, and just the general atmosphere of the convention.  I hope you enjoyed and I will have more coming up in the next few weeks from the China Glaze nail wheels that I was able to get to the entire line of Layla Magneffect polishes and even some NUBAR and No-Miss products!


In case you missed it
Cosmoprof: 31 July
Cosmoprof: 1 August
Cosmoprof 2011 Post-Show Press Release