SKINCARE | Bliss Hangover Fix Holographic Foil Sheet Mask #MerryMaskmas

Though I have many masks left to talk about this year and probably won't get through, I thought I'd chat today about a mask that seems fitting for the holidays as there will certainly be some late nights and celebratory drinking! The Bliss Hangover Fix Holographic Foil Sheet Mask claims to be a flexible foil mask that contours perfectly to the face to deliver one 30mL bottle of serum in a single treatment! This mask has probiotics in it (bifida ferment and lactococcus ferment lysate), pear extract and electrolytes to instantly cure and rebalance dull, dehydrated skin in the most visually appealing and creative way possible!  

Purchased by me

September and October 2014 Favourites

1. Bliss | Lemon and Sage Body Butter

You’ll notice it says “super-sized” because that is EXACTLY what it is. It’s 414mL of well..pure bliss. I have always been a fan of the bliss body butters for their unique, yet subtle blend of scents. I obviously loved the lemon and sage scent enough to buy this mofo and haven’t looked back!

2. Shu Uemura | Brave Beauty Orange Palette

Those of you who saw my makeup look with this palette (here) know that I fell in love with the colour orange right then and there. The pigmentation and quality floored me and warrants  its hefty $90 price tag if you’re looking for a palette that is completely different.

3. Urban Decay | Naked Flushed Palette

I picked this up last year, but have only really discovered it this year. This palette contains a highlighter, blush and bronzer all in one giant piece and you can select which parts you want to use. I generally use just the highlighter and blush and love that I can get a shimmer to my blush without having to open another product.

4. Lavanila | Vanilla Grapefruit Fragrance

I picked this up as a trio of minis a few years back and have been conserving the scent since. It lasts for HOURS on me and I love that two of my most favourite types of scents have been combined to form this lovely being. I also use the Vanilla Grapefruit deodorant and it is the ONLY deodorant scent that I have yet to get sick of.

5. Salonpas | Adhesive Muscle Relief Strips

I feel really old even mentioning these, but I actually use these to ease menstrual cramps. They feel more minty than hot, but the few hours of relief I get from one little patch is awesome. These look like an “ethnic” purchase, but I actually get mine from Shoppers Drug Mart. I hope I didn’t sound super racist right there…

6. Urban Decay | Naked 3 Dual-Ended 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil

I am totally obsessed with this eyeliner! On one end is Darkside and the other Blackheart. I use both fairly frequently with Blackheart being my personal favourite as it is a black liner with purple sparkles! It just makes a casual eye look just THAT much more interesting.

7. Marcelle | Lengthening and Curling Mascara

I will have to do a review of this (*ties a string around finger*) because I have recently rediscovered this little beauty. It is one of the few mascaras that seems to “add” lashes to my non-existent ones. It’s kind of magical, but the formula can get heavy for me if I over do it so I have to be careful.

8. Lise Watier | Liquid Eyeliner in Black

This was my very first liquid eyeliner EVER. I first purchased this in 2009 because it has one of the FINEST brushes I have ever used. I have used a lot of eyeliners after this and nothing has even come close. You just have to have a steady hand.

9. Clarisonic | Cashmere Cleanse Facial Brush

OMG. Ask to feel this in a Sephora and then rip open the box and try it on your face with water. It feels like your face is being massaged by a cloud. This is a very gentle cleanse so don’t look to this facial brush for a deep cleanse by any means.

Two months of favourites DONE! Off to read what the rest of you have been loving!

April Luvs

After having a couple of pretty unadventurous months when it came to trying new products, I now have a post worthy of sharing with you all! I forced myself to try a lot of new things and use them consistently over the last month. It turned out to be a good strategy and gave me some new products to love!

Let’s get started shall we?

It’s Time for Sample Sundays Again!

Ah, what better way to start off 2013 than with choosing some samples to start the sample snowball going! I’m not going to go quite as crazy as before as I’m actually working on some massive full sized products that I have had for awhile (years!) and would prefer to see those emptied!

Skincare

1. Korres Wild Rose 24 Hour Moisturizing and Brightening Cream (20mL)

2. Bliss Triple Oxygen Instant Energizing Mask (10mL)

3. Mark Kay Oil Free Hydrating Gel (12g)

4. Balance Seawater Facial Mist (8mL)

5. Mark Kay Indulge Soothing Eye Gel (3g)

6. Pangea Organics Facial Cream (2mL x 2)

7. Korres Wild Rose Face and Eye Serum Brightening & Line Smoothing (20mL)

Hair

8 & 9. Tresemme Split Remedy Shampoo and Conditioner (9mL)

10. Global Goddess Shine Coconut Amla Revitalizing Hair Treatment (5mL x 2)

11. Kerastase Cristalliste Lumiere Liquide (3mL)

Bath and Body

12. Lucia Goat Milk and Linseed Soap (25g)

13. L’Occitane Bonne Mere Gentle Cream in Honey (15mL x 2)

14. L’Occitane Dry Skin Foot Cream (10mL)

15. Cuccio Naturale Butter in Pomegranate and Fig (9.24g)

November 2012 Empties!

