I am beat. Literally and figuratively. My feet, shins, and shoulders are dying from all the walking and hauling around Las Vegas, more specifically, the CosmoProf North America convention. I went with my bestie, my sister Clarrisa, and we stayed at the Mandalay Bay where the conference was being held. It was overwhelming to say the least, there are a bazillion exhibitors of beauty brands, lots of products to look at, and about a billion and a half people. Not to mention, miles and miles of ground to cover in a short time. I arrived on Sunday morning, and while my sister kindly checked us in, I took off straight for the convention center.
I met up with Jen from
The Polishaholic first thing and we went off to explore. Both her and I were a little confused as to what we should do at first, like what questions we were "supposed" to ask the exhibitors and brand reps. It turned out, I mostly got enjoyment out of discovering new brands and products and looking at the new collections from some of my favorite nail polish brands and meeting the people behind them.
I will be posting more pictures soon, along with a more in depth post on the conference and who I met, what I learned, yadda yadda, but here is a bunch of pretty photos for now. (Picture heavy, so they're after the jump.)
I left these all HUGE, so
click on them to see better detail :)
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| The Painted Nail collection from Nubar |
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| Eye Candy glitters from China Glaze (winter) |
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| Let It Snow by China Glaze (holiday) |
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| Haunting by China Glaze (Halloween) |
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| ElectroPop by China Glaze (Spring) |
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| Metro by China Glaze (fall) |
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| Wilde by SpaRitual (fall) |
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| In the Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness by SpaRitual |
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| Twinkle by SpaRitual (holiday) |
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| Orly Holiday Soiree (holiday) |
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| Orly Birds of a Feather (fall) |
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| Orly Mineral FX (fall/winter) |
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| printed nails by the NailStar machine |
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| SpongeBob printed nail by NailStar |
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| crazy hair design |
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| No-Miss Nail Lacquers |
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| stilts girl |
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| blowdryer demonstration |
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| Dare to Wear crackles |
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| Dare to Wear lacquers |
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| Color Club Boho Chic (fall) |
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| Color Club Foiled |
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| Color Club Beyond the Mistletoe |
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| Color Club Back Stage Pass |
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| Color Club scented topcoats |
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| Color Club All About French |
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| Color Club Pride collection |
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| Essie Clutch collection (fall) |
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| Essie Luxe Effects top coats (holiday) |
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| Essie Dive Bar (New Year's) |
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| Essie Cocktail Bling (winter) |
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| Essie Raise Awareness for Breast Cancer |
I hope you enjoy these photos, I had great fun taking them. Love you all, will write more soon. After I finish recovering.
