Top Hair Masks

Now that the cold weather on its way, I thought it was a good time to talk about some hair masks. With all the stress we put out hair through, from heat styling to colouring, its importsnt to give it a little TLC. Hair masks are one of my essential haircare products during the winter to keep my hair healthy, strong and hydrated.

Redken Extreme Length Primer Treatment is a five minute conditioning treatment infused with biotin to help you achieve maximum hair length and strengthen the hair. I tend to use this once a week as a mini treatment. It doesnt take any longer than conditioning like usual, but has extra hydration.

Another quick treatment is the Its A 10 Five Minute Hair Repair For Blondes. Of course as the name suggests, this is a mask for blondes to enhance their colour, and help remove yellow or brassy tones. It also adds shine and leaves the hair soft and smelling lovely.

For a deeper treatment, the Macadamia Deep Repair Mask helps to reconstruct the hair, rebuilding damage and improve elasticity and shine.

Matrix Biolage Hydrasource Conditioning Balm is probably top on my lists of masks. If you have dry hair, or tangly hair, this stuff will be your best friend. It conditions, detangles and gives up to fifteen times more moisture. This is a great mask for colour treated hair, and fighting frizz aswell. If your going to try one thing from this list, I highly recommend this one.

I hope you enjoyed my top masks, and if you have any favourites of your own feel free to share them below.

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September Favourites

What a crazy month this has been, good and bad. There are a ton of new things I've been using and loving lately, so here they are.

Joe Fresh Daily Boost Fluid Foundation
I bought this on a total whim, having heard absolutely nothing about the brands new makeup range. This foundation is meant give a glow to the skin, and of course that always what I look for in my base products. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I've been enjoying this. It gives just enough coverage for me and gives a nice dewy, fresh look to the skin.

Becca Champagne Splits Champagne Pop/FlowerChild
I was wanting to try Champagne Pop for a while but didnt really want to spend the money on a highlighter, until I saw this little highlgihter/blush duo. Champagne Pop is the prettiest golden champagne colour, and Flowerchild is a nice peachy pink shade as well, though I dont use the blush nearly as much.

Bare Minerals Gen Nude Liquid Lipstick 'Infamous'
I like the liquid lipstick look, but on me I just find most formulas too dry and accentuate any and all dryness on my lips. But this one is great because it feels smooth on the lips, and there are some great colours. Infamous is a great everyday wearable colour for me, a kind of dusky pink.

Milani Creme Nude Lipstick
Im not sure what these are called exactly, but this shade is lovely. As the name suggests, its a nude pink, super creamy and comfortable on the lips and it also smells like candy!

Annabelle Creme Caramel Eyeshadow Trio
Ive been wearing this almost everyday because its just so easy. All three colours are lovely and go well together.

Mac Peachtwist Blush
As always, I bring out this blush when the weather is starting to cool down. It is the perfect fall blush- a kind if burnt orange with some gold shimmer to give the skin a bit of a glow. If you havent tried this one please do checkit out because it doesnt get enough recognition in my opinion.

Kat Von D Tattoo Liner in Mad Max
Ive been a black liquid liner since the ninth grade. I never really used any other colours but when I got this little 500 point perk from Sephora of Kat Von D products, and this mini liner was in there in a brown shade, I thought I better give a try. To my surprise, I liked it so much that Ive been using it more than my traditional black liner! The applicator is different to me, being more like a brush than a felt tip like I would usually use, but its easy to apply and get a thin line. I have a feeling Ill end up buying this one when I run out.

Redken Anti Frizz Polishing Milk
There is nothing I hate more than frizzy hair, so this stuff is a life saver. Its a cream consistency that you apply to wet hair and style as you like. I find if I blowdry my hair it smooths everything out nicely, but also if I just let it air dry with my natural, frizzy waves, it tames it and also does something for the waves. Love this stuff I already have a backup.

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A Drugstore Haul

Everytime I run into the drugstore for one thing, which I usually end up foregetting in the end, I leave with a handful of new goodies to try that I really don't need. This was no exception, but hey ho, who doesn't love new thing right?

MY drugstore just started stocking Milani and Elf products, so of course I had to get something. The Elf Ultimate Blending Brush looked like it would be really nice for foundation application. The bristles are super soft and its dense enough that I think it would work really well. I'll keep you posted. As for Milani, I was a little overwhelmed with all the blushes I've been wanting to try for years, so I decided to wait on those and ended up with a primer instead. The Prime Perfection Hydrating and Pore Minimizing primer feels nice smooth on the skin from what I've tried just on the back of my hand , and doesn't have tht awful silicone feel that I can't stand. I look forward to trying this one. I also picked out a typical pinky peach shade in Nude Creme that I know I'm going to love.

