A late #CBBxManiMonday as our internet has been out for hours. Since it is Indie Month at the Canadian Beauty Bloggers, I decided to use two Canadian indie nail polish brands for my look. This week I used Beyond The Nail Hallo-Scream as my base with My Indie Polish Liquid Chrome stamped over. The stamping […]
Canadian Beauty Advent Calendars 2018
Gone are the days of a cheap plastic tasting chocolate advent calendars. Treat yourself to a beauty advent calendar for 2018. From perfume, makeup, skincare and nail polish, there are many options to treat yourself to 24 (or 12) days of beauty for advent. Growing up, I loved those cheap Advent Calendars with a mini […]
The Body Shop Beauty Advent Calendars For 2018
As in previous years, The Body Shop has a number of beauty advent calendar options for you. Starting at $69, these calendars include 24-25 goodies so you can enjoy one for each day of Advent. They also have a Countdown to New Year calendar that you can give as a gift on Christmas Day to […]
Charlotte Tilbury 2018 Beauty Advent Calendar Now Available!
It may only be October but beauty advent calendars for 2018 are already available. If you want to really treat yourself this year, splurge on the 12 day Charlotte Tilbury Beauty Universe Advent Calendar. No tiny samples in this one, the Charlotte Tilbury Advent Calendar for 2018 comes with 12 full size and generous mini products […]
Top Avon Lipstick Shades For Fall 2018
Fall is my favourite time of year. It cools down, you can wear cute sweaters and you can get away with bright or vampy colours. Each season, Avon chooses a few shades that work for the season and I am loving their Fall Lipstick Report shades. They are all so wearable on most skin tones […]
I Visited The New Mapleview Citizen Tea Store
Citizen Tea recently opened their fourth retail location. Great for me as the newest one is in Mapleview, a reasonable distance from my place. I prefer buying tea in person, you can see and smell it before purchasing. If you are not familiar with Citizen Tea, it comes from the founder of Teaopia so isn’t […]
Shop Local at the Etsy Made In Canada Hamilton Show
With Indie month coming up for the Canadian Beauty Bloggers, it is a great time for the Etsy Made in Canada shows being held all over the country tomorrow. My local one is the Hailton Made in Canada show at the Lincoln Alexander Cntre in downtown Hamilton. It starts at 10am and entrance is just […]
Is Sassy+Chic Nail Art Worth Buying At Dollar Tree?
My local Dollar Tree has a decent selection of nail art products. Most of them are Sassy+Chic branded which seems to be a made for Dollar Tree line. So no huge discounts but at $1.25 per product, they are on par for pricing from Born Pretty etc. I picked up a selection of products including […]
Flying with Tea – Can You Take Tea on a Plane?
You are going on vacation and worried about the quality of the tea offerings at your destination? Want to know if you can fly with your tea stash? I see this question come up quite a lot but the truth is, it depends a lot on where you are flying too and from. But in general, […]