Halloween Makeup - Gwen Stacy Ghost Spider Makeup Look

Happy Halloween everyone! If you guys have been around for a few years, you know we take our Halloweens pretty seriously (or at least - I take my Halloween pretty seriously and everyone else in the house puts up with it!)

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I do try and plan my costumes around what my kids want to be and when Elliott said that he wanted to be something from the Spiderverse (it was Spiderman for quite a while), I knew that I wanted to be Gwen Stacy in her Spider costume - Ghost Spider! 

Five on Saturday - October 30, 2021 ~ October TBR Witchy Reads, Halloween Focaccia, Oogie Boogie Macarons & Halloween Baking, Kate Hewko haul, and Books Between Friends

Happy Saturday everyone! I Hope you all had a good week - I took yesterday off for a little Halloween prep. I was really hoping to have a Halloween party this year and unfortunately, that is just not going to happen! But, I'm still enjoyed the day baking!  

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I haven't shared a TBR list since the Summer, but, I am always trying to plan my reading with themes; so I'm going full on Witchy vibes for spooky season! 

Project Pan 21 in 2021 ~ Update #5

I really enjoyed working on a project pan last year, it really made me enjoy using up older products in my collection, so I was excited to start a new project pan in 2021 - I am hoping to use up or hit pan on 21 products in 2021! I will again, be focusing on all makeup products as I am pretty good about working through my skincare products. 

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I started the project off with the first 10 products and will treat this like a rolling project - once I reach my goal, I will add a new product to the mix! On my first update, I reached my goal on 1 product, then with the second update, I finished another 2, my third update I finished another 4 products, and my last update in August I finished another 1 product. So, I'm down to 13 more products (yikes - I'm feeling like final crunch now!!)

Manicure Monday - Pink Spider Web Nails

Happy Manicure Monday everyone! Hope you had a great weekend - we are on the home stretch to Halloween this weekend! 

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The #CBBxManiMonday group is keeping up the Halloween nails for the week, and these bright spider web nails will match my Halloween costume for the weekend (any guess who I'm being?!)

Welcoming Scorpio Season With Newer ColourPop Products

I have been loving when their is astrology releases - I'm a pretty proud of being a Scorpio, so I love picking up fun Scorpio products and trying them out! And, today is the day we get to parade around for a whole month, so it's time to welcome Scorpio season in! 

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ColourPop has recently started releasing quads, and I really enjoyed one of the ones I tried over the Summer. The Scorpio quad that I picked up and the other newer products have a very pinky/purple vibe that's perfect for this transition time to Fall! 

Five on Friday - October 22, 2021 ~ If The Shoe Fits Book Review, Jillian Harris x Joe Fresh picks, October 2021 Scratch Monthly Mani Kit, Calgary's Election, and Scribd Subscription

Happy Friday everyone! I hope you all had a great week! 

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Time for another book review and I wanted this one to line up with the start of a new Bachelorette season this week, because it's an adult romance set around a reality t.v. dating show, and I loved it! If The Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy is a body positive twist on Cinderella - Cindy decides last minute to be a contestant on a dating show, very similar to The Bachelor and quickly becomes a favorite!  The characters in the book were so enjoyable and Julie's writing style always has my hooked to keep seeing what would happen next - this was the first book in a while I stayed up late reading!

Lush Halloween Bubble Bars

I always love Lush's Halloween line - I mean all their holiday collections are fabulous, but their Halloween collections are always so much fun! 

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I'm really trying to use up all my bath products before buying anything new because I have quite the stockpile; but, the only exception to this is bubble bars! I use up bubble bars consistently so I only every have a few in my collection, so I was excited that I had some room to pick up a few new Lush Bubble Bars from their Halloween collection! 

New Skoah Niacinamide Concentrate + $10 off Coupon Code!

I'm always excited when I get to share my thoughts on brand new products with you guys! 

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I have honestly loved all the Skoah products that I've tried and I'm excited to keep working with them and trying out their brand new products! 

Manicure Monday - Scream Ghostface Killer & Blood Splatter Nails

Happy Manicure Monday everyone! Did you all see this week that a trailer was released for Scream 5?! (I don't think it will actually be called Scream 5, but it is coming out in January 2022!) If you haven't seen it yet, check it out - I love some of the little flashback older casts making cameos in new movie versions!

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I'm actually a scary movie wimp (Nightmare on Elm Street and Candyman scarred me as a kid and I actually could not handle them); but, I have actually enjoyed all the Scream movies - it is my MAX limit of scary movie, so I will watch the new one when it comes out!) You might be surprised to know that I haven't watched some of the classic Halloween/scary movies because I'm too scared! 

Five on Friday - October 25, 2021 ~ Thanksgiving, Pumpkin Patch, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, Hello Kitty Squishmallow, and Cara Kozik Order

Happy Friday everyone! I hope you all have a great week! Mine was nice and normal - love a short work week after a long weekend! 

