Color Club Beyond The Mistletoe

Please enjoy the following press release from Color Club - these looked AMAZING at Cosmoprof... I even tried to sneak off with a bottle but was told no ^_^  Can't hurt to ask you know!  To remind you, here is the colors on a nail wheel (from Cosmoprof)

COLOR CLUB LAUNCHES BEYOND THE MISTLETOE HOLIDAY COLLECTION

You Better Watch Out, Here Comes the Most Festive Manicure in Town

New York, NY – August 2011 - What makes us happy: mistletoe, Santa Claus, candy canes, sparkle, having the best manicure at the company Holiday party. From New York-based Color Club, the new Beyond the Mistletoe holiday collection—bright sparkly fine glitter nail polishes that are sure to dazzle everyone on your holiday list - naughty or nice - and even those who are not. From glittery turquoise to pink and gold—each color perfectly captures the holiday spirit. Seven formaldehyde, toluene, DBP, and paraben-free shades celebrate the holiday season with names including: Sugarplum Fairy, Beyond the Mistletoe, Holiday Splendor, Jingle Jangle, Candy Cane, and Gingerbread (as shown below left to right).

Ready for the most festive manicure in town? Beyond the Mistletoe, coming this Holiday, on 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. Color Club products are available at www.shopcolorclub.com

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bigRuby Supercool Nail Tattoos

Have you heard of bigRuby yet?  bigRuby is a line of "supercool nail tattoos" that are just like the temporary tattoos you put on your body, but these are for your manicures or pedicures.  Seems simple enough - cut out the design you want, remove the plastic from the front, place it on your nail, wet the paper backing, wait 15 seconds while pressing down and take the paper off.  (More instructions located here.)  I found that regular scissors were too big, so I used a pair of manicure scissors that I actually got from The Painted Nail's Twitter giveaway last month.

There are 86 tattoos (one sheet with large designs and one with smaller designs) and in different sizes (for fingers and toes).  I chose the red star that you see cut out.  To wet the back, I took a cotton pad and soaked it with water.

I seriously thought that the "red" was going to show up as red, but it doesn't... it shows up as white.  However, look at the crispness of the tattoo!  Unlike Konad, this isn't going to smear as easily.  You are supposed to wait about 2 minutes and then seal with top coat (either bigRuby or one of your choosing).


bigRuby has 6 different design packages - the star I showed above and 5 more:

Cosmic, Garden, Mod, Sea Creatures, and Tweet.  Each sells on their website for $12 and their Super Dry Top Coat is $9.95.  While supplies last, they are offering a gift of their Supercool Skull & Crossbones tats with the purchase of 3 or more items.  I find these are a great alternative to Konad or nail art since it's hard to mess up.  Unlike stickers or nail decals, they won't peel up on you or catch on anything so that's a huge selling point for me.  They last until you change your nail polish which is nice if you're planning something for a party or vacation.


You can like bigRuby on Facebook, follow them on Twitter or just check out their website sometime!

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 Sunlit Cactus

So I touched on it a bit last week, but I got to meet Jesse Lawrence, founder of Jesse's Girl Cosmetics while out in Vegas at Cosmoprof.  He was such a nice and humble man!  He used to work for Wet n Wild back in the day - interesting tidbit.  


Bonus Picture!

Picture courtesy of Jesse's Girl Facebook Fan Page.

A sea of bloggers from the Cosmoprof North America Las Vegas 2011 convention.  Jesse is in the middle in the khaki pants and I'm on his left in a black and white dress.  Yes, it looks like I only have one leg because the other is in a knee high walking boot.  


I'm winding down with the last 6 of my Jesse's Girl eye dusts, but don't worry, I have more Jesse's Girl goodies to post!  I love this brand because it's quality product for drugstore prices, which with my current budget is greatly appreciated.


Sunlit Cactus is a light yellow brown base with a green flash - very aptly named.

You lose the green in the shade but the gold base is still there.  It's a bit light but would be good over other colors.


Also Jesse told me that I really should try these with a primer - so I may have to check out what they all look like with primer under them!  (Jesse's Girl makes a primer, which I have or you can use something like Urban Decay Primer Potion.)

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.

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.