Kiss Limited Edition Halloween Collection

imPRESS Halloween Press-On Manicure One-Step Gel - $9.99 - in 4 haunting designs: Shining, Psycho, Living Dead and Elm Street - no dry time, no glue, no mess, just peel, press and go!

Kiss Mani Pop - $4.99 - in two festive designs: Tombstone and Phantom - apply directly on the nail for a full coverage nail design or cut up to create mix and match patterns.

Kiss Nail Art Stickers - $4.99 - in Thriller - just peel off and accent nails with Halloween themes.

Available now for a limited time at drug retailers across Canada including London Drugs and Jean Coutu.

- Lisamarie -

Nails get festive with Kiss Salon Secrets Nail Art Starter Kit!

KISS Salon Secrets Nail Art Starter Kit - $16.99 - contains everything you need for the most festive of manicures including: 2 sticker sheets, charm kit, striping tape, pattern guide stencils, 3 tools, full-cover decals, 3 glitter pouches and nail art sealer.

Still want festive nails but with less effort? Then check out Kiss Be Linked and Kiss Accent Stickers - $3.99 - with fun holiday designs!

Available now at Walmart, London Drugs and Jean Coutu.

- Lisamarie -

This week I'm obsessed with - Kiss and Broadway Nails Halloween Collection!

Here's some easy ways to jazz up your costume or to add some Halloween spirit without having to wear one at all:


Broadway Nails Halloween Press-On Manicure - $9 - in 6 spooky designs: Fangtastic, Oh So Shreik, Hide-n-Freak, Ready-to-Scare, So Bootiful, Gossip Ghoul - that just peel off and press on, no dry time, no mess!

Available now at Jean Coutu, London Drugs, Brunet, Familiprix, Proxm, Lawtons and Uniprix

Kiss Halloween Nail Dress - $5.99 - in 3 designs: Wicked, Spooky and Frightful - makes it easy to customize your DIY nail art manicure with festive decals by applying directly onto the nail or cut to mix and
match patterns.

Available now at Jean Coutu.

Kiss Halloween Nail Art Stickers - $4.99 - in 2 designs: Maleficent and Cruella - easily accent your manicure - simply peel off and press on to nails to add fun, decorative nail art designs.

Available now at Jean Coutu.

Kiss Halloween Eye Tattoos - $4.99 - in Bat Girl and Hocus Pocus - add some ghoulish glam with temporary eye tattoos customized to perfectly fit your eye shape.

Available now at Jean Coutu.

- Lisamarie -

Mary Kay Into The Garden Nail Lacquer - with swatches!

If you're going Into The Garden with Mary Kay this spring, be sure not be miss out on the Nail Lacquers - $10 - with romantic, ladylike shades that are not to be missed!

Sweet Lilac

Pink Magnolia

Coral Blossom

And you can really dress up the polishes with the Into The Garden Nail Appliques - $10 - beautiful over all of the shades or on their own!

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

- Lisamarie -

Mary Kay Into The Garden Spring 2016 Collection

Mary Kay welcomes you to embrace spring’s soft romantic looks with their limited edition Into The Garden Collection inspired by acclaimed fashion designer Patricia Bonaldi - with beautiful, vintage-feeling  packaging that makes everything perfect for gift-giving too!

Into The Garden Lip & Eye Color Compact - $45 - an all-in-one mirrored compact that features four garden-inspired eye shadows in violet, natural taupe, pink and plum brown and three ultrasheer lip glosses in nude, pink and coral along with a dual-ended applicator for endless colour possibilities.

Into The Garden Beauty Blotters Oil-Absorbing Tissues - 75 tissues - $8.50

Nail Lacquer - $10 - in Sweet Lilac, Pink Magnolia and Coral Blossom and Nail Appliques - $10

Into The Garden Soap Set - $20 - with 3 individually wrapped bars packaged in a beautiful gift box with a fresh, garden-inspired scent.

