Shop My Stash Makeup Look - February 2022 ~ Red & Peach Valentine's Day Look

Happy Tuesday everyone! I've been playing with makeup quite a bit lately and it's been so fun to create looks - it had been awhile, and I'm happy to make it a priority! This year, I really want to focus on using products in my collection, and so today's look is a fun Valentine's Day inspired makeup look! 

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

I didn't go with the typical pink look for Valentine's Day, but instead I went with a red & peach look - I rarely play with reds and I love how this look came together! I always love a peachy look, so this was fun to do! (Was that too many "loves" in a sentence?! Or, never enough since it's love day soon?!)

Shop My Stash Makeup Look - January 2022 ~ Very Peri Eyeshadow Look

Happy Wednesday everyone! I'm so so excited that this past weekend I was able to sit down and play with some makeup (it's been a little while!) I really want to focus on using products in my collection, and so today's look is a "Very Peri" eyeshadow look based on the 2022 Pantone Colour of the Year! 

The Estee Lauder, Catrice and Hard Candy products - this post contains affiliate links 

I don't have anything that it is quite "Very Peri" in my collection, but I have a lot of purples and some blues, so I thought I would be able to pull a look together, and honestly - I'm so happy with how this look came out! It's deep, but shimmery and pretty! It's a little more cool-toned than I normally go and I like it! 

Five on Friday - March 26, 2021 ~ Concrete Rose Book Review, March Owlcrate Box, Z Library, Baun Bon Cards and Palettes of the Week

Happy Friday everyone! I hope you've all had a great week! We are officially in to Spring and I always love Spring, it's time for everything to warm up and start growing and getting green (although, I remember that I live in Calgary and we will have snow and cold for the next month still!)

ONE 

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I'm keeping up with my promise of more book reviews this year - and, I feel like I'm having a really good reading year! I've already read over 25 books and I always have a mix of audiobooks, e-books, and physical books on the go! I really want to focus on books I'm loving and my second 5 star review of the year went to Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas! 

So, I own a physical copy of this book already; but, I did actually listen to this on audiobook and I would highly recommend that - the narrator did a fantastic job. Angie Thomas also wrote The Hate U Give and On The Come Up, and I enjoyed both of the books, so I was looking forward to this. Concrete Rose focuses on Starr's dad, Maverick Carter, 17 years before the events of THUG. So, even though you know the "outcome" or the eventual paths that Maverick chooses, it is still a fantastic read. This book just hit me with all the feels - I laughed, I cried, I did it all and it felt pretty powerful to me. So this book takes us back to Garden Heights with 17 year old Maverick in a very intense time in his life - he is raising a son that the mother has left with him, he loses a family member to a crime, and he is trying to decide on whether to get out or go deeper in the gang life he has been living. 

March Shop My Stash ~ Green Makeup Look

March always has me feeling green - it's probably St. Patrick's Day, but it's the perfect occasion to pull out all the green makeup and play! 

 

The Rodial & Shared Planet products were received as PR samples - this post contains affiliate links

I rarely wear green eyeshadows; but, honestly, every time I do a green look, I love how it turns out! I really need to start reaching for greens more! (I even pulled out a green highlighter for the occasion - and by occasion, I really mean doing nothing, because here we are, 1 year in to the pandemic!)

Monthly Beauty Favourites - February 2021

Here's a look at what I was loving in February:

The miracle balm was received as a PR sample - this post contains affiliate links

I didn't actually try a ton of new things in February and stuck to a pretty basic routine, but the few new things I did try I ended up really liking, so I have a good little mix of makeup, skincare and nails this month! 

Monthly Beauty Haul - February 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! 

(Also, I'm only sharing what I received every month now since I'm not trying to stick to a crazy budget, so some things I ordered in February will show up in my March haul now!)

I purchased everything in this post

Auric Beauty Haul ~ $131.77 CAN. I was so excited when Samantha Ravndahl announced her brand and I loved her announcement video, so I was very excited to pick up one of the Glow Lusts and one Smoke Reflect shadow - I can't wait to use both of these! The cost I paid in Canadian includes both products, shipping and conversion with no duties on my order! I will be reviewing these as soon as I can try them! 

Kaleidos x Angelica Nyqvist The Club Nebula Eyeshadow Palette - Swatches, Looks and Thoughts!

Kaleidos was on my list of brands to try for 2020 and I was really pleased that I did try them - I piked up a small, neutral eyeshadow palette and really enjoyed the formula of it! I also picked up a lovely highlighter that I have been using lots - it's certainly a brand that I'm excited to see and try more from! 

