BREAKING BEAUTY NEWS: Wet n Wild 2015 Information (New Lines, New Shades and Discontinuations)

BREAKING BEAUTY NEWS: Wet n Wild 2015 Information (New Lines, New Shades and Discontinuations)
Some very exciting information directly from Wet n Wild today!
In what is the biggest new product roll-out in Wet n Wild's history, for 2015 Wet n Wild is introducing brand new PERMANENT product lines for both Wet n Wild and Fergie Centerstage. Wet n Wild is also improving some existing products, adding new shades and discontinuing some existing shades. Keep reading for more info...
Below you will find three existing Wet n Wild product lines that are receiving a makeover for 2015. Some of these new products have already been spotted at Dollar General (reader @bellexbeauty27 spotted the lipsticks and polishes at her Dollar General this week) but they are NOT exclusive to Dollar General. It may take some time for them to trickle into all of the usual retailers, but they should be everywhere by February 2015.
Wet n Wild Color Icon Kohl Eyeliners

Improved Formula and New Shades
(Retail: $0.99 each; available February 2015)
Features:
• New improved formula for 12-hour wear
• Rich, hyper-pigmented color
• Oh-so-smooth, oh-so-creamy application
• Extremely versatile to create any look without smudging
Shades:
• Baby’s Got Black
• Pretty in Mink
• Simma Brown Now!
• Taupe of the Mornin’
• Don’t Leaf Me!
• Pros and Bronze
• Calling Your Buff!
• You’re Always White!
• Like, Comment, or Share
• Of Quartz!

Eight of the new shades are pictured above, but there are 10 shades altogether in this range. You can see that some of the shades pictured above look similar to existing shades in the Color Icon eyeliner line but they all have new shade names and an improved formula, and there are definitely some NEW shades here (the nude, taupe, etc.).

Wet n Wild Silk Finish Lipsticks

Improved Formula, New Packaging, New Shades
(Retail: $0.99 each; available February 2015)
Features:
• New improved formula and packaging
• Rich, creamy, bulidable color that feels like silk on the lips
• Enriched with conditioning ingredients of vitamins A & E, aloe vera, and macadamia nut oil
Shades (new and existing):
• A Short Affair
• Will You Be With Me?
• Pink Ice
• Blushing Bali
• Sunset Peach
• Ready to Swoon
• What’s Up Doc?
• 15 Minutes Aflame
• Nouveau Pink
• Light Berry Frost
• Retro Pink
• Fuchsia with Blue Pearl
• Dark Pink Frost
• Breeze
• Java
• Cashmere
• Mink Brown
• Black Orchid
• Dark Wine
• Blind Date
• Just Garnet
• Cherry Frost
• Hot Red
• Hot Paris Pink
PLEASE NOTE: any existing shades NOT listed above have been discontinued for 2015.

Wet n Wild Wild Shine Nail Colors

Improved Formula, New Packaging, New Shades

(Retail: $0.99 each; available February 2015)

Features:
• New improved formula and packaging
• High-shine finish in every color imaginable
• 3-Free: No Formaldehyde, Toluene, or Phthalates
• Still the #1 selling nail polish in the market! 

Shades (new and existing):
• Clear Nail Protector 
• Protective Base Coat 
• Matte Top Coat 
• French White Crème 
• Tickled Pink 
• She Sells 
• Yo Soy 
• Ready to Propose 
• Kaleidoscope 
• D’oh! 
• Blazed 
• Nuclear War 
• Grasping at Strawberries 
• Red Red
• Dreamy Poppy 
• Lavender Crème 
• Casting Call 
• Sparked 
• Putting on Airs 
• Bijou Blue 
• Be More Pacific 
• Do Pass Go 
• Black Crème 
• Burgundy Frost 
• Grape Minds Think Alike 
• Who Is Ultra Violet? 
• Metallica 

 

PLEASE NOTE: any existing shades NOT listed above have been discontinued for 2015.

 

via BREAKING BEAUTY NEWS: Wet n Wild 2015 Information (New Lines, New Shades and Discontinuations).

