Baroness X; Vox Populi

Morning dears!  I'm a happy mom, it's back to regular schedule today.  So I'll be running about catching up on errands.  But first I wanted to drop a post of you to enjoy.  Way back in the Summer I got an awesome swag bag from the Cocktails & Colors event in Las Vegas.  I'm still working through that bag and today I'm sharing Baroness Vox Populi.  It was an exclusive to the event but lucky you...it's available in the shop right now!  You can pick up Vox Populi for $13 right now.  Alrighty then, let's check out this lovely polish.

*press sample*

Baroness X: Shop, Facebook, Instagram

Vegas Duo; Anonymous Lacquer & Ever After Polish

Evening beauties!  I'm settled in for the night and watching Stranger Things, do you watch that show?  The few episodes I've seen so far are very suspenseful!  Anywho, since I can't sit and focus on any one thing at a time I decided to share a late night post with you.  Well sadly I didn't get around to this one in time, it was made available while I was on vacation, and now it's sold out.  I have no idea if the duo will be made again.  Sorry!  But the details about this duo are; it's called the Vegas Duo and has a polish from Ever After Polish and Anonymous Lacquer.  It was from Cocktails & Colors in Vegas.  It was $20.  If you're a fan of these brands and missed out then my fingers are crossed for you that this duo makes a return!  Let's check out the duo!

*press sample*

Anonymous Lacquer: Shop, Facebook, Instagram

Ever After Polish: Shop, Facebook, Instagram

Colors by Llarowe; LE Vegas 2016

Good evening dolls.  I've got a second post for you today.  Why you ask?  Because this polish will be available in a few days, that's why.  HA.  Just wanted you to have enough heads up to set an alarm or be prepared however you prepare yourself for a nail polish sale at Llarowe.  If you've been around the block you know how crazy these used to be.  But fortunately this is just a pre-order and you'll be fine if you don't jump on immediately to get this beauty.  It's the Limited Edition Vegas 2016 polish, made exclusively for the Cocktails & Colors event sample bag...but the consumers got lucky this year as most of the LE's in the bag were made available to the public, including this one!  Vegas 2016 is available 9/1 at 12pm MDT for a 24 hour pre-order period.  It'll be $12 USD.  Along with this beauty, you can also get The Journey Collection.  Now it's time to check it out!

*press sample*

Colors by Llarowe: Shop, Facebook, Instagram

Alter Ego Body Care Products; Lady Luck & Vegas Showgirl

Good evening dears!  My vacation is going nicely!  Plenty of time in the surf and sun, resting in the room, family activities and a little spare time to keep my blog going.  I promise, I'm only on the computer when we are having downtime in the room.  So today I have some brand new Alter Ego polishes to share.  Cynthia created 2 shades to capture the spirit of the indie brand ladies (blogger and makers) that all make their way to Vegas in July for the get convention and meet ups.  Both Lady Luck and Vegas Showgirl are available in the shop now for $9 (smaller bottle is $4.50).  You can save 20% using my code; My Nail Polish Obsession.  And with that said, let's check these out!

*press sample*

Alter Ego Body Care Products: Shop, Facebook, Instagram

Girly Bits Cosmetics; LE What Happens In Vegas...Ends Up On Twitter

Good morning beauties (well it's morning where I am on vacation at the moment, it's much later for the rest of you)!  August seems to be a busy nail polish month.  There are so many launches going on; LE collections, Vegas exclusives, and then the Fall lineups.  I'll have quite a bit of you in the next couple of weeks, so please don't mind me if my posts are short and to the point.  Time is of the essence!  Every year Girly Bits releases a Las Vegas exclusive polish, What Happens In Vegas...  This line started in 2013 when Girly Bits first visited CosmoProf North America in LAs Vegas and the series has grown!  We've seen Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and now we've got Twitter!  What Happens In Vegas...Ends Up On Twitter is a limited edition polish that will be available from 8/15 at 12noon EDT to 8/22 at 12noon EDT.  It's a single pour release and each bottle is numbered.  Polish fans, these are sought after beauties and you'll absolutely regret it if you don't get one.  So with all that said, let's delve in to the pictures!
*press sample*
Girly Bits: Shop, Harlow & Co, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter 

If you were curious here are my posts featuring WHIVEUOF, WHIVEDOI, WHIVEUOS.  

