China Glaze's Hot Hues | Summer Neons Nail Lacquer Collection

Electrify your summer with the sizzling colors from the China Glaze® Summer 2012 collection, Summer Neons. Featuring 12 new sizzling shades perfect for surf, sand and nightlife, the all new free of DBP, toluene, and added formaldehyde hot hues in China Glaze® Summer Neons include:

Pink Plumeria: Light pink with gold shimmer
Under the Boardwalk: Fluorescent raspberry
Splish Splash: Bright sky blue shimmer
Love’s A Beach: Sizzling hot pink
Hang-Ten Toes: Bubblegum neon with iridescent purple shimmer
Beach Cruise-r: Glimmering fuchsia grape
Orange You Hot?: Bright orange with attention-grabbing gold glimmer
Surfin’ For Boys: Glistening bright coral
Flirty Tankini: Shimmery strawberry smoothie pink
Ride the Waves: Dark ocean blue
I’m With the Lifeguard: Glimmering lime green
Sun-Kissed: Hot highlighter yellow

Also available is an 8-piece box collection, which retails for $56.00, featuring Under The Boardwalk, Ride The Waves, I’m With The Lifeguard, Sun-Kissed, Orange You Hot?, Surfin’ For Boys, Flirty Tankini and Pink Plumeria. 

Individual polishes retail for $7.00.  China Glaze® Summer Neons is available now at fine salons and beauty supply stores nationwide. China Glaze is. For more information, visit: www.chinaglaze.com or follow China Glaze on Facebook and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ChinaGlaze.

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Sally Hansen “Show Your Colors” Cheerleading Competition

Sally Hansen knows that you’re a nail color fanatic and is giving you the chance to celebrate your obsession and let your colors shine through an exclusive cheerleading competition.

Sally Hansen is joining forces with leading cheer authority Varsity to host the “Show Your Colors” cheerleading competition, inviting fans everywhere to submit an original cheer featuring Sally Hansen and upload a video of themselves performing the cheer.

Just visit sallyhansencheer.com to submit your cheer, share the video with friends to get the most votes and win the grand prize: $1,000. Three runners up will also receive a bag filled with Sally Hansen products, giving you one more thing to cheer about.

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Brooke Burke Brightens Up with Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure

Brooke Burke, mom, actress and host of Dancing with the Stars, relies on Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure to get her hands and feet ready for the summer!

Complete Salon Manicure is an all-in-one formula that combines the components of a professional salon manicure—base coat, strengthener, growth treatment, rich color and top coat in a single multi-tasking polish. Save time by skipping the nail salon with this 5-step color in one. Be bold this summer with bright colors like Calypso Blue, Back to the Fucshia, Grass Slipper, and All Fired Up.

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Illamasqua’s Naked Strangers Collection Nail Varnish at Sephora

Illamasqua presents the Naked Strangers Collection, a place where alter egos are laid bare and naked flesh is a source of unashamed inspiration.

Nail Varnish $14.00 - Dress up your nails and explore your fantasies with our award-winning Nail Varnishes. Are you Mongamous (creamy flesh pink), Faithful (coppered metal) or Swinger (glistening platinum gold - not pictured)? Apply a lustful layer then answer our question.

In this delicate tipping point between intimacy and pleasurable detachment, we revel in the unknown; exploring the distance between pure Monogamous, gilded Faithful and uninhibited Swinger. Exposed nude tones, adorned with rich licks of gold, leave you gasping for more. Don’t restrain yourself. Unless, of course, you enjoy it.

The Naked Strangers collection became available May 31, 2012 at Sephora and Sephora.com

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Zoya Nail Polish Pinterest Contest - Make the Ultimate Trio

Get ready for some fun in the sun! Re-pin your favorite Summer 2012 Beach and Surf Collection colors to help Zoya Nail Polish create a beachy-chic mini (.25oz bottles) trio that will seriously amp up your summer style...

What you need to do:

1. Follow Zoya on Pinterest 
2. Re-pin your must have Beach & Surf shades from the Zoya Pinterest Collection Board onto any board of choice. 
3. The top 3 most re-pinned shades will determine the trio shades! 
4. 2,000 trios of the unique combo selected by Pinterest followers will be given away *FREE! 
5. There's a catch... 20,000 re-pins TOTAL must be reached between all 12 shades for the giveaway to take place! 

Happy Pinning! The promotion ends Monday June 5, 2012 at 11:59pm EST. Pinterest Collection trio and code will be announced Monday, June 11th. IF the re-pin goal is met. Don't forget to spread the word! 

*Shipping & Handling fees apply. 

Terms & Conditions
*This contest is valid on Zoya's Pinterest page ONLY from 5/22/12 - 6/05/12 11:59pm EST. Giveaway is contingent to number of re-pins achieved - Promotion code will be released on the Zoya Pinterest Collection Board. Mini trios (.25oz bottles) will be available while supplies last. Limit one promotion per account and household. Consumer orders only. Not valid with any other coupons, codes or promotions. Orders with promotion codes are not eligible for returns or exchanges. We are not responsible for incorrect addresses or credit card entry errors. Code must be entered at the time of purchase. Please allow up to 4 weeks for shipping if volume warrants it.

