Spotted in NZ: New Essie Displays

Essie recently started being stocked in Farmers. I spotted this display about a month ago at Farmers on Lambton Quey in Wellington (I haven't seen it at the other Farmers at Cuba Street in Wellington though).  The polishes are retailing for $22.99 each.

NZ Beauty Expo Part 2

Beauty Expo Part 2 continues from the Color Club booth


Here Color Club were debuting their Fractured collection which is due to arrive on the ship from America at the end of the month. They were also selling their new summer collection Wicked Sweet, which is the fruity scented polishes, their Untamed Luxury winter collection in the 7 piece packs, as well as all the polishes from their large standard colour range.

I picked up the rest of the Wicked Sweet polishes I was missing from my collection, as well as some older polishes from the Femme Fatal and Catwalk Queen collections.

Unfortunately I didn't get any of the Fractured polishes, but Steph got Tattered in Gold and you can check out her post on that here.

There was a couple of blokes selling Jessica polishes along with their salon supplies. They seemed like a hard case, and were completely unsure about selling these polishes. I picked up a dark blue shimmer called Midnight Moonlight and a pearl shimmer called Chic. I have never seen Jessica polishes in New Zealand before. If you are interested in getting any of these send me an email and I can pass it on to the suppliers.

That was about it in the way of Nail Polishes. Lots of companies were selling gel polishes and were aiming these at salon owners.

What was notably missing from this expo was Global Beauty who are the New Zealand distributors of OPI. To be honest this doesn't stand the company in good steed in my opinion. I think they should have been there. Especially as the expo is aimed at beauty salon owners, who may stock OPI. It just seems a little arrogant to me.

Also missing from the expo but available in New Zealand was Orly, Essie and Butter London.

All in all I had a great time. I loved meeting Steph and her mum, as well as the great people (you know who you are!) at the Color Club booth, who I ended up helping out on the second day while I waited for my flight back home.

I cant wait for the next expo.

Lots of Love
Lisa

P.S. I burnt my hand really bad on some steam whilst helping my mum cook dinner today, so I am typing this one handed and an in a tonne of pain. It is also the finger tips of my left hand so there will be no swatches (maybe even posts) for a while, while I recover from blisters and huge amounts of pain. Ive had ice on it for 2 hours already and it still hurts heaps!!!!

Upcoming Summer Trends: #4 Mint Green

Mint green was huge this summer in America - fueled by a need for Chanel's Jade.

This polish is now selling for incredible prices on ebay. INSANE I tell you! (most people were able to satisfy this lemming with Milani Dress maker - but this is not available in New Zealand - typical)

Anywho........... There are other options if you want to take part in this trend and not go bankrupt while doing it.

Color Club Twiggie from the new summer Poptastic Collection available in store from the start of September. See the Color Club website for stockists (I get mine from Life Pharmacies for about $17)

As I am still on a "No Buy" at the moment due to a serious lack of funds this is the only one I have to show you. But you can also check out:

Revlon Minted (available at pharmacies and department stores for around $17)

Essie Mint Candy Apple (available at Radius Pharmacies and some Salons for around $23)

Bloom Kitty (available at Farmers for around $15)

BYS Mint Condition or Pretty Pastel Peppermint (available from Cosmetics Plus for around $8)

Lots of Love
Lisa

Upcoming Summer Trends: #3 Neon

Neon is a regular summer trend and you can see why - these colours are designed to be fun and brighten up your summer manicure (and pedicure). Think highlighters and if you pick up a colour and it reminds you of a highlighter then it is perfect for this summer.

A couple of my favourite Neons are:

Color Club Tangerine Scream

Tangerine Scream is from the Electro Candy collection and is just amazing!!!!!
Color Club New Zealand has this collection still listed as available in stores this summer (I have never managed to find this collection in store so if you do let me know asap as I'm still missing 4 of this collection)

Orly Oh Cabana Boy

This is from the Hot Stuff collection. Orly is now available at Farmers for around $23. They have quite a big display there now :)

Orly Hook up

I have the mini bottle of this polish and wish I had the big one. It is a great yellow shimmer, that doesn't require heaps of coats and just makes me smile and feel sunny when I wear it (sorry no swatches) This is also from the Hot Stuff collection. The mini polishes are also available at Farmers for about $9 or $10.

