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*

CosmoProf North America: Morgan Taylor

Good evening.  I haven't posted in a while since I went out of town for Labor Day weekend (ok more like a 5 day weekend), so I thought I'd throw something up for you to browse through.  I'm almost done posting coverage from CosmoProf North America.  Are you tired or reading it yet?  Are you ready for me to start sharing polish that I have from these amazing booths I visited?  I'll start sharing those in the next week or two so hang on to your britches.  Tonights post is all about Morgan Taylor...they shared so much with me that I felt they deserved a dedicated post!  Lots of exciting collections coming up so let's jump in and check them out!

First off let me say how cool it was to meet both of the lovely ladies behind Morgan Taylor.  I'm 100% positive they are younger than me and super geniuses in the nail polish world!  Let's start with Fall 2015 - Ubran Cowgirl.  Think urban city girl meets country and viola - Urban Cowgirl.  Along with the 6 piece collection there are also perfect match duos of a polish and a Gelish called Two of A Kind.  And as you can see from the picture below the entire Urban Cowgirl collection is available in the Gelish line up.  This collection is available on the shelves now.  

October brings the Fight Like A Lady collection - the Morgan Taylor Breast Cancer Awareness set.  This is a 4 pack of mini bottles.  There's a shade of pink in here to represent everyone!

There's another collection for October....ROCKY HORROR ya'll!  This 4 piece collection is not only for Halloween but also to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Rocky Horror Picture Show.  The colors are classics; red, white and black.  The 4th shade is a limited edition glow in the dark polish that will also be available in full size.  There will also be the Two Of A Kind polish/Gelish duos available.  

Of course there's a holiday collection!  Morgan Taylor's theme for this holiday season is Gifted With style.  These are a bit darker to be traditional holiday shades but they are gorgeous.  Shimmers, micro glitters, true subtle sophistication.  There are 6 shades in this collection, a mini pack and a gift with purchase!

Here are some of the gifts that will be available - a luggage tag, a cosmetic bag and a bracelet!  

Red Matters is a Gelish collection that is inspired by old Hollywood.  It's a collection of 6 red cremes and 3 fine glitters.  There will be Two Of A Kind duos available for this set as well as Gelish gift packs. 

All the gifts are really nice - check out the socks and mug!  

My favorite is this set of nail art brushes with loose crystals in the handle!  So pretty!  I will be scouring my beauty supply stores for this gift!

Finally, Morgan Taylor is getting some serious brand awareness! They were on tour with One Direction - playing videos and reaching out to polish lovers!  

Morgan Taylor will release a King Fu Panda 3 collection!  How cool is that!?  Their inspiration is May May, the newest, diva character in the movie.  There will be both Morgan Taylor and Gelish colors.  This collection should be hitting shelves in January.  

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!

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!