This week I'm obsessed with... Andalou Naturals 1000 Roses Perfecting Lip Sugar Scrub & Quo Beauty Lip + Cheek Stick!

I have to say, masking sure was great for hiding sins of the mouth such as dry, flaky lips! Now that there is less masking going on and lips are on full display there is a delicious way to solve that problem at least:

Andalou Naturals 1000 Roses Perfecting Lip Sugar Scrub - 14.2g - $13.99 - buff, smooth and nourishes dry flaky lips with a formula that contains a sweet blend of upcycled pomegranate seeds - to fight free radicals and exfoliate; sugarcane infused with naturals AHAs polishes away dull, dry surface cells to reveal youthful texture; and organic rosehip oil Alpine Rose Stem Cells help boost vitality and longevity of the lips sensitive surface - for a polished and soft look and a perfect pout.

Available online at andalou.com and amazon.com.

Perfectly smooth lips means that colour will go on evenly and last longer so a great lipstick is now in order such as:

 

Quo Beauty Lip + Cheek Stick in Fantasea - $14 - infused with golden seaweed & algae extract, use on cheek or lips or both to create a soft, fresh-faced look. Housed in a stick applicator made from 45% Ocean Works materials to help you feel and look good while helping remove plastic from the ocean!

 

Part of the Quo Beauty summer collection that you can still find it online at beauty.shoppersdrugmart.ca and in Shoppers Drug Mart stores across Canada - it also comes in Sail Away - a perfect coral shade that works for just about everyone!

- Lisamarie -

Fill your basket with the LUSH Easter Collection!

LUSH presents a collection of sweet treats - handmade with cruelty free ingredients - they are bright and beautiful and won't make you gain 10 pounds like the rest of your Easter treats!

There are a bunch of new items this year including:

Which Came First? Stripes or Spots Bath Bomb - $12.95 - a sweet and citrusy fizzer that cracks open to reveal the surprise inside - meaning you can enjoy three egg-cellent soaks over a couple of nights or be really decadent and use the entire bomb at once for deliciously sweet, fuchsia waters brimming over with fruity fragrance.

Chocolate Easter Egg Soap - $5.95 - get your chocolate fix in the shower or bath when you suds up with this uplifting lemon, grapefruit and vanilla bar that's made with cocoa butter for extra luscious lather.

Golden Egg Bath Bomb Melt - $8.95 - soak in a dazzling bath of moisturizing olive oil and golden luster until your skin feels softer than caramel and smells amazing - with uplifting bergamot and sweet, wild orange oils help to tone and brighten the skin and give a sweet fruitiness to this most luxurious soak.

Chick 'N' Mix Bath Bomb - $10.95 - a jumbo fizzer that opens up to reveal an adorable baby bunny inside - giving you three beautiful baths to look forward to! Or, drop them all into your tub at once for a big dose of sunny, citrusy bergamot oil and sweet, caramel-like tonka.

Wash Behind Your Ears Shower Gel - 100ml - $10.95, 250ml - $26.95, 500ml - $44.95 - lavishes  your body with thick shower gel to let luxurious jasmine and rose oils bloom on your skin and create a fresh bouquet of fragrance. The refreshing scent of neroli will lift your spirits while conditioning organic sunflower oil goes to work softening your skin and leaving it feeling irresistible.

Chocolate Lip Scrub - 25g - $9.95 - scrub lips to smooth perfection with cocoa powder and castor sugar as organic jojoba oil preps your pout for the softest smooches and a divine combination of orange and chocolate make them smell good enough to eat!

Not new but still my favourite LUSH Easter treat:

Bunch of Carrots Bubble Bar - $12.95 - hop into the tub with piles of rich, frothy lemon-bergamot bubbles thanks to these brightly covered carrots  - each one will create at least one bubbly bath, so you’ll get loads of bathing bliss out of this bunch!

Available now while they last at LUSH stores across Canada and online at lush.ca.

- Lisamarie -

Needful Things - Mary Kay Satin Lips Set

Mary Kay Satin Lips Set - 8g x 2 - $32 - delivers instant bliss for the lips with spa-like indulgence for lips in two easy steps:  

 

First gently rub in Shea Sugar Scrub - gently exfoliates to soften and smooth, polishing lips to perfection - and follow up with: Shea Butter Balm - to deeply moisturize lips and leave them feeling nourished.

 

Available now through your Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant - if you don't have one you can locate one at - www.marykay.ca or 1-866-455-5454.

 

- Lisamarie - 

Bliss Fabulips Pout-o-matic - 30 seconds to a soft and beautiful pout!

