Showing posts with label Holiday 2011. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holiday 2011. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

China Glaze Tinsel Town

   Multi-size glitters seem to be everywhere right now.  Some have only one color, some have two or three, and others have a full rainbow of colors.  Personally, I love this trend.  The more glitter the better for me.  In their Let It Snow collection for Holiday 2011, China Glaze brought us three of these.  Today I'm going to show you Tinsel Town.


   Tinsel Town is silver hex and micro glitter in a charcoal base.  If you remember my review of It's Alive from China Glaze's Halloween collection, this is the silver version of that polish. The formula was a bit thick and kinda goopy, but a little nail polish thinner will probably fix that.  Tinsel Town dries matte so if you want lots of sparkle, a shiny top coat is necessary.  The matte look of the polish is very nice as well though.  However, because of the glitter the texture on your nail is rather rough, so to keep the matte look, I would actually recommend a nice thick coat of gelous and then a matte top coat to smooth out your nail.  I used top coat on my ring and index fingers only to try to show you the difference.  My base coat was China Glaze Strong Adhesion and I believe I used 2 coats of polish, but I forgot to right it down.  
   The sparkle and texture of this polish really freaked my camera out.  So I apologize for the less than great quality of these pictures.  They really were the best I could get though.

Direct Sun

Shade/Indirect Sun

Indoor

  
   I really liked this polish.  The formula was a little thick, but that's not overly unusual for dense glitters like this one.  On the nail, Tinsel Town reminds me of malachite jewelry, which I always loved when I was younger.  Please click on the photos to enlarge them and get a better look at the polish, especially the shade/indirect sun one.

Disclaimer: The product(s) in this post were sent to me by the company for consideration.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

China Glaze Winter Berry

  Today's post is going to be very short, I've had a cold for the last few days and will probably be going to bed fairly soon.
    Winter Berry is from the China Glaze Holiday 2011 Let it Snow collection.  This is a red creme that looks a lot like holly berries.  


   Winter Berries has a somewhat squishy quality to it like a jelly polish, but builds in opacity to almost completely opaque like a creme.  This is really a nice hybrid of the two.  I found the formula to be on the thin side.  During clean up I noticed some staining on my skin.  Dabbing my brush gently on my skin instead of wiping/sweeping it along my skin helps stop the staining quite a bit I've discovered.  
   In these photos I used China Glaze Strong Adhesion base coat, 2 coats of polish, and no top coat.

Direct Sun

Shade

Indoor


   I quite like this red.  Especially in the sun.  It's because of the squish.  Even the boy said he thought it wasn't bad.  I'm taking that to mean this should be one I grab when I'm in the mood for a red.

Disclaimer: The product(s) in this post were sent to me by the company for consideration.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Nicole by OPI Holiday Collection Press Release

   Please enjoy the following press release for the upcoming 4 piece Nicole by OPI Holliday Collection:



Nicole by OPI Launches Holiday Glitters,
Introducing New Sparkly Lacquers for the Season

Nicole by OPI announces new, limited edition Holiday Glitters! Featuring four shades packed with intense shimmer for the festive season, these lacquers transform fingers and toes into virtual jewelry. From traditional holly red and a warm fuchsia hue to metallic gold and inky blue, these shades make the perfect gift or stocking stuffer for any woman (or to keep for yourself!).

“The holiday season’s celebratory feeling lends itself to added glitz and glamour in fashion, jewelry, accessories, and most importantly – for nails!” explains Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, Nicole by OPI Executive VP & Artistic Director. “The four alluring Holiday Glitters shades offer a great way to add lots of color. Red and gold glitter tones offer a more classic holiday look, while magenta and sapphire blue incorporate rich, weighty jewel tones – which is another important trend for the season.”

The new Holiday Glitters nail lacquers from Nicole by OPI include:

Glitter In My Stocking
Give the gift of gold-glittery goodness!


My Sleigh’s in the Shop
In the meantime I rely on this mesmerizing magenta.


Orna-ment for Each Other
I can’t stay away from this tomato-red twinkle!


Snow-man of My Dreams
The “spark” was instant with this rainbow-packed blue.


Nicole by OPI Nail Lacquers and Nail Treatments contain no DBP, Toluene, or Formaldehyde. Nicole by OPI formulas are long-lasting, fast-drying, and salon-quality. These limited edition Holiday Glitters will be available November 2011 for $7.99 each in the U.S. at HEB, Sears, Stage Stores, select Target locations, Target.com, and ULTA. In Canada, lacquers will be retailed for $10.99 each in Shoppers Drug Mart, Loblaw and Zellers.

