Hey guys! Now that we've shifted from summer firmly into fall (and quickly spiralling into winter) there has been a definite shift in my hair, skin and body care routines, and as usual there are some Live Clean products on the menu for me. And once again I've teamed up with the good people at Live Clean to put together a Giveaway for you guys of some of my favorite products, this time from their Coconut Milk range.

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I know scents are subjective, but for my personal taste there is no better season for smells than fall. Sure, sometimes they go a little too far with the caramel sweetness, but I don't care because so often they're paired with something a little spicy or nutty or just... rich. I can get down with floral scents in the spring and fresher scents in the summer, but I'm always excited to get to when smells smell the best, and for me that's definitely fall. Have I gone on long enough? For Fall 2018, Avon has released some new body care products with classic fall scents, including Pumpkin Soufflé, as well as some gorgeous candles. 

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Good morning! Today I have for guys a brief review of a couple of the body products from the newly rebranded Sea Berry Therapy, formerly SIBU! I did actually review some SIBU products a couple of years ago and I really enjoyed them quite a bit, so I was really interested to try out some more products once they were rebranded here in Canada.

Hey guys! I've got something a little bit different on the blog today. I don't normally talk about kids stuff, that's not really my thing here on the blog, but I got the chance to check out these new Avon Kids products and it took me back. When I was a kid, I loved when my mom would get bath stuff from Avon for me, so I decided to lap up the nostalgia and try out these products for myself and feature them here on the blog!

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Anyone else go straight into bath mode as soon as the weather gets cold? I swear, as soon as the temp drops in October, I want to have a long, hot bath pretty much every day to shake the chill off in that way that only ever comes from being literally submersed in warmth. Recently - and with perfect timing - I've been testing out the Live Clean Aromatherapy Foam Baths in Fresh Water, Tropical Coconut, and Lavender Vanilla*. I mean... thank you, blogging gods, for giving me a solid excuse to indulge in my much craved baths!

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You may recall that recently I testing out some skin care from the French brand Roger + Gallet, which is now available here in Canada on Sephora and I really, really enjoyed it. Now, I've gotten the chance to try out a couple more products from the brand, the Bois D'Orange Invigorating Shower Gel* and the Bois D'Orange Fragrant Wellbeing Water*. If you're confused about what "fragrant wellbeing water" is, don't worry. So was I!

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Even though I don't do it often enough, I always find that taking some time to pamper myself in a kind of at home spa day is an act of self care that's really good for the balance of my mind. Because I have anxiety disorder, self care is one of those things that can sometimes be difficult, but is also really important so I've been trying to be more mindful of doing things that aren't quite necessity but ultimately make me feel better. Recently, I've been using some Avon Planet Spa Heavenly Hydration Body Products* as apart of my pamper routine and I'm really excited to review them for you guys!

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Recently I got the chance to try out some hair, bath and body products from Avalon Organics. Admittedly, until this point I don't think I'd tried anything out from the brand, though I had seen them in stores many times, so I was excited to give them a go. I really love getting the chance to try out a selection of products from a brand so I can really get a feel for what they have going on in a way that testing out just one or two could never give me. 

Hey guys! Recently I got the chance to try out the Weleda Mighty Essentials Travel Set*, which includes 5 of their must have products. Even though this set isn't available anymore, I wanted to give you guys my first impressions on the products included in it because I think there's some winners in the bunch that a lot of people would really enjoy - including a ride or die, long time favorite product of mine that I recommend constantly. 

When it comes to body care, I have to admit that the thing I tend to lean on most is how products smell. I know I'm not the only one who feels this way, but there really is something about filling the shower with a scent that you enjoy and making it a sensory experience rather than a simply necessary task for hygiene. Recently, I was really excited to get to try out the Avon Senses Body Care Lemon Blossom & Basil* products. Lemon is by far one of my favorite scents because it always smells clean and fresh, and I really tend to enjoy the addition of herbs in fruity or floral scents. 

There's a new body scrub favorite in my bathroom these days, and I'm super excited to share it with you guys! Winnipeg based Naked Skincare & Apothecary is a fantastic brand with a wide range of skin and body care products hand made using all natural, high quality ingredients and I've really enjoyed what I've tried from them so far. In the past, I've been a big fan of their Coffee Body Scrub, but recently I decided I really wanted to try out their Body Polish Lavender & Lime. I mean... Of course, I did, right?

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Hey guys! For my last day of Earth Week here on the blog, I wanted to focus on one of my favorite and most used enviromentally friendly brands: Live Clean! When it comes particularly to products that I'm going to be rinsing off and washing down the drain, it's always been really important to me that I be mindful of what I'm putting out into the environment, so Live Clean has become a brand that I reach for constantly when it comes to those types of products. I've definitely got some favorites from the brand and I wanted to share them with you guys along with a GIVEAWAY!

