*Purchased
Well hello there beautiful. <3 After getting totally enabled from the ladies over at the Canadian Beauty Bloggers, I bought my first Too Faced palette! And is it ever a doozy. I heard the hype around this palette to no end and after I was alerted that it was in stock, I snatched one up. I’m so so glad I did! Presenting, the Sweet Peach Palette.
*Sent for review
Hello there! Today I have a combined review today thanks to the ChickAdvisor Review Club! I recently got the chance to try out 3 things from the Simple Skincare line: Simple Replenishing Rich Moisturizer, Simple Micellar Cleansing Water, and Simple Micellar Make-Up Remover Wipes.
Before we start, just a bit about the brand in case you’re interested. Simple is a facial skincare brand that started in the UK in 1960. The brand’s main philosophy is to create products without any artificial perfumes or dyes. Their products are also hypoallergenic, non-comedogenic and pH balanced. Due to all of these things, Simple is marketed as a skincare solution for those with sensitive skin.
Just for a frame of reference, I would say I have oily- combination type skin which is actually not too sensitive. I think like most, I’ve had a negative skin reaction here and there, but in general, I can try new products without spot testing. Now on to the reviews!
*Gift and Purchased
Started from the bottom now we’re here. If you read my CityLine event recap post, you’ll know that we got a very generous gift bag full of amazing makeup. One other thing I got was a $70 gift card to The Bay which I ended up splurging on a Burberry eyeshadow palette! It’s so funny because this day was probably my first entrance into the ‘luxury’ or high end makeup market. So I guess the question is: do I think it’s worth it?
*Sent for review
One thing that I don’t do much on this blog is talk about hair care. I think one of the reasons why is that my hair is finicky. I’ve come to accept that whatever I use, my hair will be frizzy. Recently I was sent some samples of the new Tresemme Beauty-Full Volume line which is to be used in reverse order: conditioner then shampoo. Skeptical if this line would make a difference, I dove right in. And actually came out of the whole thing with pretty decent results.
This post is a long time coming! Ling from The Cosmetic Critic tagged me for this and at the time, I felt like I wasn’t qualified. I only had about 5 or 6 blushes in my collection so that’s not really ‘addict’ status. Then in the spring going into summer my collection just exploded! I hope I’m a bit more qualified to answer these questions now!
*Purchased, Affiliate Links
Hello there! I recently bought some brand new things from Sephora and some favourites. If you haven’t guessed from the title, what prompted me to make this purchase was the advanced notice that BITE would be retiring their luminous creme lipsticks! As of now though, BITE has released their new Amuse Bouche lipsticks which look divine. Even though I knew these new lipsticks were coming out, I NEEDED to get a couple of their older formula before they officially discontinued them! And as always, I had to pick up a few other treats to try! 😉
So I have a very special event recap for today! One week ago, my friend Leah and I had the pleasure of attending a CityLine taping! For those that don’t know, CityLine is a morning lifestyle talk show. The taping I got to attend was all thanks to Dave Lackie. He’s a beauty editor with a huge online presence. He recently had a Twitter contest to win tickets to a taping, specifically a Fashion Friday edition. During Fashion Friday the segments are all featured around beauty and fashion which is totally right up my alley. The morning was a super duper fun experience! They had a lot in store for us!
*Affiliate links
Hello! It seems I’ve accumulated enough product for another empties post! This one has a few trash items too just because they got a bit too old unfortunately. Let’s get right into it.
*Gift
So qualifier here, I am NO makeup artist. Even though my blog name should profess that quite clearly, I thought I would mention again. I do however love to play around with makeup, as I know a lot of us do. If you read my What I Got for Christmas post this year, you’ll have seen that I got a Vice 4 for Christmas. I’ve been talking about this palette for months, so I was extremely happy to play around with it. This palette has been getting a lot of hate compared to older Vice palettes, but you know what? I don’t even care. I really really like this palette just because most of the colours I was really drawn to. Even though I am no makeup artist, I thought I would share some of the eye looks I created!
*Purchased
Hello again! Happy Valentine’s Day! After trying Lush for (sort of) the first time recently, I knew I had to go back to the brand and try out some more things. A Valentine’s Day advert I’d seen for Lush included a beautiful Unicorn Horn bubble bar. I knew I had to go and track one down! As is life, when you go in for one thing, you come out with three.