Into The Garden Pedicure Set - $35 - includes Satin Feet Foot Scrub and 10 foot fizzies that feature a fresh, garden-inspired scent along with one pair toe separators and emery board all inside a mesh collection bag.

As a bonus, The Into the Garden trend-inspired cosmetic bag is yours free when you purchase $60 in products (not including the pedicure set) from the collection!

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

- Lisamarie - 

Avon Nail Art Design Strips French Tips

Avon Nail Art Design Strips French Tips - $12 - with 18 nail strips in each pack in four limited-edition designs: Classic French, Totally Tartan, Let It Snow and Blinged Out - that allow you to pair french tip and half-moon strips with your favourite nail enamel shades.

They are super easy to use: just paint your nails with the enamel colour of your choice and then either place the curved edge on the strip on the edge of the nail for a french tip or align the curved edge of the strip with the half-moon area of the nail for a half moon look - file off the excess and add a top for extra lasting power and you're good to go!

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

- Lisamarie -

Quo by Orly Water Transfer Nail Art

Quo by Orly Water Transfer Nail Art - $4 - in 4 patterns: Pretty Petals, Mischief, Kaleidoscope and Love Notes that creates an artistic manicure in minutes with a temporary tattoo for your nails.

They're easy to apply - and show up best over a light nail polish so start by applying 2 coats of Quo by Orly Purity Nail Polish. Once the polish is dry, place the transfer on the nail ensuring the design fully covers the nail surface. Then just add water to the backing and place pressure on the back to transfer the design onto the nail - I found the easiest way to do this was with a water soaked cotton pad. Gently peel the backing away from the transfer and seal the look in with a topcoat paying special attention to the tips.

My nails are so small and short that the pattern doesn't show up enough to tell what it was so here's a much better example of how Pretty Petals should look by the lovely Allie from Allie's Blog - be sure to check out the rest of her pics here.

Available now exclusively at Shoppers Drug Mart.

- Lisamarie -

Avon Nail Art Design Strips - Fall 2014 limited edition designs

Avon Nail Art Design Strips - $12 - in 2 new designs for fall: Birds Of A Feather - with a peacock feather inspired design; and Newsy Newsy - with a newsprint motif as well as  including a black and white design for an accent nail - that offer easy on and easy off application and includes 18 nail strips in each pack.

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

- Lisamarie -

Avon Spring Nail Art Design Strips

Avon Spring Nail Art Design Strips - 18 strips - $10 - in 4 limited-edition designs: Sun Worshipper, Floral Fever, Day Dream and Pool Side - that help you create salon-style nail art at home with no dry time - easy application that won't smudge or rub off that simply peels off when your ready for a change!

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

- Lisamarie -

The Santigolden Age by Santigold for Smashbox Cosmetics

Smashbox partners with renowned collage artist, Santigold who has created a vividly colourful limited edition collection inspired by her strong creative sense - The Santigolden Age!

Eye Shadow Collage - $42 - features Santigold's distinctive collage art with 5 shades of luxe wet/dry shadows to mix and match in Earth As We Know It - kelly green, soft sparkling cream, dark matte blue, dark sparkly forest green and raisin with rosegold pearl and Apocalypse Now - shimmery teal, sparkling pewter, matte black, shimmery oyster and bright orange yellow.

Double-Ended Limitless Eye Liner - $28 - in Yellow Dwarf/Green Martian - bright yellow/mint green and Azurite Is Never Wrong - bright blue/soft gold

Be Legendary Lip Gloss - $23 - offers non-sticky, non-stop shine that can be worn alone or layered over other shades - in All Gold E'rything - sheer copper sparkle and Hot Lave - orange red

Be Legendary Lipstick Ring - $56 - a collectible snake-pyramid ring that is adorned with Swarovski crystals and contains a limited edition shade of lipstick - Still Kickin' - soft golden coral.

