Do you go all Winter without a pedicure then come spring get a one for the first time in months, and tell your nail tech how bad your feet look? Women have long regarded pedicures as a spring and summer staple; but during the cold winter months, the nails can become dry and brittle leading to splitting, breaking and often pain or discomfort. Proper foot care is essential in every season, not only for beautifully shaped and painted toenails, but to maintain the overall health of your feet.

Here are a few reasons to maintain your pedicures during the winter months.

1. A thorough pedicure consists of soaking the feet, removing dead skin by way of a scrapping tool, pushing back the cuticles of the toe, as well as a calf and foot massage. The result is softer, more attractive feet less likely to be plagued by infection and fungus.
2. Exfoliating your feet helps control and prevents the growth of calluses and corns, which not only look unattractive, but also cause discomfort.
3. Massaging your feet and lower legs loosens your muscles and helps with joint performance – often adversely affected in cold weather. The massage also helps with circulation of the foot and lower leg.

If the health and comfort of your feet aren’t enough to get you to your pedicurist, visualize you feet in this season’s winter shoe collection! This season’s shoes consist of peep toe shoes and booties, most of which are on sale right now. Take the money you save and get yourself a few great pedicures.

To further entice you, we’d like to offer you our winter pedicure package. Purchase 2 pedicures and regular price and receive the 3^rd at half off. Perfect to get you through the rest of winter and into spring with beautiful healthy feet.

Bored of the same old make-up routine? The Holidays are the perfect time to glam it up. Experiment with colors and style and have some fun with it.

What to Emphasize
Your face has three areas to emphasize: eyes, cheeks and lips. In general, you want to play up one area, but keep the others soft or muted. For example, try strong smoky eyes with barely there lip and cheek colors or keep your eyes and cheeks soft and go with a nice bold lip color.

Just Remember Matchy-matchy is Tacky”
According to Allure magazine, “matchy- matchy is tacky”. If your wearing a sparkly dress, don’t wear sparkly eyeshadow. If you have a purple blouse on, skip the purple shadows and use neutrals or complimentary colors instead.

Try Mirabella’s Madame Rouge Collection
Whether you are going for a natural or dramatic look, Mirabella’s Madame Rouge Collection has the perfect colours for the holidays.

Natural Look Application Tips

1. Apply foundation and concealer to prep the skin. Top with Pure Press mineral powder.
2. Sculpt the eye to create dimension using Poppy and Serenity Eye Colour according to what looks best for your eye shape. Poppy should be used in any areas you want to highlight. Serenity anywhere that you want to downplay.
3. Apply Canvas into the crease area in a wide, blended application.
4. Line top lash line with Eye Definer in Foil.
5. Apply two coats of Lash Essential Mascara.
6. Line lips with Perfecting Lip Definer to lock color in place. Top with Red Velvet Lip Pencil.

Dramatic Look Application Lips

1. Prep skin with foundation and concealer. Top with Pure Press mineral powder.
2. Sculpt the eye to create dimension using Poppy and Darling Eye Colour according to what looks best for your eye shape. Poppy should be used in any areas you want to highlight. Darling anywhere that you want to downplay.
3. Apply Pretty Edgy Eye Colour into the crease area in a wide, blended application.
4. Dramatically line eyes with Vintage Eye Colour using a detail brush.
5. Using a crease brush, work Vintage Eye Colour up into the crease to create a dramatic effect.
6. Apply two coats of Lash Essential Mascara.
7. Use the darker shade of Blissful Blush Colour Duo first then blend the lighter shade over the top into the cheek.
8. Line lips with Perfecting Lip Definer to lock color in place. Top with Crushed Velvet Lip Pencil or Ultra Shine Gloss in Lady. For best results use Velvet Lip Pencils and Ultra Shine separately, not layered.

To try the Mirabella Madame Rouge Collection, stop by our Clarence salon. Testers are available and a team member’s are ready to assist you. (And don’t forget the coupon in our December newsletter.)

Every once in a while we like to throw some good stuff out there that’s just plain fun. We came across this awesome list of 2011 Summer Events and thought we should share it. Enjoy!

Summer Events 2011 PDF

Feel free to share other area events in the comment section.