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Even though body lotion is extra important for me in the winter, I think that as spring approaches I feel like it's just as important because I want to prep the skin on my body for being shown off a little bit more than heavy sweaters and boots allow. For this reason, I've been trying out a lot of different body lotions lately to see what's really going to work for me in the summer months. I like something a little lighter during these months that will give me hydration and keep my skin looking and feeling smooth but doesn't feel heavy or overwhelming on the skin. Recently, I've been testing out two of the ACURE Organics Body Lotions and because I've been loving so many ACURE products over the past year I had pretty high expectations.

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Even though we're reaching the end of winter, I'm definitely still dealing with winter skin. Winter skin, for me, is always quite a bit drier than summer skin and requires some special care to make sure that I'm not shedding my skin like a snake any time I wear black pants. Too much information? Probably, but anyone who deals with similar issues knows exactly what I mean. Over the past couple of months, I've really been putting products in my collection to the test and figure out what types of products, as well as what specific products, work for me to keep my skin looking and feeling its best when the weather gets cold. I feel like a lot of these tips will probably help speed up the transition from winter to summer skin as well, so I hope you enjoy what I've put together!

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You know those weeks that just never end? My posting schedule has been a little off this week, because I am absolutely having one of those weeks. I've got the cold that won't end, the sleep that won't come steady, and a monthly monster in my lady garden. (Ha! Sorry. Lady garden. I want to backspace, but at the same time I don't. Monthly monster in my lady garden is staying.) Anyway, it was the perfect time for the arrival of some at-home spa products that I'd never tried before from Live Clean Spa Therapy*. I've always looked at these on the shelf and considered it, because I absolutely love Live Clean, but I'd never picked them up because I really don't buy a lot of bath products generally. I literally took a bath every day this week to try and soothe the beast, so it was the perfect time to really test these out.

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So, in the summer, I always seem to get little bumps on the backs of my upper arms. I've heard this is a pretty common thing and met a lot of people with the same issue, and some research tells me that the best way to deal with them is to exfoliate. Now, to be clear, this isn't a skin condition that requires a dermatologist and there's no irritation from them, they're mostly just annoying when I want to wear tank tops and have my arms look good. Anyway, recently I got the chance to test out the BVspa Sugar & Salt Scrubs* and I figured that the best way to put them to the test was to see how they did with my annoying little arm bumps.

If you want to hear more about these scrubs and my experience with them, keep reading.

When it comes to body care, I really only have a short list of needs. First, it has to smell good. If there's a really great body product that I hate the smell of, I'll just never use it. So, I'm the girl in the body wash aisle taking deep whiffs of everything and I'm not ashamed. The second is that it needs to keep me hydrated. I admit I'm a little bit devil may care when it comes to body lotion. I recognize the necessity of it, especially since my skin tends to skew dry, but I am absolute crap about remembering to apply it after every bath or shower and I pretty much never apply it on the days when I don't. So I can't wash my body with soap. It's just not a thing that can happen. Anyway, now that I've gotten my personal needs out of the way, I recently got the opportunity to try some Goat's Milk Body Products from Caprina* and now that I've tried them all out I'm excited to review them for you!

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When it comes to Mother's Day, I like to let my mom know how much she means to me by making it clear that I think she needs a little pampering. It doesn't hurt that my mom's birthday is pretty much always the same week as Mother's Day - and, in fact, the same day this year! Like any other time, gift giving is such a personal thing and the best gifts are the ones that seem to call the receiver's name, but I think that gift giving occasions that are meant to celebrate the care someone has given you through your life call for the type of gift that offers that care back. That's why I decided to do a gift guide of pamper specific gifts for mom!

If you're looking for some inspiration for what to get your mom this year, keep reading!

So... What are "Intimate Cosmetics", you ask? I had the same question when I was considering trying out these products for review. The answer, that these are products that "work to balance a woman's sensuality and sexuality", didn't necessarily tell me as much as I wanted to know... So here's my definition, which I thought of after getting out of the shower having used one of these products. I feel like these products work in very much the same way some sexy lingerie can. Lingerie isn't always meant for someone else, in fact I'd say that for me it's more often about how I feel about me than how someone else feels about me, but it can be used to entice someone and draw them in. There's something empowering about feeling sexy, even outside of a sexual context, and I think all women like to feel that kind of empowering sexiness. Hence, Intimate Cosmetics.


So without further adieu... Keep reading to take a look at each of the products - and be warned that you might find the packaging NSFW.

I always seem to underestimate just how many products are tucked into my empties bag until I dump them all out to take pictures for these posts. In all honesty, I feel like I'm actually doing a pretty good job of getting through products in my collection lately, which I'm pretty excited about. I used to be quite a product hoarder, holding onto those last few uses of a product because I didn't want them to be gone from my life, but now I've become a lot more intent on cycling through things and moving onto others. That said, this post does feature a few products that I'm pretty sad to see go. So...

Keep reading to take a look at my trash!