Manicure Monday - Gradient Checker Nails

Happy Manicure Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend! 

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For the month of June, the #CBBxManiMonday group decided to try something new for our theme and went with a Nail Art Roulette style of picking our themes! As a group, we picked 5 colour ideas -  sunset, rainbow, pink, black & white, and neon and 5 themes - gradient, packaging inspired, matte, texture and minimalist. Then, we are each randomly picking numbers to create totally random pairings! And, what's really fun is we don't know what everyone else picked each week, so it's a surprise!

Five on Friday - June 26, 2020

Happy Friday everyone! I hope you all had a good week - I took off yesterday and today so I had a short work week and it was awesome! (I spent all day yesterday cleaning and organizing my teenagers room, but it really needed to be done) and today is my husband's birthday so we are celebrating today! 

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Cinderella is Dead and I Killed Zoe Spanos were provided as review copies - this post contains affiliate links

It's Summertime and I'm so excited to start diving in to my Summer reading list! (If you are a bookworm too and are on Goodreads, I would love to connect - you can find my Goodreads here!) I really love seeing what everyone is reading! I will read every genre and am always looking for more recommendations! For the start of Summer, I've been really in to Young Adult books and more specifically, lots of fantasy! 

Paula's Choice Boosters - C15 Super Booster, Peptide Booster, and 10% Niacinamide

One of my favourite steps of my skincare routine is my "treatment" step - this is after toners and exfoliants and includes mists, essences and ampoules. Another newer addition to this step is boosters - I have reviewed a few and I have been loving trying these out! 

These boosters were received as PR samples - this

The best part about boosters is that they can be used as the treatment step alone, mixed with serums and essences or mixed together! 

Manicure & Mask Monday - Pink Dotticure Nails and Maskeraide Bubble Bubble Pop Pore Cleansing Charcoal Bubble Mask

Happy Manicure Monday - I'm switching it up and throwing a Mask Monday review in today too!

The Bio Sculpture polishes were received as PR samples 

For the month of June, the #CBBxManiMonday group decided to try something new for our theme and went with a Nail Art Roulette style of picking our themes! As a group, we picked 5 colour ideas -  sunset, rainbow, pink, black & white, and neon and 5 themes - gradient, packaging inspired, matte, texture and minimalist. Then, we are each randomly picking numbers to create totally random pairings! And, what's really fun is we don't know what everyone else picked each week, so it's a surprise!

June Shop My Stash - Purple Shimmery Look and Duping The Vibes of the Urban Decay Naked Ultraviolet Eyeshadow Palette

I've been loving doing my Shop My Stash looks, especially during our social distancing and it is giving me the reason to play with my makeup when I'm feeling a little less than inspired and it feels so good just to come up with a fun look! 

I also starting a "Dupe The Vibes" style post earlier this year within my Shop My Stash where I check out the swatches of a newer palette that I'm somewhat interested in and would consider purchasing, and then I go through my collection and come up with shadows that are similar or as close to dupes as possible from within my collection. 

The Catrice and Hard Candy were received as PR samples - this post contains affiliate links

Part of my sticking to a monthly makeup budget is to focusing on getting use of products that are already in my collection and being a little more conscious about bringing in a bunch of products in to my collection that I already have! 

Five on Friday - June 19, 2020

Happy Friday everyone! I hope everyone had a good week - oh man, it was good to get back in the office and back to work; but, I am tired this week and am happy it's Friday! 

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I was very excited when I saw there was a new Hunger Games book coming out this year - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (I've already read it and I really enjoyed it!) It was an original story of President Snow when he was 18 and had his first real exposure to the games. I am definitely a Hunger Games fan and I loved the books, in fact I had just re-listened to them last year with my older son on a basketball roadtrip we were on! So, I was also very excited when Novelly Yours announced that their May Candle Box was going to be "Tributes and Victors" and inspired by the characters in the original trilogy! 

20 in 2020 Project Pan - Update #3

In December I kicked off my big year-long Project Pan - I am planning on using up or hitting pan on 20 makeup products throughout the whole year and I'm using 10 products at a time. So, I introduced the first 10 products in December, did an update in February, an update in April, and this is my third update! 

The Hard Candy primer and concealer were received as PR samples - this post contains affiliate links

At the end of the second update I had reached my goal on 6 products already, which felt great! I'm doing this in a rolling project pan, so I'm starting with 10 products and as I hit my pan, I'm rolling new products in to work on! 

Manicure Monday - Sunset Nail Art

Happy Manicure Monday everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend! If you saw my Five on Friday post you know I was waiting on my covid results, so it came back negative! Phew (even though we knew it would), and I was able to get out and go the Zoo since it just recently reopened! 

The OPI polishes were received as PR samples - this post contains affiliate links

For the month of June, the #CBBxManiMonday group decided to try something new for our theme and went with a Nail Art Roulette style of picking our themes! As a group, we picked 5 colour ideas -  sunset, rainbow, pink, black & white, and neon and 5 themes - gradient, packaging inspired, matte, texture and minimalist. Then, we are each randomly picking numbers to create totally random pairings! And, what's really fun is we don't know what everyone else picked each week, so it's a surprise!

Skincare Saturday - BioMiracle Hyaluronic Acid Micro Needle Patch and Crazy Lift Chin & Neck Mask

It's Skincare Saturday and I'm so excited to share another entry in the craziest mask I've ever worn category! Enter a lifting chin mask and a micro needle eye mask! 