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I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving - I love the extra time with family and always make sure that we are together at least one night! Mitch worked most of the weekend and there is still gathering restrictions in place, but we were still able to see my Mom and have a turkey night! 

Monthly Beauty Haul ~ September 2021

I always love these haul posts - it's a way to keep track of everything that I picked up every month. I don't always blog about everything I pick up (I try to), but if you ever spot anything in here that you really want me to talk about, let me know! 

Last year, I got a little crazy about trying to stick to a crazy budget and this year I'm just going to buy what I want and try and be reasonable about my purchases! 

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XO Treatment Room Haul ~ $93.45 CAN. This is my favourite Vitamin C serum and it's made by a local Calgary company that I love! I just emptied one and I needed replacement asap! 

Sydney Grace x Temptalia Quintessence Light Eye Palette

I feel like it's been a minute since I've posted about an eyeshadow palette, but honestly, I think I'm at the point where I am trying to be a little more thoughtful about what I'm bringing in to my collection (my Monthly Haul post coming might call me a liar for that; but I'm certainly trying). I just did a huge declutter and really want to bring makeup in that offers something different that I will use! 

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When I saw that Temptalia was teaming up with Sydney Grace, I was very excited - I mean Temptalia is the OG of Beauty Bloggers, she literally grades every single beauty product out there, so you know if she is partnering on an eye shadow palette, it's going to be amazing! 

Manicure Monday - Witch's Cauldron Nails

Happy Manicure Monday - and Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians! I hope you all enjoyed your weekend, and I'm enjoying the extra day off and thinking of everything I'm thankful for! 

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I'm keeping up the CBBxManiMonday nail group Halloween theme - we will all be doing Halloween nails for the whole month! 

Five on Saturday - October 9, 2021 ~ Alberta Fall, Johnny B Sweet, Well Order, The Nature of Witches Pre-order Goodies, and Christmas Prep (Yes I Said It!)

Happy Friday everyone - hope you all had a great week! It was super busy for me, so I'm really glad it's a long weekend! But, on a good note, I started volleyball up again this week and it was so nice to play with adults (I play with kids at work a fair bit), so it was nice for some good competitive games! 

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I have to start by saying that Alberta is maybe having the best Fall I've ever seen - I was in Edmonton this past weekend for training and I went out for a few walks! I even saw some larches and they are so lovely! Usually we get one really nice week and then it snows, so it's amazing that we've had a few weeks of perfect weather and beautiful Fall colours! 

Lush Kitchen Subscription Box ~ October 2021 Issue 17 Trick or Tweet

It has been a minutes since I've ordered a Lush Kitchen subscription box - since the 1 year Anniversary box in May! (I needed to use up a few more bath products before picking up any more if I'm being honest). But, Lush has some of the best Halloween products, so I was not missing the October box! 

The Lush Kitchen Subscription box is a monthly subscription box full of exclusive Lush Labs goodies made exclusively for the box - every month subscribers vote on the monthly menu of products that they would or would not like to see in the box, so you can help pick what is included in the box! Also, all of the products included in each box will be vegan. 

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Each month the Lush Kitchen Subscription box is £35 per month + shipping (shipping to Canada is £17.95), so all together the cost of the subscription box in Canada is £52.95 a month, which converts to around $95 each month). She's pricey for us Canadian's but, the subscription will come with 4-5 exclusive products and I think it will include a variety of products that Lush makes. 

Quarterly Reading Wrap-up - July to September 2021

Time for a little recap on all the books I've read in the last quarter a little recap of the best and worst! 

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Reading has clearly taken over as my most time-consuming hobby, and I've enjoyed incorporating more book content on the blog! So I thought I would recap all the books I read in the third quarter - there were 30 of them (33 in the first quarter, and 28 in the second quarter)! My original goal was to read at least 60 books through the whole year and I crushed that, so I upped it to 100 books for the year, and I'm already at 91 so pretty darn good! 

Manicure Monday - Boo, Cute Halloween Nails

Happy Manicure Monday everyone - hope you all had a good weekend! We decorated for Halloween and are fully ready for spooky season, so I'm happy for my first nails of October! 

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October automatically means spooky season, so the CBBxManiMonday nail group will be doing Halloween nails for the whole month! 

Five on Friday - October 1, 2021 ~ Monthly Makeup Baskets, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, September Scratch Monthly Mani Kit, and New Vacuum!

Happy Friday everyone - hope you all had a great week! I've been in Edmonton most of the week for some work training, so it's been a pretty quiet week for me! Also, How tf is it October already?! 

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I have been keeping up my Monthly Makeup Baskets throughout this pandemic; but, I am finding it a little hard to use everything in a single month as I am wearing masks all the time. So, for now, I am going to do bi-monthly baskets just so I can get a little more use out of the products that I'm using!