Rococo Nail Apparel Concrete Jungle Fall 2014 Collection

Rococo Concrete Jungle gives a knowing nod to the city’s chicest night owls who bring new meaning to the old adage of ‘work hard, play harder’ in a collection that combines tough girl textures with glimpses of glittering beauty, much like the cityscape that inspired this range. Consisting of 4 shades: Night Scene Molton,

Cool For Cats Luxe

Prowl Luxe

Artful Creme Gloss

Availalble now at Murale stores across Canada and online at murale.ca.

- Lisamarie -

Rococo Nail Apparel - with swatches!

Rococo Nail Apparel - $20 - in a multitude of finishes and shades: Creme - creamy, glossy good coverage; Sheer Gloss/Stain - sheer, glossy, high shine or matte stain;  Satin - smooth satin finish, creamy full coverage; Luxe - luxurious pearlescent or iridescent formula, glossy finish; Metallic - futuristic metallics, good coverage; Molton Lava - hot liquid meta formula, full coverage; as well as a collection of finishing products including a Gold Leaf Lacquer, Superbase, Supergloss, Essential Nail Oil and Ultimate Nail Basecoat.

Check out www.beautynext.com to find out where to buy near you.

Space Invaders - black with silver sparkles

Black Sukura - dark cherry red creme

Once Bitten - rich toffee apple red in a sheer gloss formula

Hip-Hop - retro coral creme - 

FYI, the lines you can see in the swatches seem to be caused by some weird reflection and not (just) an inept polish job!

- Lisamarie -

Glow Medi Spa introduces their new Beauty Bar!

You've heard me talk about Glow Medi Spa before as a great place for medi treatments and now it's your one-stop beautifier with the addition of Beauty Bar and Spa services!

I'm always ready to get my Glow on so I went for a Medical Manicure and Pedicure - having these services deemed "medical" sounded interesting as mani/pedis seem to be pretty standard everywhere.

What I discovered is that the Medical Pedicure was pioneered by Margaret Dobbs, a podiatrist and founder of the pedicure and the line of products used for it. What makes it different is that you don't start this pedicure with your feet soaking in a basin of water, it's done dry with no water being involved until it's time to wash off the scrub - which isn't your usual scrub at all but my favourite product from the experience - an Exfoliating Foot Mousse!

They do the usual foot filing dry that is normally done wet and because it's dry you can see all the dead skin coming off your feet while is gross but also strangely compelling - and the reason it's done dry is because you get a more even exfoliation that way which is better for your feet.

The Margaret Dabbs products key ingredients include Australian Organic Emu Oil, Lemon Myrtle and Tea Trea Oil and a great way to try them out is with the Margaret Dabbs Footcare Discovery Kit - $58 - which includes a 50ml Intensive Hydrating Foot Lotion, 50ml Hydrating Foot Soak, 30ml Intensive Treatment Foot Oil and 30ml Exfoliating Foot Mousse.

The manicure also didn't involve any soaking in water and by my nails not being wet, my nail polish seems to have adhered better and is lasting longer...

 Don't you love this sparkly black Rococo Nail Apparel Space Invaders shade?!

Other new new Beauty Bar and Spa Services include:
 

Advanced Facials Body Exfoliation; Cellulite Body Wraps; Electrolysis; Epilation: Nufree (alternative to waxing) and Threading; Lash and Brow Tinting; Medical Grade Skin Care Products; Mineral Makeup; Paraffin Hand and Foot Treatments; Professional Makeup Application; Registered Massage Therapy; Reiki Treatments; and Sunless Spray Tanning by Infinity Sun.

And in celebration of the launch of their new ‘Beauty Bar and Spa Services’ menu, Glow Medi Spa is offering a select number of its services, including three new ‘Beauty Bar’ services, as part of the Bloor-Yorkville annual Beautylicious event, for a limited time from October 24 - November 3, 2013, at special rates that range from $30 to $125. You'll want to get in on those quick though!

You'll find Glow Medi Spa at 129 Yorkville Avenue, 4th Floor in Toronto's Yorkville - 416-920-9998 - www.glowmedispa.ca.

- Lisamarie -