Nail Polish Art Strips - $24 - for the coolest of fingertips - personally, I'm digging the eyeballs!

Available now at Shoppers Drug Mart, Pharmaprix, Murale, Sephora and smashbox.com.

- Lisamarie -

Long lasting wear, easy removal Kiss Gel Dress - with swatches!

Love the look and lasting power of gel manicures but hate how hard they are to remove? Then you're in for a treat with:

Kiss Gel Dress - $6.97 - in a variety of designs - 6 permanent: Cold Springs, Majestic, My Space, Sweet Melody, Moon Shine and Glisten Up and 11 limited edition: After Midnight, Debutante, Fairy Dust, French Dip, Menagerie, Rise and Shine, Royal Flush, Starry Night, Sugar and Spice, Disco Lights and French Toast

Use them as is with a regular top coat and they last up to a week and you can just peel them right off when you're ready for a change!

I tried out Sugar and Spice and what was great was that I was able to use them over the nail polish I had on already - after a week I removed the stickers and the polish underneath was still perfectly intact!

You also have the option to have them last up to 2 weeks - just add a coat of Double Up Top Gel - $9.97, cure it for 60 seconds under the LED Lamp - $34.97 - and voila - a gel manicure that last and still just peels off with no harsh chemicals when you are ready to remove!

Available now at Walmart stores across Canada.

- Lisamarie -

Holiday nails made easy with Kiss and Avon!

Kiss Nail Dress Holiday Series - $10.99 - in 6 designs: Snow Queen, Winter Wonderland, Mistletoe, Champagne Toast, Sleigh Ride and New Years Kiss - add a festive look to your nails in minutes that lasts up to a week and comes ff in seconds without remover.

Available at Brunet, Lawtons, Pharmasave, Uniprix, Proxim, Familiprix and mass retailers across Canada.

Avon Holiday Nail Art Design Strips - $12 - in 3 designs: Winter Wonderland, Candy Cane and Holiday Cheer - creates salon-style nail art at home in minutes that won't smudge or rub off and requires no dry time.

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

- Lisamarie -

imPRESS by Broadway Nails and Kiss get dressed up for Halloween!

Halloween imPRESS Press-On Manicure by Broadway Nails - $10.99 - in 6 styles: Spooked Out, Monster Mash, Broomstick, Witchy Woman, Friday the 13th and Elm Street - peel off and press on a salon-perfect Halloween manicure in seconds that lasts up to a week and comes off easily.

Halloween Kiss Nail Dress - $10.99 - in 6 patterns: Black Cat, Candy Corn, Trick or Treat, Ghouls, Goblins and Witches Brew - apply in minutes and come off in seconds for the ultimate in convenient nail fashion!

Available now just in time to scare the crap out of everyone at Walmart, London Drugs, Jean Coutu, Lawtons, Uniprix, Pharmasave, Proxim, Famprix and Brunet.

- Lisamarie -

Revlon by Marchesa Nail Art 3D Jewel Appliques - fools people into thinking you're a genius!

Nails inspired by couture gowns make perfect sense to Revlon and Marchesa evidenced by the limited edition collection of glamorous nail art hitting stores now...

Revlon by Marchesa Nail Art 3D Jewel Applique - $8.95 - in 8 designs: 24H Brocade, Beaded Couture, Crown Jewels, Evening Garnet, Gilded Mosaic, Jeweled Noir, Royal Burgundy and Silk Rosette - each set contains 18 textured strips that will fit most nail sizes, are easy to apply and won't dry out or stain the nails.

Available for a limited time at drug and mass retailers across Canada.

No big shocker that I went right for the blue with 24K Brocade - the design was a little more conducive to my tiny little nails as well! I don't usually bother testing nail strips out myself but these were just so pretty that I couldn't resist and I actually managed to do a not too bad job of it!

