LIFESTYLE | Five on Friday (Poke, Chocolate, Pompon, Walks and Pixyls)

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I keep thinking about this tuna and mango poke bowl I had at Cactus Club during my birthday week and just how refreshing it was! It was also plated beautifully which helped!

 

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I finally ate the Dior x Hype Vancouver chocolate bar I made two weeks ago and it was...interesting. The milk chocolate itself was good, but for colour I added in rose petals, freeze dried raspberry tea, matcha, sea salt from Vancouver Island and these gold and silver pearls. While the pearls added some luxuriousness to the chocolate bar, they were hard as rocks so I felt like they interfered with the overall eating of the chocolate. 

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These gorgeous dangly earrings are a new addition to the Bee de Chaumet collection and they are called Pompon! I have always loved the literal bee in jewelry and the way these earrings move and catch the light with the little bezel set diamonds on the spiga chains is so pretty!

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My husband and I went for our Sunday 5km walk as it was a perfect 20 degrees, breezy without a cloud in the sky! It's an activity that I have tried to keep up with in trying do 10K steps a day! It also gives us a chance to catch up and talk without any devices or distractions AND we tend to do our grocery shop on the way home. It's a very efficient walk!

FIVE

I finished the Pixyls Spring Dolls Collectible Card series! I was going pretty slow on these, but they turned out really well! If you haven't seen these on my Instagram account, Pixyls is an Ontario-based company that uses sticker pixels to create art! It's similar to diamond painting, but has fewer 
moving parts". You just need your sheet of stickers, the canvas and tweezers! I have been loving these since last Fall and cannot get enough!

Who is excited for the weekend? 

SKINCARE | Skoah Hydradew Mask #CanadianJuly

Purchased by me

Founded here in Vancouver, BC I have not posted about Skoah since 2014 and it's mainly because I worked there and had a bit of a negative experience at head office where I worked, but now that I have had 10+ years of hindsight and life experience, it's mostly in the past and I feel comfortable sharing about this brand again. It also just goes to show how good the Hydradew Mask is that I have felt the need to come out of "hibernation" to let you all know just how good this mask is!  

SKINCARE | BKIND Makeup Removing Cleansing Balm #CanadianJuly

Press sample

I have been raving about Quebec-based brand BKIND and their nail polishes for the last few weeks of CBBxManiMondays and now we are moving into their skincare! I know that single product reviews are sooo 10 years ago, but you know what? I find that doing a mixture of both round-ups and single product posts keeps me more organized and helps me remember better what I have talked about with all of you here! Sometimes certain products deserve a conversation of their own and since we are featuring Canadian brands this month, BKIND is gettin' their own post!

NAILS | Neon Polka Dots #CBBxManiMonday

Some press samples

Look at that! I am on time! I was watching a replay of Stage 2 of the Tour de France all Sunday afternoon as we finally decided to subscribe to Flobikes which is the only way you can see TDF in Canada, but at $50 for the month, it has been worth it so far! We watched most of the 4 hour ride which ended around 7pm and then my husband started making dinner. I was about to do TDF-themed nails like I did back in 2023, but as it was already late by the time I cleaned up, I decided to stick to something bright for today as this month's CBBxManiMonday theme is "Brights"!

SHEET MASK | My Scheming Hyaluronan Moisturizing Mask

 

Press sample

Happy Sheet Mask Sunday everyone! I feel like I have not been great about consistency with my Sunday posts, but now that I have had a little vacation and rest, I feel like I have more energy. Granted, I have only been back at work for one day so we shall see how I feel next Sunday when the fatigue has gotten to me!

LIFESTYLE | Five on Friday (Birthday Festivities)

This last week definitely deserves a solid blog entry as I had taken it off to celebrate my birthday so there were lots of things and events to note!

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