The Body Shop, Avon and Dial - scents and products that do your body good!

The Body Shop Fuji Green Tea is infused with real green tea leaves for their antioxidant qualities and benefits to replenish and refresh skin with pure moisture for healthier-feeling skin. Available in the collection is: Exfoliating Soap - 100g - $6, Body Scrub 250ml - $22, Body Butter - 200ml - $20, Body Sorbet - 200ml - $15, Body Lotion - 250ml - $13, Body Wash - 250ml $9, EDC - 100ml - $20, Bath Tea - 300g - $20, Bath Infuser - $5.

Available now at The Body Shop locations across Canada and online at www.thebodyshop.ca.

Avon Skin So Soft Aroma+ Therapy Stress Relief melts stress away with the soothing scent of eucalyptus and geranium. Available in the collection is: Body Wash - 200ml - $9.99 - with luxurious lather and a time-release moisture formula to leave skin feeling clean, soft and smooth, Foam Bath - 250ml - $9.99 - with scented bubbles that gently cleanse and refresh while relaxing aching muscles and 48-Hour Moisturizer - 200ml - $9.99 - a creamy body lotion that provides luxurious moisture to leave skin feeling velvety soft.

Available now from your Avon rep - 1800-265-AVON or online at www.avon.ca.

Dial Omega Moisture with Sea Berries boasts a moisture-rich, clean rinsing formula enriched with sea berries - which contain 190 nutrients and high levels of omega lipids to help nourish and strengthen the skin's barrier for healthy looking skin - and an advanced moisture-attracting formula which provides lasting, light-weight hydration. Available in the collection is: Body Wash - 473ml - $6.99, Hand Soap - 221ml - $3.99, Hand Soap - 3 pack/113g - $6.99.

Available now at retailers across Canada including Shoppers Drug Mart, Walmart and Loblaws.

- Lisamarie -

Nexxus Therappe and Humectress range - for beautifully fluid hair!

Nexxus has reformulated their Therappe and Humectress products and enriched them with 100% elastin protein to make them even better then ever. With luxurious Caviar Complex and fibre actives, the range is scientifically proven to nourish hair from within, leaving hair beautifully fluid and deeply replenished with added moisture.

Available in the range is:

Nexxus Therappe Shampoo - 250ml - $10.99, 400ml - $14.99 - with a silicone-free formula that detangles and smoothes hair while rinsing.
It cleanses and replenishes hair gently, preparing it for conditioning.

Nexxus Humectress Conditioner - 250ml - $12.99, 400ml - $17.99 - with a highly specialized, conditioning silicone formula to smooth and soften hair.
It nourishes and helps protect hair from breakage, while restoring flexibility.

Nexxus Encapsulate Caviar Serum - 60ml - $19.99 - with white caviar to target hair by intelligently reconstructing it and bringing it back to its pre-damaged state. The combination of waterbased gel with rich silicone-encapsulated beads spreads easily to hydrate, smooth and moisturize hair.

I must admit, I love the suspended bead action in this product, I feel like I'm using something from science fiction on my head! The serum is especially great if you have fine hair like mine, the waterbased gel doesn't weight my hair down or make it look greasy the way oil-based serums can - so my hair still keeps a light, healthy bounce!

Nexxus Humectress Restoring Masque - 198ml - $19.99 - with a richly concentrated formula that rehydrates deep within the hair shaft.

Available now in drug, mass and grocery retailers across Canada.

- Lisamarie -

Fragrant Friday - Thierry Mugler Angel The New Star

Thierry Mugler Angel The New Star Refillable - 75ml EDP - $158 - the same Oriental gourmand that we know and love with top notes of melon, coconut, mandarin orange, cassia, jasmine, bergamot and cotton candy; heart notes of honey, apricot, blackberry, plum, orchid, peach, jasmine, lily-of-the-valley, red berries and rose; and base notes of tonka bean, amber, patchouli, musk, vanilla, dark chocolate and caramel.

These are one of those fragrances that you either love or you hate but either way are instantly recognizable by almost everyone - I'm personally in the love camp but seriously, how could I resist something with notes of cotton candy?!

What makes this Angel new and notable is the bottle - finally our Angel star stands up, seeming to defy the laws of gravity! They purposely designed it not to have a specific bottom so it would look like it was floating up in the sky and it has multiple facets - to recreate the many reflections and facets of the feminine persona.

Available now at select Hudson's Bay stores across Canada.

- Lisamarie -

Freshen up your face with Teosyal Dermal Filler!

Teosyal offers the best of Hyaluronic Acid with their Resilient Hyaluroic Acid - developed with a patented technology that makes it super-resilient, ensures the purity and delivers the lowest concentration of by-products in compairson to other dermal fillers. With very high lift capabilities, the ability to maintain its shape and stay where it is injected, Teosyal delivers long-lasting, natural results.

What makes it interesting is that it's not a "one filler suits everything" deal - there is a different filler for different areas including: Eyes - to deal with fine lines, crow's feet, tear troughs and glabellar wrinkles; Cheeks - for upper cheeks, cheeks and nasolabial folds; Lips - for cupid's bow, perioral wrinkles, lip volume, lip contour and marionette lines; and Light Filling - a treatment used between filling injections to redensify skin deep down and restore its ability to reflect light and help with tried, drawn features, loss of tone and radiance along with wrinkles and lines.