CosmoProf North America 2016: Nail Product Coverage

Good morning lovelies!  I'm sure you all know that CosmoProf North America was held in Las Vegas this past July.  This is a huge beauty convention with loads of very well known companies, smaller companies and brand spanking new companies trying to break out on the scene.  It's a 3-day event, and you definitely need at least 2 days to see everything and attend all the parties.  CPNA fell on a later date than it usually does so it wasn't really great with my personal schedule, and I was only able to go in for a day and a few hours the following morning.  But I saw a ton and have lots to share with you!  I decided to split my pictures up into 2 posts, nail brands and beauty brands.  I'll start with nail since that's kind of my thing.  I hope you like my coverage of the event!

*event coverage*

Cocktails & Colors 2016; Event Coverage

Hello lovelies.  As you know many nail polish ladies (blogger, makers, stockiest) made their way to Las Vegas recently for the CosmoProf North American convention.  Luckily I got to return for a 3rd year and tour the convention floor (posts coming this week) and visit with some of my favorite people.  The hostesses with the mostesses; Sara from Cupcake Polish, Missi from Different Dimension and Jill from Glisten & Gow put on an quite a shin dig.  First I just want to thank those 3 ladies for putting together such a nice party.  Truthfully, this is the most fun event of all the after parties because it's a total who's who of the indie polish world.  Putting faces to names, meeting makers you've only talked to online, catching up with old friends.  It's always a fun time.  Unfortunately I had under 2 hours to speed through the event this year as it was also my hubby and I's 12th anniversary and we had dinner reservations to get to.  I did my best to meet with all the makers displayed and chat with them as well as spend time with some of the other ladies.  So let's take look at what the Cocktails & Colors event was all about!  *apologies to Ever After, it was the only booth I was unable to circulate to so I sadly didn't get to meet and greet with Rachel in person and have no picture to share in this post*

*media event coverage*

The first thing I saw in the event room was this awesome display of pink, white and purple cupcakes. They looked delish!

Northern Star Polish Mermaid Dreams

Good evening friends!  I had an very nice non-eventful day.  Got my hair done, did a little shopping.  I guess the only thing that could have gone better was I found this adorable pair of boots and they didn't have them in my size, nor did any of the other stores in my area so big old pouty face.  Guess it wasn't meant to be.  So while I pine over those boots you can take a look at this lovely polish from Northern Star Polish!  I believe Mermaid Dreams was made as an exclusive for the Cocktails & Colors event in Las Vegas, but I'm not positive so don't hold me to that.  Anyways, it's definitely not a polish currently in the shop but there are other colors and cuticle oils for your shopping enjoyment!  So let's go ahead and jump in to check out Mermaid Dreams!

*press sample*

Northern Star Polish: Shop, Facebook

Cuccio Royale Collection, Fall 2015

Good morning friends!  I've got a good and somewhat lengthy post for you today.  Way back when I was having the time of my life in Las Vegas and rubbing elbows with all the nail polish peeps, I got to meet some lovely folks representing the Cuccio brand.  Now I knew this brand already because I am a fan of their body butters and cuticle sticks.  I also knew they made polish because I'd seen a few of their gels in my local beauty supply store.  Well what I wasn't expecting was to see this (and another) stunning collection displayed at the Tips & Sips event!  The Royale Collection is Cuccio's answer to the Fall season and it's pretty dang perfect!  Rich cremes, shimmery jewel tones and even a multichrome!  While browsing around the Cuccio website I wasn't able to find this collection, but I did see it available on HB Beauty Bar for $8.50 each.  But keep checking the Cuccio website because I'm sure the Royale collection will be available soon.

*press sample*

Cuccio Colour: Website/Shop, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

This is a long post so I'll try to keep each individual blurb short and sweet.  This is Count Me In, a smokey, purple creme.  The formula was creamy and buttery.  I had full coverage in 1 coat of Count Me In.  No topcoat used.  

