For a long time now, Catrice has been one of those European brands that had products that I was dying to try, but we just couldn't get there here. With the brand becoming available at Shoppers Drug Mart, now us Canadians can play too. I always love when new brands are available at Canadian drugstores because traditionally our selection has been a little bit limited and I was really excited when I saw the Catrice displays popping up. Recently, I've been trying out some of their products and I'm excited to feature five of them in this post.

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Clearly, I've been having a bit of an obsession this past month with natural stone nail art. I've been looking at pictures of jade nails for several weeks now and really, really wanted to figure out how to do them myself. Because I've been so rooted in gel polish for the past month or so, I also wanted to try and do it with regular polish using shades that I had in my collection. Fitting this into our #CBBxManiMonday January theme of "Experimentation" was pretty easy even though I used a technique that I'm really familiar with. Getting these nails just the way I wanted them definitely took some trial and error, but ultimately I'm pretty happy with the final results... though I do have every intention of trying jade nails again using gel for a softer look that's more like what I did last week with my rose quartz nails. 

But for now, let's get onto how I did these nails, shall we?

Hey guys! Seeing as we're right in the midst of the worst time of the year for skin - at least for me and many other people living in cold, dry climates - I'm all about talking about products that protect and nourish winter skin. I don't know about you, but during the winter I definitely have to take a little bit more care with my skin, not only making sure that it's sufficiently hydrated and protected from the elements, but also being sure to take care not to overwhelm it and cause sensitivity. For the past couple of months, I've been testing out the make p:rem x CrediThink Tamanu Calming Serum* and I feel like it's been making a huge difference in my sensitive skin. 

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A couple of years ago, when I was first getting into nail art, I tried out some rose quartz nails that were... not great. As simple as the look is, I do feel like it takes a light touch and just the right polishes to actually pull off. A couple of weeks ago, for our continuing "Experimentation" #CBBxManiMonday theme, Jayne tried out Rose Quartz nails and I just loved them so I decided to give them a go myself. Admittedly, it took me two days and some definite experimentation to get this look, but in the end I'm kind of in love with it. 

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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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