I already posted about China Glaze's Spring 2010 line, Up & Away, but I had a chance to test out a few of the colors and they are so candy-licious. The colors I tried out remind me of candy heart colors, Happy Go Lucky (sunshine yellow), Something Sweet (cotton candy pink), Re-Fresh Mint (spearmint green), perfect timing for Valentine's Day.
Below I have on Re-Fresh Mint. This color is so refreshing (pun intended) and fun. It's very unique, and although I'm not a nail polish expert, I have never seen a color like this. It's the perfect intro color into spring this year. I can't wait to wear it on my toes with a white sundress.
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That's right, Green Friday, instead of Black Friday. Get 6 Zoya green shades for free with a purchase of $20 or more at www.zoya.com. Zoya Tangy, Zoya Envy, Zoya Midori, Zoya Irene, Zoya Suvi and Zoya Veruschka...all free! Perfect for re-gifting as stocking stuffers!
Code will activate on Thanksgiving at 5 pm (EST). Code will expire on Friday, November 27, at 5pm EST.
Click your Ruby Pumps and come travel with China Glaze down the yellow brick road to meet “The Wizard of Ohh Ahz”! Just in time for the holidays, China Glaze is re-releasing the ever-so popular Wizard of Ohh Ahz collection! Very similar to the original version that was released in 2001, these colors will remind you of exactly why China Glaze glitters are always in the forefront! Colors in the 6 piece acetate include (from left to right as shown in the photo above):
·Ruby Pumps: An all time red glitter favorite!
·Cowardly Lyin’: Gold frost with specks of gold micro glitter.
·The Ten Man: Silver frost with specks of micro silver glitter.
·Dorothy Who?: Blue polish with massive amounts of silver and blue glitter!
·C-C-Courage: Purple Frost with specks of purple micro glitter.
·Good Witch: Pink Frost with specks of pink micro glitter.
China Glaze will take you to that special polish place…some where over the rainbow with these gorgeous glitter polishes!
China Glaze colors may change from season to season, but our formula remains the same longwearing lacquer with hardeners. Designed with the professional in mind, our 220-strand brush is great for ease of application. Best of all, our non-thickening formula provides even coverage. China Glaze nail lacquers are available through salons and professional beauty supply stores nationwide. For more information, visit: www.chinaglaze.com.
For summer 2009, treat nails to the sweetest hues with Sugar Rush, a new nail polish collection from Shades by Barielle.Six pretty candy colored hues to satisfy your mani-pedi cravings with on-trend, fashionable nail color and Barielle's signature healthy "3-free" formulation.
The ultimate in eye candy, Swizzle Stix—a robin’s egg blue and Lemondrops—an electric yellow, give nails a taste of brilliant color.
To sprinkle nails with sparkle, Cotton Candy—a vibrant pink sparkle, or Decadence—a sheer metallic turquoise, add glitz to playful hues.
Indulge nails with Sweet Addiction—a minty green, or Grape Escape—a plush purple hue, gives the prettiest treat to hands and feet.
Professional Tip: Celebrity Manicurist Elle says, "We were inspired to create Shades by Barielle’s Sugar Rush nail polish collection straight from the runway—spring/summer 2009 collections were all injected with a shot of high-voltage sugar colors."
Formulated to provide nails with safe, healthy and long-lasting glossy color coverage, Shades by Barielle is free of formaldehyde, toluene and dibutyl-phthalate. Women can also safely use Barielle products throughout pregnancy.
Get nails in ship-shape form for spring with a selection of classic Barielle treatment products designed to prime, condition, seal and dry the nail plate.Base coats include Fortifying Nail Builder, Hydrating Ridge Filler, Nail Brightener, Nail Rebuilding Protein, Natural Nail Camouflage and Instant Liquid Nail Hardener.Top coats include Clearly Noticeable Nail Thickener, Ultra Speed Dry Manicure Extender and No Chip Speed Dry.
