Fashion and cosmetics firms offer “Roxette” nail polish, shoes
Written by Lars-Erik_Olson on August 31, 2004 to Misc.
NEW YORK - What color is Roxette?!?
According to a U.S. cosmetics firm based in California, Roxette is in the “red” family. As part of their “Wet ’n’ Wild” line, Markwins Beauty Products is marketing a shade of nail polish called “Roxette.” The shade could perhaps best be described as a raspberry-red (think “Ballad Hits”) color.
Tina Perez, the Wet ’n’ Wild brand manager at Markwins, tells The Daily Roxette that “it’s one of our more popular colors… it’s actually been around for several years now. Roxette is a ’hot’ name and the color is a ’hot’ red.”
The crystalic, calcium-enriched nail color sells for around $2 USD a bottle, and is available at many retail locations in the United States – both in-store and online.
Meanwhile, the designers at fashion house XOXO have given the name “Roxette” to a pump-type, Mary Jane-style shoe in their collection.
Making the connection to the musical group Roxette, the copywriter at Amazon.com writes “Look sharp! These dressy, sporty mary jane pumps from XOXO have a great hybrid style.”
The shoes sell for around $72 USD.
Scoll contributed to this article.
- Shoes on Amazon
- Shoes on Zappos (View the three colors)
- Nail color on ULTA
- Nail color on Walgreens
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- Rock Band 3 features Roxette (September 8, 2010)
- Dolph Lundgren mentions Per in UK interview (August 22, 2010)
- Record "The Look" and win $5,000 shopping spree (August 11, 2010)
36 comments
Denstandigaresan said on August 31, 2004 14:59:
Wet n’wild? Yeah.... right... probably named after the Dominatrix woman in London... Think Per was given one of her cards by a certain girly on here. :D Roxette the dominatrix... mwhahahaha.
KristinaDK said on August 31, 2004 16:17:
..The shoes are awful.. Anyway I bought quite a lot of XOXO bags and other items while being in NY earlier this year. Pretty nice items... Wonder why those shoes look THIS awful, then.. *uah*
Jud (moderator) said on August 31, 2004 16:19:
indeed these shoes are ugly :D *yuk*
i don’t use nail polish.. but maybe Per wants to change the one used in A thing about you video? :P
rox-kuryliw said on August 31, 2004 16:33:
’Made me laugh hehe’ I thought roxette was a womens name ? where did per get roxette from ?
purplemedusa said on August 31, 2004 16:58:
Hey those shoes will only work if you’re Sarah J Parker!!
joyrider said on August 31, 2004 18:01:
in paris this shoes were a must have for girls this summer!!
shine said on August 31, 2004 18:10:
The shoes are extremly ugly! I would never wear them.
Hope that they have askt if they can use the Name. If not I think they have a problem.
harriej said on August 31, 2004 19:20:
Just take a look at the Room Service era and it is not difficult to conclude that Roxette’s colour is indeed red!
zeeshan said on September 1, 2004 02:51:
What kinda girls would wear such shoes? I can only guess. What’s next? Roxette condoms( with an “almost unreal” slogonl)
Z
Sparvogamarie said on September 1, 2004 03:53:
Some smart US fans could make some money selling this stuff on Ebay!! I have to admit, I would buy the nail polish :p
Anomymous said on September 1, 2004 09:41:
i definetly have to get these for my Roxette collection...
Mylene_mbo said on September 1, 2004 14:14:
ahaha... you people are funny, but ..The shoes are awful.. !!!!!!!!! thats fore shure. kisses me...
AURYTE said on September 1, 2004 15:00:
I guess I’m the only one who truly loves these shoes. And my sister does!!! After ROOM SERVICE tour when MARIE had polished HER nails red, I started to like this colour of nail polish.:)
tinytim said on September 1, 2004 16:23:
hehe...right on tevensso!!
nothing I’d like to gift my girlfriend with, but anyway....good stuff to know...
it only shoes, I mean shows, how people mind on music...there’s a kind of atmosphere, almost like a virus for each band...and ocasionally that atmosphere spreads all around or a new epidemy, from nothing, starts...good sign...at least, a new US realease for 2005??? maybe?? hmm...
Oldag75 said on September 1, 2004 16:43:
The Roxette nail polish color looks very much like “I’m Not Really A Waitress” by Revlon.
Jud (moderator) said on September 1, 2004 19:27:
LOL Thomas!!!! I knew they reminded me of something!! LOLOL
mitch said on September 1, 2004 20:21:
ohh! ok, per use the lipstick so why not!
where can i buy the items :-)
brunorox said on September 1, 2004 20:52:
to Bunny and to the others: will we be paid to wear such shoes ?? Anyway i’ll keep mine ....
It makes me think about the Look Sharp album where they speak about a fashion line ... It had more style ... (I speak about the girl with the bra ...or without)
Get dressed for success !!! not to look like stupid !!! Hope not to be misunderstood at all !!!
GT25 said on September 2, 2004 01:13:
I love these beautiful shoes and the nail colour,but here they’re not available .
AURYTE said on September 2, 2004 13:36:
I’m not sure if shops in Lithaunia have these ones for sale...
joyrider said on September 2, 2004 17:42:
there is also an energy drink called rox... http://www.rox.at/
Scoll said on September 4, 2004 12:25:
It does surprise me they can use that name for these products. Didn’t Madonna sue some website because it was called madonna.com she thought she had the rights to that domain name and no one else, kinda similiar ?
Lars-Erik_Olson (moderator) said on September 6, 2004 03:31:
No, not similar. One might be confused with Madonna.com... thinking you were getting the musical artist named Madonna. But there is no such confusion with nail polish or shoes... it’s clearly NOT the musical group you are getting. As long as the intent is not to confuse or defraud the consumer... there’s no problem.
open600 said on September 12, 2004 09:37:
Per has taken the name from the song “roxette”
I like the shoes ;o))
warmandcool23 said on September 22, 2004 10:29:
Oh my God!!! Is that true already?! They will have the accessories for everyone... I think that this was the right idea. I hope it works!
misteryman00 said on August 31, 2004 14:21:
well im a boy....where’s the Gessle Deodorant?? Where’s the GT’s After shave?