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.

36 comments

misteryman00 said on August 31, 2004 14:21:

well im a boy....where’s the Gessle Deodorant?? Where’s the GT’s After shave?

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.

tevensso (moderator) said on August 31, 2004 15:30:

The shoes are awful! :D

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*

Judith (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 ?

bunny said on August 31, 2004 16:39:

do they have to pay roxette to use their name?

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.

Nox1983 said on August 31, 2004 18:34:

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)

LittleSpooky said on September 1, 2004 03:16:

*hack*

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.:)

tevensso (moderator) said on September 1, 2004 15:46:

The shoes look like Daisy Duck’s!

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.

Judith (moderator) said on September 1, 2004 19:27:

LOL Thomas!!!! I knew they reminded me of something!! LOLOL

Rox-Van said on September 1, 2004 19:33:

It’s amazing... ;-)

mitch said on September 1, 2004 20:21:

ohh! ok, per use the lipstick so why not!
where can i buy the items :-)

lawyer said on September 1, 2004 20:43:

Well this way Roxette will always live alive. I’m so happy that finally someone has taken that very step outside Pakistan (we already have one fashion shop here in Islamabad named “Silver Blue”)

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/

AURYTE said on September 3, 2004 14:33:

OK, who knows more ROXETTE things???