Avon's Totally Kissable Lipstick, Tips on making your lipstick stay & more!

I never was a big fan of lipstick until a few years ago, now I wear it almost every day. I recently tried Avon's new Totally Kissable Lipstick and fell in love! This lipstick makes my lips feel smooth and soft, it is not sticky either! Totally Kissable Lipstick will be available in Campaign 4 on page 3 for 3.99$ (regularly 9.99$) available in 10 Kissable shades!

as you can see the lipstick is almost identical to the color featured in the brochure

The reason why I never wore lipstick before was because it would always come off and I'd have to re-apply it numerous times a day, which became annoying. I don't mind re-applying the lipstick every once in awhile during the day, but not all the time. I decided to find information on how to get your lipstick to stay longer so you do not have to re-apply it every hour!

Here is what I have gathered:

 1. Apply lip balm, my favorite is Avon Care Deeply (often on sale for 0.99$)
Before applying lip balm you can also apply a lip exfoliator, but this is optional. Avon has one available.

2. After letting lip balm set for a few minutes apply either lip liner or powdered foundation ( you may apply both, first the lip liner then the foundation). This gives something for the lip stick to hold onto.

3. Next apply your desired shade of lipstick.
See below for help with picking the perfect shade of lipstick!

4. After the lipstick has set for a few minutes, blot your lips - Do Not Rub lipstick!

5. Apply lipstick again.
If you want you may blot the lipstick and apply the lipstick again.

6. Optional: Apply lip gloss - my recommendation is Avon's Clear Glazewear Lip Gloss. The lip gloss will help protect your color, since the gloss will come off before the color will!

products I used

How to pick the perfect shade of lipstick:

Determine your skin's undertone:

• Look at the veins on your wrists in natural light (outside or by a window)
• If your veins look bluish, your skin tone is cool
• If your veins look greenish, your skin tone is warm

Other things to consider when picking a lip stick shade:

• Your hair - if your hair is a lighter color, your lipstick will appear brighter
• Your teeth - if they are yellowish, blue undertones may help hide this - Stay away from corals/oranges, these colors will make your teeth discoloration more obvious!
• Staying safe - pick a color that's 1-2 shades darker or lighter than your natural lip color
• Skin color - either you have fair, medium, olive, or dark skin

Find where you are on this list to help determine your perfect shade of lip color:

Fair Skin

• Both Undertones:
  light browns
  pinky beige (nudes)
  cherry reds
  
• Cool:
  light mochas
  mauves
  
• Warm:
  peachy nudes
  shells/sands
  
• Avoid:
  bright pink
  dark bronze
  dark mocha
  

Medium Skin

• Both Undertones:
  plum
  raspberries
  bright reds
  
• Cool:
  rosy pinks
  pomegranates
  
• Warm:
  bronze
  copper
  
• Avoid:
  nudes
  

Olive Skin

• Both Undertones:
  brown reds
  caramel
  *Olive skin often has a combination of both warm & cool undertones
  
• Avoid:
  orangey reds
  pinkish reds
  

Dark Skin

• Both Undertones:
  dark red (with blue undertones)
  deep plum
  
• Cool:
  deep reds or purples (raisin, ruby, etc)
  
• Warm:
  honey
  ginger
  copper bronze
  
• Avoid:
  orange
  
  

Remember, these are suggestions, depending on the look you are going for a color that is suggested for you to avoid may actually complement your outfit nicely! 

Avon has a 100% guarantee - don't like the shade you bought? Return it for an exchange or refund!

Totally Kissable lipstick by Avon
color: natural glow

To order this product find a representative in your area.

Avon Advance Techniques Professional Hair Color + Tips & Tricks for dying your hair at home!

I have been dying my hair for over 8 years, whether it's been box color from a department store or professional grade color from a beauty store; I've tried numerous hair dye brands - in many colors, from red to blue, to purple to orange and more! Since I've started selling Avon products I decided why not try Avon's new hair dye? This is my review on a product that I was not sure I would like, turns out I love it!

Lately my hair has been a reddish-brown color, I decided to go to a dark brown (of course with my signature panel streak in the back which is currently blue). From Avon's colors I chose "Darkest Brown". Each kit cost 10.99$ +tax (you may find it on sale sometimes) and includes the following: pre-treatment cream, developer lotion, crème colorant, post treatment cream and vinyl gloves (2). I was surprised by the pre-treatment cream, most boxed dyes do not include this. This cream is supposed to be applied mainly to your ends to help protect them from being damaged. To create the dye you mix the developer lotion and crème colorant together in a typical hair dye bottle, however, it had one feature I have never seen before - a screw off tip! Most of the time you have to cut the tip of the bottle, this can be annoying and messy. Avon's bottle's feature a handy screw off tip (you have no idea how excited I was about this). Make sure to wear gloves while mixing the dye and applying it. After you've applied the hair dye for the directed amount, you wash it out and apply the post-treatment cream, it recommends keeping this cream in for 2 minutes then washing it out.

