I haven't ever done Yearly Favorites on the blog before so I am excited to dive in to these! I'm starting my favorites off with Skincare - and will be posting my beauty favorites soon!
Now, everyone does there yearly favorites a little different - for me, I am only included products that I tried and loved in 2017! Most of these were products that were released this year that I tried; but, in the case of a couple it was products released earlier that I tried for the first time this year!
Lush Cup O' Coffee Face And Body Mask ~ $22.95 for 325g (also, $11.95 for 150g). If you're a sucker for the strong, scrubby, stimulating type, this coffee-filled mask is just the thing to kick-start your day. Wake up and invigorate your skin and mind with the rich, intoxicating aroma of freshly brewed coffee and sweet roasted cocoa extract. Kaolin deeply cleanses impurities from the pores and ground coffee acts as a gentle scrub to buff away dryness and reveal glowing skin beneath. Smooth this one all over your body to feel soft, clean and wonderfully fragrant.
Honestly, I have talked about this mask a ton on the blog as I did a full post on it and use it most months so it's always on my Month in Masks! This is both a face and a body mask that is amazing to use before a morning shower - it has actual coffee in it (I have watched them make this mask!) and wakes up your senses and skin when you use it! I slather it on my face and body, wait 5 - 10 minutes and then scrub and rinse it off. My skin looks so bright after!
Happy Friday everyone! Hope you all had amazing New Years! It feels so weird so be writing 2018 now!
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My New Year's was very quiet (as usual!) My husband worked until 11 pm so I am home with the 2 little boys - he made it home in time for us to do the countdown, pop a bottle of sparkling apple juice, drink it quickly, and get right to bed! Not the most glamorous evening; but, a pretty typical night!
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Don't forget I have a giveaway going on still - it ends on January 9 so get your entries in! Here is the link to the original post - go here!!! You can win the Too Faced Best Year Ever set - this comes with 3 palettes and a mascara mini - the palettes are so pretty! This is open internationally and just my way of saying thanks for the support over my last 1000 posts!
Let's have a look at my beauty garbage from December:
Too Faced Shadow Insurance ~ sample (full size is $24.00).
This is a decent eyeshadow primer - I thought my shadow lasted all day and didn't crease using this.
Repurchase: Yes, I would consider this...
It's time for my monthly haul - I have really enjoyed seeing what I buy every month! I like that I get to share everything I have purchased (because really some of it would get lost in my beauty collection if I didn't!) Also these posts helps to keep me on track - I am planning on trying to only spend around $100 per month on beauty since I am be on a smaller budget with a new baby!
I will only include products I have spent money on - gifts, pr samples, and freebies are usually shared on posts like my Five on Friday posts!
Here is what I bought in December:
Sephora Order #1 ~ $44.10. Ahhh the best part of this order was supposed to be $67; but, this was using my $25 off coupon from Sephora for the year! So, I picked up this Tarte Flirt palette (go figure, I picked up another mini palette) because I'm so excited to try this - I think I will comparing this to the Colourpop palette that is very similar! Also, I picked up some of the Living Proof Restore Perfecting Spray because I'm still trying to find the perfect hair product and this is regular $37 so I'm to try it with the coupon! My 3 freebies are from Philosophy, Boscia, and YSL!
Happy New Year everyone! Hope you had a great time ringing in 2018 last night! I'm excited for my first Mani of the year.
Calgary has been in full on Winter mode since before Christmas and we have have so much snow here it's not even funny! It is starting to warm up a little bit so we are going to try to get in our back yard and build a snow fort! But, I thought I should have some cute snowy nails first!
How cute are these little Snowman faces?! They are from the Etsy shop PearlPlanet and they are in the Kitchmas set! (I was really planning on using the whole set pre-Christmas; but, that Winter cold had me doing no nails, so I'm saving them for next Christmas!
