KBShimmer Summer 2013 Collection

I have yet to try KBShimmer myself, but I feel like it's going to be in my next Indie purchase. Please enjoy the following release.

KBShimmer is excited to announce the addition of 9 new colors to their 3-Free glitter polish line and an expansion to their nail prep line.  Owner Christy Rose says “With warm weather and sandals popping up, June is the perfect time for bright, bold colors and patriotic themes to celebrate a fun and exciting summer.”

The summer lineup includes one glitter top coat, two glitter crellys in a white base and six bright, bold polishes, two in a matte finish.  KBShimmer will also be expanding their nail care line to include two scented cuticle oils and liquid nail prep. “Our new line was created to play off the bolder palette of summer, some inspired by the 80’s and 90s, but also to celebrate the patriotic season. One of our polishes plays off the color of the year, Emerald Green, and will ease people into the summer while two others were inspired by the fall 2013 Pantone colors Koi and Vivacious. Both will make for an easy transition through the summer and into the fall.  We are also excited to unveil two scented cuticle oils in an easy-applicator pen.  We hope to inspire and motivate people to go out in the sun and show off their nails!” says Rose.

KBShimmer– SUMMER 2013 COLLECTION

What’s Your Damage? – White crelly polish with neon green, neon pink, and black glitters.
Don’t Pink Twice – Bright near magenta pink with subtle blue shimmer - matte
24 Carrot Bold – Orange red polish with gold shimmer - matte

Blinded By The Bright – Neon yellow polish with a scattering of hex glitters in the 6 primary and secondary colors
The Dancing Green – A almost neon green with blue undertones, accented by fuchsia, sapphire,  green and chartreuse glitters in different shapes and sizes
Totally Tubular – A blue-green crelly polish with fuchsia circle glitters in two sizes and fuchsia micro slices, aqua circle glitters and sapphire hex glitters.

Totally Razzical – A red-violet shade leaning towards the purple side of raspberry. Loaded with holographic hex glitters in magenta, silver and pink.
Grayscale – Black, White, and Gray glitters are suspended in a clear base. Circles, hexes, rectangles, and squares in so many sizes complete this glitter top coat.
Pimp My Pride – This white based polish features metallic red and blue glitters. Best worn in three coats, or 1-2 coats over your favorite white.

Shipping June 1, 2013
KBShimmer products can be found at Http://www.KBShimmer.com.  For sales outside of the US visit http://www.HarlowandCo.org.


KBShimmer was founded in 2008 by the husband and wife team of Jason and Christy Rose.  KBShimmer offers unique and colorful nail glitter nail polishes that are Big 3 Free, with all glitter formulas being completely free of chemicals such as toluene, formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin and dibutyl phthalate (DBP).  KBShimmer glitter polishes feature a flat glitter grabbing brush for easy application.  KBShimmer also offers a 2-free quick dry polish top coat, olive oil lotion, sugar scrubs, lip balms, cold process soaps and other skin care products.

CPNALV 2013: TV Shopping Challenge Search


If you have a beauty brand or know of one, this is an amazing opportunity!

Cosmoprof North America - 2013 Product & Talent Scout

THE TV SHOPPING SEARCH – DOES YOUR BRAND HAS WHAT IT TAKES?

This year, Cosmoprof North America (CPNA), named one of the fastest growing trade shows by Trade Show News Network introduces the first-ever TV Shopping Challenge Search. The beauty industry is a constant when it comes to innovation, trends and consumer demand. The objective of every brand is to partner with a successful retailer and who does not want to connect with the consumer via television to get their story out to the world? Home shopping such as HSNQVC and HOME SHOPPING connects with billions of consumers who watch and shop from the privacy of their homes making shopping as easy as 1-2-3. At CPNA, merchants from HSNQVC and SHOPPING CHANNEL are amongst the retailers who participate in our successful buyer program looking for such innovation to unveil to their viewers.  With the success of CPNA’s brand/retailer matching-making program, the show organizers will be unveiling the TV Shopping Channel Search this year.

