2nd Annual It's So Easy Summer Nail Art Contest

   Who's ready for another nail art contest?  My skills are not up to the task, but I know some of yours are.  Please enjoy the following press release from It's So Easy for their 2nd annual summer nail art contest:

Los Angeles (June 2013) – Catch a wave and surf on over to the It’s So Easy® Summer Fun Nail Art contest. The nail art brand invites fingertip fanatics from across the United States to share their best summer-themed nail creations, and enter to win cash or gift cards.

The prizes are:

1st: $1,000 cash

2nd: $500 cash

3rd: $250 cash

Twenty congratulations prizes will also be awarded, offering $25 gift cards to shop at Sally Beauty Supply®, the largest retailer of professional beauty products in the world.

To enter, participants must visit www.itssoeasynails.com and upload one nail art look. The deadline
to enter is Wednesday, July 31 favorite design win. Voting ends on August 15 be conducted by the It’s So Easy® Professional Nail Art Team, and winners will be announced shortly after.

Participants must be 16 and older to enter, and entries are limited to nail lacquer and nail art paint only - no embellishments allowed.

Tag the It’s So Easy® contest on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter using #ISENailArtContest2013.

About It’s So Easy®

It’s So Easy® provides the highest quality nail art products for nail art applications. The line includes
loose glitters, cracked ice flakes, sealer and dryer, rhinestones, brushes, and more. It’s So Easy® products are available now at Sally Beauty Supply®. To find a store near you, visit www.sallybeauty.com.

Like It’s So Easy® on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ItsSoEasyNailArt

Follow It’s So Easy® on Instagram: @ItsSoEasyNails

Follow It’s So Easy® on Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/ItSoEasyNails

Lancome Show by Alber Elbaz Collection

   Happy weekend everyone.  Please enjoy the following press release from Lancome:

“Beauty isn’t a question of being the right age or having the right look, it all comes down to attitude, individuality and character…” – Alber Elbaz

Legendary designer Alber Elbaz brings his iconic aesthetic to a limited-edition eye collection exclusively for Lancôme. The Lancôme Show by Alber Elbaz collection infuses wit into Lancôme’s glamorous eye essentials. In keeping with his appreciation of female beauty, Elbaz has re-styled Lancôme’s four bestselling mascaras and the brand’s Color Design 5 Shadow & Liner Palette with collectable couture outfits. Elbaz added the ultimate accessory—a line of false lashes in delightfully illustrated cases—to complete his first-ever makeup collection.

LANCÔME SHOW MASCARAS
• Hypnôse Doll Lashes—Get broader, longer lashes and lifted looking eyes with this custom formula. Dressed in an black and red hearts dress, Hypnôse Doll is a girly classic.
• Hypnôse Drama—Wrapped in hot pink and black dots, Hypnôse Drama features a convex brush to coat and separate each lash for bold volume and a supremely feminine effect.
• Définicils—Award winning Définicils features a lash coating polymer formula, grooved bristle  brush and deeper black shade. Green and black eyes make their mark on this mascara.
• Hypnôse Star—The double-sided brush is designed to build and define lashes. Swathed in luxurious electric blue fur with black and blue stars, Hypnôse Star is red carpet-ready.

LANCÔME SHOW EYE PALETTES
• Color Design Doll Palette in Rose Coquette — (black and red heart-studded)
• Color Design Drama Palette in Taupe Craze — (hot pink and black dots)
• Color Design Définicils Palette in Mint Jolie — (green and black eyes)
• Color Design Star Palette in Midnight Rush— (black and blue stars)

FALSE EYELASHES
• Housed in chic illustrated cases, these limited-edition lashes represent Alber Ebaz’s modern
reinterpretation of classic Lancôme style.

AVAILABILITY:
• June 15th at all Lancôme counters and lancome.com; False Eyelashes exclusive to Nordstrom
• Mascaras, $29; Palettes, $51; False Lashes, $35

China Glaze Sunsational Collection

   Welcome to Monday everyone.  Please enjoy the following press release from China Glaze to ease your way through the day.

A SUNSATIONAL NEON SUMMER BROUGHT TO YOU BY CHINA GLAZE®

Introducing 12 Smooth Crèmes and Juicy Jellies

Make waves this summer with the new China Glaze® Sunsational collection.  This fun palette of six brighter-than-bright crèmes and six juicy jelly polishes create a bold pop or sheer hint of color that are sure to see you through every highlight of your summer.

Mix and match these hot hues and different finishes from  China Glaze® Sunsational for a vivid and bold expression on your tips and toes:

Sun of A Peach: Popping peachy crème

Neon & On & On: Flirtatious pink crème

Bottoms Up: Passionate bubblegum pink-purple crème

That’s Shore Bright: Playful purple crème

Too Yacht to Handle: Teasing teal crème

Highlight of My Summer: Mellow mint green crème

Shell-O: Juicy coral-pink jelly

Heat Index: Enticing pink jelly

You Drive Me Coconuts: Panic-causing purple jelly

Are You Jelly?: Vivacious purple jelly

Isle See You Later:  Marine blue jelly

Keepin’ It Teal: Totally Turned Up turquoise jelly

China Glaze® Sunsational will be available in July 2013 at fine salons and beauty supply stores as open stock colors, 6 piece box collections, 6 piece counter display, 12 piece counter display and 36 piece rack.

