Summery Makeup With Lottie London

Lottie London is a brand that has crossed my radar lately - they are an affordable, drugstore makeup brand. Their skincare products have impressed and now I'm delving in to their makeup products and I'm equally impressed with what I've tried! 

I received these products as PR samples

All of these products were perfect for an end-of-Summer look, so here's a close look at all the products and my thoughts on them:

Five on Friday - August 30, 2024 ~ Book Club, 9th Anniversary Hike - Ha Ling Peak, New Fit Bit and Walking Pad, and The Last Hunt

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

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This past weekend was Book Club and it was a blast! We went to Vacation Brewery and enjoyed the beautiful sunshine and chat books! The book we read was 84, Charing Cross Road which was a non-fiction quick novella read! 

Manicure Monday - Holographic Bookworm Nails

Happy Manicure Monday - I hope you all had a great weekend! 

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I just had book club yesterday, so I was very inspired by all out bookish talk, so Summery bookworm nails are here! 

Five on Friday - August 23, 2024 ~ Wayward Series Book Review, The Calgary Zoo, The Big Bounce, Troll Falls Hike, and PSL Season

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

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New book series review for you - the Wayward Children series books 1-3 by Seanan McGuire (Be Sure is a bind up of the first 3 books in the series!) If you like weird adventure stories that get a little dark, these novellas series set around children who have traveled to portal worlds is a must read!

Book 1 is Every Heart A Doorway - we meet our main characters at a boarding school for children from portal worlds all waiting to return, but they start dying off - it's a bit of a whodunnit to figure out who is hurting the children. Book 2 is Down Among the Sticks and Bones and it is Jack and Jill's portal story - starts with their sad childhood that leads to them finding the door. They go down to a dark world with a vampire prince and a mad scientist. Book 3 is Beneath the Sugar Sky has us back at the boarding school meeting a mermaid and a daughter of a past student who is dead. They have to travel to a nonsense world to put all the pieces back together!

Manicure Monday - Holo Taco Guilty Pleasure Thermal Polish

Happy Manicure Monday - I hope you all had a great weekend! 

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For the whole month of August (and July) the #CBBxManiMonday group is doing Summer nails - this always means bright and colourful nails for me, but also nails that I can do quickly, because I feel like the Summers are always packed with so few weekends to get everything in that I don't have a ton of time to do crazy nails! 

Five on Friday - August 16, 2024 ~ The Spellshop Book Review, Auction Finds, Monopoly Bid, Dollar Store Finds, and New TV Watches - Too Hot To Handle and Dirty Pop

Happy Five on Friday - I hope you all had a great week! 

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I am always excited to review a great book and The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst is a great, cute, cozy fantasy novel! It takes place as our main character is fleeing an uprising in the city and she gets on her boat with some spell books she wants to keep safe and her helper, a sentient spider plant. With nowhere else to go, she flees to her home island where she plans on staying to herself so no one should find out what she has. But of course, there are neighbors and people start showing up in the island so they have to band together and make a living! It was a great story! 4.5 stars. 

Urban Decay Face Bond Waterproof Foundation Review

Spoiler alert - I love this foundation, it already made my Monthly Favourites for June, but I think it still deserves it's own review! 

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Urban Decay Face Bond Self Setting Waterproof Foundation ~ $57.00 CAN. A lightweight waterproof foundation with the skincare benefits of a serum and self-setting powder for blurring effect in a medium-coverage, matte finish.

This is a lightweight formula that is formulated with a self setting powder to absorb sweat and oil during wear time. It instantly helps blurs the skin and won't clog pores or cause breakouts. The foundation is waterproof, humidity proof and sweat proof. 

Manicure Monday - Watercolour Brushed Nails

Happy Manicure Monday - I hope you all had a great weekend! 

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For the whole month of August (and July) the #CBBxManiMonday group is doing Summer nails - this always means bright and colourful nails for me, but also nails that I can do quickly, because I feel like the Summers are always packed with so few weekends to get everything in that I don't have a ton of time to do crazy nails! 

Five on Friday - August 9, 2024 ~ Sheep River Falls, July Month of Vegetarian/Pescatarian Meals, Summer Romance Reads, YYC Icecream Fest, and August Most Anticipated Books

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

ONE 

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This past weekend we took a family drive out to Sheep River Falls - it's a such a gorgeous drive and the falls were beautiful. The family actually swam in the water and it was so cold it hurt, but they had fun! It's a beautiful spot in South Kananaskis to check out! 

Monthly Beauty Favourites ~ July 2024

Here's a look at my favourites from July:

The Keys and Flexitol were received as PR samples

The last little bit I have no number of things I've been loving and honestly, I've been trying products a little slower, so my favourites have been a little smaller and more curated than the past few years! 

Here's a closer look at the best products I was loving in July:

Manicure Monday - Pink and Orange Checkered Nails

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

It's August which means it's time for Summer nails - my favourite! Summer for me is always fresh, easy and bright nails, so that's usually what you can expect from me for the next couple of months! 

Monthly Beauty and Book Haul ~ July 2024

Back in 2022, I set a monthly beauty and books budget at $200 per month and I've been pretty good about sticking to it! I am trying to be thoughtful in my purchases, so this has been holding me accountable for being reasonable with my spending. Since it worked so well last year, I'm really trying to do the same thing this year! 

I do always love my Monthly Haul posts - it's a good way to keep track of everything that I picked up each 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! 

Indigo Preorder ~ $27.55 CAN. This book was so gorgeous and sounded so good - I had to put in a preorder to make sure I got those beautiful purple edges! 

Five on Saturday - August 3, 2024 ~ Silverwood Idaho, Coeur D'Alene, Target Haul, Trader Joes Haul, and Time At The Cabin

Happy Saturday everyone - I hope you all had a good weekend. We have been so busy it's wild! 

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We have had a busy Summer - we went to Idaho to go to Silverwood Theme Park and Boulder Beach Waterpark and we had a blast! It was just a couple hour drive down from the cabin and we stayed in Coeur D'Alene. The parks were great - the water park had some big slides and it was so much fun! The theme park itself has some big rollercoasters and fun rides! We had a blast! 

Monthly Reads ~ July 2024

Time for a look at my July Monthly reads! Each month I share a quick look at the books that I've read with a little synopsis and my rating - anything that I love or is really intriguing, I will share a more in depth review on a different post! 

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So, in July I read 6 books with a mix of genres from adult romance to YA fantasy. I love most genres, and I really want to keep my reads diversified this year! Also, I've been trying to read a mix of old and new books, but this month was mostly new books! 

I read 3 physical books and listened to 3 audiobooks. Here's a quick look at all the books I read in the past month: