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!