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Salon Perfect is Blooming with Nail Color this Spring

You may know the brand Salon Perfect as makers of amazing collections of lash and brow products but did you know they also make Nail lacquers? That's right, Salon Perfect introduces the Limited Edition Blooming with Color, a collection of brilliant bright and soft pastel colors for Spring 2012. There's nothing like a fresh manicure with a bright, energetic polish to perk you up or a soft romantic pastel. It features 14 rich crème shades sure to put a spring in your step.

The rich crème shades include:

Perfectly Peach – Delicate peach
Lemon Zing – Sunny yellow
Kiwi Lime – Vibrant green
Blue Mint – Cheerful mint
Berry Blue – Classic periwinkle
Purple Sorbet – Dark lilac
Lavender Icing – Soft lilac
Spicy Tomato – Juicy red
Tangy Tangerine – Tart orange
Sour Apples – True blue-green
Blue Raspberry – Vivid azure
Plum Sorbet – Magenta with purple shimmer
Berry Pink – Bold flamingo pink
Bubblegum – Honeysuckle pink

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Get your spring nails covered with Sally Hansen

There are lots of decisions to make when it comes to Spring nail trends. Neon is hot, glitters are the rage and pastels are tres chic. Luckily, you can look to the latest Sally Hansen collections to fulfill all your nail needs.

The Tracy Reese Collection

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Christina Aguilera Rocks Sally Hansen Salon Effects Real Nail Polish Strips

Christina Aguilera wowed everyone with her new sultry and sleek new look on the latest episode of The Voice. Adding a bit of rocker sparkle to her new look was her Sally Hansen Salon Effects Real Nail Polish Strips in “Lust-rous”. Christina has gone through a complete transformation from wild to smoldering and her glam nails make her look even more amazing.

Christina’s manicurist, Farah Songhorian, explains that the “Lust-rous” pattern “compliments the dress and adds some sparkle and glam to the nail”. Sally Hansen Nail Polish Strips offer DBP, Toluene and Formaldehyde Free, no dry-time nail looks for style that lasts up to ten days.

This easy and affordable at-home nail technology puts bold color, high- shine, and intricate design at your fingertips - just peel, apply, file, and go. Grab these and other designs for only $9.00 at Duane Reade, Drugstore.com and other mass retailers.

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New Gel Colors from Red Carpet Manicure

Red Carpet Manicure, the first at-home DIY LED gel manicure system launches 18 new shades this month. You may remember my previous post on this money-saving Gel manicure,  refresh your memories here - Red Carpet Manicure LED Gel At-Home Manicure. Nail polish aficionados and all beauty lovers have an affordable, easy and safe way to have beautiful gel nails within minutes that lasts for weeks. Thanks to this innovative and budget saving product, you can get creative with your mani and the best part, this magnificent LED light cures ANY gel polish.

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Avril Lavigne for Sally Hansen Salon Effects Real Nail Polish Strips

Hey guys, Nelly here again to introduce you to the newest nail polish launch from Sally Hansen. Edgy punk rock princess, Avril Lavigne and teamed up with the Nail Polish giant to launch a collection of edgy limited edition nail polish strips. The collection includes (top row left to right) - Take the Stage, You're a Star, Fur-ocious Vocals, Purr-fect Harmony, In the SPOT-light and (bottom row left to right) - Running Wild, Beat You to it!, STUD-io Time, Sound Check, Plaidical, Crowd Surfer and Headbanger.

The 12-piece limited edition peel-and-apply patterns are all rock inspired and features Avril Lavigne's signature energetic, no-frills attitude and straight talking lyrics. The designs features skull-and-bones, funky leopard prints, glitter ombre, plaid, etc. Avril herself was wearing the Headbanger - one of our favorites here - with Beat You to it! on one finger; she actually applied it as we were learning about the capsule collection.

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Sephora + Pantone Universe 2012 Color of The Year Nail Enamel Set

Sephora and Pantone Universe introduce the 2012 Color of the Year, Tangerine Tango - a vivacious Limited Edition reddish-orange nail polish in four different finishes, from creamy and matte, to glitter and shimmer. Awaken and invigorate your own passion for color or ignite a newfound love with this bold set of colors.

The rich color provides beautiful payoff with just one coat and the formula is formaldehyde-free. Combine polishes to create your own unique design or let each shade sing on its own.

This set contains four nail lacquers in:

- Tangerine Tango Cream, Pantone #17-1463

- Tangerine Tango Shimmer, Pantone #17-1463

- Tangerine Tango Glitter, Pantone #17-1463

- Tangerine Tango Matte, Pantone #17-1463

You guys better hurry because these gorgeous colors are only available at the Sephora + Pantone Pop-Up Shop in the Meatpacking District until March 30th and online at Sephora.com until they run out (and run out they will).

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Top Coats From NYC New York Color

Wallet-friendly beauty brand, NYC New York Color introduces two new top coats to transform your nail polish and give it new personality. Say hello to NYC New York Color's Matte Me Crazy and Big City Dazzle Sparkle Topcoat.

Matte Me Crazy ($1.99): Move from shiny to matte in a New York Minute with this transformative new topcoat. Simply top your favorite NYC New York Color polish with a coat of Matte Me Crazy for an instant dose of muted modern style.

Big City Dazzle Sparkle Topcoat ($1.99): Take your nails from the office to after-hours with a quick-drying coat of sparkle from NYC New York Color. Apply to bare nails for sheer shine effect or layer it over your favorite nail color for a bold, eye-catching look.

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