With November favourites come November empties, so let’s get this empties party started shall we?! I wasn’t too good about the full sized products, but I did get through my samples which always gives me a nice boost of “you can do it!”

Bath and Body

Quickie Winners Sinnage

Just a few amazingly great buys that I’ve picked up over the last couple of weeks that I could not say no to! Believe me, I’ve been trying so very hard to resist Winners and only get things that I can somewhat justify, so these are the results of my efforts!

Vera Wang-Princess Night

When this first came out last year, I believe, I decided I would wait for a Shopper’s Event to reward myself, but when I saw this full size for $29.99, patience went right out the door! I love “Princess” and this is very similar in scent, but reminds me a bit more of winter.

OPI RapiDry Spray and Bliss Blood Orange and White Pepper Body Butter

After seeing some good reviews on OPI’s RapiDry Spray, when I saw a bottle of this at Winners for $12.99, I figured it was the right time to give this a try. I also decided to get a second bottle of this Bliss moisturizer ($16.99) that I cannot live without! This is one of my all-time favourite scents and I tend to stock up whenever I see them on sale at Winners because Bliss products are ridiculously expensive at Sephora.

Nature Blossoms Ahava Set

I saw this nestled in a corner and couldn’t believe my luck! Like a lot of you, I fell in love with the Ahava scent when we received our first Ahava products in the inaugural February Glossybox or December Glymm Box. As you can see, the gift set came with a hand and foot cream, bath salts and some gel-lined moisture gloves for either the hands or feet! From what I have seen, Ahava products can only be purchased online so when I saw this full size set for $24.99, it was an immediate no-brainer. I think I carried the pouch around like a little baby until I made it to the cash register. You’d do it too right? I’m not the only one?

Have a great Tuesday everyone!

Birthday Goodies!

Phew, it’s hot out today! From what I’m reading, it seems it’s hot out for everyone! I just thought I’d share some of the beauty related birthday goodies I have received from my lovely girlfriends over the last week! I felt so spoiled!

This package is from one of my co-workers and yes that is a delicious Hello Kitty cookie and no I did not win in big with Bingo!

This is from another co-worker of mine. She managed to actually find a nail polish colour that I don’t own! This is Sparitual Conduit and the green package in the back are bath salts with dried flowers in it!

This is from one of my girly-computer science-Diablo friends! Isn’t this the sweetest gift box ever?! She also included a Lancome Miracle gift set as a belated engagement gift! She seriously spoiled me! My fiance keeps asking why HE doesn’t get to benefit from being engaged as so far all the of gifts have been for me!

The gift set came in a cute pink tote with the most awesome print on the inside! I am totally using this at the beach!

                     

I think I have been thoroughly spoiled, don’t you think? Also, thank you to everyone for entering my Birthday Giveaway! I have enjoyed reading everyone’s favourite birthday gifts of all time. Some of you guys have gotten some amazingly thoughtful and wonderful gifts to remember for a lifetime so thank you for sharing!

The Incredible Bliss Haul!

Hi Girls!

I’ve probably mentioned before that I am a pretty big fan of Bliss products because I love the way they combine the savoury with the sweet in a lot of their scents and because a lot of their products are paraben free. The only place I know of that sells Bliss products is Sephora and it’s pretty pricey…so whenever I see a Bliss product an Winners, I don’t even think, I just grab!

A few days ago, I managed to grab a SUPERSIZED version of one of my favourite moisturizers, the Lemon and Sage Maximum Moisture Cream for $24.99! Look how huge it is! I’ve seen this retailing online for around $50 so I thought that was pretty awesome! The other things I picked up were the Blood Orange and White Pepper Maximum Moisture Cream, the matching body wash (both for $19.99) and the Youth As We Know It Anti-Aging Eye Cream for $15! If I were get the eye cream at Sephora it would have cost me $75! The Blood Orange and White Pepper duo would have been $52 at Sephora so all in all I picked up $177 worth of stuff for around $60! Now, I really have to stop buying moisturizers because that supersized tube is going to last a couple of months…what was nice about all the stuff I picked up was that everything was sealed so nothing has been oxidized yet and none of the products had passed their expiration dates. God, I love Winners…