Avon Foot Works Pineapple Chill - a tropical treat for your feet!

Refresh your feet with Avon Foot Works Pineapple Chill - containing cooling pineapple and a twist of lime - exactly what hot, tired feet need after a long summer day outside!

Available in the collection:

Cooling Lotion - 100ml - $8 - a soothing, lightweight moisturizing lotion that leaves feet feeling soft, smooth and cooled.

Exfoliating Scrub - 100ml - $8 - sweeps away dry, rough skin leaving feet feeling smooth and conditioned.

Cooling Spray - 100ml - $8 - an invigorating spray that cools, refreshes and deodorizes that can be used on bare feet or in footwear.

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

- Lisamarie -

Happy foot essentials from Sephora, Trind, Avon and Caudalie!

Sephora A Step Ahead Foot Smoother - $15 - a professional-style foot file for beautifully smooth feet with an ergonomic design so it fits perfectly in the palm of your hand, making it quick and easy to buff and soften feet.

Sephora Make The Cut Toe Nail Clipper - $10 - salon-quality stainless steel nail clipper for toes that  features a construction of durable stainless steel for easy cleaning and sanitation and straight blades that were expertly designed to prevent nail breakage and ensure a precise cut.

Available at Sephora and sephora.ca.

If it's never occurred to you to use a nail care product on the toe nails, your feet have been missing out! Go for something super hydrating for those neglected nails like:

Trind Nail Balsam - 9ml - $20 - is the perfect moisturizer for dehydrated, dry, brittle or peeling nails that tend to split and tear - contains - d-Panthenol, Phytantriol, and Biotin - to help provide continuous hydration. It's also oil-free so that after absorption, you can immediately apply nail polish.

Trind Cuticle Balsam - 9ml - $20 - helps prevent dry cuticles and hangnails to help nails and cuticles to look their best - contains d-panthenol, allantoin, hyaluron-acid and phytantroil as well as Trind's unique formulation: the Trind Duo-Liposome - tiny microscopic packettes used to carry compounds to specific tissue and are equipped to help hold the skin's natural moisture longer, even when exposed to sun and water.

Good news - The Shopping Channel is now carrying the line making it a lot easier to get your Trind fix - www.theshoppingchannel.com.

Avon Foot Works Deodorizing Spray - 100g - $9.99 - provides effective odor protection and helps control wetness to help feet feel dry and refreshed.

Or if you need something to use on the go -  

Avon Foot Works  Deodorizing Foot Wipes - 24 wipes - $7.99 - with odor-neutralizing technology, vitamin E and aloe.

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

Caudalie Foot Beauty Cream - 75ml - $17 - with a creamy balm texture that repairs, intensely nourishes, refreshes and revives dry tired feet for skin that is left supple and silky with no greasy film.

Available at spas and Sephora.

- Lisamarie -

Get feet that smell good enough to eat with Avon Foot Works Papaya Sorbet!

With sandal weather fast on the way, I've been taking a good look at my winter ravaged feet and I'm not liking what I'm seeing... you would think that after being covered with socks for the past 6 months that they would have been protected and be looking all soft and smooth but I'm afraid it's quite the opposite - so this is the time of year I start checking out ways to get them back into shape as they will soon exposed and we don't want them scaring small children!

I'm liking Avon Foot Works Papaya Sorbet - not only does it leave my feet feeling soft, smooth and pampered, it smells amazing too!

Available in the line is:

Exfoliating Scrub - 100ml - $7.99 - scrubs away all the dead flaky skin to leave feet looking smooth and feeling renewed.

Cooling Lotion - 100ml - $7.99 - cools and softens feet.

Cooling Spray - 100ml - $7.99 - instantly cools feet leaving them feeling refreshed.

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

- Lisamarie -

A treat for your summer feet from Foot Petals, Avon, Summer Soles and Kushyfoot!

You would think that now we can ditch the heavy boots and socks that our feet would be happy and rejoicing! Sadly, with the hot weather comes new challenges including our sandals digging and feet that are hot and sweating. How about a few solutions to solve the worst summer feet issues:

Foot Petals Stiletto Stylist Kit - $44.95 - everything you need to fix every aggravating problem that your shoes are liable to cause you including: Tip Toes - ball of foot cushions prevent feet from sliding forward; Heavenly Heelz - back of heel cushions improve heel grip and reduces ankle chaff; Strappy Strips - thin strips that help keep straps in place; Haute Heelz - bottom of heel cushions that help reduce heel pain and stress; Killer Kushionz - 3/4 insoles provide overall shock absorption and fit; Sole Stopperz - bottom of sole stick-ons prevent slipping on slick surfaces; and PORON - performance cushioning that never loses its shape.

The Strappy Strips are the best thing ever for summer sandals, not only do they keep straps in place, they keep them from digging in and leaving those nasty welts that are the bane of sandal wearers!

