If there is one thing I haven't been this least bit subtle about recently, both on social media and just walking around through my life, it's that I'm really, really excited to see egg nog in the grocery store because it means that I can make my beloved egg nog tea lattes again. Obviously, a lot of coffee shops are offering egg nog lattes at this time of year, but personally I'm not such a huge fan of egg nog and espresso together. I'd much rather choose other holiday coffee drinks and enjoy my egg nog tea lattes at home... and I feel like I've perfected it a little bit this year.

Hey guys! For this week's #CBBxManiMonday, our theme was Night Sky and I have to admit that I struggled a little bit with what to do. Hand painted nail art, which is what I initially wanted to do, isn't really my strong suit and I couldn't get what I wanted to work even on pop sticks so I knew I wasn't going to be able to pull it off on my nails. Ultimately, I ended up keeping it simple but I really love the look that I ended up with.

Keep reading for a closer look and to find out how I got this mani!

One of the things that I think discourages some people from getting into nail stamping is that you tend to have to order supplies online. I know that for me, particularly when I decided to get into stamping, the cost of ordering from North American brands and the wait times associated with ordering cheaper products from overseas drove me absolutely crazy. Earlier this year, Essence released a stamping plate and clear stamper available locally in stores, which I think could definitely draw some new people to in, but though they claimed you can use it with any polish, those of us who really enjoy stamping know that isn't entirely true. There are definitely some great polishes that you can get at the drugstore that get it done, but I've found that most of the time a real stamping polish will still always win.

However, recently, I discovered some polishes in the dollarstore that seriously rival some of my stamping polishes and I couldn't resist sharing them with you guys because I know some people will be seriously excited about this find.

Keep reading to take a look at the polishes and check out swatches!

I get really, really excited about the holidays - and this year, I've been getting excited early. I've basically been drinking egg nog lattes for a month already and have been devising ways to get Christmas decorations up as early as possible. And as soon as I saw the Live Clean Holiday Hand Soap Collection on the shelf at my local Walmart, I shifted directly into holiday hand soap mode - especially since there's a new offering in the collection this year!

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I feel like cleansers are sort of the unsung heroes of the skin care world - but if you've followed my blog for a while now, you'll know that for me they're not ony one of my favorite types of skin care products but also one of the most important in my routine. My skin is only at its best when I'm maintaining a regular and effective cleansing routine. Of course, that means that I want to try all of the cleansers. One that has been on my list for quite some time but I've only recently picked up is the Ole Henriksen Uncover The Truth 3-In-1 Melting Cleanser. I've loved some of the other Truth products from Ole Henriksen, particularly the Truth Serum, so I was eager to give this one a go!

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Hey guys! Here's a little story about how today's mani came to be. For our weekly #CBBxManiMonday, the theme we decided on this week is "Inspired By" and I had an idea I was really excited about doing. I'm a pretty huge Doctor Who fan and I've really, really been loving the new energy brought this season with Jodie Whittaker's thirteenth Doctor, so I wanted to take her iconic outfit as my inspiration. Turns out that was really, really hard to do and after fighting with my nails for about three hours, I was frustrated and tired and sort of gave up. So my inspiration for this mani? FAILURE. I decided to stick with two of the polishes I was using for my original idea and do something super simple and cute. I'm fairly happy with the look, but still a little bit disappointed that my initial plan didn't work out. 

To take a look at my Inspired By... Failure! nail art, keep reading!

Hey guys! In case you didn't know, I have a nail centric Instagram account, @pblnails, where I post nail art content that isn't on my main Instagram feed for the blog. I decided that since I was so excited for Halloween nail art this year, I'd do 12 days of Halloween nail art - which turned out to be quite a huge undertaking. Honestly, because I'm really good at ideas and sometimes not so good at follow through, I wasn't sure that I would maintain for all 12 days, but somehow I managed it! I decided that to celebrate Halloween today, I'd do a roundup of all 12 mani's that I featured over the past couple of weeks! 

Keep reading to check out all 12 mani's from my 12 Days Of Halloween Nail Art!

Hand cream is one of those products that I use every day - and at this time of year, several times a day - that tends not to get a lot of love. However, recently I was meandering around my local Shoppers Drug Mart killing some time and scoping out what was new on the shelves and I saw a few hand creams from Cake that I don't remember ever seeing on Canadian shelves. Admittedly, the packaging drew me in and I was tempted to try out all three, but after pausing to reign myself in and giving each one a little sniff, I decided to pick up the Cake Milk Made Candied Oat Milk Velveteen Hand Cream, which boasts Cake's iconic candied milk cake scent.  

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