Manicure Tuesday - Shimmery Peach Nails

Happy Tuesday - on man, I'm starting off all my posts a little late this year, but I've still been sick so I have been going to bed super early and just trying to take care of myself a little more! 

I purchased everything in this post

So, I did get to my nails late, but I did still get to them! And, sticking with my theme of the Colour of the Year - Peach Fuzz theme, I've got some shimmery peach nails! The whole #CBBxManiMonday group is doing an Anything Goes theme for the month so we can all just ease ourselves in to the New Year before diving in to themed manis! 

Five on Sunday - January 7, 2024 ~ Happy 2024 and Looking Back At 2023, Welcome to the O.C. Book Review, Month of Vegetarian/Pescatarian Meals, Michael's Craft Haul, and Top Gun: Maverick

Happy Friday everyone - it's my first Five on Friday of 2024 and we are entering my 10th year of blogging! Woo! (and whoops - I'm already late, but I wasn't feeling great this weekend, so I took the evenings to rest instead of blogging!)

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I tend to start the year by first looking back on my year - I did set some goals for myself in 2023: Be More Thoughtful in My Spending, Scrapbook 3 Years, Masking and Indulging Myself More, Play and Have More Fun With Makeup and Move My Body More. I did for the most part reach these - I've stuck to my budget and working on my scrapbooking. I could certainly mask and self-care a little more and I've been getting good at moving my body. Honestly though, I've decided not to really set goals for 2024 - I am happy with what I've been doing and just enjoying life for what it is right now, so I'm not setting myself any hard goals. (I have some personal goals, but nothing that's really blog related). 

Monthly Reads ~ December 2023

I hope you all are enjoying all the book reviews, since it's just another hobby of mine, it's not going anywhere! I loved doing the Monthly Wrap-up last year to share mini reviews on all the books I've read each month! 

It could be a big range from 2 to 10 books depending on how much I read, but I figure I can share a little synopsis and quick thoughts on each book. I will still be doing more in depth reviews on books that really capture me! 

I purchased these books

So, in December I read 11 books (bringing my yearly total for 2023 to 112 books!), with a mix of genres from adult contemporary fiction to young adult gothic horror. I love most genres, and I really want to keep my reads diversified this year - I think I have been doing a great job of that so far! Also, I've been trying to read a mix of old and new books; but, this month was mostly newer reads! I read 4 physical books, listened to 5 audiobooks. Eight books is a little light for me but there were some big books in here! 

Here's a quick look at all the books I read in the past month: 

Monthly Beauty Favourites ~ December 2023

Here's a look at the products I was loving in December: 

The Paula's Choice and Skin Proud were received as PR samples - this post contains affiliate links

Last year I started just picking any number of products I'm loving, instead of trying to find 5 each month (which I did previously!) So, whatever number of products I'm loving, that's what I will be sharing. 

I've been slower at using and trying out new products, so naturally my Favourites have been on the smaller side lately (and I'm totally fine with that) - here's a closer look at what I've been loving this month:

Manicure Monday - Pantone Colour of the Year Peach Fuzz Dotticure

Happy Manicure Monday - I hope you all had a good weekend and a good holiday break! 

I purchased these polishes

I love when Pantone announces their colour of the year; I always try and use it for inspiration! So for 2024 the colour is Peach Fuzz - I looove this light peach shade and it's a colour that I reach for often, so I feel like I will be using this for inspiration all year!