Five on Friday - January 31, 2020

Happy Friday everyone! I hope you all had a great week - this week was a huge improvement from last week for me and I'm feeling much better and not exhausted and totally overworked! It's been a super quiet week as my older son is away on vacation with his Dad in Mexico and it's kind of crazy - he's been away from me before, but not out of the country!

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I  received the January Owlcrate subscription and this month's theme is "Vengeance Will Be Mine". Each month the book Owlcrate includes is signed by the author and includes a note from the author as well - they often have special edition covers just for the box, and they seem to include a lot of exclusive items just for Owlcrate, which is so fun! 

January 2020 What I Bought - Monthly Haul!

Yay - time for my first Shopping Haul of 2020! Early this year, I set one of my 2020 goals to be actually sticking to my $100 a month Beauty Budget - are you ready to see if I was able to do this?!? 

I always love my Monthly Haul posts to share with you everything I picked up (since I can't review everything I buy)! I also am trying to hold myself a little more accountable to buying products that I really want and will actually use!

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Oomomo Beauty Haul ~ $17.85 CAN. I finally got to check out the newly opened Oomomo in Calgary - it is a Japanese variety shop that had a ton of stuff! It was super cute and I will go back for sure! I picked up a few different 3D nail stickers (I just used them in a Manicure Monday here). Also, I practiced some self-restraint and only picked up 2 masks because they are Mediheal and I couldn't resist! 

January Shop My Stash Makeup Look - Classic Blue and Making My Own Lipstick

I'm keeping up the Shop My Stash makeup looks for 2020 because I've loved using them as a way to play in my makeup collection and create fun and exciting makeup looks! 

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I typically avoid blue makeup - I think it looks so good on some people; but, it's never felt like a colour that I could pull off! But, because Pantone announced the 2020 Colour of the Year as Classic Blue, I really wanted to have fun with the colour! 

Manicure Monday - Shimmery Gem Stone Nail Stickers

Happy Manicure Monday! I hope you all had a great weekend - I was getting refreshed for the weekend and ready for a week (fingers crossed it was not half as exhausting as last week!) 

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I have been loving this month's #CBBxManiMonday theme of "experiments" - it's really helped get me back in to the nail art groove and I've been having fun trying new techniques!

Beautylish Lucky Bag 2020 Unboxing

Every Boxing Day (or December 26 for you non-Canadians), Beautylish releases the pre-order for their Lucky Bags which ships in early January (and if you are interested, these sell out quickly!) These boxes are $75.00 US + $15.00 shipping to Canada (with exchange I paid $124.80 CAN); but, you are guaranteed at least $150.00 US worth of makeup. They are all totally random, so it is a complete surprise what you get. Some are extra lucky and include gift cards, etc. 

I picked up the regular lucky bag for fair/medium skin. There was also XL lucky bags, Jeffree Star Lucky Bags, and a Buy One Gift One as other options. I'm a total sucker for these mystery boxes and this is my 3rd year getting one - you can see my past unboxings here! 

Here is a look at my 2020 Beautylish Lucky Bag:

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The Lucky Bags are described as "Lucky Bags are a Japanese New Year custom that inspired us to create our own. The crane on this year's Lucky Bag symbolizes longevity and good luck. We hope the surprises inside make your 2020 a little more lucky."