July 2016 Beauty Favourites!!

I know that my June favourites were late, but this one is on time. Kind of. More on time than last month's favourites at least.....

Since I went out of town a lot for the month of July, I honestly didn't bring a lot of makeup with me. I went out of town for my boyfriend's son's travel baseball. Which means I was out in the sun watching 13 year olds play a sport. I wasn't really looking forward to putting on a full face of makeup just to have it melt off my face in a matter of minutes. So I concentrated more on skincare and sun protection.

And for that, I started with cleansing my face. And I only brought my trusty Purity by Philosophy. I used this in the morning and at night. There's honestly nothing like it. It's gentle enough for my sensitive skin, but it cleanses and clears everything out that I need it to while washing my face, especially the sunscreen. This cleanser not only applied to my trips, but every single day of the month. And then some :) 

For my daytime moisturizer, it was and is always pertinent to have a moisturizer with SPF in it to protect from the sun, and I switched back and forth during the month from my Pharmagel Derma Brite SPF 35 to my Arbonne FC5 SPF 20. For my 'no makeup' days (brows and mascara, usually), I used my Derma Brite. For my makeup days, I used my FC5. Some of my foundations or BB Creams I use also have SPF in them, so that's extra in my mind. For the record, I also applied SPF 60 on the rest of my exposed skin (2 or 3 times) as I was out in the sun while watching baseball for a minimum of 6 hours each day.

For makeup, I mostly kept it minimal. Mainly because I didn't want to have half of my face melt off by lunch time and have to go through the rest of the day worrying what kind of monster I looked like. I do my makeup in the morning, and I go to work for noon until about 830pm, so my makeup either needs to last the ENTIRE day, or it needs to be not so noticeable when it starts breaking up on my face. Considering how hot it is, I opted for the not so noticeable route. 

And for those days that I wore makeup, I chose lightweight items like my E.L.F. BB Cream in Fair, and my Garnier Skin Renew rollerball concealer for my face, and basically just mascara and lip gloss. I don't necessarily have favourites of those, but the Benefit Roller Lash mascara and my Essence XXXL gloss are the ones I've been reaching for. 

I don't know about where you live, but where I live it gets FUCKING HOT AND HUMID in the summer time, so the least amount of products on my face, the better.

And that's it!! Thanks for reading!!

Byeeeeee :):)

July 2016 Boxycharm!!

Boxycharm is now shipping to Canada!!

If you don't know what Boxycharm is, you should check it out! It's a monthly subscription service that offers 4 or 5 full sized products worth more than $100 for $31CAD!!

I'm very happy it is now shipping to Canada so I can start enjoying some of the joys my fellow Americans have the liberty to indulge in.

This month's box included some awesome products :) The theme was 'Modern Merbabe'.

1. Mally Beauty Blending Brush - MSRP $15USD
2. PYT Argan Oil - MSRP $30USD
3. Noyah Lip Gloss - MSRP $16USD
4. Ofra Pro Palette & Shadows - MSRP $59USD

That's a value of $120USD!! And at today's exchange rate, that's a whopping $156CAD!!

Granted, I wouldn't necessarily purchase ALL of these items, but for the amount I paid versus the amount they're all worth, I'm certainly not angry about it.

The eyeshadows are quite pigmented. I did have to scrape at one of the shadows in order for the top layer to give me anything to work with, but once I did that, it was fine. The blending brush will definitely come in handy; no doubt about that. I've already used the argan oil in my hair. I only used it once, and I'm not too huge a fan of the scent, but will continue to use it until it's gone. Argan oil has some very awesome properties to it that help with hair and skin, so that will go to good use. The lip gloss isn't something I would necessarily choose on my own, but if I decide to not use it, then I will pass it on.

I signed up for a 3 month subscription. It saved me a couple dollars per month, and it automatically renews itself and charges my account, so I'm going to let it happen strictly based on this month's box.

All in all, I highly recommend this, and I hope it continues to be this good.

That's all!!

Thanks so much!!

June 2016 Beauty Favourites!

Sooooooo now that July is half over, I'm here to share my June beauty favourites with you.

Super late.

I'm sorry.

Speaking of July being half over, where the fuck has the time gone???? I've been going out of town and working a lot, and I've actually been sick for the past week :(

But I digress.

For the month of June, I really wanted to concentrate on bronzed and glowing skin. I don't spend a lot of time out in the sun (it's terrible for your skin.... too bad I didn't have that mentality like 10 years ago), so I need to pretend that I bask in the sun every so often. For the bronzed and glowy days, I really enjoyed using the Covergirl Tru Blend Bronzer and I doubled up with the L'Oreal True Match Lumi Liquid Glow Illuminator in C301 Ice, and the L'Oreal True Match Lumi Powder Glow Illuminator in N202 Rose.

My favourite moisturizer has been this Sephora brand Instant moisture + cream for quite some time. I do change up the moisturizer I use every so often, but I always come back to this one. It's fairly inexpensive, but there's 1.69 fl. oz (50mL) in there, and that's a huge amount for $25. I love the scent, and I really enjoy the fact that it has hyaluronic acid in it (which helps maintain moisture in your skin).

For setting my undereye concealer, I've reacquainted myself with my Maybelline Fit Me Powder Matte + Poreless in 100 Translucent. I find that it sets my concealer without being too cakey and it doesn't deposit any colour, so it's perfect for setting.

Foundation is a funny thing. I have a very difficult time finding one that matches both my undertone and my neck, as well as looks as natural as possible and doesn't break up on my face in a matter of hours. I should really invest in a high end foundation, but I'm pretty bad when it comes to overusing foundation, so I'm hesitant to throw money in garbage, so to speak. Anyways, I've really been loving the Rimmel Lasting Finish 25 Hour with Comfort Serum Foundation in the shade 010 Light Porcelain. My favourite on that matches me is in 091 Light Ivory, but I ran out of that at the beginning of June, so I went for the 010 shade, and have been bronzing a lot because it's slightly lighter than the 091 shade. I love the finish it has on my skin and it lasts most of the day. And you can get it on sale for like $6 at Walmart. So win win!

Mario Badescu Facial Spray with Aloe, Herbs & Rosewater has been a long time favourite of mine, and I'm pretty sure it's made a monthly faves once or twice. I really enjoy using this to give my skin a nice mist of hydration at any point during the day without compromising whatever else I have on my face. The scent and feeling are both very refreshing.

For my eyeshadow, I've been mainly using my Makeup Geek shadows and keeping it mostly minimal. These eyeshadows offer the quality (some would say even better) of a MAC eyeshadow with being 1/3 of the price. Since there has been such competition with eyeshadows being so affordable from brands other than MAC, they have actually dropped in price dramatically for their pans to be able to compare against the less expensive brands of eyeshadows. My favourite shadows are Peach Smoothie, Creme Brulee, Cocoa Bear, and In The Spotlight. I love how nicely they all fit in my Small Z Palette. I'd really love to get more one day, but it's so hard to choose what shades I want because I WANT THEM ALL.

MAC Costa Riche eyeliner is the BEST warm brown for green eyes. Enough said.

For extra sun protection for my eyes, and to look chic, I've been loving these sunglasses from Ricki's. I got them a few months ago in anticipation of wearing them in the Summer. I really love the ombre effect from animal print to teal on the rims and arms. And I like how the lenses are kind of ombre'd as well, but they're also cool toned, so I still see mostly true to colour when I'm wearing them.

And those are the products I couldn't live without for the month of June.

I hope you enjoyed, and I'll talk to you soon!!

Bye Bye :)