I've always gone old-school route for lip exfoliation by using an old toothbrush, but I'm always up for a new beauty gadget, and if it vibrates, all the better!

Bliss Fabulips Pout-o-matic - $58 - a spa-powered lip-perfecting system that revitalizes, rejuvenates and smooths for full, soft, healthy and beautiful lips.

The device looks like an electric toothbrush and uses gentle rotation and a custom designed head with massaging numbs to softly yet effectively stimulate and exfoliate your lips to buff away flakiness and dryness. Use it with the Fabulips Sugar Lip Scrub included in the kit and together they polish, nourish, and condition lips.

It's easy to use, just apply the scrub and gently move the polisher tool across the lips in a circular motion for half a minute - final result is lips that are softer, smoother, and while it's not a plumper, you aren't going to end up with Lisa Rinna lips, it does help out with filling in the little lines which helps make the lips look fuller - and you will not believe how much better your lipstick or gloss will look now!

Available now at Sephora and sephora.ca.

- Lisamarie -

Pucker up for Valentine's Day with Mèreadesso and LUSH!

As much as I love my lipstick and gloss my husband has made it very clear that he is not a big fan of kissing it - I could go without any colour but that's crazy talk so we've compromised on lip tint - lot's of kissable moisture for him with a hint of colour for me - my fave right now:

Mèreadesso Lip Treats in Sheer Burgundy - $28 - a super moisturizing balm just like the original Lip Treats infused with evening primrose, grape seed, coconut, sunflower oils and enhanced with Vitamins C & E -  but the best part is the buildable burgundy tint - which means your lips don't have to choose between hydrated or polished!

 If you liked the Sheer Pink Lip Treats but didn't find it had quite enough colour for your taste, you are going to love Sheer Burgundy!

 Available online at www.mereadesso.com and ebeauty.ca.

And of course you'll want to show off your beautiful sheer colour on perfectly smooth lips so check out:

LUSH Sweet Lips Lip Scrub - 25g - $9.95 - cocoa and vanilla infused scrub that tastes like freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. With vanilla extract and jojoba oil keep your lips moist and castor sugar to gently exfoliate - the best part apply, scrub a little and you are meant to lick the excess off before applying your colour!

Available in-store and online at www.lush.ca.

- Lisamarie -

Take a BITE (Beauty) out of Sephora Yorkdale and score yourself a custom colour lipstick!

Toronto ladies are not going to want to miss out on this - today (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday) - when you visit the Yorkdale Sephora and purchase any Bite Beauty product you will receive the opportunity to have your very own custom colour lipstick made for you right in front of your eyes! Does it get any cooler than that?!

Actually it does a bit - Bite Beauty lipsticks in general are pretty cool - made with food grade ingredients that are full of vitamins, actives and emollients that do more than just colour lips but are good enough to eat! Not to mention being full of the super antioxidant resveratrol, which fights free radicals with potent long-term antiaging benefits. Each lipstick contains the amount of resveratrol found in five glasses of red wine!

For your purchased product, I'm going to recommend the Whipped Cherry Lip Scrub - $21 - a 100% natural cherry-flavoured mousse infused with exfoliating beads to smooth and condition lips - it's smells delicious, makes your lips so smooth and preps your lips perfectly for your new custom colour!

The ladies mixed up my custom shade which is #14 - a combination of Palmino & Zinfandel...

Which as you can see is super hot! Not only does it look great, it also feels super comfortable and moist!

Your custom colour can only be found at Yorkdale but if you aren't in Toronto or can't make it you can find all of the Bite Beauty products at Sephora and sephora.ca.

- Lisamarie -

Get your beauty in phallic form from Pari Beauty, Sephora and Fresh!

Pari Beauty Color Cubes - $30 - 5 shades of mineral pigments that can be used on the eyes, face, body or even mixed into clear polish for an endless variety of looks that snap together to make for easy portability and storage! Available in a variety of colour combinations and also as an 8 shade tower for $35.

You'll find Pari Beauty at kiosks at Vaughn Mills Mall and Bramalea City Centre, at Sears stores at Yorkdale Mall, Sherway Gardens, Fairview mall, Scarborough Town Centre, Quare One, Erin Mills Town Centre, Pickering Town Centre, Lime Ridge Mall, Pen Centre, Lambton Mall, Timmins Square, Carlingwood Shopping Centre, St. Laurent Centre, Malborough Mall, St. Vital Centre, Fairview Pointe Claire, Galeries d'Anjou, West Edmonton Mall, Midtown Plaza, Brentwood Town Centre and Guildford Town Centre; as well as online at sears.ca and paribeauty.com.

