Annabelle Blush in Rosewood

From one of my favourite affordable brands, is the Annabelle blush in #18 Rosewood. It is a beautiful rosey pink shade that I think would look great on all skin tones. It is highly pigmented- just a tap of your brush and you have enough for one cheek. I think it would be great year round, as it gives a nice wake-me-up look to face and nice pop of colour. I definitely see this being a staple in my collection and would recommend it to anyone. Annabelle blushes are sold in drugstores for $7-8 canadian.

Maybelline Eyestudio Gel Liner

Eyeliner is one of my favourite makeup items. I started out with pencil years ago, discovered liquid and had been using it for years until recently, when I decided to venture  into the world of gel liners. I had heard many raves about the maybelline one, so I picked up the black one have been using it the past few months. It definitely requires a little more of a precise hand than my beloved liquid liner, but I have been enjoying the look it gives in comparison. It is slightly softer looking and has good colour pay off. Most importantly, it lasts throughout the day and isnt hard to remove at the end of the day. Also, I see this pot lasting longer than pencil or liquid products would. An A+ product in my opinion.
What are your favourite liners, id love to hear your input.

Song of the Week: Burning Stars

Burning Stars // Mimicking Birds

La Roche-Posay Hydreane Legere

Another La Roche Posay product ive been using is their Hydreane Legere, light moisturizing facial cream. I have been enjoying using this at night, as its still quite hot weather and applying heavy creams at night any time other than the winter is one, not necessary for my skin, and two, too much of a pain in the you know what to wait to sink in. I love this because like it says, is light. It sinks in quickly and leaves my skin nice and smooth. It has a very light scent that I cant describe, but I cant imagine it being a problem for anyone.

My only complaint about this is the size. A 40ml tube is awfully small in my opinion for the price, seeming to me as what would be a sample or travel size. However, a little goes a long way and I suppose it will last a sufficient amount of time, I just wish they had a larger size as well. Overall Ive been enjoying this and may try the Hydreane Riche in the colder months. 

we never change, do we?

top - Forever 21 / skirt - H&M / bandeau - Forever 21

Song of the week: Forever Falling

Forever Falling // Professor Green ft. Haydon

sad day

It was a sad day today. My dog has been sick and unable to stand, let alone walk and hasnt been eating or drinking much. A few weeks back we took her to the vet and she had a stomach tumor, but due to the fact that she had lost a lot of weight, she wasnt strong enough that surgery would be worth doing because she likely wouldnt come out of the anesthesia. Today, my parents took her back to the vet and I had to say my goodbyes this morning before I went to work. Sadly, she is no longer with us and we have all been very upset about it. I thought id just share a few photos because ive been looking through some and thought why not.
RIP Lydia, I love and miss you.

Annabelle Eyeshadows

If you live in Canada, you may be familiar with the drugstore brand Annabelle. I regularly use their liquid liner and have been a fan of their shadows for a while as well. They come individually in little pots reminiscent of macs, being the same size pans and all. They also sell select shades in pan form that can be put in a quad like I have above. I however, decided to depot the ones I had which is very easily done and as the pans are magnetic, you dont need to glue magnets on the back as you would with a mac one.

I have 4 shades- Aura, Cloud, Charcoal, and Black. They have great pigmentation and dont have any fallout. My favourite shade as you can see is cloud, a shimmery taupe.

The shadows are around $4-6 depending where you buy from, and the quad was about $8 if I remember correctly. For nice shadows on a budget, these are a definite recommendation from me.

how long can we ignore, we build a little more, and then we break our truth

top - Forever 21 / skirt - H&M / necklace - Forever 21 / sandals - Urban Planet

Viktor and Rolf Flowerbomb

An explosive bouquet of fresh and sweet notes arrives with perfume Flowerbomb, introduced in 2005, as an oriental perfume.
The bottle is in the shape of diamond-granate, alluding at the fragrance itself- explosive, sophisticated and glamorous.

Top notes of bergamot and green tea, a heart is floral and opulent with intensive, sweet and pure Sambac jasmine, seductive Centifolia rose, freesia and Cattleya orchid. Musk and patchouli in a base wrap us with an oriental scent, while its milky and powdery notes gently fondle the skin.

I had heard many great things about Flowerbomb and while in sephora I passed it and decided to have a sniff. Not surprising at all, I loved it and decided to get it rather than what I had gone in there for in the first place. It has a more sophisticated smell than what I typically would go for (warm, sweet, fruity scents) which is new to me but I think would be very nice for night. The bottle is beautiful and is available in three sizes- 30, 50 and 100 ml. I went for the 30ml (1oz.) bottle and was slightly disappointed at the size for the hefty $85 price tag. Regardless, I think it is a nice scent and im sure I will get a lot of use out of it.

Song of the Week: Black Flies

Black Flies // Ben Howard