My tip for other ladies with little nails, use them upside down. There is a flatter, wider edge that is meant to go at the cuticle that tapers off to the tip part. The tip end is narrower so I used that end at my cuticle instead which was a better fit for me - that might not work for all of the designs but didn't matter for this one! I should have placed it a little closer to my cuticle on the middle finger but overall I was impressed at how easy it was and how well it turned out.

I've gotten many compliments on them since I applied them with several people actually thinking that it was painted on nail art and not stickers - that's where the "genius" part comes in! I don't bother correcting them, I just look exhausted and say thank you!

- Lisamarie -

Avon Halloween Theme Nail Art Design Strips

To get you into a scarily festive mood are:

Avon Halloween Theme Nail Art Design Strips - 18 strips - $12 - in 3 designs: Crazy for Candy, Orange You Scared and All Webbed Out - that help you create salon-style nail art at home with no dry time that won't smudge or rub off.

They're easy to use - just peel off, place and press onto nail and smooth out. Then use an emery board to remove extra strip and shape to your nail.

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

- Lisamarie -

Guest Post - Pink Sith pretends she knows how to apply Avon Nail Art Design Strips!

Hi! It's Elvira from The Pink Sith Blog! I'm back again to be tortured by Lisamarie with nail stickers. There is a special place in hell waiting for Lisamarie, and it's full of nail stickers that will never apply smoothly. I'm sure of it. But because she asked, and I am oh so benevolent, I agreed to do another review for nail stickers for you, her readers. I guess this is kinda how NAFTA works since I'm an American blogger doing business in Canada for a Canadian Blogger. Or maybe not. Anyway. Let's talk about Avon Nail Art Strips.

Avon Nail Art Design Strips - $10/18 strips - in 19 designs: Bedazzled, Bows For You, Catch The Wave, Check You Out, Cheetah Pink, Color Shock, Crystallized Black, Denim Stars, Dozen Roses, Hot Pink Bling, Inner Animal, Mosaic Flowers, Zebra Bling, Starstruck, Racy Lacy, Sweetly Laced, Swirled Blues, True Zebra and Red Hot Lace.

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

I was sent the strips in the Sweetly Laced design. This is a light pink beige color with an intricate black lace type design over it with small 3-D dots of faux pearls. 

As you can see from the instructions on the back, the nail strips have a simple application and removal - stick on, peel off. Of course, half of the directions were written in French. I was a C student in French, and even with a recent trip to Montreal, I still cannot speak or read it very well. But being an expert at all things nail stickers, I didn't need no stinkin' directions!

OK. Maybe I didn't need directions, but I totally fudged the index finger nail on this application. That one was applied on my cuticle rather than right above it...but the rest of them went on correctly. The Avon Nail Art Strips were surprisingly easy to apply, and they stayed flat very well despite the high arch of my nails. I'm a special snowflake, so many fake nails and nail strips are not arched high enough to fit my delicate princess special snowflake fingers.

I wore these nail strips for 2 days before I went slightly insane and peeled them off. I will say that they peeled off quite easily and didn't tear up my natural nails. There was a slight adhesive residue left behind on some nails, but nothing that a little acetone remover couldn't get rid of.

Before I went mental and peeled off the nail strips the only ones that lifted were the one on my index finger on my left hand because of user error (mentioned above), and the index and middle fingers on my right hand because I use my right hand more and I like to give people the finger.

I was impressed with the Avon Nail Art Strips lasting through my rigorous daily routine of...

Applying lipstick...
 

using the TV remote...

talking on the phone...

and playing Candy Crush (I'm totally addicted)!

There was some lifting that occurs as I mentioned, but that was mostly due to user error. The design looked nice and stayed looking nice the entire time, and I received compliments on my nails from myself and my 6 year old son.

Oh and just wondering...what sort of item should I send to Lisamarie to review on MY blog? I would like to start torturing her as much as she tortures me...you know, because of NAFTA and stuff.

- Elvira -