Avon Nail Art Design Strips Review

Avon Nail Art Design Strips in Mosaic Flowers
I get so excited when I have a post about an Avon product that I tried and ended up LOVING.  This is one of those posts. The new Avon Nail Art Strips are AWESOME! I have tried the Sally Hansen ones which I also love, they are a bit pricey for $12.99 at Ulta. But I was impressed when my Avon strips out lasted the Sally Hansen ones. Usually the Sally ones would last me from 4 to 7 days. The Avon strips lasted me for over a week, about 11 days!!!! And I have even tried those expensive Essie ones that look so darn cool yet were the biggest let down ever. They lasted me for less than a day. :(

These cost $10 but are on sale right now for $6.99. Well now that you know how awesome they are and how they give Sally Hansen a run for their money, here is how they are applied.

They come like this.

It's very important that your nails are clean, you can maybe run some nail polish remover over them before you start putting anything on them. Then place the nail strip on your nail starting from the cuticle and smooth it down as best you can like so.

 

 

 

 I then pull and stretch the strip like so, as to start defining where it will be filed off.

 

 

Then with the little cute file it comes with you start filing off the excess carefully as not to mess up the rest of the nail strip.

 

 

And this should be the result.

 

 

 
 
 

You're not supposed to put a top coat but I always do. That's optional. I loved this design and received tons of compliments.

Let me know in the comments if there is an Avon or Mark product you would like me to review. Remember I'm honest with my reviews, I sell these products but I don't love them all.

 

 

Use to be one of those people.

I have to confess that I use to be one of those people. I had a friend who were make up since we were very young. I on the other hand wasn't allowed to even wear lip gloss. So what did I do to make myself feel better about not being allowed to even wear lip gloss?

I would walk around saying, "Well I don't need make up. I'm naturally pretty." "She must need make up." "My face isn't going to mess up from all the make up like her." Ect. Ect. Ect.

Then fast forward 10 years and now I LOVE MAKE UP! And since life is a full circle I'm now on the other side of the situation. And it sucks. Especially when it comes from my own family. Really. Same comments, same attitude of I'm better than you for not wearing make up. The funny thing is my sis has asked me to put make up on her before, or to teach her how. But then when she can't master it or is too shy to wear it she goes right back to acting the same way.

I just wish everyone would respect others. If you don't want to wear make up, GREAT, that's fine. That's your choice. If I want to wear make up, then GREAT FOR ME,  that's my choice. Yes there's some make up looks I don't like, or some peoples' way of putting it on that I don't think flatters them. But I keep it to myself and think, "If they feel good with it then good for them."

I know that some people might be doing this for the same reason I use too. Because I was jealous of the girl who could wear make up. Of the girls who knew how to put it on. When all I had to do was wait and learn.

Lesson learned.

Smoky Eye Look

I don't do many smoky eye looks on myself because I feel like I always end up looking like a raccoon.  But Sunday I woke up feeling adventurous. :P So looking at my eye shadows I decided to give the smoky look a try.

 

I decided to try it out with my I-Mark eye shadow in Moss,

I also used the dark green color in the Mark Exotic Hues palette,

and I used the I-mark in Espresso but I think this one is no longer available. But just choose another dark brown color.

 

I also used my favorite liquid eyeliner from L'Oreal.

So here's the result. I'll try to explain as much as I can of how I achieved this look. In the future I'll try posting more step by step pictures. For now here are pictures that can help you try this look out.

 

 

 

Of course I start with an eye primer. I then patted on the color Moss all over the eyelid but not going pass the crease. Then with a fluffy brush used a windshield wiper motion to add espresso in the creases. Make sure to blend it out really good. The key to not looking like a raccoon is blending, blending, blending so you don't have any harsh lines. I then took the dark green from Exotic Hues, and blended as close as I could to the lash line. I then blended upward into the moss color but without going up to far. You want to have the dark blend into the moss, and the moss into the espresso. I finished off with a think line of black eyeliner. I also brought down the dark color onto my bottom waterline. I added some fake eyelashes and Cover Girl Lash Blast mascara.

 

 

Here's a close up. Pardon the messy eyebrows. I'm due a trip to the eyebrow threading place.

 

 

I was really please with how this look came out. I think I'll be doing it again, finally a smoky look that doesn't look like a raccoon face. I felt like my eyes were so dramatic that bronzer and highlighter was all I needed and a nice lip gloss over a peachy lip color.

 

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