CHA Mega Show 2014: Tulip Hair Chalks by iLoveToCreate

This year the "I Love To Create" booth had a great display of their Tulip Brand body art products which included some fun hair chalks.  The Tulip Hair Chalk is really easy to apply and washes right off.  It can be used to create streaks or just to color the tips of your hair. Celery Jones (C.C.) was on hand to demonstrate both the hair chalks and the body art products.

She showed me how the hair chalks are perfect to use to accent your hair for cosplay, costuming and other special events.

The new applicator design makes it really easy to use the product on many different types of hair.

CC demonstrated for me how she justs puts the hair through the container

and presses down while sliding it down her dry hair.

The colors are vibrant enough to show up on a variety of hair colors, including blonde hair, red hair and black hair.  How bright the color appears, depends on how you apply it and your hair color.  They also work well on different types of hair (from curly to straight).  I found the color stays put better if I sprayed my hair after I chalked it with these cool chalks.

Pattie Wilkinson and Kathy Cano-Murillo.

The Tulip Hair Chalks come in pink, red, blue, and purple.  They can be used on dry or wet hair, however, if you have blonde or red hair then using the chalks wet could stain your hair and not wash

Pattie Wilkinson sporting the pink chalk.

out easily.  It is pretty easy to create a tie dye look on your hair just by applying it in various colors all over your hair.

Kathy Cano-Murrillo sporting the bright red color.

One of the things that I like about the Tulip Hair Chalks is that they are non-toxic and safe for the hair. They are easier to use than artist chalks.  With artist chalk, you must wet the hair and run the chalk down the front and back of the hair strand, then you should heat set it so it lasts longer.  It can get messy.  I found that these hair chalks are easier to use with less mess.  And since I am a parent,  I like knowing what the ingredients are in any product I let me kids use.

By the way, CC also handpainted the cool mannequin below with products from the Tulip Body Art Line.

Handpainted Mannequin by Artist Celery Jones

The iLoveToCreate Booth: CHA 2014 Mega Show

I think that one of my favorite booths this year was the iLoveToCreate booth at the CHA Mega Show because of all the cool displays, like Mel Hoppe's cosplay costumes, and decorated mannequins that they had on display.

Mel Hoppe (The Wind of the Stars).

The mannequin below was hand painted by Celery Jones with the new line of body paints.

by Artist Celery Jones

Here is a close up of this fabulous piece.

I got to watch Pattie Wilkinson decoupage a mannequin with magazine photos throughout the show.

Pattie Wilkinson

Pattie Wilkinson

Here is how the mannequin looked by the end of the show.

Magazine Decoupage Mannequin made by Pattie Wilkinson

Here is a close up this piece.

Additionally, they had some cool art on display like this piece created by Suzie Shinseki, she painted

Suzie Shinseki

these eyes with Tulip Soft Paints and added dimension by using Tulip 3D Paints.

They also had this cool lamp that was made using tie dye, plastic wrap, white tissue, Aleene's Tacky Glue and some other iLoveToCreate products.

It looks really cool with this wall piece that was made using decoupage, colored paper and more.

Tie Dye Tissue Lamp and decoupage Wall art

Crafty Chica (Kathy Cano-Muriilo) was also on hand to demonstrate making cool art with her product line.

She also painted this cool table.

I am so thrilled that I got a chance to talk to all of these wonderful designers about their products and designs.

They are an inspiration to speak to and every so generous with their knowledge.

Craft Super Show Re-visited.

I never had a chance to post the pics from the last "Craft Super Show" that I attended.  It was a fun day filled with crafting celebrities, like "Carol Duvall" (below), demonstrations, crafting supplies, kids craft ideas, scrapbooking supplies, and so much more.

The producer from the television show "The Carol Duvall Show" on HGTV and the DIY network,  Ms. Kelly Chafee Ehrlich.

The fun part of the show was that there were plenty of retailers present who were selling many fun and exciting supplies, that one normally can not find in local craft stores.  Barnes and Noble set up a store
with over 100 crafting titles.  Those of you who are familiar with this store, know they never have that many books on display at their retail locations.

The "Crafty Chica" was on hand to demonstrate her new product line for the public.  She has many fun paints, glitters, markers, and other craft supplies and project ideas.  Below is a very cool part of her booth, that offered a photo opportunity to the various guests.  I uploaded this in a slightly larger file so you could enjoy some of the fun and eclectic items she put around the frame of this cut-out.

Needless to say, celebrities and guests took time to get photographed in this iconic piece.  Including Carol Duvall, who has a fabulous sense of humor and truly enjoyed the spirit of the event.

The "Craft Chica" was also signing copies of her new fictional novel "Waking Up in the Land of Glitter" which is a crafting related romance novel.


The "Crafty Chica" has some great re purposing projects on her u-tube, blog, and website, using her product line and tools.

  

Crafty Chica and her mini bobble head doll.

Below is a picture we took of "The Crafty Chica" and her new crafty chica art supply line at Michaels where she was doing a book signing.  As you can tell, they have a hard time keeping those shelves stocked with her product line.  Especially her fabulous glitters which are so fun to work with.

There were also jewelry making craft supply manufacturers on hand to demonstrate their product lines. They also gave out some jewelry making patterns and design tips.  This is a great idea, since it creates a demand for the items from the consumer to the retailer.

Plaid was on hand and featured their "Modge Podge" product line, along with some great crafting tips and designs.

Cathie Fillian was on hand doing demo's of cool projects.  I loved her show "Creative Juice" because it had some really useful project ideas of things to do with recycled stuff.  They were very well made shows and I truly miss them.

She was also signing her book "Bow Wow Wow" which is loaded with darling costume and outfit ideas for your favorite pup.

As you walked down the isles, there were an abundance of product demonstrations and such.  Below is a great picture of one of the plaster artist who took paper mache and plaster to a whole new level of fun and creativity.

The "Craft Super Show"really offered something to interest a variety of crafters.  You could literally learn new crafting skills just be watching all the demonstrations going on in this show.  I sincerely hope they bring back this fun show with all the cool learning opportunities that this last one provided.