CND Pink Wishes

Please enjoy the following press release from CND!  I promise, when I hit the lottery, I'm buying ALL the "effects" from CND - they are all amazing!

Wish for Hope With CND

July 2011 - Every October, people all over the world come together to celebrate and give strength to brave women fighting breast cancer.  To embrace the spirit of unity, wear your pride on your fingers and toes with CND's Pink Wishes Colour & Effects Duo.

Pink Wishes Colour & Effects Duo

Pink Wishes Colour, a cotton-candy pink, layers beautifully with Pink Wishes Effect for a sweet, pale pink pearlescent sheen.

Includes a .33 fl oz bottle of Pink Wishes Colour and a .33 fl oz bottle of Pink Wishes Effect.

Suggested retail price:  $20.00 US / $25.00 Canada

Available for a limited time only in salons and professional beauty supply stores.  For locations, visit cnd.com . 

OPI Grape...Set...Match

So you've seen Servin' Up Sparkle, now time for Grape...Set...Match, the duo partner from the Glam Slam! England collection by OPI.  During Cosmoprof, Kimmi from the Plastic Diaries allowed me to sit in her interview with Suzi and one of the questions Kimmi had was about Suzi's "Dream Team" collaboration (if she had one) and Suzi said something that really made sense.  She said that she likes to work with celebrities who actually care about their nails - which is why Serena Williams was a great match (heh) for OPI... you can see Serena cares about what's on her nails... and I'm just kind of rambling now.  Back to the polish!  As you can see, this is a purple with some red and blue shimmer.  It looks amazing in the bottle, but what about on the nail?  I used a base of OPI Natural Nail, 2 coats of polish and a top of OPI Top Coat.

Okay, so does all the shimmer get lost?  You be the judge... it's definitely shimmering but you don't see the firey glow like in the bottle.  However, it's still amazing on the nails.

In the shade, this color rocks - point blank.  It's extremely blinging and a very pretty shade of purple.  I'm really in love with this color.

Inside with the flash and you can finally see the blue flash shimmer.  Such a lovely color - definitely a must buy for me.

As a bonus, here are my mom's feet - this is the first time she's ever worn purple nail polish and she loved it!

OPI is available at Professional Salons, including Beauty Brands, Beauty First, Chatters, Dillard’s, JCPenney, Pure Beauty, Regis, Trade Secret, and Ulta, for $8.50 ($10.95 CAN) suggested retail for each Nail Lacquer. Please visit their website for details [official website].  

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

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.