Microsoft to give away Windows 10, unveils hologram glasses - Yahoo Finance

 Story by Bill Rigby SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp will give away its upcoming Windows 10 operating system as a free upgrade to users of the most recent versions of Windows and Windows Phone, as the world's largest software company tries to retain customers in the mobile era. The 'free' strategy is a calculated gamble for Microsoft, designed to put Windows in as many devices as possible. The company would then make up for any lost revenue by selling services such as Office over the Internet, or cloud. "It's a necessary evil as CEO Satya Nadella and Microsoft have recognized the 'golden goose' and major revenue opportunities will happen after the upgrades have taken place," said Daniel Ives, an analyst at FBR Capital Markets. "Microsoft needs to lay seeds for its cloud-centric strategy and Windows 10 is the epicenter of that strategy. It's all about making it attractive for the ecosystem to upgrade onto this next-generation platform." via Microsoft to give away Windows 10, unveils hologram glasses - Yahoo Finance.

Foreign-Exchange Brokers Are Getting Wiped Out By The Swiss Franc's Surge

Casualties from Thursday's astonishing boom in the value of the Swiss franc are rolling in Friday morning. Foreign-exchange brokers who had relied on the stability of the Swiss franc, which until Wednesday was pegged to the euro, were taken by surprise when the Swiss National Bank abolished its controls, and millions of dollars were lost at firms around the world. The UK-based FX broker Alpari just announced it had entered insolvency. Here's what it said:

The recent move on the Swiss franc caused by the Swiss National Bank’s unexpected policy reversal of capping the Swiss franc against the euro has resulted in exceptional volatility and extreme lack of liquidity. This has resulted in the majority of clients sustaining losses which has exceeded their account equity. Where a client cannot cover this loss, it is passed on to us. This has forced Alpari (UK) Limited to confirm today, 16/01/15, that it has entered into insolvency.

That follows New Zealand's Excel Markets, which made the same statement earlier, according to the Financial Times.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/foreign-exchange-brokers-are-getting-wiped-out-by-the-swiss-francs-surge-2015-1#ixzz3P5U38F2W

Economically and Socially, Middle Class Means Many Things | econlife.com

Economically and Socially, Middle Class Means Many Things | econlife.com connects Economics to everyday life, current events and history.

Because the middle class has no one definition, to whom it refers to, is somewhat of a mystery.

Trying to Find the Middle Class by Elaine Schwartz • Jan 15, 2015

Asked if you know someone in the middle class, you might name yourself…and your friends. We all know people in the middle class. In fact, few of us know people who are not middle class. Where are we going? Ask people what they mean by the middle class and it becomes a mystery. In one Congressional Research Service (CRS) report, they even say that Congress needs information on the middle class but “there is no official government definition of who belongs in the middle class…” So, I tried to identify the middle class.

Finding the Middle Class: Dollars

Asked with which class they identified, in the most current Population Survey (Census Bureau), respondents with incomes ranging from $39,736 to incomes exceeding $104,087 said the middle class. Below, I’ve circled the 98 million households that would have self-identified as the middle class in that survey:

 

For another point of view, you could ask the White House Task Force on the Middle Class. Combining money and aspirations, they said you are middle class if you want a house, a car, college education for your children, family vacations and health and retirement security. Translated into a number, the total income for a middle class married couple with two children is somewhere between $50,800 and $122,800 in 2008 dollars. Other definitions target either current or permanent income, who is in a person’s reference group, and how close your income is to the 2012 median household income of $51,017. Talking medians, though, takes you to debating how far to stretch the middle class above and below that median (which is the midpoint of all household incomes if they were lined up, side by side). “To be middle class is to have money to spend on non-necessities. But it also involves a shift in values. Middle-class parents have fewer kids but spend more time and money cultivating each one. They often adopt the bourgeois values — emphasizing industry, prudence, ambition, neatness, order, moderation and continual self-improvement. They teach their children to lead different lives from their own, and as Karl Marx was among the first to observe, unleash a relentless spirit of improvement and openness that alters every ancient institution.” ~ NY Times columnist David Brooks via Economically and Socially, Middle Class Means Many Things | econlife.com connects Economics to everyday life, current events and history..