Key Features: Contains no formaldehyde, toluene and dibutyl-phthalate.
***Giveaway***
Enter to win Barielle's Summer Sugar Rush Collection!
To enter the contest, fill out the form below. For extra entries, you leave me a comment. sign up for mymailing list, post a link to this giveaway on your blog, follow my blog, or follow me on Twitter, just make sure to list the entries in your comment. Enter up to once a day!
This giveaway is open to US residents only. The contest will end on Friday, July 17th. I will randomly select a winner and announce them on Lipgloss Break, so keep checking to see if you're a winner - Good Luck!
After working with hundreds of matte formulations and color options, the ZOYA color experts are happy to announce three perfect LIMITED EDITION, exclusive MATTEVELVET* shades for Fall 2009...
Loredana (ZP498) - gunmetal gray matte shimmer
Dovima (ZP499) - black matte shimmer
Posh (ZP500) - wine matte shimmer
Designed to appeal to a multitude of matte color trend lovers; including every metro mod, vintage stylista, retro pin-up, goth beauty, glam rocker, street chic fashionista and color junkie out there, ZOYA MATTEVELVET* shades deliver the new color of fashion. Get all of the color, none of shine with MATTEVELVET*, Zoya’s exclusive blend of matte base and subtle shimmer resulting in utterly wearable and truly stylish nail polish.
ZOYA nail lacquers are free of harmful industrial chemicals like toluene, camphor, formaldehyde, dibutyl phthalate (DBP) that are known to cause cancer and birth defects.
Find ZOYA MATTEVELVET*as well as over 300 other ultra high-fashion ZOYA shades at www.zoya.com. As always, each and every ZOYA color is made for women so we name them after women.
*MATTEVELVET nail color by ZOYA is not intended to be worn with a base coat, top coat or speed dryer of any kind. Due to the unique matte formulation, color is not as long-wearing as traditional nail color. A completely clean, dry nail surface yields the best results for matte nail color wear. For best results make sure to always prepare nail with ZOYA Remove + (3-in-1 nail polish remover, nail plate cleaner and new color prep.) prior to applying color.
MATTEVELVET by ZOYA available July 1, 2009.
Sug. Retail $6.00 per 0.5 oz bottle.
Check out OPI's Try It On Color Studio at www.OPI.com (click on the 'Try on this Color tab). Leave me a comment letting me know which color looks best on you, and you could win that color from OPI!
OPI's Try It On Color Studio allows you to virtually try on their 200+ nail colors to see which one looks best on you. You can even change the skin tone color and nail length to best match yours. You can read more about OPI's Try It On Color Studio in my blog post.
This contest is open to US residents only. On May 11th, 2009, I'll announce 5 winners on Lipgloss Break - so keep reading to find out if you're a winner!
In honor of Earth Day Zoya has extended their Polish Exchange through June. Best of all the exchange is now fully web based at http://www.zoya.com/exchange.
So if you have old nail polish bottles laying around and collecting dust, just trade them in for new Zoya Nail Polishes!
I always seem to let my nails go dull when traveling. I hesitate to paint my nails before my trip becuase I don't want to pack nail polish (I've had it explode in my suitcase before) to cover chips and I definitely don't want to pack nail polish remover. So, I usually slap a clear coat on and then travel away.
It's a lot different when traveling for 2 months...my nails can't be naked for 2 months! I tried out OPI's Nic's Sticks before my trip and my world has changed! Shaped like a pen, Nic's Sticks go on surprisingly smooth and provide great coverage and color with the standard two coats. They are airport carry-on friendly and don't keep me worried about leakage in my bags. I packed two light colors, 'Are We There Yet?' (fitting for my 34 hours of travel time) and 'Feeling Girly.' Both look great by themselves or with a french manicure.I also packed ELF Nail Polish Remove Pads for quick touch ups. One pad removed all of the color from both hands. Added bonus, they have a citrus smell and don't stink up my room! Another added bonus, just like everything else at EyesLipsFace.com, they are only $1!
