I have to admit that when I first looked at the products I'm going to review today I was a little bit underwhelmed and wasn't quite sure how they were going to work out. The drugstore can be a little bit hit and miss when it comes to palettes and I was a little bit afraid that these were going to be the former, even though I was hoping for the latter. The Catrice x Eman Makeup Palettes*, featuring eyeshadow, highlighter and blush, ended up being sleeper hits for me and I'm SUPER excited for today's review.  

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Happy Tuesday, everyone! Now that we're a couple of weeks into the year and my 2019 favorites are all wrapped up - check them out if you're interested - it's back into regular content and I'm super excited about my first review of the year. Sheet masks, for me, are one of those beauty things that I do really, really regularly but don't share enough of here on the blog or on my socials. I'll admit, that's partially because I sort of hate taking mask selfies. Anyway, recently I got the chance to try out the Jin Jung Sung x CrediThink Snail Honey Jelly Mask* and it's a good one!

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Skin care has been a bit of an obsession with me for the past few years, but in 2019 it really did take over my beauty focus and I've been really figuring out what works for my skin and I think I have an amazing collection of products that I can reach for depending on my skin's needs. When I first started thinking about my 2019 Skin Care Favorites, I figured the list would be pretty short... and then all the different categories really became apparent to me and gave me a real sense of how much thought really goes into my skin care. 

So, if you wanna see the products that I absolutely love in my skin care routine, keep reading!

Oh man, guys, putting together this year's Makeup Favorites this year was probably the easiest it's ever been, but I procrastinated HARD on sitting down and actually taking the photos of the products. Admittedly, when it comes to makeup I've been pretty committed this year and the products that I love I really, really love and reach for constantly. I think I've managed to transition away from wanting to try all of the things and constantly reaching for the new new and instead when I find favorites I tend to stick with them. I also didn't choose favorites from categories where I just don't have a favorite product, because I didn't want to be disingenuous and just choose a product to have something to mention. 

SO, without further ado, let's get into my favorite makeup products of 2019!

Happy New Year, everyone! I know I've been a little bit quiet over the holidays, but I decided to unplug a little, curl up comfy and try to unwind a little bit from the stress and madness of the holiday season. I've also been dipping my toes into some nail experimenting and I'm pretty excited to share the results. For January, our #CBBxManiMonday theme is all about experimenting and trying new things for the new year, and it was pretty perfect timing for me. After a couple of pretty disastrous nail breaks just before Christmas, it was sort of a perfect excuse for me to finally try out polygel extensions, which Youtube managed to convince me was easy enough even for me to do. So far... results have been mixed!

It was after a few rabbit holes into videos from LongHairPrettyNails on Youtube that convinced me to try out Polygel and since she liked the Gershion Poly Nail Gel Kit from Amazon - and it was available here in Canada - that's what I picked up. I decided to try out the dual forms that came with the kit because they looked really easy and were actually the thing that convinced me that I was capable of applying enhancements to my own nails. 

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Happy New Year! I have to admit that something I'm super proud about this year was that I managed to keep up my #CBBxManiMonday posts every week for the entire year - which is a bit of a feat for me since I tend to start things with the best intentions, but don't have the best follow through. Doing this along with Jayne, Renee & Eithne has really been a motivator for me and I've been having so much fun doing our weekly posts in a shared theme. I really wanted to commemorate this and also put together one massive post that can be referenced if you're interested in finding out how I got any of the nail art looks I put together in 2019! I've been working on this post throughout the year and I really am taking a lot of pride in this - especially since I managed to keep my nails long and healthy until.... almost the very end of the year when two nail breaks absolutely broke my heart. 

To see one whole year worth of nail art with links to each individual Mani Monday post, keep reading!

Honestly, I'm starting to think I should have just done 12 Days Of Snowflake Nails because I've really, really been drawn to including snowflakes in my nail art look for 12 Nails Of Christmas this year. For Day 3, I honestly kind of started from a jumping off point of the STUNNING base polish and went from there. Even though the polish is called Summer Rain, I feel like it's kind of a perfect base for a Christmas mani and I love the way it paired with white and green stamping. 

Anyway, without further ado, keep reading for more!