My Alex and Ani Bracelet Collection

Alex and Ani bracelets are quite popular, I don't think I have a friend who doesn't wear Alex and Ani bracelets. I have seven and I love each and every one of them. The thought process behind the bracelets and the whole company is that they create "meaningful, eco-conscious jewelry and accessories to positively empower and connect humanity."

My favorite finish is the gold finish and I totally love my Disney one the most! ♥

January Beauty Favorites

I had actually planned this to be a video but wouldn't you have it that my glasses had the absolute worst glare on them and then when I tried to film again the lighting was so bad. Enough about my videography skills and on to the things I loved in January.

Skincare:
First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cream Intense Hydration- This is my go-to moisturizer right now. It's lightweight and doesn't give my skin a nasty tacky feel after I've applied it. For my really dry skin, this works great before I apply my makeup.

Origins Drink Up™ Intensive Overnight Mask- This is something I've been using lately to help cure my winter skin. I don't apply it all over my face, just the center of the forehead and my cheeks before I go to bed and I wake up with  hydrated skin that doesn't seem greasy.

Makeup:
L'Oreal True Match Lumi Cushion- Everybody and their mother has been raving about this foundation. This foundation gives a luminous-dewy glow that really looks natural. The way I apply this foundation is with my damp beautyblender's butt end. I tap it into the cushion two-three times and then dab the product on my face. I love the results it gives.

Wet 'N Wild Photo Focus Setting Spray- I picked this up because I ran out of my Urban Decay setting spray and I wanted to try a drugstore one. This one really does help prolong the wear of my makeup and the spray is great.

NARS Steven Klien One Shocking Moment Palette - This puppy is perfect for every look you could imagine. Each blush looks phenom on my Snow White skin and even better the highlight shade works great to set my undereye concealer.

Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette - I know that I'm really late to this bandwagon but holy crap is this palette amazing. It's so much better than any Naked palette I've ever tried because there's a more balanced proportion of mattes and shimmers. The shimmers aren't overly glittery (and only two are gritty) and the matte shades are like butter.

Hope you enjoyed my monthly favorites! What did you love during Janurary?

BECCA Mineral Blush in Flowerchild

I'm a blush junkie, I have more than any sane person would ever need. So when I was doing my late night Youtube browsing and saw Jaclyn Hill rave about the BECCA blushes in one of her monthly (or maybe yearly) favorites videos, I knew I had to have at least one.

The shade I picked up is Flowerchild which is described as a peachy pink with golden highlights*. I really wanted this blush to be amazing, because 1. it's crazzzy expensive and 2. I've never tried anything from BECCA before and didn't want to be turned off. First of all this puppy is tiny ($6g), the whole thing can fit in the palm of my hand with ample wiggle room. Despite it's tiny size though the product swatches wonderfully on my hand/arm and wears beautifully on my cheeks. It's quite pigmented with just one swish of a brush and the flecks of gold shimmer are so small, they reflect the light beautifully.

The Verdict:
1. Is it worth the price? ($32/6g) For the pigment, it packs in a single swish of the brush, yes.
2. Would yo repurchase? Maybe not this shade but definitely other shades.
3. Are there any points of issue? None that I can tell, unless you're heavy handed with a blush brush you should be able to work it just fine.
4. Best for? A natural, glowy look.

(Swatch below: left-blended, right-one swipe)

My Monthly Makeup Drawer/Shop My Stash | Video

Hey guys, today I'm sharing a fun little video where I show what I've got in my daily makeup "drawer". Also, if you're looking to get my Get Glam Tray you can do so by clicking here. 

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New In: L'oreal Spring 2016

I'm not the biggest drugstore junkie but this year they are killing the Spring collection. My personal favorite drugstore brand is L'Oreal and their new products are seriously amazing. I didn't pick up everything from their new lines but I did pick up a few things.

The first is the True Match Lumi Cushion, this is the drugstore's version of the cushion foundation trend in Asia. I was a little skeptical at first but so far I'm loving it. It a luminous foundation with buildable coverage from sheer to medium. Next up is the star of the show, the Colour Riche Monos Eye Shadows, these aren't new to L'Oreal just the US and I am so excited they finally decided to bring them here. They are the smoothest, creamiest drugstore shadows I've tried and have awesome color payoff with easy bendability. Lastly, the Infallible Pro-Matte Glosses, these live up to their name. They have a semi-matte finish that over time wears down to a fully matte finish. They're so incredibly comfortable on the lips and last a significant amount of time for a gloss. I also appreciate that L'Oreal was true with their marketing and didn't label these as fully matte when they clearly aren't.

Review: NARS Steven Klein One Shocking Moment Palette

When I think of NARS I always think of their blushes - especially their holiday palettes, so when my mom asked me what I wanted for Christmas the first thing that came to mind was the NARS Steven Klein One Shocking Moment Palette. When I opened this on Christmas I was so excited to try out all the powders.