Bohemian Polish Mojave Morning

Good afternoon!  I am back with another quickie post to share today!  Way back a long time ago in the summer when I went to Las Vegas for CosmoProf I got to meet lots of bloggers and indie brand makers at an after party.  I also got to come home with an awesome swag bag with lots of polish to try.  Well I am still working through that bag and have one of the polishes for you to take a gander at today!  I recently shared the Moste Potente Potions collection from Bohemian Polish with you (you can see it HERE) and I was in love with that set!  I was very excited to see that Jennifer had created a customer shade for the Vegas event and once I put it on I was in lala land!  While this one isn't available to purchase, there are so many other great polishes on the Bohemian Polish site that you can buy!  So let's check out this exclusive, Mojave Morning.  

*press sample*

Bohemian Polish: Shop, Facebook, Instagram

THIS is Mojave Morning.  I don't even know what to say.  It's beautiful.  I think it's the closest thing I have ever seen to a white holo.  Mojave Morning is soft, shimmery, holo-y, the slightest touch of silvery gray but pretty dang close to being white!  The formula and application were both great.  Now you'll have to excuse my memory because I swatched this while on vacation and didn't take notes.  I believe I used 2-3 coats of Mojave Morning for full coverage.  I finished with topcoat.  

CosmoProf North America: American International Industries Coverage (China Glaze)

Hello again friends!  Today's CosmoProf coverage is one brand.  American International Industries (AII) is a huge company that has several brands under it, one of those brands is the always popular China Glaze!  I was looking forward to heading over to this booth again this year and catching up with Tory.  She is so knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the brand.  If you ever had a question about China Glaze i know she'd have the answer!  This time we focused on the products that we were most interested in so we briefly touched upon Seche, Ever Glaze, Gelaze and NailTek.  I have a little info for these to share but I didn't take any pictures.  I focus on the new China Glaze collections coming out and the Gena Mani products because I loved those so much last year.  I'm sharing with you what I can, a few awesome things are embargoed so you'll just have to wait for all that.  So let's jump in and see what China Glaze has in store for us to empty our bank accounts!

Hello awesome wall of nail polish!  This thing was HUGE!  Trust me when I say these were all perfectly lined up.  Now that's some serious dedication to showing off the brand at it's best!  I'm with Michelle from Ehmkay Nails and Marnie from Nubbins 4 Nails.  

Ok info first...The Glaze Family is going to "kill" some shades.  This means the are going in the vault.  There are roughly 217 core colors year round and those that aren't selling well will be chopped.  I didn't get a list of which were going to be be retired but I can look into it if it's something you are interested in finding out.  

Gelaze is pushing ahead and currently has 72 shades that coordinate with the core polish collection.  Gelaze will start being available with upcoming collections too!  

EverGlaze, the prep>color>active topcoat system is going strong with 48 shades.  The majority of the shade are available a Sally's.  EverGlaze will have new colors coming out in the Spring but I wasn't allowed to take pictures of the collection.  I do have a few shades of EverGlaze that I will be reviewing soon.  I just need to find a time that I can actually test them for wear time so I'll need about 7-10 days on hand to not change polish.  

Let's start with my yearly favorite collection from China Glaze.  Hello Ghouls Night Out!  This is the Halloween collection inspired by New Orleans, YAS!!  There are 3 neons, 3 glitters and the return of the popular Ghoulish Glow.  I am totally loving these bright colors for Halloween!  They will be the perfect compliment to any costume and heck, I'll wear them daily in October!  I forgot to grab a picture but there are also Baby Boo's, mini bottles of the colors!  Cute name, right?  Ghouls Night Out will be available sometime in September or early October.  

We've got 2 nail art kids to go with this collection.  No Bones About it is inspired by Day of the Dead.  You've got some brightly colored skull decals (sugar skulls) to go with a black striper and while polish.  Itsy Bitsy is a spider nail art kit.  You get spider decals, a black polish and red striper brush.  How fun are these?!

The Great Outdoors is a rustic "glamping" collection.  It's 12 shades total; cremes, chameleon, foil and glitter.  This set will be available this month.  

Wood You Wanna? is a 6-piece set.  I like the choices in this set.  You get a nice selection from the larger collection.  

On The Hunt is a camo mani kit.  You get 3 shades from The Great Outdoors collection and a black nail striper so you can create nail art.  I like how easy China Glaze is making it for everyone to do nail art - no excuses, here's what you need, here's how to do it!  

