Slightly early but, it’s been fairly silent over here on the blog since Christmas..but that’s expected. Surprising that only a week has passed since Christmas but it feels like an eternity! Anyway, things will pick up again in the next week, don’t you worry, so until then…HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Thank you for sticking around with me for the past half year or so, and here’s to hoping you all stick around for another half year or more! Expect great things and growth in 2016! 🙂
Stay safe and have fun, friends!
-A
P.S. This is my 100th post, what a great day for the 100th post to fall on!
If you’ve been alive within the last day or so, you have PROBABLY heard about what happened during the Miss Universe pageant crowning. If not, watch below:Read More »
So I got a few things sent to me by Essence and I thought I’d do a little haul out of it. Essence cosmetics are VERY affordable and great for those that want to get into makeup, yet don’t want to spend too much money on quality products.
Last week I posted a NOTD featuring the colour Fashion Forward, a Quo by Orly nail polish from the Color Amp’d line. I was really curious about this line as it is a seemingly new release in Shoppers Drug Mart in Canada.
Above is what the display looked like, $9 for the individual polishes ($11, regular price). They have a decent variety of colours that come in glitter, creme, neon, and holo-metallic finishes. I quite like the packaging, I’m not going to lie.
I have been doing SO well with my nail polish low-buy, and it has been way easier than I had anticipated! I guess the main reason that I’ve been refraining is because of my dilemma of not being able to bring even close to a quarter of my collection with me to Australia…the struggle. I’ll probably do a post about what I AM bringing to Australia….oh boy, have to choose wisely, but I have an idea.
Anyway, since the last update of buying nail polish,Read More »
So Essie is celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2016, and in celebration they are re-releasing 6 discontinued nail polishes as part of their Retro Revival collection. These six polishes are some of their most popular colours from the past. Essie Canada promoted the reveal of five polishes through cutepolish from Youtube, the sixth polish will be revealed by Essie on December 10th!
The five polishes revealed on the channel so far areRead More »
Unfortunately I was not able to get a post up on Friday, and I’m not sure if I’ll be getting one up tomorrow or not, woop, there goes my schedule I’ve been closely complying to! But hey, life happens.Read More »
I love me some Burt’s Bees, and I’m sure you know someone who loves Burt’s Bees too!
So Burt’s Bees has some super fab gift sets available for the holidays, for some super rad prices! When I saw the display at the store, I knew I had to pick something up, even though I didn’t really NEED to. I picked up the Kissable Colour gift set ($10) in the Warm Collection.Read More »
Quick apology in advance, this is taken after 3 days of wear, inclusive of craft time with some six year-olds at school (school glue + glitter, intense nail polish wearage). I rarely layer polishes on top of each other because once you have about 4-5 coats of polish on your nails, especially with a topcoat, it’s annoying to take off afterwards, at least in my opinion. But when I DO layer polishes together, it’s usually with this combination!
[kindovermatter.com]Positive mental health and mental health awareness are things that I am VERY passionate about. I am thinking about adding a (mini) series of posts in the coming weeks regarding this topic. Disclaimer, I am not an expert on the topic, but I do have some experience with positive mental health promotion.
Mental health: is a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully and is able to make a contribution to his or her community [WHO]
This time of year especially (keep in mind, mental disorders/illnesses do not have a particular season in which they apply to) is a roller-coaster of a time for many people. When some people think of the holidays, they think of all the amazing things that the holiday season offers: family, friends, presents, food, etc. But there are also people that think about those things and feel upset and depressed, because they may not have some of those things in their lives. Sometimes simple everyday triggers such as the weather (or this lack of daylight) are all that is needed for things to spiral downward in terms of mental health. One thing leads to another, and it turns into a vicious cycle.
There are several studies done regarding positive psychology.Read More »
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