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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Another Year Older, Another Year Closer to Being Thirty

Hello All!
I recently had a birthday and thought I would do a little reflection post on the past year.

I've accomplished a fair bit in this past year and I must say that I am proud of myself.
I graduated college with a certificate for a Medical Lab Assistant.
I started my career and have almost been there for a year!
My boyfriend and I finally found a place to call our own and enjoying loving/hating being "real adults" now.

I now have a sister-in-law and found out a month ago that I am going to be an Aunt this year!

I don't think much else happened in this past year, but it's been a pretty great one and I hope this one is just a great!

As for my birthday this year?
Boyfriend made pancakes and we had his parents over in the morning for a little celebration. We then headed to The City for some exploring and shopping.  When we got home I finished icing my cake and then went for dinner with my parents.  In the evening we had everyone over for cake and I finished off the night with a bubble bath!
Pretty awesome way to spend your birthday if you ask me.

Have you recently had a birthday or have one coming up soon?

Sunday, March 1, 2015

New Beauty Buys

Wow, March already.
It's crazy to think in a week I will be twenty seven years old.

So, we're still not quite finished moving in.  The majority is complete, but I still have some things at my parent's house that I've been too lazy to deal with.
We have a chair that should be here in a couple weeks and still have to decide on a couch.

Meanwhile I have been trying out some new things!
I recently bought the Bite Beauty 5 Night Fix for Lips which includes a cherry flavored scrub and their original lip mask.  This has been quite nice on my dry lips, but I'm not sure if I would purchase either again as I've tried alternative that work in the same way.  The Living Proof Instant Texture Mist is another one I decided to try as I've been on the hunt for a texture spray and I don't think this is quite what I was going for.  I purchased the smaller size, unsure if I would like it or not.  I've been wanting the Oribe dry texture spray to try but no where around here sells it and I can't find it online to buy (Canadian shipping).  I hate the spray nozzle on the Living Proof one, but I do get quite a bit of volume from it so that is a huge plus for me.  Maybe one day I'll buy the larger size, unless I find something else that I like. Anna at ViviAnnaDoesMakeup uses the Living Proof Perfect Hair Day 5 in 1 treatment so I bought Living Proof Perfect Hair Day 5 in 1 treatment.  I actually really like this stuff.  I don't use heat on my hair often, so it's in pretty decent shape but this makes my hair better.  I don't know how to explain it.  It's just smooth, shiny, no frizz....just good hair but better.

I recently received The Benefit Cosmetics prive Topbox for my February box.  Topbox is a Canadian subscription beauty box and in my opinion it is the best one out there.  I think with taxes in I pay just over $13.  In that Benefit box I received a sample of the new Roller Lash.  I have a new mascara love.  I usually use my Dior Addict-a-lash, but the Roller Lash has shoved that aside at the moment.  I honestly thought that it was going to be gimmicky, but the separation and length I get with this mascara is unbelievable.  Definitely going to be my next mascara purchase when I run out.
I feel like everyone and their dog have been using Too Faced's Hangover Primer.  I didn't know what to expect when I bought it but I had to try it.  I love the coconut smell and it feels so light yet moisturizing on my face.  I don't know about makeup going on any smoother because I don't use foundation, but it is definitely a good one to use when you haven't had a good night's sleep.
The Peter Thomas Roth Un-wrinkle Peel Pads intrigued me.  I'm all about preventing wrinkles and anti-aging skincare.  I do enjoy these but I'm not sure if they really do anything or if it's my sample of Sunday Riley's Good Genes helping my skin. I think it's the latter.  Will I purchase again? Maybe.  But I would prefer to splurge on Sunday Riley's Good Genes (I'm in love with my small sample and am terrified everyday that it's going to be my last pump.)


The last things I purchased are from FTBbeauty.  I have been in need of a full brush set.  I wanted the Zoeva rose gold ones so bad, but I couldn't justify the price point...okay more like I didn't want to pay the shipping cost.  So I searched for some rose gold or even copper brushes everywhere and came across these ones from BH Cosmetics.  They are so soft and I haven't had any hairs fall out, definitely a good buy!  Next I noticed they also sold Beauty Blenders, I usually buy the Quo version from Shopper's Drug Mart but I haven't been able to find them and mine are starting to look pretty beat.  So, I made the investment in the Beauty Blender Pro (double pack).  The Quo sponges are good, but these are awesome.


Have you tried anything new lately?
Any recommendations?
Enjoy your Sunday!

Saturday, February 21, 2015

Somewhere New

Hello Lovelies!
I can't believe it's been ten days since my last post!
So, the week of my last post we had gone to look at a place and at the end of last week we signed the lease, yay!
Move in date was last weekend, so we were quite the busy bees.
I never realized how much make up I've accumulated until I unpacked it all (I hope to do a little post or video on that eventually)

I hope to do a lot more blogging and a video once a week (you're thinking yeah, right. Aren't you?)
These are my hopes!
This is my favorite spot to sit.
In the morning I make a pot of coffee, sit here with my laptop and some candles lit.  And it seems to be my evening spot now too.
 I finally get to use my owl spoon rest! (From The Real Canadian Superstore)
 Glass heart dish from Target Canada and Warm Vanilla Sugar candle from Bath and Body Works.
 Our state of living on Monday.
I've accumulated quite a few mugs and have used a different one everyday.

Have an excellent weekend!

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

I Am A Terrible Haul-er?

Hello again!
Is anyone else terrible at hauls?
Well, it's not that I'm bad at accumulating things I just don't blog or make a video (which I enjoy doing).  Haul videos are my favorite, so of course I want to do something that I enjoy watching right?

I just can't seem to produce a haul video or even just a blog post without having opening the package before and most times even using some of the products I purchased.

Just terrible.

It's either get the products and haul them right away while I'm still in work hair/makeup mode or it just never gets done.
I'm even worse when my subscription boxes arrive. I post a picture on instagram and that's about all I can manage.

I have a fair amount for a haul video/blog soon, I just need to pick up at package from the post and maybe do another stop at Target.

Have you heard Target Canada is closing?
It's my favorite place to get cosmetics because it's so well lit and just nice to browse through, so needless to say I am sad.
But Sephora is coming to my town soon...not that I need more.

Moving on.

Exciting things coming soon!
And if things pan out this week, I should be able to get more pictures on my blog soon and hopefully using my youtube channel a bit more.

Happy Wednesday! I hope you have a lovely rest of your week!

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Busy, Busy, Busy

Once again I have failed my blog.
Last week I miraculously worked Monday to Friday (which was super exciting for me) so Friday actually felt like Friday and I stayed up until 2am, which means I screwed up my sleep schedule for the whole weekend.

I have a love-hate relationship with three day weekends.
You start off Friday with a high, Saturday is still going pretty good and then Sunday afternoon rolls around and you start to get sad that you only have one day left.

I had the most wonderful weekend.
What did I do, you ask?
Nothing.
Wandered the mall, had breakfast at one of our favorite diners while playing Sudoku, sat outside with Boyfriend while he worked on a vehicle, played my Nintendo 3DS, saw a movie with my Mom lounged in bed until 10....a whole lot of relaxing.

I'll do my best to blog this week as I have a few ideas, but we're currently looking for a place to live so we'll see how caught up in that I get.
Wish me luck!

Have a great week!