I saw some Sally Hansen nail art pens at London Drugs the other day. Thought it was cool how they came in 8 different colors – white, black, light pink, hot pink, blue, red, silver and gold. The packaging has inspiring looks about what you can do with your nail art pen – from a black/red checkerboard pattern, to flowers, to diagonal stripes and stars.

Developed to dispense just the right amount of color, the precision-tip pen helps you instantly customize your nails and toes so you can design and go. Create styles seen on celebrities, nail art websites or your own styles – the options are endless. Just press the pen point to activate nail color and start designing your own nails, then seal with topcoat when your design is complete.

Some alternative suggestions includes tipping your nails in different colors – like a french manicure but with funkier colors! Or writing letters on your nails to spell out a message. This product retails for $7.95 at selected drugstores across Canada.

Hangnails. Dry cuticles. Annoying dry skin around the edges of your nails can definitely take away from an otherwise glamorous self-manicure. That’s why Sally Hansen’s “Nail Nutrition Green Tea + Soy Cuticle Oil” is a great product to use to prevent future cuticle damage and add flexibility to you nails.

Nail Nutrition Green Tea + Soy Cuticle Oil instantly softens, moothes and nourishes dry cuticles. Exclusive Green Tea + Soy formula, powered up with Antioxidants and Vitamins nourish rough, ragged cuticles and helps soothe and soften hangnails.

Product retails for $7.99 at selected drugstores across Canada.

Shopping, Shoes, Cosmopolitans, beautiful confident women. These things come to mind when we think about Sex and the City and its long awaited second installment…

Local Canadian fashion and jewelry lines Allison Wonderland, Refine Jewelry, and Erin Templeton (handmade leather bags) will be having a Studio Sample and Overstock Sale in Gastown on Thursday, June 17, 2010. Drop by 210-309 West Cordova Street between 1pm – 7pm to find some good deals and support local designers. Cash only.

If you can’t get enough of the Shrek series, you can now “express your inner ogre” with six new limited edition nailpolish shades by OPI.  Bright colors are great for spring!  The cheeky color names are:

• Funky Donkey
• What’s With the Cattitude?
• Rumple’s Wiggin
• Who the Shrek Are You?
• Ogre-the-Top Blue
• Fiercely Fiona

Adhesif Clothing is excited to announce the grand opening of its first store! Stop by 2202 Main Street (crossroad: East 6th Avenue) on Saturday, May 29^th between 6 to 11pm to enjoy some homemade nibbles, drinks, music, art by Anthony Wilson and “entertainment by a surprise guest”. With 20% off all Adhesif designs, this would be a great time to browse through “one of a kind” clothing pieces. See invitation details below.

Spill proof, fast drying and therefore super convenient – as the slogan says, just “Click, Color & Go”.

Several Yaletown beauty businesses (including Noir, Blo and Bombay Brow Bar) have joined together to bring you a contest to win a “Hot Mama Make-Over”! To enter, email contest@SKNclinic.ca with a picture of your mom and tell them why she needs a Hot Mama Make-Over. For details, see the flyer below!

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If you’ve been following my Twitter and Twitpic updates, you’ll remember that not too long ago I invited two of my beauty-saavy girls over to play around with Maybelline Eye Studio cosmetic products. I was one of the fortunate recipients of a Maybelline Eye Studio kit and given the chance to play around with eyeshadow pallets, mascara, gel eyeliner and baked, marbleized eyeshadows. The kit came from Matchstick, which is a word-of-mouth promotional company.

My girls came over with fresh, clean faces and armed with their own make-up brushes and make-up remover (Hey! Nobody’s perfect!). After much testing, note-taking and a general discussion and jotting down of our thoughts….here are our conclusions!

If you read Modern Mix Vancouver, you probably read The Style Spy also! The Vancouver-based fashion website is hosting a shopping party at Fine Finds Boutique (1014 Mainland Street) in Yaletown on May 20, 2010 from 5pm to 8pm.