Now available at The Shopping Channel - www.theshoppingchannel.com

 

Avon Foot Works Cherry Ice Collection - with a refreshing new cherry ice scent includes: Moisturizing Lotion - 100ml - $7.99 - absorbs quickly to condition feet and leave skin feeling heel-to-toe soft; Exfoliating Scrub - 100ml - $7.99 - softens and smoothes hard, callused areas on feet; and Cooling Foot Spray - 100ml - $9.99 - rejuvenates tired legs and feet.

Not only do I love the cherry smell I really love the Cooling Foot Spray - store it in the fridge and your hot tired feet will be calling me up to thank me (and I will be impressed they can dial)!

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

Summer Soles Stay Dry Liners - $9.95 - is there anything worse than hot sweaty feet swimming and sticking to your favourite summer shoes? The solution is here, no longer will you have to squish along in what ever shoes you want to wear from pumps to flip flops, they will keep your feet dry! In 2 absorbent fabrics, one which feels like suede and lots of colours that fit women shoe sizes 5-11 with minor trimming and are removable with no residue. And for added bonuses, not only do the liners cover the stitching on the shoe beds that always end up irritating your feet they come in such cute patterns that they add a whole new flair to open shoes!

Score your own at www.summersoles.ca

Kushyfoot Sandals To Go - $9.99 - normally after a night of dancing at the club you would put on your Kushyfoot Flats To Go for the trip home for your tired feet but now that summer is near, your poor feet will probably be hot too! Problem solved - same idea but with ventilation for your overheated tootsies! And because they fold up in a little pouch for easy portability, they are perfect for the next time you get a pedicure and realize you forgot to bring your sandals - your sandals will be right there in your purse!

Available in store nationwide and online at drugstore.com and www.kushyfoot.com

- Lisamarie -

Beat the heat by putting your beauty products on ice!

Have you ever noticed that Canadians are all about the weather? Be it super hot or cold, we love to talk/complain/bitch about it - it's a good think we don't live in a temperate climate or what would we all have to talk about!?

Speaking of weather, damn it's hot! I've been keeping my cool by storing some of my beauty products in the fridge  - just don't do it if there is a warning on the package to keep the product out of extreme temperatures! I also find that lotions in a pump bottle become too thick to pump out so I avoid chilling those too.


Here's what I've been keeping on ice:


Benefit Ultra Radiance Facial Re-Hydrating Mist - 133ml - $30 -  It's funny that your skin can feel oily and sweaty yet at the same time dry! Not only does this spray hydrate your skin but also soothes and refreshes. With magnesium PCA and white & blue lotus extracts to help skin combat stress as well as relax and soothe the skin and sodium hyaluronate, a powerful hydrating agent capable of holding up to 1,000 times its weight in water, obviously to hydrate.

You can use it after you cleanse, use it to set and/or refresh your makeup or just use it as a pick-me-up throughout the day!

The only thing that I don't love about it is the smell - I can't put a finger on exactly what it is - it seems almost cucumber-y to me which is not a favourite scent of mine - but as the smell dissipates almost immediately and my skin feels so refreshed after using it, I can deal!

Available at Shoppers Drug Mart, Murale, Sephora and Holt Renfrew.

Biotherm Aquasouce 24h Deep Hydration Replenishing Gel - 50ml - $45 - you've heard me rave about this moisturizer before, it's a long time favourite of mine (as well as Christelle's) but did you know that it has a new improved formula. The scientific-y part of the new formula offers longer lasting moisturizing results which is all well and good but I love how it smells even fresher, feels even lighter and absorbs even quicker than it did before. I actually has a cooling feel to it on its own, but put it in the fridge for a half hour before using and it's A-MA-ZING!

LUSH Whoosh Shower Jelly - 100g - $10.95 - For ultimate coolness, store this one in the freezer. Contains rosemary and geranium essential oils for a kick of energy as well as a mix of lemon, lime and grapefruit juices to increase circulation while cleansing skin. Tear off a small piece of jelly and lather it in your hands or on a shower loofah. It's like washing with jello!

Avon Anew Sun Sunscreen Body Mist Lotion SPF 28 - 150ml - $39 - lightweight and oil free it has broad-spectrum UVA/UVB protection that is water-resistant. I can't begin to describe how great this feels when you spray it on cold - especially on days like the ones we have been having lately where I am always too warm - it's heaven!

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

The Body Shop Peppermint Cooling Foot Spray - 100ml - $10 - I'm going to come right out and say it, in this kind of heat, I come home with hot stinky feet - cooling on it's own, when left in the fridge this stuff becomes instant foot orgasm spray! TMI? Sorry, but it's true!

Other things I'm thinking would be great from the fridge: After Sun Lotion - especially if you have a bit of a burn, Toner, well really I can't think of anything these days that wouldn't be better cold! I'd love your suggestions!

- Lisamarie -