I purchased this palette myself

So, when they announced that they were collaborating with Swedish youtuber, Angelica Nyqvist, I was pretty happy - she's certainly the reason that I heard about the brand! Also, Kaleidos is a brand that doesn't shy away from colourful, and if you've seen Angie's channel then you know that she is very much in to colourful looks, so this feels like a very fitting collab all around! 

Five on Friday - February 5, 2021 ~ Monthly Makeup Basket, January OwlCrate, Hot Chocolate Bombs, and Lotta Love!

Happy Friday everyone! Hope you all had a good week - it's been super cold all week and snowy here (I actually took a snow on Wednesday and worked from home and it was lovely!)

ONE 

The Pixi quad in the post was received as a PR sample - this post contains affiliate links

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 - I typically feature older products, but used lots of newer products for December & January, so I will make sure all of these ones for the next two months are older! 

January Shop My Stash - Pantone Colour of the Year Ultimate Grey & Illuminating Makeup Look

I've taken a couple month break from my Shop My Stash looks because I had a ton of makeup to get through, so I'm excited to jump back in and play and create fun looks with my makeup stash! 

The setting spray was received as PR - this post contains affiliate links

I decided for my first look of the year, that I was going to go out of my comfort zone and do a makeup look inspired by Pantone's Colours of the Year for 2021 - Ultimate Grey and Illuminating! They chose two colours, grey and yellow for "a marriage of color conveying a message of strength and hopefulness that is both enduring and uplifting."

Ranking All The Eyeshadow Palettes I Tried In 2020!

Eyeshadow palettes have been my favourite makeup product, and will always be - so they always get the most focus on the blog! I always try to review or swatch all the palettes I get picked because it's important to share what's good and what's not! 

The Pixi and Catrice palettes were received as PR samples - this post contains affiliate links

I picked up 23 new palettes throughout 2020 - most I purchased myself, some came in subscription boxes, a few were received as PR samples, and one was a gift! 

Top 10 Favourites - Makeup, Skincare, and Nail Discoveries of 2020

Time to chat about my Favourite Products of the year! The last couple of years, I've broken this down in to different posts per category of products, but honestly, I could wrap up my Best of the Best for the whole year on to two hands, so I decided to change up the format for this year! 

The Catrice foundation was received as a PR sample, this post contains affiliate links

With that being said, everything I talked about on my Monthly Favourites, I still love; but, when I think of the best products of the year, I think of the ones that have been total standouts or game-changers in my routine! So, that is what I'm going to focus on for this year's Top 10 Favourites! 

Five on Friday - December 4, 2020

Happy Friday everyone! Another busy week, so I'm looking forward to a quiet weekend! 

ONE 

The Pixi Beauty quad was received as a PR sample, everything else was purchased by me - this post contains affiliate links

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 - I typically feature older products, but I have quite a few newer face products that I will be focusing on for December and January:

Kaleidos Makeup - Sashimi City Futurism Palette & Ray Rider Space Age Highlighter

At the start of the year, I came up with a list of brands that I wanted to try and Kaleidos was one of the ten brands on that list and I'm so excited that close to the end of 2020, I was able to try them! 

I purchased all these products

Kaleidos Makeup has had some gorgeous products all year - they have gorgeous eyeshadow palettes, but they had quite a few colourful palettes that just weren't quite the right colour story for me! Then, they announced this gorgeous neutral palette and I knew it was the perfect way to try the brand, because I will actually get much more use out of this! Plus, I had to try one of their stunning highlighters! 

October 2020 - Monthly Favourites!

Here are the top 5 products that I was loving in October:

The Estee Lauder serum was received as a PR sample - this post contains affiliate links

There is a little mix of everything this month - a couple of eyeshadow palettes, skincare, a setting spray and bath products! 

September 2020 What I Bought - Monthly Haul!

I always love my Monthly Haul posts, so I can share with you everything I picked up in the month; because, as much as I love blogging, I can't share every single thing I picked up! 

Last month, I got rid of my $100 a month goal, and instead I'm sticking to the being more conscious about my purchases and just make sure it's makeup that I will really like before buying it! I want to make sure that I can use and enjoy the products I have in my collection and that I will really use the products I picked up! 

I purchased everything in this post

Sephora Order ~ $110.25 CAN. I placed this order because I was really excited to try both the Glow Recipe Papaya Sorbet Cleansing Balm (which already made my September Favourites because it's so good!) and the Natasha Denona Chromium Liquid Multichrome Eyeshadow (also made my Favourites because it's so beautiful - you can see a full post and the shadow on me here!) I finally picked up a full size Laniege Lip Sleeping mask because I've been trying to find more affordable alternative and they have been burning my lips, so I just went for the real thing! My code got me the Ole Henriksen Banana Bright Eye Cream that I've wanted to try for a while! The samples from Smashbox, DevaCurl, Tatcha.