Hey guys! For the second half of March, our #CBBxManiMonday theme is Living Coral to reflect the Pantone Colour Of The Year. I feel like this theme is really going to intensify my desire to get my feet into some flip flops because coral is such a summer staple for me. I didn't have a ton of time to put this mani together as I've been working hard to put together a rad bridal shower for my best friend, so I kept it simple and paired a pretty coral gradient with some black floral stamping!

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Sometimes, there are products that I would have completely overlooked and never bothered to pick up if not for the recommendation of the trusted bloggers and vloggers that I personally follow. In my opinion, that's one of the best things about finding those people whose opinions and recommendations you can really trust. Recently, I decided to pick up the new Wet N Wild Megaglo Highlighting Powder in Bloom Time very specifically because of a recommendation from a Youtuber. From a glance at the pan and then at my quite light skin, you would not be surprised that this would otherwise have been a product that I would have written off as being wrong for my skin and moved on with. Even as I drove home after picking it up, I kept glancing at the pan and thinking there was no way it was going to work on my skin.

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I have to admit - I'm a bit of a cleansing balm fanatic at the moment and I sometimes feel like I'm determined to try every one that's out there on the market. Why? Because, as I've said a million times before, I'm a little bit obsessed with my cleansing routine and I really want it to feature the best possible product. Obviously, it's no surprised that I picked up the Physicians Formula The Perfect Matcha Cleansing Balm as soon as I saw it in store. It was always going to happen. I suspect that we're going to start seeing more and more cleansing balms coming at the drugstore in the near future and I am really, really excited about that fact - I'll almost certainly review them all. 

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Hey guys! I always get excited about new releases from Live Clean. The brand is very much a constant in my life and has been for years, so I'm always looking forward to new releases and I feel like more and more we're seeing new product lines from the brand more frequently these days. So, of course, when I received the Live Clean Foaming Body Washes* in the mail, I couldn't wait to try them out. 

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Hey guys! For the first half of March, our #CBBxManiMonday theme is green, and you know I had to put together a couple of on-the-nose St. Patrick's Day nail art looks. Last week, if you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen my International Women's Day nail art, which was a rich purple smoosh that really evoked a stone like feel, and for this week's Mani Monday I really wanted to recreate a similar look using green tones and I feel like I've put together something that really has a stone look to it. And because I'm me, I added a little bit of stamping on top of it.

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Hey guys! I'm super excited for today's review, which features the brand spankin' Marc Jacobs Beauty Velvet Noir Mascara & Primer*. I was lucky enough to get to try this out as a part of Influenster and I can't even tell you how excited I was about it. Admittedly, I don't try a lot of high end mascaras these days, because I have a lot of drugstore favorites that really get it done for me and it's hard to justify the spend. That said, there have been a handful of high end mascaras that have really stood above the rest for me and I was eager to know if this one would as well. 

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I feel like 2019 is definitely going to be the year that lip gloss comes back in full force. After several years of the mattest matte lips we could all find, I think everyone is starting to find themselves ready for a little bit of shine. I also think we're going to see some really interesting new formulas, from the very richly pigmented to the ones that have really interesting shades and undertones. In that latter formula are the new Avon Crave Lip Glosses*, which I wanted to review for you guys today!  

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Happy March! For our #CBBxManiMonday theme for the next two weeks, we obviously had to go with green, and since there isn't a holiday theme that I don't love to hurl myself at, I'll be tackling St Patricks Day Nail Art with vigor. I have to say, I'm kind of over the moon thrilled with how this one turned out and I've already gotten compliments on it!

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Hey guys! I was terrified that when winter came my hands were going to end up the way they usually do at this time of year - with brittle, breaking nails and cracking cuticles - so I've been doing basically everything I can to negate that by making sure that I'm using cuticle oil and hand cream pretty much constantly. If you checked out my review of the Cake Milk Made Velveteen Hand Cream, you already know how much I loved it, so obviously I was really excited when I found the Cake Heavy Cream Rich Vanilla Shea Butter Intensive Hand Repair Balm in my stocking this past Christmas courtesy of my guy just in time for the polar vortex. 

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