This is what comes in the kit:

(Picture is missing a glove, my sister had it on)

I followed the directions and was surprised how well my hair turned out. It is pretty much identical to the color featured on the box and was not dry nor did my hair feel damaged as it does after some boxed dyes. After two shampoo's there has been no fading at all - some boxed dyes wash out so fast, but Avon's color seems to be staying true!

Over the years I have picked up tips on dying hair, from friends in hair school, my hair dresser and the internet! Here are my tips to get the best hair color for your money!

1. Wash your hair with shampoo in hot water - let dry. Your hair probably won't feel great but the shampoo + hot water will help your hair absorb the color better.

2. Put gloves on! - I was surprised at how good of quality Avon's gloves are, normally gloves in boxed dyes are bad quality and annoying, I found Avon's were good quality and did not annoy my hands.

3. Apply Avon's pre-treatment cream according to directions, then apply the hair dye for the directed time (it is normally fine if you go a few minutes over) typical time is 30 minutes, sometimes longer. DO NOT MASSAGE HAIR DYE INTO SCALP! This can damage your scalp, cause a burning sensation and can leave your scalp dyed. If you are not sure all of your hair is covered take an old comb and comb the color through.

*I do not recommend dying your eyebrows, if you insist on doing this be EXTREMELY careful!

4. Rinse hair dye out of hair - use as cold of water as you can stand. After it is rinsed out apply post-treatment cream (this is basically conditioner) wait recommended time, rinse in cold water. From my experience I recommend not shampooing your hair for at least 24 hours - dry shampoo spray is fine. 

*If the hair color is too dark (make sure you dry it before judging the color and look in a properly lit area) you can use shampoo before the 24 hour mark, using shampoo and hot water will help your hair become lighter, faster. Remember to always condition after shampooing to help keep your hair healthy!

5. After 24 hours shampoo and condition as regular. If you want your color to last shampoo every other hair washing and use shampoo for dyed hair or baby shampoo. 

*If you find that not shampooing every hair washing causes your hair to become greasy, try a dry shampoo spray.

As time passes I will post another update on how my hair color is lasting. Also, if you have a darker hair color (brown or black) and want to become blonde I recommend spending the money to get it professionally done. Otherwise you will most likely have to dye your hair multiple times with bleach to get the correct blonde you want which will harm your hair if you dye it too much in a short amount of time. Normally when brunette or black hair is dyed with box dye the first attempt comes out a bronze/orange kind of color, to get that nice blonde you may have to dye your hair 1-3 more times which will damage your hair a lot and you end up spending almost the same amount of money as you would at a salon anyway.

My Hair Currently (after 2 shampoos):

This is in direct sunlight which picks up natural highlights.

* Remember, using boxed dye may not always give you the results you want!

If you are interested in Avon Advance Techniques hair color but not sure how much to order, it's the same as you would buy boxed dye. I use one department store box dye and ordered one Avon Hair Dye and it was the same amount. So if you typically use two boxes, order two boxes of Avon Hair Dye. To order this product find an Avon Representative in your area. 

Here are Avon's Colors

Ashlee's Avon - Reviews & Information

I'm a new Avon Representative in the Fraser Valley Area of British Columbia, Canada. I've decided to start this blog so I can review products, share the products I love and hopefully provide my readers with information about Avon (as well as my current customers)! If people decide to purchase from me, that's fine, if not I'm fine with that too. 

I love Avon so far, even though there have been a few let downs with products that I wanted that are no longer available (or that customers wanted). I have been treated fairly and not pressured to do anything I don't want. I am not required to have stock nor build a team - I can do these if I wish. I have made money from Avon, not a large amount of money, but I do hope I can make more money with Avon. I believe Avon is a good importunity for not only women, but also men. Joining Avon allows you to start your own business - you run it how much you want and get what you put into it and also allows you to support causes through Avon.

My first review will be on Avon's Advance Techniques hair color.




If you dislike Avon for any reason then why bother reading my blog and then bashing me for liking Avon? Every company has good and bad things about them. If you have comments about Avon, I will be happy to clear things up in any way that I can.