BEAUTY | January 2026 Ipsy Original Bag

 

Purchased by me

In all fairness, I took these photos in February and had every intention of getting this up before April, but here we are - it's April! I actually just signed up for the yearly Ipsy subscription as they raised their prices, but allowed subscribers to lock in the old yearly price if it was done by the end of March and after some hemming and hawing, I decided to let myself have a fun, little monthly surprise!

NAILS | Hoppy Easter to All #CBBxManiMonday

Some press samples

I hope everyone had a lovely Easter weekend and if you have today off as well, lucky you! I only had Sunday off, but I enjoyed it nonetheless as it was a glorious 19 degrees and sunny in Vancouver! My poor baby nails are growing back at a snail's pace so maybe I should start looking into nail art for short nails because I feel like many of the things I am used to doing look better on long nails. What do you think?

SHEET MASK | Dermovia Rice Sake Sakura Brightening Facial Mask

Purchased by me

Not gonna lie this was supposed to be up for last week's Sheet Mask Sunday post, but when it came down to sitting and writing about it, I actually couldn't remember what this mask was like. I didn't have overly negative or positive feelings about it, but I guess it doesn't bode well when that happens! I think because sheet masks are generally all fairly similar save for a few very specific things, it is getting harder for me to remember what each is like especially now that I have tried like a thousand of them!

EMPTIES | March 2026

I used 12 sheet masks last month with reviews for the Aceology and Dermovia masks also going up for my Sheet Mask Sunday posts and the Aceology ones have been a new surprise mask favourite! I only wish they were easier to purchase in Canada or hopefully Ipsy carries them again! Also, The Body Shop Edelweiss Sheet Mask is one of my favourite sheet masks not just from The Body Shop, but in the world of sheet masking in general!

SKINCARE | New Pacifica Beauty Travel Minis!

Press samples

I would just like to say that I have not had the time/energy to generate more than 10 blog posts per month other than a few times last year, but from January to March of this year, I have managed to do it! I can't believe that at my blogging peak, I was doing 20 posts a month! I look back on that now and find that to be utterly insane! Granted these last three months, my work schedule has been ever so slightly easier due to sprinkling some "need to use" vacation days before the end of our fiscal year. No complaints though I will admit that many of those days off have been used to work on things for my day job up until about 2 weeks ago.

NAILS | Oscar the Grouch #CBBxManiMonday

One press sample*

My baby nails are still growing their way back to fullness so I was sort of at a loss for what to do for today's last day of green manicures. I suddenly thought of Oscar the Grouch and then found this manicure from 2 years ago from @aculednails on RedditLaqueristas and thought I would give it a go!