I always find this time of year particularly tough. The month of January, you spend much of that month getting back into the swing of things after the holidays (plus for me, I have the fun of my birthday to look forward to!), but then February hits and it’s still cold and grey out and you realize there’s still a lot of winter to get through. So I thought as a pick-me-up, I’d hold a series of giveaways on Health & Swellness!
First up, I’m giving away this beauty prize package valued at $300! The prize includes:
1 tub of Sproos Up Your Skin and Hair
3 packages of Viviscal Extra Strength Supplements
1 Viviscal Gorgeous Growth Densifying Shampoo
1 Viviscal Gorgeous Growth Densifying Conditioner
1 Viviscal Gorgeous Growth Densifying Elixir
I’m a bit late to the party but I have just recently started trying out some collagen products. The new Sproos collagen formulas offer sustainably sourced, highly-soluble collagen at 7grams per serving”. Formulated with hydrolyzed collagen peptides sourced from wild-caught North Atlantic fish, Sproos collagen helps to restore and rebuild your body’s natural collagen, benefiting skin, hair, joints, bones and gut health. Sproos Up Your Hair & Skin is green tea citrus flavour with five additional health benefits including organic acerola, hyaluronic acid, zinc, silica, biotin.
And my hair is so fine and weak so I was excited to attend a workout event a few months ago with Viviscal, where I learned about and got samples of the Viviscal Gorgeous Growth Densifying Shampoo and Conditioner. In the prize package, you get the entire Viviscal Gorgeous Growth Densifying Range and the Viviscal Extra Strength Supplements, which work from the inside to promote thicker, fuller looking hair in as little as three to six months.
To enter:
Check out my Instagram post of the prize package and enter there. But you can get an additional entry by commenting on this post about which of the products you’re most keen on trying out.
This giveaway ends at 5 p.m. EST on Sunday, February 17, 2019. It is open to Canadian residents. The winner will be chosen at random and announced on my Instagram Stories on Monday, February 18, 2019. The prize is awarded as is.
I’m running the Chicago Marathon again (I ran it in 2014 and 2017) and you know what that means? Time to get my marathon manicure! It’s been a ritual of mine for some years now to get some great nail art before a big race.
Although I usually go with something inspired by looks on the fashion runway (I got this manicure for the 2014 Chicago Marathon) or a nail look I’ve seen online, this time around I went with a look that’s more directly inspired by the race.
Since I trained for this marathon with Nike Canada with Nike Run Coach Brittany Moran, I asked Tips Nail Bar to use the colours of the Nike Pegasus Zoom Turbo, and for a swoosh across the fingers of my left hand, such that with my fingers extended, the nail art looks abstract, but bring the fingers together and they create the Nike Swoosh. On the thumb, and on my entire right hand, an array of stars — the inspo for this is the four stars on the Chicago flag. (I’ll replace these detail pics with better photos once I have more time; busy packing and getting to bed early for Chicago right now!)
(The colours Leeanne Colley and Naomi Misu used are CND Shellac Mint Convertible, and Accent Gel Play in Hot Pink layered with Artistic Color Gloss in Owned).
I love the look — the minty green with the vivid coral is bananas and it’ll be a nice reminder during the race that no matter what time I cross the finish line with that all I can ask for is that I reach for the stars. And believe me, I have plenty of time during a marathon and most definitely do notice my nails as I make my way through 42.2 kilometres! But I’ll also be thinking about the things I learned training this season and hopefully all of the brutally hard work this summer will pay off.
The New & So You event from Shoppers Drug Mart at Square One in Mississauga just launched this week and is going on until March 18, 2018. I got a chance to check the event on March 12th and if you can carve out some time to pop by, definitely go check it out to see the new products in store at Shoppers Drug Mart.
The event is a fun way to check out the new products available at Shoppers. First, you do a super quick quiz on a tablet. It asks you about your health and beauty interests and habits. Then the quiz generates your results and you get custom recommendations about which new products will suit what you’re looking for. Interested in some TLC for damaged hair? Or hydrating your skin? Your quiz results will recommend the new products available that’ll offer the beauty benefits you’re keen on.
But you don’t just get a list of recommendations, the products just for you will pop out on the conveyor belt so you can learn more about them, and best of all, you’ll get a bag with your name on it filled with a couple of full-size products, samples and coupons to take home. How fun is that?
I’m always concerned about volume and damage when it comes to my hair (which is both fine and also overworked and dry given I’m constantly shampooing and blow-drying it since I work out regularly) so I was so excited to receive both OGX® Bodifying + Bamboo Fiber Full Body Renew Dry Shampoo and the Love Beauty & Planet™ Hope and Repair® Conditioner to help my hair.
And don’t forget to enter my Shoppers Drug Mart New & So You Giveaway, in case you missed it. Check my Instagram post from last week for details on how to enter to win a basket of New & So You products! You have until March 18, 2018, to enter. All you have to do is comment on my Instagram about which new products most interest you (check out the new products here!) and also pop by the Square One event this week. I’ll choose a winner the night of March 18th.
Good luck in the giveaway and have fun at the New & So You event!