Sephora Jumbo Color Wand for Lips - $13 - contains 6 shiny glosses in pinks, reds and nudes in an easy to carry wand - each gloss comes with it's own applicator and a yummy mango scent!

Sephora Nail Wand - $15 - in a gold or silver collection - with 3 nail colours and an extra-glittery topcoat that all snap together for nails on the go!

Available at Sephora and sephora.ca.

Fresh Sugar Perfection - $26 - just what you need for the perfect holiday pout - with a Sugar Lip Polish that  gently exfoliates and conditions, leaving lips incredible soft and smooth while the Sugar Passion Tinted Lip Treatment nourishes and smooths with a vibrant yet sheer rouge tint.

Available at Sephora and sephora.ca.

- Lisamarie -

Procure a perfect pucker with Avon, LUSH and Sircuit Skin!

Fall lips will be with us soon and the trend this year is dark - super dark - which I like but it does require a little more lip prep because nothing looks worse with dark lipstick then chapped lips underneath!

Luckily it's an easy fix with an exfoliator and moisturizer - use them before you go to bed and wake up ready for action! Here a few products that are getting my lips fall ready:

Avon Ultra Color Rich Lip Exfoliator - $7.99 - formulated with exfoliating particles that resurface and smooth away dry skin for softer lips; revitalize and restore lips for a healthy looking glow; and instantly moisturize and make lips feel smoother.

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

LUSH Mint Julips Lip Scrub - $8.95 - it's minty and chocolatey and all around delicious!  It contains peppermint oil which not only smells great but also makes your lips tingle a bit!

Sircuit Skin Suggah Anti-Aging Lip Treatment - 15ml - $42 - not only does it smell like delicious cake, it's a super emollient anti-aging and lip-plumping balm that instantly relieves lips by coating them with nutrient-rich, healing ingredients that eliminate peeling, cracking, and dehydration.

Available at eBeauty.ca

- Lisamarie -

This week I'm obsessed with... The Socializer - Can You Keep A Secret?

That wasn't a question, it's actually a new product by Elizabeth Grant - The Socializer Can You Keep A Secret? Lip Exfoliator & Conditioning Balm - 2.5ml x 2 - $38 -  this lip treatment duo consists of an exfoliator and a lightly textured deep conditioning balm with anti-aging actives that target the symptoms of dry and lined lips at the source. Exfoliator on one end, balm on the other, bla, bla, bla - but here's the good part - it vibrates! And you can't go wrong with things that vibrate my friends!

It's easy to use, just twist the black dial 3 clicks and push the lips to activate the gentle massage effect, then use the gentle exfoliator containing Vitamin B5, cucumber and natural rice granules to lightly remove dry skin cells and help prime the lips for the clear conditioning balm which is infused with moisturizing Torricelumn. shea butter, Vitamin E, Sodim Hyaluronate and collagen.

With the cold weather coming, this is the perfect product to combat winter flakes and dryness!

I'm not sure what the name is supposed to mean except maybe don't tell anyone that the lip product in my purse vibrates- I still need my husband to open jars and take out the garbage!

Available online at www.elizabethgrant.com

- Lisamarie -

Smooth out your pucker with a lip polish from Fresh, Victoria's Secret and LUSH!

I'm sure you've noticed how bright lips are for summer this year and nothing looks worse than brightly coloured lipstick on top of chapped lips!  Luckily it's an easy overnight fix with the use of a lip polish followed by a generous dollop of balm - feel free to try out one of my favourite polishes:


Fresh Sugar Lip Polish - $26 - enriched with real brown sugar crystals to gently buff away dry flakes, meadowfoam seed, jojoba seed and grapeseed oils to nourish the lips, shea butter for long-lasting moisture and Vitamin E to help prevent the breakdown of collagen and elastin.  The best part of course is the smell - it smells just like my favourite Fresh fragrance!  Word of warning though, it smells better than it tastes so resist licking your lips!

Available from Sephora.

Victoria's Secret Pro Smooth FX Lip Scrub & Balm - $14 - if you like your scrub and balm together in one place you'll like this duo from VS. The bottom holds a sugar scrub while the top flips up to uncover a moisturizing balm. Available at Victoria's Secret - www.victoriassecret.com

LUSH Mint Julips Lip Scrub - $8.95 - it's minty and chocolatey and all around delicious!  It contains peppermint oil which not only smells great but also makes your lips tingle a bit!

- Lisamarie -