For more information, visit nicolebyopi.com. Follow Nicole by OPI on Twitter @NicoleByOPI and become a Facebook fan!

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Zoya Gems and Jewels Press Release

   Please enjoy the following press release from Zoya for their upcoming Holiday collection:



Zoya Nail Polish presents 3 new jewel toned metallic shimmer polishes
and 3 glitzy, glitter glazes (featuring unique bar glitter) for an extra special holiday and winter 2011 season!
Zoya Gems and Jewels Collection
Rina (ZP576): Full coverage, rich green metallic shimmer.Holly (ZP577): Gorgeous green glitzy, glitter glaze (with unique bar glitter).Kissy (ZP578): Full coverage, party pink metallic shimmer.Izzy (ZP579): Vivid pink glitzy, glitter glaze (with unique bar glitter).Twila (ZP580): Full coverage, icy blue metallic shimmer.Noel (ZP581): Bold blue glitzy, glitter glaze! (with unique bar glitter).
Mix it up... The Zoya Gems and Jewels color assortment allows
for multiple layered nail polish looks! Have fun…
• Wear the full coverage, jewel toned shades alone for a classic metallic shimmer look!
• Wear the glitzy, glitter glazes alone for a hint of glitz.
• Wear several layers of the glitzy, glitter glazes for a unique textured glitz nail look.
• Layer the glazes over the shimmers to a totally glam nail jewelry look.
• Layer the glitzy, glitter glazes over other colors to create a totally unique look that is
all your own (hint - hint: silver, gold, white and black totally rock under the glazes!).


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

Find Zoya Gems and Jewels as well as over 400 other 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.
Zoya is the new color of fashion...
Shipping September 15, 2011
Sug. Retail $8.00 ea.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

MUPPETS! OPI Announces Holiday Collection.

   And did I mention MUPPETS?!?  As you might be able to tell, I'm just a little excited about the OPI Holiday collection this year.  I am a BIG Muppets fan and can't wait for the new movie in November.  Plus I really like Jason Segel who wrote the movie as well as starring in it.  I've watched The Muppet Show, Muppet Babies, Muppets Tonight, and all the movies since I was a little kid.  I even used to walk around the house imitating Miss Piggy when I was really young. 
   Please enjoy the following press release and promotional pictures:


Sending “Warm & Fozzie” Wishes from OPI!

OPI Celebrates Disney’s “The Muppets” with Holiday
Lacquers Inspired by Walt Disney Pictures’ New Film

This holiday season, OPI pays homage to America’s favorite Muppet friends as they hit the big screen in Disney’s The Muppets.  With an all-star cast including Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Kermit, Miss Piggy and the entire Muppet crew, the family comedy opens in theaters nationwide on November 23, 2011. 
Inspired by the film’s namesake lively and colorful characters, OPI launches twelve limited-edition Nail Lacquers for Holiday 2011. “OPI is so excited to work with Disney to celebrate this long-awaited movie release,” said Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, OPI Executive VP & Artistic Director.  “Not only do The Muppets characters inspire fun, bright and joyful colors, the fashionable Miss Piggy lends her name to three high-shine pink-based hues, ranging from bold red flecked with silver to a multi-dimensional strawberry shade.”
This line features six shimmery reds and neutrals, as well as six glitter-packed shades, including:

Animal-istic
This wild bright red cannot be tamed!

Meep-Meep-Meep
Missing out on this fuchsia would make you weep, weep, weep!

Wocka Wocka!
The popular deep berry makes everything fun and merry!

Pepe’s Purple Passion
This deep, decadent shade is the best purple ever, okay!

Designer, de Better!
And this light metallic bronze is ready for the runway.

Warm & Fozzie
A feel-good shade of metallic copper.

Rainbow Connection
The rainbow glitter of your dreams.

Excuse Moi!
Ahem! This pink glitter has something to say!

Gone Gonzo!
The aqua-blue glitter is taking over the world!

Fresh Frog of Bel Air
A glitter that prefers the greener things in life.

Divine Swine
The finest, most fabulous magenta glitter ever.

