January 25, 2023

Smooth, shiny and fragrant hair made easy thanks to Avon, The Knot Dr. For Conair and Yves Rocher!

Avon Chi Essentials Revive Keratin + Bonding Collection - helps rebuild, revive and protect hair from damage while dramatically improving the look and elasticity, helping prevent breakage and adding intense hydration to help restore softness and shine. Available in the line: Restoring Shampoo - 355ml - $35 - cleanses, moisturizes and protects against split ends and frizz; Restoring Conditioner - 355ml - $35 - helps restore dry, damaged and brittle hair; and Protecting Serum - 88ml - $59 - adds smoothness, shine and UV protection to wet or dry hair. All products are free of sulfates and parabens and are pH balanced so great for even coloured hair.

Available online at avon.ca.

The Knot Dr. For Conair All-in-One Mini Oval Dryer Brush
- $64.99 - provides salon performance  to style, dry, detangle, de-frizz and volumize - with a travel-friendly compact design that does it all at home or anywhere else. Featuring painless Knotectomy detangling with 120 flexalite bristles with epoxy tips and the perfect spacing for painless detangling; a tourmaline ceramic coated barrel along with advanced Ionic Conditioning to leave hair luxuriously smooth, shiny, and frizz free; and a choice of settings from cool, low or high heat along with a cool shot to lock in your look. gliding down your hair. 
 
I've always been a regular hair dryer person that I use with one hand while I brush with another - a hard thing to do on yourself if you aren't a pro - the dryer brush really is a game changer - smooth hair with a minimum of effort!
 
Available at drug and mass retailers across Canada.
And so it smells as good as it looks:
 
Yves Rocher Energizing Perfumed Body and Hair Mist in Peach Star Anise - 100ml - $16 - To top up your energy, our Botanical Beauty researchers have combined Star Anise essential oil* and a Peach extract to create a mist with an energizing perfume to spray on your body and hair. Our commitment: • This formula contains more than 97% ingredients from natural origin • Colorant free • Vegan** • Recyclable bottle containing recycled plastic
 
Available at Yves Rocher stores across Canada and online at yvesrocher.ca.
 
- Lisamarie -

January 11, 2023

This week I'm obsessed with... The Face Shop Rice Ceramide Collection!

The Face Shop is helping you fight the ravages of cold weather on your skin with moisturizing skin care containing eco-friendly mineral-enriched, gently exfoliating rice extract and rice bran, from pristine Yeoju in South Korea, and ceramide to help skin retain moisture. 
 
Available in the collection:

Rice & Ceramide Moisturizing Toner - 150ml - $12 - gently balances and moisturizes dry skin with a toner that feels like an essence and provides superb moisture to the face. 
 
Rice & Ceramide Moisturizing Emulsion - 150ml - $12 - a water-based lotion with a milky, non-sticky texture and a semi-liquid consistency that replenishes moisture instantly and gets even more moisturizing as the time passes. 
 
Rice & Ceramide Moisturizing Cream - 50ml - $13 - helps give skin a visibly translucent and healthy glow while gently moisturizing dry skin.
 
The products are all non-irritating and contain the key ingredients of rice extract and rice bran oil - to help moisturize and nourish skin while gently exfoliating; and nano ceramide water –- to help naturally accelerate the absorption of moisture and strengthen the moisture barrier to prevent moisture loss - and are free from 4 potentially harmful additives: paraben, tar, mineral oil and talc.
 
Mix and match them in whatever way works for your skin - extra dry skin will love the cream layered of the emulsion for an extra boost of moisture!
 
Available at The Face Shop stores across Canada and online at avon.ca.
 
- Lisamarie -

January 4, 2023

This week I'm obsessed with... Fenty Beauty The Navy Collection 5-Piece Lip, Eye + Accessories Set

Looking for something to help beat that post-holiday letdown and winter blues - let Rihanna cheer you up with:
 
Fenty Beauty The Navy Collection 5-Piece Lip, Eye + Accessories Set - $74
A limited-edition set of Navy Crew essentials featuring: 
 
Wish You Wood Longwear Pencil Eyeliner in a set-exclusive shade - My Navy - with an intense pigment, high-performance longwear formula that lasts all day and features an airtight cap to keep the waterproof formula fresh and a sharpenable tip for precise application that is sweat-, fade-, smudge- and transfer-resistant;
 
Take it all to go in a never-before-seen makeup bag and mirror designed by LA Artist, Obi Arisukwu;
and my fave items from the set: Fenty Icon The Fill: Semi-Matte Refillable Lipstick in bestselling shade, The MVP - with a creamy, semi-matte finish and high pigment with a lightweight feel. Packed with moisture-plumping hyaluronic acid and conditioning vitamins C & E along with lip-loving amino acid technology for a plush texture and is completed with the Fenty Icon The Case in a set-exclusive colour - The Navy Edition - and it looks totally amazing with the lipstick which is the perfect red!

Available now while it lasts at fentybeauty.com and sephora.ca

- Lisamarie -