Hey guys! Today I'm doing something a little bit different here on the blog and the focus won't be so much on beauty - unless we're talking about the beauty of the photographs that we take. Recently, I had the opportunity to try out the KiiPix Smartphone Photo Printer* and there was some nostalgic part of me that just really, really wanted to try it out. I think it brought me back, on some level, to when I was a kid and the idea of an instant camera that would spit out pictures for me felt like something magical. Pairing that feeling with modern technology - technology so much more magical than anything I could have dreamed of when all I wanted was to be able to see the pictures I took immediately - just gave me a really warm, excited feeling.

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Hey guys! Now that we've shifted from summer firmly into fall (and quickly spiralling into winter) there has been a definite shift in my hair, skin and body care routines, and as usual there are some Live Clean products on the menu for me. And once again I've teamed up with the good people at Live Clean to put together a Giveaway for you guys of some of my favorite products, this time from their Coconut Milk range.

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Hey guys! I finally had time to really sit down this weekend and not only do some more intricate nails for this week than I've done in the past couple of weeks, but also to plan some upcoming Halloween nail art posts. If all goes according to plan, I'd like to have daily nail art posts for the week leading up to the holiday - either here on the blog or over on my nail-centric Instagram @pblnails - so keep an eye out! 

I'd actually planned to do these kind of creepy eyes nails - inspired by a mani that I originally saw from Nails By Cambria - but what really inspired my take on this mani was the base polish and I'm so thrilled with how they turned out. Keep reading for more!

I know scents are subjective, but for my personal taste there is no better season for smells than fall. Sure, sometimes they go a little too far with the caramel sweetness, but I don't care because so often they're paired with something a little spicy or nutty or just... rich. I can get down with floral scents in the spring and fresher scents in the summer, but I'm always excited to get to when smells smell the best, and for me that's definitely fall. Have I gone on long enough? For Fall 2018, Avon has released some new body care products with classic fall scents, including Pumpkin Soufflé, as well as some gorgeous candles. 

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Hey guys! I have to say, I'm kind of really excited about today's review because it's a product that I didn't really see coming. In the past, I've really enjoyed some Almay mascaras and lip products, but their complexion products have never really worked with my skin so it's just not a brand that I personally go to for that type of product. However, I got to try out the new Almay Clear Complexion Foundation* and I've been really, really impressed with how well it has worked for my skin!

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Happy Thanksgiving, fellow Canadians! It occurs to me as I write this that it probably would have been a good idea to go with something pumpkin for today's mani, but alas it's too late to go back and change it. I actually had something entirely different in mind for today's mani, but with a whole lot of socializing going on this weekend for the holiday, time just sort of got away from me and I decided to keep it simple with some cute ghost stamping over a pretty, simple holo base!

As a Canadian makeup lover - particularly someone who really loves affordable makeup - it's really frustrating when we don't get the amazing limited edition collections that drugstore brands like Wet N Wild tend to release. Maybe it's just my local stores, but I rarely see these products out on the shelves and ordering online can be a little bit cost prohibitive. So, clearly, I was THRILLED when I popped into my local Rexall and saw that they had a selection of products from the Wet N Wild Fire & Ice Collection. I managed to get my hands on the gorgeous Fit For A Queen eyeshadow quad and I'm super excited to show it to you guys.

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When I sat down to put together my favorite lip products for fall, it was actually a really, really difficult process. I absolutely love fall lip colours and I could have gone absolutely mad with power. However, I was really determined to narrow it down so I literally grabbed the five products that I've actually been wearing the most for the last month as my fall makeup has really taken over. Admittedly, there are so many honorable mentions in this category that I could go on forever because fall is only second to the holiday season when it comes to loving lipstick for me. So is this an accurate representation of my absolute favorite fall lip colours? Maybe not. But it's definitely an accurate representation of my most reached for lip colours of the moment!

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Hey guys! I have to admit that I've been dying for October to come because October, in my world, means all Halloween nails all the time. I was actually planning on doing 31 days of Halloween nail art, which was an insane proposition to begin with, but after getting really behind from being profoundly sick for a week and a half, I know that there's no way I'm going to catch up. Still, all of my Mani Mondays this month are going to be Halloween themed and I'll also be featuring some bonus Halloween nail art over at @pblnails, my dedicated nail art Instagram, so be sure to head over there and follow me if you want to see all of my Halloween nail art looks. 

With that out of the way, let's get on to my first Halloween nail art of the year!

Hey guys! It's that time of year again - when makeup brands start releasing their holiday collections WAY too freakin' early. Once upon a time, I would get incredibly excited and have my eye on pretty much all of the holiday collections, but as the years go by I'm finding myself a lot more conservative about what really gets me excited. It also, honestly, really doesn't help that holiday collections start coming out in August now. Anyone else actually find more annoying than exciting? Anyway, I was perusing the Sephora website to check out what was new as we get bombarded with holiday collections and I wanted to put together a little list of some of the ones that stuck out for me - both because they excite me and because they bore me to tears! Be warned, there's a lot of stuff that I do not like in this post...

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