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I picked these up at CVS when I was on a trip to the States last year and it actually looks like CVS is the only place that you can find these masks - sorry fellow Canadians they don't currently ship to Canada, which is a bummer so they aren't easy for us to find. But, there is still ways to get them if you have friends or family that live there, will travel there again one day, or have a US shipping address for moments like this. 

Five on Friday - June 12, 2020

Happy Friday everyone! I hope you all had a great week - it's been another crazy week here. My husband is on 14 day isolation for potentially being exposed to a covid case and so we've both been tested, as we work in a congregated living placement so everyone had to be tested. I'm working from for the week awaiting our results (we are very confident that everything will be negative; but, it just added stress for the week and hard to be home so much!)

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I just received my May Owlcrate subscription and this month's theme is "Rebels With A Cause". Each month the book Owlcrate includes is signed by the author and comes with a note from the author as well - they often have special edition covers just for the box, and they seem to include a lot of exclusive items just for Owlcrate, which is so fun! As a bookworm, I have been loving this subscription!  

May 2020 - Monthly Favourites!

Here are the top products I was loving this past month:

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This month didn't see me try a whole lot of new products, so I was certainly using more staple-type products in my collection. But, that doesn't mean there wasn't standout products all month that I was using! 

The Palette Tag - All About My Eyeshadow Palettes!

It's no secret that my favourite part of makeup is eyeshadow palettes! I currently have 50 palettes in my collection and I've been really reasonable this year about adding palettes in my collection and playing and using the palettes that I do have in my collection. 

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I do love to talk about all the eyeshadow I have so The Palette Tag is the perfect excuse! I first saw the tag on Makeup Your Mind's channel; but, it was originally created by Samantha March and Allie Glines! 

Manicure Monday - Nails Inc. Freshly Juiced Nail Polish Duo

Happy Manicure Monday everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend - I managed to virtually participate in Calgary's protest, get some baking done, lots of family time in and was in bed early last night which was so needed! 

I purchased this duo - this post contains affiliate links

For the month of June, the #CBBxManiMonday group decided to try something new for our theme and went with a Nail Art Roulette style of picking our themes! As a group, we picked 5 colour ideas -  sunset, rainbow, pink, black & white, and neon and 5 themes - gradient, packaging inspired, matte, texture and minimalist. Then, we are each randomly picking numbers to create totally random pairings! And, what's really fun is we don't know what everyone else picked each week, so it's a surprise! 

Five on Friday - June 5, 2020

Happy Friday everyone and what a week it's been! Whoa! 

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I think it's only fair to talk about what is very clearly going on right now and that is the Black Lives Matter and anti-racists movements sparked by George Floyd's death by a police officer over him allegedly using a fake $20 bill. I can't watch the whole video, but even the clips are gut-wrenching. As someone who is not racist and has taken steps to really educate myself on Canada's racialized past, it's truly awful to see such a systemic problem continuing. It's not even anymore to not be racist, we need to be strongly anti-racist and use our white privilege to educate ourselves and support the movement. Personally I've not backed down on conversations about race and reactions sparked by this and will continue to use my voice - especially when it comes to educating my children about race issues and how we can help. My heart has felt heavy, and I can only empathize with the black community and those directly affected by this. Let it not be a moment, but a movement. 

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On a happier note, we did go out to the family cabin this past weekend and it was so nice to get away! We were still being social distant bringing all our food and drinks and just staying with my husband's parents (who are watching our little guy while we work still). The weather was beautiful on Saturday and we went for a kayak down the river and just enjoyed being outside. Was crazy rainy the next day, but no complaints - I read a 500 page book over the weekend so I think I got my quota of relaxing time in too! 

May 2020 - Monthly Empties and Month in Masks

Here's a look at my beauty garbage from May:

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Lip Smacker Easter Tsum Tsum Minnie - Strawberry Lollipop ~ $4.95 US. Your favorite Tsum Tsum characters have arrived just in time for Easter! Add Easter Minnie Tsum Tsum to your collection, in a yummy Strawberry Lollipop Flavor.

How adorable is this little Minnie Mouse?! I love Tsum Tsums and these are just the cutest lip balms! This one smelled really good and was a good lip balm. 

Repurchase: Maybe, it was an Easter one so it's probably seasonal 

Manicure Monday - Reverse Stamping Rainbow Nails

Happy Manicure Monday everyone! Can you believe it's June already?! I know people are tired of hearing that, but seriously, that month just flew by! 

For the month of June, the #CBBxManiMonday group decided to try something new for our theme and went with a Nail Art Roulette style of picking our themes! As a group, we picked 5 colour ideas -  sunset, rainbow, pink, black & white, and neon and 5 themes - gradient, packaging inspired, matte, texture and minimalist. Then, we are each randomly picking numbers to create totally random pairings! And, what's really fun is we don't know what everyone else picked each week, so it's a surprise! 

The OPI polish was received as a PR sample - everything else was purchased by me. This post contains affiliate links 

For this week, I got Rainbow and Minimalist - these ended up being slightly less minimalist than I was going for; but, I really love how they turned out. I thought the little rainbows and clouds would be perfect for the minimalist theme and started with them just on an accent nails, but they were so cute I just couldn't stop stamping. (Not surprising, I'm not a great minimalist to begin with!)