Hey guys! For this week's #CBBxManiMonday, the theme was Childhood inspired and I knew exactly what I wanted to do... Unfortunately I didn't have a ton of time. Still, I grabbed the new Essence Stamp It stamping plate and stamper - available locally at the drugstore and perfect for this theme! - and gave it a go! I wanted to feature the mani I put together as well as a review of these stamping products, so today it's a twofer!

Hey guys! Today I've got another stamping plate for you. This time around it's the BeautyBigBang XL-007 Unicorn Stamping Plate*, which is filled with a wide variety of unicorn images as well as some other great images that I think will give some great variety in a lot of different nail art looks. I've actually been wanting to get my hands on a unicorn stamping plate for a while because there's something really whimsical about unicorn nail art, so I was really excited to try this out!

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I have to admit - and I seem to start a lot of my posts with admissions, don't I? - that what tends to get me excited in the makeup game is usually pretty neutrals. That being said, I was finding myself a little bit uninspired lately when it came to makeup. As much as I've been loving a lot of new releases, I've been finding that there hasn't really been anything coming out that's really exciting and different for me. So, of course, being that I've loved the other palettes in this collection, I decided to step a little bit outside of my comfort zone and pick up the CoverGirl TruNaked Dazed Palette when I saw it on the shelf. It's different, bringing bright, vibrant colours that I wouldn't necessarily normally grab for. What better time than summer, right?

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Even a casual reader of my blog probably knows that Live Clean hand soaps are my favorite - always present in my bathroom and kitchen. Recently, Live Clean has released their new Foaming Hand Soaps. Though I did receive all three of these as PR samples, I actually bought one of them long before that and had been using it in my bathroom for weeks before I got this package. Like I said, they're my absolute favorite. As much as I've enjoyed foaming hand soaps in the past, I have had some issues with them, so I was hoping that this formula would be different from those.

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I started this mani with Unt Ready For Takeoff Peel Off Base Coat, because I have exactly zero patience for removing glitter nails and so this product is a must for me with hard to remove polishes. Once that dried, I added two fairly heavy coats of Nails Inc Winter Mews, which is a pretty densely packed silver glitter with small holo and rose gold glitters packed into it. It's actually really, really difficult to pick up in photos, but it's kind of a super stunning polish. 

Because I'm kind of extra when it comes to nail art and one colour just never seems to get it done for me, I decided to add this scalloped, sort of mermaid scale looking stamping image from the UR Sugar UR-L001 Stamping Plate using Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Grease Lightning. I liked the idea of maintaining a sort of monochrome look for this mani and I liked pairing the bright, glittery silver glitter with this really smoky grey polish. 

Sometimes I really think you can get an impactful, beautiful nail art look without having to spend hours on your nails or employ complicated techniques. For me, a bold base polish paired with a simple overall stamping design makes for a perfect mani and I never feel like I have to spend a lot of time putting it together on a busy day or weekend.

For more glitter themed nail art, be sure to head over to Cosmetic Proof and Tea & Nail Polish to check out what they have going on for their CBBxManiMonday!

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Hey guys! Recently I've had the chance to try out a few stamping plates from Beauty Big Bang - which I'm super excited about it - and it's inspired me to want to do more posts dedicated to individual stamping plates. Let me know if that's something you might be interested in! I know that when I'm thinking about buying a plate, I tend to check online to see reviews and it can be hard to find them, so I'd love to hear if there are more people interested in that. For now, I wanted to start with a very summery plate that I've actually already used for a few mani's - the Beauty Big Bang 10 Small Floral Stamping Plate*!

I have to say, I was SUPER excited when I found out that VICHY had reformulated their Aqualia Thermal line and were coming out with four new, exciting products. This line has long been a favorite of mine, particularly for my winter skin, so I was excited to see products that I suspected would work for my normal leaning combination skin type all year around. With a new serum and three different moisturizers, I felt like there would not only be something for everyone, but something for the environmental changes that can influence what types of products we need to use on our skin.

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Hey guys! I've got something a little bit different on the blog today. I don't normally talk about kids stuff, that's not really my thing here on the blog, but I got the chance to check out these new Avon Kids products and it took me back. When I was a kid, I loved when my mom would get bath stuff from Avon for me, so I decided to lap up the nostalgia and try out these products for myself and feature them here on the blog!

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Happy Monday, everyone! For this week's #CBBxManiMonday, the theme we're working with is Neon... and I really thought it would be easier to figure out what I wanted to do than it was. Ultimately, I ended up reaching for a couple of polishes in my collection that I've never used before and just kind of experimented - and then I spent the afternoon in the sun, and this baby was BRIGHT.

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One of my all time favorite mascaras, as you may know if you've been reading this blog for a while, is the IT Cosmetics Superhero Mascara. I pretty much fell completely in love with it as soon as I tried it. Fast forward to now when they've released the IT Cosmetics Superhero 24HAR Waterproof Easy-Glide Liquid Gel Eyeliner* and cue my excitement. I was super, super excited to get the change to try this out and cautiously optimistic that I was going to love it!

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