China Glaze® is free of DBP, toluene, and added formaldehyde.

China Glaze® nail lacquers are available through salons and professional beauty supply stores nationwide. For more information, please visit www.chinaglaze.com or follow China Glaze on Facebook (@ChinaGlaze), Twitter (@ChinaGlazeOfficial) and Pinterest (pinterest.com/chinaglaze).

China Glaze® is a division of American International Industries.

About American International Industries

For 42 years, AII has been the leading manufacturer and worldwide distributor of innovative, quality beauty and skin care products for men and women.  Our product lines include Andrea, Ardell, Body Drench, Bye Bye Blemish, Checi, China Glaze, Clean + Easy, Clubman/Pinaud, Duo, European Secrets, EzFlow, Fright Night, Gena, GiGi, Gypsy Lash, IBD, It’s So Easy, Jeris-Lustray, LASH BeLONG, Nail Tek, No Tweeze/Micro Tweeze, 'N Rage, Poshe, Prolinc, RAW, Seche, SuperNail, Surgi-Care, Waterworks, Winning Nails, Woltra, Woody’s, and Youthair. For more information, visit our website: www.aiibeauty.com.

Salon Perfect Neon Collision Collection

Happy Friday!  Please enjoy the following press release from Salon Perfect for their upcoming Summer 2013 Neon Collision Collection:

A COLOR-MEETS-TREND EXPLOSION
Introducing Salon Perfect® Neon Collision for Summer 2013

What happens when you mash up two of this summer’s hottest nail trends: neons and matte glitters? You get an energizing burst of color from the new Salon Perfect® Neon Collision nail polish collection!

Salon Perfect® floats neon matte fine glitter in a clear base to create this “can’t-not-look” collection of six eye-catching shades that offer complete coverage in 2-3 coats.  Or give nails a blast of nail art by using any Salon Perfect® Neon Collision shade as a one-coat layering polish, or blend two shades to create an easy ombré look.

 

The Salon Perfect® Neon Collision collection includes:

• Bang – Orange and yellow collision

• Exploded – Reddish orange and yellow collision

• Jolt – Yellow and orange collision

• Kaboom – Turquoise and yellow collision

• Shocked – Hot pink and turquoise collision

• Zapped – Yellow and turquoise collision

Salon Perfect® Neon Collision will launch in June exclusively at Walmart stores nationwide as part of a limited edition promotional display.  Individual shades will retail for $3.98.

From lashes and brow products to nail color and beauty tools, Salon Perfect® has the products needed to get effortlessly gorgeous looks at affordable prices.  View the complete Salon Perfect® collection at www.salonperfect.com.

China Glaze Texture Collection

   Please enjoy the following press release from China Glaze for their upcoming Summer 2013 Texture collection.

 

Zoya Stunning & Irresistable Press Release

   Please enjoy the following press release from Zoya for their upcoming Summer 2013 collections:

JUST LIKE THE SUN,
YOU ARE THE CENTER OF IT ALL!

TWELVE NEW ZOYA SUN INSPIRED COLORS FOR SUMMER 2013

STUNNING & IRRESISTIBLE

Summer brings the sunniest colors to nails! Including six super shiny creams and six fresh foil metallics to put all the focus on the brightest shining light in any room - YOU!

ZOYA SUMMER 2013: STUNNING COLLECTION

• Darcy (ZP663) - Sunny Yellow Cream - Full Coverage.

• Thandie (ZP664) - Citrus Orange Cream - Full Coverage.

• Micky (ZP665) - Amazing Coral Cream - Full Coverage.

• Yana (ZP669) - Rubine Red Cream - Full Coverage.

• Josie (ZP667) - Grassy Green Cream - Full Coverage.

• Rocky (ZP668) - Serene Blue Cream - Full Coverage. 

ZOYA SUMMER 2013: IRRESISTIBLE COLLECTION

• Kerry (ZP684) - Yellow Gold Foil Metallic - Full Coverage.

• Amy (ZP670) - Red Orange Foil Metallic - Full Coverage.

• Tinsley (ZP671) - Rose Gold Foil Metallic - Full Coverage.

• Bobbi (ZP672) - Hot Magenta Pink Foil Metallic - Full Coverage.

• Hazel (ZP673) - Blue Green Foil Metallic - Full Coverage.

• Rikki (ZP674) - Fern Green Foil Metallic - Full Coverage.

Shipping April 15, 2013

Ultra long-wearing, glossy nail lacquers by Zoya are BIG5FREE - all formulas are completely free of harmful
industrial chemicals such as toluene, camphor, formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin and dibutyl phthalate
(DBP) that are known to cause cancer and birth defects.

