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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Nail of the Week: Pink Nails for Breast Cancer Awareness Month


Hey guys!
How was your thanksgiving?

As you may know, October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month so I thought to do a simple pink french tip in commemoration of the campaign. I am fortunate enough not to have anyone in my immediate family battle the disease but I think its still important to know about the campaign to help spread awareness. To learn more about Canada's breast cancer campaign called the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation's 'Run for the Cure', click here

For this week's nails I used Essie's Off the Shoulder from the Summer 2012 Collection and Sally Hansen White polish for the tips. 

Here is a swatch of the base polish alone with 2 coats under natural lighting

When I was painting my nails, my little cousins arrived early for thanksgiving dinner and wanted to play dress up so here is what they did on my nails. Totally blinged out nails.


What do you have on your nails for this week?

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Canadian Thanksgiving Outfit of the Day


Hey guys!

For my fellow Canadians, how was your thanksgiving? For me, I had an amazing day! My family and I went to a Chinese buffet for lunch that had a wide variety of food to choose from. The food was delicious! Then for dinner, my relatives went to our house to celebrate the holiday with us and enjoy some family time. I thought to share what I wore for the occasion. I do apologize for the somewhat awkward 'poses,' I don't normally write "outfit of the day" posts because I'm not really a fashionista. Lol.






Dress - Forever 21
Tights - H & M
Boots - Blowfish
Leather Jacket - Danier

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! 

Monday, October 8, 2012

Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette Review and Swatches


I know I know, this palette has been reviewed and raved about by so many other bloggers but since I use this palette everyday and have recently written about the original I thought to write my own review for this follow up palette. 

Company Description: The most anticipated sequel of the decade. Naked2 has 12 pigment-rich, taupe and greige neutral eyeshadows. Our palette proves once again, neutral is anything but boring, (and is downright sexy when worn Naked). Feast your eyes on our shades ranging from pale to deep, matte to sparkly. This collection lets you achieve lots of neutral looks, smoky dramatic eyes, and everything in between. Let's just say there's a whole new way to get Naked! The case has an art-school inspired look with hinged lid - taupe metal with embossed chocolate brown artwork. It's smooth, modern and cool to the touch - a real tactile experience. Plus, our palette also features a travel-size Lip Junkie Lipgloss in Naked, AND a double-ended, cruelty-free Good Karma Shadow/Crease Brush (available only in this palette). Any self-respecting makeup lover will have to have both palettes to get their complete neutral fix! 

Packaging: The palette is housed in a sleek metal tin that has clasps on each side to open and close the palette. Upon opening the palette, you will see 12 gorgeous full sized eyeshadows, a double ended Good Karma brush (flat brush and rounded blending brush) and a big mirror across the lid. The palette also includes a mini Lip Junkie Lipgloss in the shade Naked. 

Here are some pictures of the palette





So here are the eyeshadows

Foxy - matte soft beige with a hint of yellow. 
Half Baked - metallic neutral gold
Booty Call - frosted champagne-y white 
Chopper - shimmery orange with silver micro-glitter




Tease - matte taupe with purple undertone
Snakebite - dark bronze with golden shimmer
Suspect - frosted taupe-y bronze
Pistol - frosted grayish brown




Verve - pale pink-y gray
YDK - metallic coppery brown with silver micro-glitter
Busted - dark burgundy-brown
Blackout - matte intense black



Lip Junkie Lipgloss in Naked

Dual Ended Good Karma Brush

Flat end of the brush

Rounded blending end of the brush

Overall: I am in love with this palette! When it comes to eyeshadows, neutral shades are my bestfriend! With the 12 gorgeous shades that are included in this palette, there are endless makeup looks that I can create. From everyday neutral looks to smokey going out looks. I like that the highlighter shade (foxy) is a matte and the black matte (blackout) is rich and very intense. The $60.00 price tag for this palette may be a little steep but when you break it down, its actually a bargain as one full size Urban Decay eyeshadow costs $22.00 CAD x 12 = $264.00 + a Good Karma costs around $20.00, that's a total of $284.00. 

Price: $60.00 CAD/ $50.00 USD
Place to buy: Sephora, Shoppers Drug Mart Beauty Boutique

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