skincare routine (warning: super long w/ pics)

Hello all!
So my good friend keeps asking me what I use on my skin, but I find it so tedious to answer that because I use SO MANY gosh darn products!  Yes, I’m a skincare junkie.  I think it’s because when I was younger, my mom didn’t believe that skin care products could help me [...]

spa, sting, & package!

Last weekend was my friend’s birthday, and he requested a spa day/package as a gift.  So his roommate researched and found an awesome deal at a spa in Yorkville called Summerhill Spa, but it was a couple’s package!  They didn’t want to go together cuz they’re dudes…ya know.  And all of my other girlfriends are [...]

pressing minerals with ez prez

I had a day off today, so I decided to devote a part of it to pressing my mineral makeup, now that my order from Coastal Scents came! It’s my first time ever pressing pigments or minerals, so there was definitely a learning curve.
To learn how to press your own minerals, check out the [...]

first haul post – ever.

I recently got my Coastal Scents package that I ordered when they were having the site-wide 15%-off sale, and when I tweeted about it, Bev (aka. LOVESSpink) wrote back “do I see a haul post coming soon?”  And that’s when I realized that I’ve been buying things here and there and I’ve accumulated enough to [...]

revlon skinlights eye/cheek stains & nyx discovery

I was wandering through Vaughan Mills yesterday, and I found this little hole-in-the-wall store called Designer Cosmetics Warehouse.  It’s not really “designer” per se, but they carry a bunch of discount cosmetics/accessories from pretty random brands.  They even sell NYX!  
It’s so hard to find NYX in Toronto (besides some Pharma Plus stores which have [...]

depotting hip duos & spring party look

So I was browsing the blogger network, and I came across Ms. Katelyn’s (aka Chomfifi) blog post on how to depot L’oreal Hip Duo shadows!  It was her first time depotting, and she made it look so easy!  So I decided to give it a go.
I hate that the Hip Duos are so bulky for such [...]

karen o inspired look (pic heavy)

So I finally had enough time to do a Karen O. look!  I obviously can’t emulate her hairstyle, but I tried to do my best with the beauty look.  I had so much fun playing around with my neglected bright coloured makeup for this look!
One thing that’s glaringly missing are the false lashes…my glue dried [...]

sleepless in toronto

It’s not as glamourous or romantic as the film version of Seattle, trust me.
Last week, I went to hell and back with combo of final assignments (SIX in a week), work, parties, appointments, church stuff, equaling no rest for me. BUT, I got through it and it feels soooo good to be done!!
It was [...]

camera stylo v.9

caméra stylo (cah-may-rah stee-low):

development by Astruc…and, more prominently, of André Bazin, whose thought molded an entire generation of filmmakers, critics, and scholars. In 1948 Astruc formulated the concept of the caméra-stylo (“camera-pen”), in which film was regarded as a form of audiovisual language and the filmmaker, therefore, as a kind of writer in light…  (from Encyclopedia [...]

mail happy

I’ve been waiting for mail allllll week, but you know how Canada Post is – they took off Monday as if it was a real holiday!  Yeahhh right.  Easter Monday is not even relevant to Christians.
ANYHOO.
I got my package from Lan @ smilecusiluvu! I ordered the mini Stila smudge pot & a sample Mac eyeliner, [...]