Hey guys! I have to confess, I was sick this past weekend and didn't really have the motivation to even be upright, much less to paint my nails. Luckily, the mani that I've been wearing for almost a week now fits pretty perfectly into the #CBBxManiMonday theme this week, which is Fall! It's admittedly a pretty wide open theme, which was pretty perfectly timed. Apologies for doing plaid nails two weeks in a row... it couldn't be helped and I just really, really like them!

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I feel like the drugstore has been going really hard recently with full coverage foundations. Admittedly, I haven't tried all that many of them because full coverage can tend to scare me and for a while now I've been going for more natural looking foundations. That being said, I recently had the opportunity to try out the Revlon Colorstay Full Cover Matte Foundation* and I've been using it for the past couple of weeks to really figure out how I feel about it and I'm glad I did because I had to play a little bit to figure out how this works best - at least on my skin.

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I feel like I might be the last person in the beauty world who hadn't yet tried the Benefit Precisely My Brow Pencil... but I've finally gotten around to it. I feel like brow products had quite a moment and so many of them were being released that it was a little bit hard to keep up, especially when Benefit went hard and released a whole new line of products that was definitely a little bit overwhelming to choose from. Still, there's really no excuse, but I did finally get around to trying it out and I'm admittedly... completely obsessed!

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Sometimes I get really, really excited about a new skin care launch and I just can't wait to share it with you guys - and this is definitely one of those times. Recently, Avon released their Anew Hydra Fusion line and I was incredibly excited to try it out, particularly with colder weather already starting to roll in here on the prairies. Hyaluronic Acid is one of those skin care ingredients that I think literally everyone can benefit from having in their skin care routine and it's one that has made a huge difference to the overall and continued hydration of my skin personally, so I was thrilled to see both of these products highlight the inclusion of it in the formula. 

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Hey guys! This week's Mani Monday is actually a nail art look that I've done a couple of times in the past - and I think I may have even featured it on the blog in one of my earlier Mani Monday posts. However, it was one that I just really, really wanted to do again this week and since I didn't have a theme (or a lot of time, admittedly, to sit down and do my nails) I just went for it. Plaid nails, in my opinion, are just classic and literally every time I do them I end up getting compliments. No joke, every single time I've done them I've had strangers compliment them and ask me who did them. 

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Yep - it's another Halloween nail art post already, but I feel like now is the time to really start getting Halloween nail art supplies in order. Last week, I posted my review of the BeautyBigBang BBB04 Small Halloween Stamping Plate and today I've got another small plate packed with Halloween images to share with you guys from the brand. So let's talk about the BeautyBigBang BBB03 Small Halloween Stamping Plate*, shall we?

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Hey guys! If you've read this blog for a while, you might already know that NIVEA is a brand that I always tend to come back to for hydration products for my hands and body. I've always had a soft spot for the brand - and that familiar scent - and I'm always up to try out their new products because I've had such success with their more classic ones. Recently the NIVEA Care Intensive Nourishment Non-Greasy Cream* has been living on my nightstand, a go to for before bed hydration, I'm excited to tell you guys about it!

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Halloween nail art already? Yep! But I have a reason, I promise. Last year during Halloween, I really wanted to do a lot of nail art to celebrate since it's a great time of year for different and fun nail art ideas, but I really wanted to get my hands on some good, affordable stamping plates and by the time I thought of it they just weren't going to get to me in time. So in the spirit of reminding you guys that Halloween is fast approaching - at least from an ordering nail art supplies perspective - I decided it was a great time to review a couple of Halloween stamping plates from BeautyBigBang so that, if you're interested in picking them up, you've got lots of time to get your hands on them before Halloween gets here!

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This summer has been a little bit chaotic, but I've been finding that as the nights get a little bit cooler and I start reaching for shirts with sleeves more often I'm also taking a little bit more time to indulge in self care. One of the things that I personally do for self care, which I've talked about here on the blog a few times, is aromatherapy using a diffuser and essential oil blends, so I was excited to get my hands on a couple of the Avon PURE Essential Oil Blends* and  I've been using them almost every night.

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