The OPI Try It On Color Studio is open and ready to please!An exciting feature of the new www.opi.com, the Try It On Color Studio allows a visitor to see what each of the 200+ OPI Nail Lacquer shades look like on her custom skin tone and nail length. “The OPI Try It On Color Studio lets a woman try our newest shades, experiment with colors that are a little more daring for her, or find the perfect lacquer in a particular hue,” says Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, OPI Executive VP & Artistic Director.“We think it’s a fun way to play with color.But be careful – it can be addicting!”
For convenience, the Try It On Color Studio groups OPI Nail Lacquers by collection as well as by shade group, and includes Classics, Designer Series, SoftShades, and Brights
as well as the newest seasonal Collections.
The new www.opi.com features the latest OPI products for nails, hands, feet, and skin, plus the freshest trends in beauty and fashion.The site combines ease of use with sophisticated technology and a chic design, to deliver a user-friendly, informative online experience.
Leave me a comment and let me know which color looks best on you!
Zoya is ready for spring (and so am I) with their new Twist Collection. I heart this new line! There is a color in this collection to match every summer dress you have. I painted my nails with Malia, a light violet, and never received so many compliments on my nail polish before! Moxie, a red plum cream, is on my toes and really stands out when I'm wearing my peep toe heels :)
These are really hard to find in stores! The new Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen is so much fun to use! I used a white one to give myself a french manicure and it is totally fool proof! Since they are made of a water-based formula, it's easy to fix mistakes. Just take a tissue and wipe away your paint. One tip: Always use a top coat to seal this paint on your nail.
***Giveaway***
And the giveaway is...A Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen in white! I will randomly select one of my blog subscribers or someone who left a comment to win a full size Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen in white. Make sure to sign up, below, for your chance to win! If you are already signed up for my newsletter, leave a comment letting me know how you would use your nail art pen, to double your chances at winning. At this time, I'm only able to mail to US & Canada addresses. This contest will end on Sunday, February 8th. I will announce the winner on Lipgloss Break, so keep checking to see if you're a winner - Good Luck!
Do you have old nail polish that you want to get rid of? Out the old, in with the new! I found out about this from e-polish.blogspot.com (my favorite nail polish blog!) and I already signed up! Zoya has put together an exchange program. You send them your old nail polish, and they'll send you new polish! You'll get one bottle of Zoya nail polish, color of your choice, for each bottle you send them. The catch? There really isn't one except for you have to pay $3 for each nail polish, for shipping and processing.
Visit http://www.zoya.com/exchange/ for more details and to fill out the form to participate. Make sure to check out their Spring 2009 line, namedTwist!
This nail polish has been getting rave reviews! Sephora by OPI Nail color is a line of 54+ trendy shades, high quality polish. It's marketed as long-lasting, chip-resistant polish. Another added bonus, it's environmentally friendly. The ingredients DBP, toluene, and formaldehyde. It's at the same price point as regular OPI polish, $9 a bottle.
Essie has the perfect color for every occasion. I look forward to their new lines every season. True Love (pictured above) is one of their polishes that goes with anything and everything, during any season. It's a pastel pink with a hint of coral.
***Giveaway***
Leave a comment telling me about your favorite brand of nail polish and/or favorite color of nail polish and I will randomly choose two winners who will win a bottle of Essie's True Love nail polish! I will pick the winners at random on January 22, 2009...just in time for you to receive this lovely color by Valentine's Day.
I already posted about China Glaze's Spring 2010 line, Up & Away, but I had a chance to test out a few of the colors and they are so candy-licious. The colors I tried out remind me of candy heart colors, Happy Go Lucky (sunshine yellow), Something Sweet (cotton candy pink), Re-Fresh Mint (spearmint green), perfect timing for Valentine's Day.
