I feel like I've been trying out a lot of foundations from the drugstore lately and I've been having a lot of success. I feel like drugstore foundation formulas are really diversifying and improving, offering formulas that address a lot of different needs and are starting to rival much higher end products in quality and performance. So, of course, I was super excited to finally get to try out the Burt's Bees Good Glows Liquid Makeup*, since I've had my eye on it for a while now.

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Ever since my mom bought me almond scented biodegradable soap for camp when I was maybe 9 or 10, I've been obsessed with anything almond scented. Seriously, that smell has some of the best scent memories for me and I always find that the experience of using it makes me feel genuinely happy. So, of course, whenever I see "Almond' on a body or hair care product, I shamelessly open the cap and take a sniff to see if it needs to come home with me. Admittedly, usually it actually doesn't because most products just contain sweet almond oil and don't actually have an almond scent. However, recently I was just checking out what was new in my local body care aisle and I took a sniff of the Nature Box Almond Oil Body Wash and it was game over. Directly into my basket it went. And I really, really wanted to share it with you guys!

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Hey guys! This upcoming weekend is Easter, so of course me and the #CBBxManiMonday girls had to get some Easter nails going. I have to admit, I really struggled with what to do for this mani and tried out a few things that just didn't work and were taken off pretty much immediately. In those situations, what tends to work best for me is to go with what I know and doing that in this case resulted in what I think is a pretty damn cute mani that I'm calling my Pastel Smoosh Easter Egg Nails. 

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Admittedly, I don't get as excited as I used to about new makeup releases. It might be because my collection is starting to get overwhelming (I think it's time to Marie Kondo that shit) or because we sort of see a lot of the same coming out as trends come and go and, once you recognize that, it can sort of temper that excitement. That being said, I always get excited about new Wet N Wild releases because not only have they really been killing it the past could of years after a little bit of a lull, but they also really tend to have more hits than misses for me - and all at a really, really affordable price point. One of those most exciting new releases from the brand, for me anyway, was definitely the new Wet N Wild Color Icon 10 Pan V.I.Purple Eyeshadow Palette.

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Hey guys! So... I have a LOT of stamping plates. It's actually getting to the point now that I need to be a little bit more responsible and organized in storing them, which is something I'll have to deal with soon. I love stamping plates though. I love having options and a lot of different images to reach for when I get an idea. Recently, I was perusing nail art supplies and I got an eyeful of BeautyBigBang XL-054, which is a sort of space themed stamping plate and I Had.To.Have.It. There were so many images on this plate that I just knew that I needed in my collection and it's such a stunning plate that I really wanted to review it!

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Hey guys! For 2019, I really am trying to actually sit down and hash out my favorites, but I really don't think I'm going to do it every month because I feel like it becomes more about just choosing things I like rather than actually really hammering down on my favorites. That being said, I feel like every couple of months there will inevitably be products that I've really, really fallen in love with and I definitely want to share them with you guys.

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Hey guys! I'm super excited for the next couple of weeks of #CBBxManiMonday, because our theme is Bridal Nails and it's very timely since I'm about to stand up with my best friend at her wedding coming up this month. When it comes to bridal nails, I think most people want to keep everything soft, sort of simple, and classically pretty so I wanted to take that and combine it with my personal style for this week's Soft Gradient Bridal Nail Art - and of course I had to add a little bit of bonus stamping at the end because, well, I'm me! 

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I feel like lately the internet has been really encouraging me to try out some things that I almost certainly would have passed on if not for a strong recommendation from a trusted source. While I do try a decent number of different drugstore foundations, I tend to stick to brands that have done me right in the past, but in the past year or so I feel like there have been some surprises from brands that I wouldn't have expected to really enjoy. Enter the new Hard Candy Glamoflauge Full Coverage Foundation. I think it's fair to say that Hard Candy isn't really a brand that a lot of people look to for complexion products, but when one of my favorite and most trusted Youtubers gave this one a good review and I saw that it was only like $7, I went for it. 

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As we continue with our Coral theme for the latter half of March (how is this the last Monday of March already???) for #CBBxManiMonday, I feel a little bit like the weather - I'm sort of straddling the brightness of spring and the deep, dark of winter. As I sat and tried to decide on a colour combination to pair the coral, I was initially drawn to bold blues and soft dove greys, but in the end I decided I had to go with plum and I feel like it's a sort of underused pairing. 

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