Find over 300 stunning Zoya colors on www.zoya.com.

Each and every color has a name as unique as the women who inspired it.
ZOYA IS THE NEW COLOR OF FASHION!
$8.00 ea. (US)
Available on Zoya.com

China Glaze Hologlam Press Release

   TGIF everyone.  I actually have the weekend off for a change and plan to have a swatching spree if the weather cooperates.  Please enjoy the following press release from China Glaze for their upcoming Hologlam collection:

TRAVEL TO A NEW GALAXY WITH CHINA GLAZE®

China Glaze® Introduces 12 Illuminating Holographic Lacquers with Hologlam

Los Angeles, CA – (March 2013): 3…2…1…Blast off! Take your summer manicure out of this world with China Glaze® Hologlam, an all new12-piece collection of shimmering holographic nail lacquers.

China Glaze® established itself as the leader in holographic nail lacquer with the 2007 OMG! collection, one of the most popular collections in the brands’ history. Fueled by that success and back by popular demand, China Glaze® Hologlam uses reflective, holographic particles to capture light and transform nails into amazing, ever-changing visual effects. With a strong linear finish whether indoor or shining bright in the sun, China Glaze® Hologlam bends and changes, creating an illuminated three-dimensional, traveling color effect across the nail.

The China Glaze® Hologlam collection features 12 futuristic shades, including:

Get Outta My Space: powdered violet

Astro-Hot: soft, baby pink

Infra-Red: warm, magenta pink

When Stars Collide: warm maroon

Not In This Galaxy: bright, warm coral

OMG A UFO: warm, moss green

Don’t Be A Luna-Tic: turquoise aqua

Sci-Fly By: light, silver blue

Take A Trek: cool, denim blue

Strap On Your Moonboots: midnight sky blue

Galactic Gray: warm, gunmetal

Cosmic Dust: silver metal

The China Glaze® Hologlam collection will be available in April 2013 at fine salons and beauty supply stores nationwide with an SRP of $14.

China Glaze is free of DBP, toluene, and added formaldehyde.

China Glaze nail lacquers are available through salons and professional beauty supply stores nationwide. For more information, please visit www.chinaglaze.com or follow China Glaze on Facebook (@ChinaGlaze), Twitter (@ChinaGlazeOfficial) and Pinterest (pinterest.com/chinaglaze).

China Glaze® is a division of American International Industries.

About American International Industries

For 42 years, AII has been the leading manufacturer and worldwide distributor of innovative, quality beauty and skin care products for men and women.  Our product lines include Andrea, Ardell, Body Drench, Bye Bye Blemish, Checi, China Glaze, Clean + Easy, Clubman/Pinaud, Duo, European Secrets, EzFlow, Fright Night, Gena, GiGi, Gypsy Lash, IBD, It’s So Easy, Jeris-Lustray, LASH BeLONG, Nail Tek, No Tweeze/Micro Tweeze, 'N Rage, Poshe, Prolinc, RAW, Seche, SuperNail, Surgi-Care, Waterworks, Winning Nails, Woltra, Woody’s, and Youthair. For more information, visit our website: www.aiibeauty.com.

Zoya PixieDust Summer Edition Press Release

   Good Morning everyone.  Today for you I have a fun announcement from Zoya about the upcoming Summer Edition of their PixieDust collection.  Please enjoy the following press release:

INFUSED WITH SUMMERY MAGIC AND WONDER

PixieDust - Summer Edition

Because everyone wants more of it... the color experts at Zoya went back to the lab and created six more beautiful, long-wearing textured, matte and sparkling Zoya PixieDust Colors!

This incredible and best-selling formula is sure to captivate with a magical sparkle and sugary finish like no other.

ZOYA PIXIE DUST - SUMMER EDITION

• Solange: EXCLUSIVE PIGMENT!!! Gold Metal sparkle, exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte  Sparkle formula.
• Beatrix: Tangerine Metal sparkle, exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula.
• Destiny: Coral Metal sparkle, exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula.
• Miranda: Rose sparkle, exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula.
• Stevie: Violet sparkle, exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula.
• Liberty: Blue sparkle, exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula.

Ultra long-wearing, nail lacquers by Zoya are BIG5FREE - all formulas are completely free of harmful industrial chemicals such as toluene, camphor, formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) that are known to cause cancer and birth defects.

PixieDust Application: For BEST RESULTS apply 1-3 (for full coverage) thin coats of polish. Allow product to dry completely for full effect. Do not use a base coat or top coat.

Find over 300 stunning Zoya colors on www.zoya.com. Each and every color has a name as unique as the women who inspired it.

ZOYA IS THE NEW COLOR OF FASHION!
$9.00 ea. (US)
Available on Zoya.com

SHIPPING APRIL 1, 2013 (no joke)