Left to Right: Almost Famous, Wham! Pow!, Poptastic, Warhol, Pucci-licious, Twiggie, Chelsea Girl

Color Club Warhol

The Color Club Poptastic Collection has 20 bright neon shades available in store from the start of September . See my previous posts on the Poptastic collection for swatches and reviews of this collection. See the Color Club website for stockists (I get mine from Life Pharmacies for about $17)

Anti-clockwise: Neon Fire (orange), In di club (blue), Get ink, make it pink (pink), Fatal Attraction (green), the right bright (Yellow)

The BYS Neon Collection is available from Cosmetics Plus for around $8 each. BYS has also just released a collection of UV polishes. Check out You've Got Nail for swatches and reviews of these new polishes.

Essie Pink Parka

A Shocking Bright Pink - needs to be seen to be believed (available at pharmacies and salons for around $23)

Lots of Love
Lisa

Upcoming Summer Trends: #2 Coral

Trend number two is one I am more excited about. Coral - Peach, Pink, Shimmer and Creme.

OPI Dancing in the Isles

This is from the 2004 Greek Isles Collection, it might still be available online but I don't think you'll find it in the shops.

BYS Pink Splash

Ive had this polish for a couple of years now so I don't think it is available anymore - but as an example of this trend it is a good one. This actually has a yellow shimmer to it (Click the picture to make it bigger to see)

OPI Melon of Troy

One of my favourites. Slightly more orange but still in line with this trend. This is also from the 2004 Greek isles collection but is now part of the regular collection (available at Department stores and pharmacies for $25)

Other polishes to try for this summer trend which are available in New Zealand are:

Essie Haute as Hello (available at Radius Pharmacies and some Salons for around $23)

Revlon Tropical Temptation (available at pharmacies and department stores for around $17)


BYS Caribbean Crush (available from Cosmetics Plus for around $8)

Bloom Bettina (available at Farmers for around $15)

More Summer trends to come :)
Lots of Love
Lisa

Essie Ruby Slippers

Yesterday I met on of my followers Morgan. She is moving back home and then going overseas to live for a few years, and so she is sadly selling her nail polish collection. I brought a couple off her, and she so amazingly kindly gave me a bottle of Essie Ruby Slippers.

Essie Ruby Slippers - Natural light

This is a thick red jelly full of rather large chunks of red glitter. There is a few silver glitter bits as well, and in the sun has a slight orange glow to it. Here I did one thin base coat and 2 thicker coats over top (2 thick coats would be fine, but more than one is definitely needed). I feel because the glitter in this is so big, the polish becomes really lumpy on the nail. Top coats still leave a lumpiness underneath.

This is much darker than Nubar Fire Sparkle, with much larger bits of glitter. I do not own China Glaze Ruby Pumps so unfortunately I can not do a comparison for you guys sorry.

If you live in New Zealand you can find Morgans nail polish auctions on Trade Me. Search for her under her user name mandy8595.

Lots of Love
Lisa

Essie and Shellac come to New Zealand

Essie and Shellac have arrived in New Zealand!!

Thread announced a while ago that Essie was coming to New Zealand. They say that Essie is coming to Salons and Department stores (I have been checking in Farmers but haven't seen them there yet). But I have as of this week seen them in New Zealand. Body and Skin in Wellington on Lambton Quay is the first place I spotted Essie. They are selling them for $23.50. I'm not sure of how big the range they are selling is yet.

Shellac has also come to New Zealand.

Image from Creative Nail Design.

I got a pamphlet from The Finishing Touch (Nail spa in Wellington) and they say:

"This revolutionary product is the answer to your nail problems. Shellac applies like a polish, wears flawlessly for 14 days of high gloss shine and is removed in minutes. A true innovation in chip-free extended wear colour."

The Finishing Touch are doing a Shellac Manicure for $55. So far there are 12 colours to choose from but they are aiming for 50 in the future. You can read about the release of Shellac in New Zealand, also on Thread here. And here is a list of Salons in New Zealand that are offering Shellac at the moment.

Check out the Creative Nails Website for New Zealand here.

I am so looking forward to getting shellacked when I have some money. I have to stop buying nail polishes for the next three months while I finish my thesis, otherwise I wont be able to pay my rent!

Lots of Love
Lisa