Inside the palette, there's four blushes, a highlighting shade, a contour shade and a bronzer. The four blushes are Robotic, Blasphemy, Luster and Dolce Vita, my favorite of the four is Dolce Vita, a warm pink shade with gold flecks of glitter that gives me a rosy glow with just something extra. My least favorite is Luster, it's a warm coral-y orange shade with small flecks of glitter.

The bronzer in the palette is the Laguna bronzer and despite the hype before now I've never owned it or used it. Bronzers, in general, are a bit tricky for me as a pale girl because they usually look too orange but this one looks fine on me. If I use it lightly it gives me a sun-kissed glow, which is great especially during the winter nights. The Shades next to it are the contouring duo-Paloma and it's highlighter. These are great! I use the highlight shade to set my under eye area and it looks wonderfully!

Overall I really like this palette minus the one blush shade that just won't work with me(I think it would look fantastic on someone with darker complexion). For the size of the palette and the blushes within it, I think it was beyond worth it!

Addicted to Blush Tag

If you asked me to pick my favourite makeup product I'd have to say blush, I don't know what it is but I just love it. To me, there's something so beautiful about the way a good blush can transform a look. While I was browsing the other night I came across the Addicted to Blush tag (started by Kitsch Snitch) and knew that it was something I wanted to do. So without further jibber-jabber, here we go!

What colour blush suits you the most? I like to think that pink blush, specifically, nude-y pinks look awesome against my fair skin. I'm not quite Snow White so true reds don't look the greatest (sad face) but the nude pinks do.

Pressed/cream/loose blush? Without a doubt pressed but cream blush is something I still love using. Loose powder is not my friend. At all.

Favourite shimmery blush? NARS Deep Throat-It's the best peachy-pink with a gorgeous shimmer! (Last picture: second Row, second in)

Favourite matte blush? So many. Matte blushes have been my favourite lately there's just something about them but if I'd have to pick I'd probably say MAC Pinch Me because it really does look like someone pinched my cheeks.

Favourite cream blush? ColourPop Between the Sheets is the best natural flush shade. Some say these are hard to apply but I like to use my fingers or a small stippling brush, just as an FYI.

Favourite drugstore blush? NYX HD blush, ColourPop or Milani Baked Blushes. I'm not really a snob when it comes to blushes but these are tried and true!

Favourite high-end blush? NARS Blasphemy from the NARS Steven Klein Palette. This shade is so amazing! It's a soft dusky rose pink and it looks so great on my cheeks. I love it!!

Favourite bright blush? Probably Kat Von D Everlasting Face Shaper Blush in Por Vida, but, unfortunately, that is a discontinued line (which is so sad because the formula is awesome). A close second would have to go to my Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush in Epic (which is a bright poppy shade), the formula is a little stiff but they are wonderful once applied!

Biggest blush disappointment/regret? I can only think of one off the top of my head, Benefit's box blushes not because the product is bad (it's awesome) but because the packaging is so gaudy I never ever reach for it (or bothered to photograph it...)

Best blush packaging? Oi! Gosh this is so hard! I'm going to pick the Tarte 12-Hour Amazionan Clay Blushes, because I love that without ever opening it up I can see what colour it is.

What's on your blush wish list? Oh, this is even harder but, I think it comes down to Becca Mineral blush in Wild Honey or Flowerchild. Jaclyn Hill raves about them and I've swatched them a few times and they're beautiful.

Number 1 holy grail blush? If I was asked by someone who never touched blush before in their life I'd say, without a doubt NARS Deep Throat because it's the most beautiful peach shade with a shimmer. But for the seasoned blush veteran, I'd say go for Urban Decay Afterglow in any of the shades or any shade of the Tarte blushes.

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Zahra Beauty x TrendMood Get Glam Tray Review

Lately, I've been a sucker for organization since I recently changed my makeup storage from a Sterilite container to a six drawer lingerie chest. Let me tell you, it's been so fun organizing everything and getting it just the way I want it, but I was feeling a little lost because I knew I needed a place to put my most used products and those I don't want to get lost, so I'd remember to use them. Then sometime last month Zahra Beauty announced their colab with Trendmood, The Get Glam Tray and right away I knew it was going to be a match made in heaven.

The Get Glam Tray has 3 separate pieces, the bottom part that has an opening on one end, the top part that has three divided sections with a smaller divided sections in the middle and the holder. I love that there are three separate pieces, it makes it perfect for multiple types of situations and if you don't want the holder on the tray (like I have it) you don't have to! Now for the stars of the show, the top and bottom tray, the top tray, like I mentioned has three sections and one has divided sections that can be used to hold compacts. The bottom tray was the one I thought I'd hate when I got it, because you have two ways of accessing it, either through the side or by taking off the top tray and I thought it'd be so time consuming. Well, I don't really have a preferred method of taking everything out right now but they don't cause quite as much of an issue as I imagined.

Overall, I love this and initially I was going to stay silent about it because it was limited edition but Trendmood announced that Zhara Beauty will be doing a restock so for those of you who missed out or were waiting to see if it was worth it! Yes, yes it is!

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