This year, HSNQVC and The Shopping Channel will participate as the panel of judges looking for the next hot beauty product. The competitionwill take place on Sunday, July 14th inside TALENT SEARCH booth located on the show floor at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Beauty executives from these shopping networks will be present to meet the brandfor their presentations. All brands will come to the booth prepared with their three minute PRODUCT PITCH. The search will be open ONLY TO Exhibitors and each brand will only get one time toaudition. The booth will be open July 14th from 10am to 6pm. The merchants will reveal the winners (for their perspective shows) on Tuesday, July 16th. The announcements will be held at the talent booth.

The winning beauty brands will be awarded a 30 – day mentorship towork with the teams at HSNQVC and The Shopping Channel topotentially launch their product. The entire learning process is to educate on what it takes to work with these home shopping giants and getprepared for their possible debut on televison.

JulieG Tokyo Nights


Hello lovelies! I am getting ready for family photos but I wanted to share this stunner with you from JulieG - Tokyo Nights! This deep blue creme was a part of the expansion release of JulieG colors earlier this year.

Now I'm not normally a fan of blues and I'm always scared they are going to stain, so I decided to use one of my trusty Cult Nails Get It On and paint on one coat. It was SO pigmented that I decided to stop there, add some Cult Nails Wicked Fast and clean up the edges. This polish did run into a few of my cuticles but I also was a bit out of practice on wearing nail polish so you can also blame my unsteady hand.

Now, you may see a little VNL line here in the bright sun but I didn't see it while wearing the polish. I was really surprised at how pigmented it was, and am always glad to have that in polish. I don't have time to add layer after layer after layer and then wait for them all to dry - no thank you!

I tried to get a shot indoors but my nails were so shiny that you just see lots of background reflected in my nails (sorry!). I only wore this polish for about an hour but thankfully in that hour I didn't have ANY staining. That was such a relief. I don't wear polish for days at a time when I just can't make up my mind so I like being able to have clean naked nails. (Not totally naked because I always wear base coat on my nails to help keep them protected.)

So overall, if you're looking for a true pigmented blue, pick this up! The application is awesome and the price is always right with JulieG.

You can purchase JulieG in Rite Aid stores across the US or shop online at Jesse's Girl Cosmetics which ships worldwide!  JulieG sells for $3.99 for a 0.35 fl oz (10 mL) bottle.

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

Pamper Mom Pretty with CND

Mother's Day is Sunday (ahem) and if you're anything like me, you'd love a gift certificate for a manicure & pedicure. Give her the honor of a great manicure and pedicure from a quality salon with quality products like the following from CND!

Now, the best way to find a CND certified salon is through the CND website. It's important that the salon location that says they have Shellac is actually using all the proper products, tools and procedures to make sure you get all the benefits of the CND services.  You may remember that I reviewed a local salon that uses Shellac, and I know that they are using all the proper tools but they haven't been CND cetified yet (working on it).

Start out with the CND Citrus SpaManicure to exfoliate, refine and moisturize the hands leaving them silky smooth for days and follow with the CND Marine SpaPedicure, a conditioning ocean-inspired bled.

Then follow it up with Shellac! New to summer are four bright colors.
Grape Gum
Lobster Roll
Pink Bikini
Water Park

Not a fan of the brights? There are 51 other CND Shellac colors and remember, you can always layer shades for a custom look.  

So far I've tried:

  • One coat of Purple Purple and one coat of Moonlight & Roses which resulted in a nice lilac shade.
  • Two coats of Hollywood, a pretty red, with a top coat of Mother of Pearl, a light holographic scattered glitter, much like China Glaze Fairy Dust for a scattered holo red.
  • My own "Bridezillionaire": pre-designed "rock-n-roll darks" of Rock Royalty with Iced Coral.  This results in a purple base with a blue to green shift shimmer.  Then I had a layer of the Zillionaire added for some glitz.
The combinations are endless. Not to mention 14 days wear, mirror-shine and zero dry time. Go one step further and give her a follow up appointment so she can have her Shellac safely removed by a professional and try out another combination!  Happy Mother's Day!

Beauty Blog Coalition Spring Giveaway!



The Beauty Blog Coalition is a group of Beauty Bloggers who work to bring you the latest on all things beauty. This spring we have collaborated to put together a giveaway of $500. Follow the Rafflecopter instructions below to enter. Giveaway is open to international participants.

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