You can get some really dramatic results as evidenced from the before and after pictures above.

Or you can get something a lot more subtle that will have people saying things to you like "you look refreshed" or "you look like you slept well" or "damn you look good girl"! Not once have I had anyone ask what I've had done to my face. There isn't a dramatic difference - my tear troughs are slightly shallower, my cheeks are a little fuller - but most impressively...

My nose is straight - if you look at the top in the before pictures I have a bump - a little filler and no more bump, just a perfectly straight nose!

All thanks to my good friend Dr. Corey Torgerson who took great pleasure in jabbing me continuously with a needle - I'm just kidding - as a needle-phobic person it's amazing I got this done at all but Dr. T. is a genius with a needle, you barely know he's doing anything at all! You can stalk him at http://www.drtorgerson.com

The injections themselves didn't really feel like much, it's after the fact that's much worse - my face felt tender and sore for several days afterwards - being a delicate peach I also really bruised, so next time I would ice the injection areas generously to avoid that - overall I am really pleased with the results - and they will last anywhere from 6-18 months!

Not crazy about needles but still want to do something great for your skin? Then how about a SilkPeel Dermalinfusion - a non-invasive skin rejuvenation might be just the ticket, it offers advanced exfoliation along with the delivery of condition-specific topicals for Clarifying - for oily, blemished skin to reveal a clearer, smoother complexion; Hydrating - with a nutrient-rich moisturizing formula developed to quench the thirstiest skin; Vitamin C - for skin that looks tired and dull; and Lumixyl - to improve the appearance of discolouration and achieve a more even tone overall.

Teosyal and SilkPeel are distributed in Canada by Clarion Medical Technologies, an Alphaeon Company - for more information or to find a doctor near you who can hook you up check out http://teoxane.com/en and http://silkpeel.com.

- Lisamarie -

Avon Ultra Color Indulgence Lipstick - with swatches!

Avon Ultra Color Indulgence Lipstick - $12 - in 12 shades: Orchid Petal, Pink Blossom, Chocolate Rose, In Bloom, Plum Verbena, Peach Petunia, Petal Pink, Red Tulip, Poppy Pink, Rose Bouquet, Honey Flower Day Lily - with vibrant full-colour in a creamy, light texture that hydrates while offering medium to full coverage.

Red Tulip

Plum Verbena

Available now from your Avon rep - 1-800-265-AVON or online at www.avon.ca.

- Lisamarie -

Eye Love Wednesday - Urban Decay Eyeshadow in 8 new shades!

Urban Decay Eyeshadow - $18 - adds 8 new shades to their shadow lineup including: Dive Bar - medium blue with pink-purple shift; Sideline - gold with green shift; Fireball - peach with pink shift; Lounge - brick red with green shift; Backfire - burgundy with purple shift; Tonic - lilac with blue shift; Beware - warm brown matte; Riff - brown-nude matte with floating micro-sparkle - that all feature the Pigment Infusion System - for colour that holds tightly onto pigment and gives every shade its glide and insane payout and a proprietary blend of ingredients which allows colour to weave itself through the eyeshadow formula. For colour that stays on your lids, sparkle that doesn’t fall and a velvety, suede-like smoothness and blendability that makes them irresistible. 

Urban Decay shadow aficionados will be thrilled to note the return of Lounge - I sure am, it's the first UD shadow I ever bought and even now with my less adventurous making up, it still makes for a super-cool liner shade!

Available now at Sephora, sephora.ca and select Shoppers Drug Mart locations.

- Lisamarie -

This week I'm obsessed with... Nivea In-Shower Body Lotion!

Nivea In-Shower Body Lotion - 400ml - $7.99 - offers a convenient way to moisturize skin every day…in the shower for skin that  is left silky smooth without any sticky or greasy feeling. 

In 3 formulas that are formulated to be quickly and effectively absorbed by wet skin:

Nourishing In-Shower Body Milk - with almond oil for dry to very dry skin.

Smooth Replenishing In-Shower Body Lotion - with shea butter for dry skin.

Hydrating In-Shower Body Lotion - with sea minerals for normal to dry skin.

It's easy to use, just apply to wet skin while still under the shower and rinse off, like hair conditioner - but the best part is you can dry off and get dressed right after stepping out of the shower - no more waiting for lotion to absorb before getting ready!

 Available now at major drug and mass retailers across Canada.

- Lisamarie -

Balmy for BB - La Roche-Posay Effaclar BB Blur!

La Roche-Posay Effaclar BB Blur - 30ml - $30 - in 2 shades: Light and Medium - with an oil-free formula that instantly blurs the looks of pores and blemishes for a visibly flawless complexion in seconds while it unifies and mattifies skin all day long and protects it from the sun with SPF 24.

With the weather finally heating up it's a great choice - it has a light-weight texture like a tinted moisturizer - which is my usual summer choice - but better coverage and the blurring effect helps even things out even more. And it contains special technologies that absorb sweat and sebum to keep my face from looking like an oil slick!

Enjoy 10 benefits in one easy tube: covers blemishes, conceals marks, masks redness, minimizes the look of pores, evens skin, smoothes imperfections, mattifies skin, blurs fine lines, softens skin texture and unifies tone.

Available now at Shoppers Drug Mart.

- Lisamarie -