We've moved right into holiday polish! This is the Cheers! collection and it's full of heavy glitters, cremes and shimmers.  There are 12 polishes in the collection.  I like them of vibrant and dark shades.  They will make for fun contrasting nails.  You could easily achieve the jelly sandwich look with a few of the glitters!  Of course since this is the holiday collection, there will be plenty of gift sets available.  Cheers! will be hitting shelves in November.   

Here are some of sets you can pick up from the Cheers! collection.  Wrap It Up comes with striping tape.  Ring In The NY is a blingy kit that comes with a ring to wear.  Mix & Mingle is a glitter gradient kit.  As you can see from this picture there are also some gel polishes in here.  China Glaze will have a few Tips & Toes collections which are a duo of polish and matching gel.  There will be 4 different sets of Tips & Toes.  

Star Hopping is a glitter collection.  It's available at Sally's NOW!  There are 8 blingy polishes in here that are sure to please any gal who loves a little a lot of sparkle in her life.  

I'm excited about this product!  Gotta Go is a super fast drying top coat.  It also dries to a super shine with a squishy look.  This topcoat sounds amazing, I NEED to try it!  You can pick up professional size refills, mega bonus for salons and those of us that posh our nails a zillion times a day (talking about myself here).  Gotta Go should hit shelves in late November.  

And now the awesome Gena Mani products.  Love love love the cuticle gel and hand scrub so much! Here's a shot of the Mani Spa family together.  While there is nothing new to the Mani Spa line there are new products to the Pedi Spa line up so let's move along.  

Pedi Spa has a new pedi system where you chose the problem you are trying to alleviate.  The 1-2-3 step system will be available this year.  There is also a detox pedi system that will be available in Spring 2016.  The detox system has charcoal in all it's steps which is what makes for a great detox.  The 4 step system includes: Soak, Scrub, Mask and Massage.  The detox program looked pretty awesome and I will be looking out for it come next Spring!  

Signing off until my next CPNA post!  Ta ta for now!

The Painted Nail Tubular

Good morning loves!  How's your Friday?  Mine is lazy.  I want to do something with the kids since it's their last Friday home, but my middle just left to go to work with daddy and the other 2 are in their pj's still (ok I am too).  So I am just lazing here at the table drinking coffee and typing and browsing and texting.  Tough life, right?  Today I have an uber bright neon from The Painted Nail to share with you.  I picked this up from the Tips & Sips after party while attending CosmoProf.  This event was put on by Katie Cazorla, The Painted Nail herself!  It was a really nice event with a mix of mainstream and indie brands.  Katie is adorable and very nice.  She spent time chatting with Michelle and I and we snagged a picture with her too!  Ok, back to polish, I have a neon from her new (?) collection to share with you today and this is really eye-searing bright!  I've been browsing around but I can't figure out how to purchase these online - it's possible they are only available in her salon.  So let's jump in and take a gander at Tubular!

*press sample*

The Painted Nail: Nail Bar, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

I wanted to share the picture I have with Katie and Michelle!  Katie was so cute and personable.  She chatted it right up with us like we were old friends reunited.  Her upbeat personality was catching and the whole party was a fantastic time!  

So this is Tubular!  It's an uber neon, burn your eyes bright orange creme!  My pictures are showing it more red than it is but when you get to the shade pictures you will see that it's definitely orange.  I love this color.  It's my go-to neon shade and Tubular doesn't disappoint on any front.  Color, formula and application were all aces.  Tubular is really opaque, it was thisclose to being a one coat polish.  I added a second coat for good measure.  I finished with a layer of topcoat for a smooth, glossy finish.    

*direct sun*

 *shade*

 *indirect natural light*

CosmoProf North America; Zoya, MoYou & Caption Coverage

Good afternoon dears!  Today I have the third installment of CosmoProf coverage for you to see!  Will you believe me if I tell you I am not even close to being done sharing everything I saw and learned about?!  It's insane the amount of beauty products that are here!  Keep in mind I stayed mostly to nail polish booths!  There are body and skin care products, makeup, new this year was perfume (lots of build your own scent companies), men's grooming, international brands, hair care....SO MUCH!  I did see a few non-nail polish booths and I'll get around to sharing those eventually.  For now let's see what was afoot at Zoya, MoYou and Caption!