I also decided to try one of the L'Oreal Infallible Pro Matte Glosses in Bare Attraction. I know I wouldn't wear any of the other shades because they're more bold than what I tend to go for, but this nude shade looked really nice for fall. It looks like this is one that has that matte look, but doesn't completely dry down and make your lips look majprly dehydrated.

I found the Provoke Touch of Silver Brightening Shampoo, which Ive been interested in trying but could never find in my area. I hear so many blondies loving this shampoo to tone help tone any brassiness out of their hair and never tried this one, so I thought Id give it a go. And lastly, I picked up another Kylie Sinful Colours Nailpolish because I think there are some great colours in the collection. This plum shade with a gold shimmer through it is called Krushed Velvet, which is going to be great for fall time aswell.

Thats everything I picked up! Have you done some drugstore shopping lately? What did you pick up, or what do you recommend me get next time?

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August Favourites

This month has flown by! It was my 24th birthday, my daughter turned two just yesterday, and other than that I honestly don't remember a lot about this month. The whole summer went so fast, I can't believe we're going into September and fall is on its way already! Anyway enough of my rambling, here's what Ive been loving this month.

I love a good glowy foundation (as I've said many a times on the blog), and the L'Oreal True Match Lumi Foundation has been a go to lately. I had a hard time finding a good shade match so the one I have is a little too dark, and I tend to mix it with another foundation to lighten the colour a bit. I either use the Bare Minerals Complexion Rescue or Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum. Both do enough to lighten it up and leave a gorgeous glow to the skin.  I don't always feel I need a highlighter with this foundation as its quite luminous on its own, but the Clinique Chubby Stick Highlight is what Ive been going for lately. I've had this a while and never really used it until lately. I like the consistency of it- I just use my finger to tap it on and it looks really pretty.

For blush, Ive been using these two from Annabelle that I bought during the month. They are both great colours for summer, as they have a little bit of shimmer in them which looks really pretty on the skin, especially when the light hits it. Golden Bronze is a little more everyday rosey pink shade, whereas Hibiscus is a apricot peach, which screams spring and summer to me.

A new mascara Ive been using is the Revlon Ultra Volume. I wasnt sure which one to try from the range they have, but volume is usually the number one thing I look for in a mascara. I love how this separates my lashes and does make them look quite full, but I wouldnt say it was the best.

Lastly I have a scent Ive been loving from Bath and Body Works. The Be Happy White Peach and Sangria Body Mist is so addictive to me. I just love anything peach scented, but this is amazing. With white peach nectar, tangarine and prosecco this scent is so good I almost want to eat it. I believe this is limited to summer time only so snatch it up if your interested before theyre all gone!

What were your favourites of the month of August? Let me know yours below

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Annabelle Blushes

I love finding products I love that are also affordable, who doesn't right? So I thought I would share with you these blushes from Annabelle that I am currently really enjoying.

If you're not familiar with Annabelle, they are a canadian drugstore makeup brand. Their liquid liner was a makeup staple when I was in highschool, but right now its their blushes that I'm obsessed with. They have great colour payoff, a nice selection of colours and are around the ten dollar mark. I have three colours and I love all of them.

Rosewood was the first shade I tried, a few years back and still use quite frequently. It is a lovely rosey pink shade that goes with anything and everything. I feel this would suit most skin tones. I find this one to use with light handed, or youll have some clown cheeks going on.

Golden Bronze is a new favourite. Im not sure about the name as I dont really find it to be golden, but more of a dusky pink with a bit of a sheen. This really warms up my skin and gives me a glowing look which is always nice. I think this may be my favourite of the three.

Hibiscus is a gorgeous peachy apricot shade. It also has a bit of a sheen to it, and I've been loving this one for summer time. Peachy shades are my jam this time of year so this has been getting a lot of wear right now.

Have you tried Annabelle's blushes before? Or any of their other products? Any recommendations are always welcome!

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Most Reached For Products

I thought I would share with you some of my most reached for products. These are the foolproof things I grab when I want to use something that I know will look good.

 Nars Sheer Glow Foundation is probably my favourite for a good base. It has medium coverage, leaves a dewy glow to my skin which is a must for me, and is a really good colour match for my skintone. My only complaint is that it isn't exactly the cheapest of products to buy. For day to day, or when I want something lighter on my skin, I go for Bare Minerals Complexion Rescue. This is new to my collection but very quickly became something I gravitated towards over others. It gives jsut enough coverage for everyday, with a nice healthy glow to the skin. It also is great mixed in with other foundations to give more of a dewy look to the skin. Basically, I'm in love with this stuff.