Gettin’ Miss Piggy With It!
Red glittery fun for everyone!
Lacquer packed with micas and sparkle gives a 3-dimensional textured look that makes nails look like jewelry. With shades ranging from textured glitters in rainbow, red, green and blue to softer shimmers in copper and bronze metallic hues, these twelve colors provide the perfect accessory for the holiday season.
As with all OPI nail lacquers, these shades inspired by Disney’s The Muppets contain no DBP, Toluene, or Formaldehyde, and feature OPI’s exclusive ProWide™ Brush for the ultimate in application.
This limited edition promotion will be available beginning November 2011 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.
For more information, please call 800-341-9999 or visit www.opi.com. Follow OPI on Twitter @OPI_PRODUCTS and become a Facebook fan!
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ABOUT OPI
As the world leader in the professional nail care industry, OPI is committed to providing high-quality products and services to both salons and their customers, along with a focus on industry safety and innovation. Known for its exceptional formula, fashionable colors and iconic names, OPI’s heavily-pigmented lacquers are super rich, long-lasting and chip-resistant – offering an affordable luxury to consumers. OPI nail lacquer is available in over 200 shades and contains no DBP, Toluene, or Formaldehyde. Each lacquer features OPI’s exclusive ProWide™ Brush for the ultimate in application. Currently, OPI is available in over 100 countries and retails a full line of professional items, including nail treatments, finishing products, lotions, manicure/pedicure products, files, tools, gels and acrylics.


ABOUT THE MOVIE
On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets' former stomping grounds. To stage The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever and raise the $10 million needed to save the theater, Walter, Mary and Gary help Kermit reunite the Muppets, who have all gone their separate ways: Fozzie now performs with a Reno casino tribute band called the Moopets, Miss Piggy is a plus-size fashion editor at Vogue Paris, Animal is in a Santa Barbara clinic for anger management, and Gonzo is a high-powered plumbing magnate. With secret, signature, celebrity cameos, Disney’s “The Muppets” hits the big screen Nov. 23, 2011.  


   So what do you ladies think?  The glitters have potential from the promo pics and based on last Holiday's Burlesque glitters and the Alice in Wonderland two, these should be really good.  I do think they've gone a bit heavy on the reds and berries even for a Holiday collection, but those are what OPI is known for.  Which colors look the best to you and which do you think you'll pass on?  I'll most likely wind up with all of them simply for the Muppet connection.  

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Nicole by OPI Kardashian Kolors Holiday 2011 Collection Press Release

Nicole by OPI Announces Kardashian Partnership, Featuring 14 “Kaptivating”
Nail Lacquers

Nicole by OPI joins the Kardashian/Jenner family in announcing the launch of Kardashian Kolors, 14 new nail lacquer shades inspired by these six trendsetting women. Kris Jenner and her five daughters – Kourtney, Kim and Khloe Kardashian and Kylie and Kendall Jenner – are known for their head-to-toe unique style, which now includes nails! 
“We are so excited to work with everyone’s favorite TV family – the Kardashians – to share a diverse collection of fashion-forward shades,” declares Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, Nicole by OPI Executive VP & Artistic Director. “With lacquers ranging from high-shine and sparkly hues to neutral taupe and pinkish coral, Kardashian Kolors offers the perfect accessory for every woman – from teens to moms and everyone in between.”
            Kardashian Kolors includes:

It's All About the Glam
Shimmering-white glitz for the glamorous gal!

Kim-pletely in Love
Finally! The pink of her dreams has arrived.

All Kendall-ed Up
Powder your nose and get some pink on those toes!

Wear Something Spar-Kylie
Glitter-ly the prettiest pink ever!

Sealed with a Kris
Handle with care: This klassy red is top-of-the-line!

Rainbow in the S-Kylie
Girls just wanna have…glitter in every color!

Disco Dolls
Glittery gold glam gone wild!

Kendall on the Katwalk
A head-turning blue-green with a “sparkling” personality!

Listen to your Momager!
If you don’t, you’ll never see this fabulous blue again!

Follow Me on Glitter
A glittery deep gray that always has something to say!

My Empire...My Rules
This take-charge taupe is always on-trend.

Khloé Had a Little Lam-Lam
A deep dark emerald worth falling for.

Hard Kourt Fashionista
This delicious deep brown is the chicest hue in town!

Kourt is Red-y for a Pedi
And this captivating coral looks “fab” on everyone!


Nicole by OPI Nail Lacquers and Nail Treatments contain no DBP, Toluene, or Formaldehyde.  Nicole by OPI formulas are long-lasting, fast-drying, and salon-quality, with products featuring the Perfect Stroke brush for streak-free, even coverage. Kardashian Kolors will be available Holiday 2011 for $7.99 each ($11.00 CAD).
For more information, visit nicolebyopi.com. Follow Nicole by OPI on Twitter @NicoleByOPI and become a Facebook fan!  
 
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