I was excited to swing by the Zoya booth again this year!  Last year was such a fun and educational visit and I couldn't wait to see what they had new to share!  Well I already posted my press release for the upcoming Focus & Flair Fall 2015 collections and that's what they had out at CosmoProf.  So I was able to see these a month prior to everyone else!  Focus and Flair both launched on 8/1.  

Flair is a collection of 5 shimmers and 1 chameleon polish.  Goodness these are gorgeous!  I can't wait for my sample pack to show up - any day now and then I'll have swatches to show you!

Focus is a set of 6 creme finish polishes.  While creme isn't my favorite finish, these are fantastic colors and they'll be fantastic for Fall nail art!  I am especially looking forward to trying out Lidia (dark purple) and Desiree (brown).  I'll have these on my blog very soon too!

I also got some information about the Naked Manicure collection, which up until now had been a bit confusing to me.  All questions answered!  You can already purchase this set (or individuals) on the Zoya site and they will be in Ulta sometime this month.  So this set is essentially a set of treatments and Perfector   Each color has it's own purpose.  Pink gives you super clean, bright nails.  Lavender helps correct discoloration.  If you're olive toned you'll want to use the buff shade for a natural look and if you're darker toned you will want to use the mauve.  For them to work best you want 1 layer of base coat then 2 coats of your selected Perfector.  You can put the white on top of the color - on your tips for a fresh french mani look.  Naked Manicure also has a Satin Seal topcoat with is the KEY for a clean look. It blurs the lines between the Perfector and the white tip.  Satin Seal needs a good shake before each use to activate the ingredients.  Give it a good 10-15 seconds.  There is also a Glossy Topcoat for a super shiny finish.  All of these Perfector can be layered over any color!  

Lastly there are going to be a few holiday gift sets being released.  These won't be part of a collection.  Also a trio set which will be 2 polishes (from the existing colors) and a new lipstick!  The lipstick will match the polish colors....and word on the street is keep an eye out for the lippie called Maxwell - it's a stunna!  

Hello MoYou Nails!  I was most disappointed to have missed this booth last year.  So my enthusiasm for getting an appointment was pretty darn high!  First let me explain that this is the US MoYou Nails, not to be confused with MoYou UK.  Both sell plates, but they are different.  And MoYou Nails is much easier to purchase.  Actually they have several places to try and buy in Las Vegas!  The first thing Richard showed me the new Miss Nella collection!  It's a non toxic, peel off polish for kids!  And whoever whats to use it!  I got to see these in action and they really peel off very easily once you are ready to remove them.  

2 polishes in the collection really stuck out to me, the pink which is Cheeky Bunny and the purple, Butterfly Wings.  I have a bottle of Cheeky Bunny to try out (on myself and Naomi!) I loved the concept of this line!  And it's nice to know there are brands that are concerned with little ones' health by making such "kid-friendly" polish.  The Miss Nella polish will retail for $7 each.  

I got a demonstration of how easily the Miss Nella polishes peel off.  This probably has a really satisfying feel when you peel off a full sheet of polish! 

Richard also shared 10 new concept collection plates with me!  They all look amazing but I was drawn to the Summer and Halloween plates in particular!  The plates are $7.99 each.  

MoYou has lots of pre-made kits that include a stamper, scraper, plates and a stamping polish.  I like the ease of selecting one of these kits instead of trying to figure out what you need.  And it's a cute gift for giving any polish lover!  These kits start at $39.  

There are also 13 new stamping colors available for purchase.  You definitely want a good stamping polish to be successful when you stamp.  The selection at MoYou is large - you will surely find the color you need there!  I didn't grab a picture but MoYou also has a new squishy stamper - the rectangle shape, which will sell for $8.00.

And then I stopped by Caption!  I stopped by this booth last year, just before they debuted their products to the world!  Caption had plenty of new collections to share, all in their gel-like formula.  Flash Forward will be releasing in October, it's got almost every finish in this set!  Very nice colors too! 

The Classics collection, which is just that - very classic colors, is available this month.  It consists of cremes and shimmers, two very popular finishes.  

Caption jumped on the stamping bandwagon and was given demonstrations how their plates and stampers work.  Also, their one coat black makes a great stamping polish!  The Art Screens stamping kits come with 2 plates and a stamper.  They are available now and retail for $17.95 each kit.  Here are what some of the plates they have look like...

And here's the stamper.  It's a good sized double sided squashy stamper!