I'm definitely a blush lover but there are two I tend to use most days out of the week. Mac Blush All Day is an all time fav and lately is basically all I've been using. Its a great pinky mauve shade that looks great with anything. Nars Sin is another one I use quite a bit when I want something that I know looks good. This one is definitely different from other blushes I have as its more of a plum mauve shade with a little gold shimmer through it. I tend to use it more in the colder months though it does look great anytime of year.

Highlighter are a newer thing for me. I have a few but nothing is quite like the Laura Mercier Matte Radiance Powder in 01. I think what makes it my perfect highlighter is the fact that it isnt too in your face like most highlighters are. Its mmore subtle on the skin, but gives a nice glow to my skin while looking quite natural still. Or as natural as a highlighter could look anyway.

Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer is another newer favourite of mine. I had bought a mini size of this a few months back and wasn't instantly in love. I expressed this in a blogpost where my initial thoughts were that it was too dry under my eyes, but after a few uses my opinion completely changed and I used up that mini tube faster than I could have expected and needed to get my hands on a full size. Of course it wasnt available for sometime and no other concealer looked quite as bright or covered as well as the Nars one. Luckily its back in my life and I havent wanted to use anything else since.

Ive really been into lining my lips lately and Mac Dervish Lipliner is my go to. I use it almost everyday, as it goes my most lip colous and looks great alone all over the lips. Its a pinky mauve shade close to my natural lip colour, which is perfect to keep in my bag with me. I've also been loving the L'Oreal Brow Stylist Definer pencil for filling in the few sparse areas in my brows. I love this pencil because its retractable, so its always sharp, and it has a fine tip for easy application. Plus the spoolie on the end is really nice and handy to keep the hairs upward.

What are some of your most used products? Let me know your recommendations.

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To The Last Drop #19

I haven't done one of these in a while, and I've got empty bottles laying all over that I'm sure I'm forgetting a bunch of things here! As always, these are mini reviews of products I've used up, giving my honest opinions on what I thought of them.

Redken Smooth Lock Shampoo and Butter Silk Intensive Treatment Conditioner
This line is designed to smooth dry hair, aswell as protect against thermal heat styling. They contain almond oil which not only smells nice but made my hair feel really soft.  I loved the Butter Silk conditioner because it really moisturized my hair and left it feeling really lovely after, and I definitely noticed smoother hair with less frizz.

Avene Micellar Water Sample
I like micellars for easy makeup romaval. This one wasnt anything particularily special from any others, but it worked.

Clarins One-Step Gentle Exfoliating Cleanser Sample
Ive heard good things about this so I was excited to give this sample a go. It's a cleanser with small exfoliating beads in it that arent too abrasive, making it good for everyday use. I thought it was pretty good and will probably purchase at some point.

Clarins Instant Eye Makeup Remover Sample
If you read my blog, you would have seen I did a full rave review on this stuff. I think it is a fantastic quick and easy remover that gets everything off in seconds, even stubborn mascara.

Essence Superfine Eyeliner Pen
I really liked this when I first started using it. It has great colour pay off and was super inexpensive at something like three bucks. But after a month or two though the applicator felt tip lost its pointy shape and became very difficult to get a smooth, thin line with. I'm not sure if I'd pick this one up again.

Maybelline Lash Sensational Mascara
This was a fantastic mascara. It made my lashes look long and full, just what I want in a mascara. I wasnt crazy about this scooped wand but otherwise, completely recommend this one if you've never tried it.

Tarte Lights Camera Lashes Mascara
I'm really sad to see this one in my trash already. I was really enjoying this mascara sample until it fell off my table one day and somehow the lid around the opening broke and when I opened it, I just got a blob of product on the wand. Totally unusable now. However, it made my lashes look really full and it was so nice I'm considering picking up a full size one of these days.

Benefit That Gal Primer Sample
Ive had this little tiny sample in my makeup bag for years so I thought I should use it up. I actually thought this wasnt too bad. It brightened my skin up which was nice, but I dont think Id purchase.

Makeup Forever Step One Hydrating Primer
I really enjoyed this stuff. I liked the consistency of this the most I think. I dont like the way silicone primers feel under my makeup because I feel like if I touchmy face my makeups rubbing back off, but I never had a problem with this one. It helped everything stay in place and I couldnt feel any residue. I will for sure purchase this one.    

Rimmel Scandal Eyes Precision Micro Eyeliner
I wasnt a huge fan of this one. The colour payoff wasnt great- I had to go over my line two of three times to get it black and non-streaky. Dont recommend this one.

Have you finished any products lately? What were your thoughts? Do you recommend anything? Let me know!

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