HOBBIES | February Pixyls Projects

 

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I probably Pixyl more than I blog at this point mainly because it is a passive and meditative activity I can do when my brain is dead after work. I love Pixyling before bed with a cozy beauty or minimalist YouTube video from JenLuv or Simple Happy Zen. Every month, Pixyls has a little contest where everyone can submit, through the Discord channel, a photo or video of their completed Pixyls and win 250 Pix points.The points count towards various discount levels of 5% (500 points), 10% (1000 points), 15% (1500 points) or 20% (2000 points). I generally hold out for 2000 as it makes the most sense to me, but I also probably buy more than I should! This photo above was my February submission and as you can tell it was cat-themed!

BODY | Loopha Chalk Hand and Body Powder Wash

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Leave it up to Deciem to come up with some strange packaging to house a strange product! I was on my lunch break one day at the Deciem store (it's next door to my work) and saw one of Deciem's many brands that I had not seen before - Loopha! Loopha focuses on fragrance by "activating atmospheres by scenting areas of daily life and filling them with function".  

MAKEUP | L'Oreal Faux Brow with Before and After Video Application

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I have been feeling incredibly nostalgic the last few months which has led me to looking at products I loved back in the heyday of "beauty influencing" as well as going back to watching beauty videos from OG YouTubers like Tati, Lara Lee and Nikki La Rose. While I still cannot stand Lara's style of talking, I have not missed a single Tati video since she went back to her roots and away from the beauty drama of 2019. With my renewed interest in a classic beauty video, I was recommended Nikki's videos and while they can be very long and wordy, she seems genuine in her product recommendations so when she went on and on about how amazing the L'Oreal Faux Brow was, I put it on my list to try not realizing I had had it sitting in a box of PR since August 2025. I know, shame on me!

HAIR | Pantene Miracle Intense Rescue Shots Dry Hair Treatment

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With my hair being as coarse and dry as it has been since puberty hit, hair masks and treatments have always been an absolute MUST in my haircare routine and I have reviewed A LOT of them here! I haven't really thought about drugstore options since the Garnier Fructis 1 Minute Hair Masks, but do you know who told me to pick up these Pantene Miracle Intense Rescue Shots? My very own husband! He saw them at London Drugs and said to me "Those are probably good you should try them". When I asked why, he responded by saying "Well, Pantene always does good hair stuff, right?" Yes, yes the do.

NAILS | L'Occitane Shea Nail and Cuticle Oil (aka The Winter Saviour!)

 

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Just when I thought my nails couldn't get anymore destroyed than they already have been! We shall see if I can manage a set of nails this week as my nails cannot stop breaking, flexing (and then developing a partial crack) and generally feeling awful so instead of showcasing nails for the usual #CBBxManiMonday post, today we will be "nail adjacent" with a product that helps the nails look their best - cuticle oil!

NAILS | Happy Lunar New Year! #CBBxManiMonday

 

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Happy Year of the Horse! It has been a little bit too busy in my day job to have the energy to do #LunarFebruary this year, but I couldn't miss out on doing some red and gold nails for LNY today!

SHEET MASK | Garnier Skinactive Super Hydrating and Brightening Moisture Bomb

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I am getting to enjoy a true long weekend like a "regular person" today as I had requested yesterday off to attend a friend's bridal shower and now I have today and Family Day off so I am using it to do some blog and house chores catch up! Hopefully, I will not fall asleep as that's usually what happens on my days off when I try to get everything done all at once! This is actually the first day I have had off in over 2 weeks where I have the whole day to myself!

KBEAUTY | Lore Skin - Your Newest Canadian Stop for All Things K-Beauty!

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K-Beauty has truly taken the beauty space by storm in recent years and one thing I really try to do is purchase my Korean beauty products from Canadian businesses as shipping from Asia often takes longer (I have waited up to 2 months!), can get lost (granted this has only happened once to me) or you get hit with duties. This is why I was delighted to see Lore Skin, a new K-beauty e-commerce store based right here in Vancouver!

NAILS | Happy Valentine's Day! #CBBxManiMonday

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It has been a weird week for me. Throughout the years, I am sure I have mentioned Inventory on this blog many times and as of last year, we started doing it on Sundays when we are closed. We used to do it over two days - Saturday night and Sunday morning, but now it's all done on just the one day. While it's great to do Inventory on a day where we don't have to open the store, it does screw us all up for the week in terms of all of us thinking Sunday was a Monday! 

NAILS | Purple and Pink Flower Vibes #CBBxManiMonday

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The weekend is always done way too fast especially because I always work Saturdays so Sundays are truly precious. I usually sleep in on Sundays, but never really past 8am because my cat, Buster, has an internal clock of 7am on the dot for breakfast! He sleeps all the way through the night which is great though, but at 7am it's time to get up. Sometimes it's 6:57am or 7:30am, but this is the only cat I have had who has slept all through the night and wakes up at a reasonable time!