Marc Jacobs Highliner Gel Crayon

Last week, I finally bit the bullet and bought the new Marc Jacobs Highliner Gel Crayon (fancy name for eyeliner) that I’ve been seeing bloggers and YouTubers rave about.Marc-Jacobs-Highliner

I don’t know why I didn’t buy it sooner. Each time I visited Sephora, I flocked towards the flashy display of products. I always swatched the bronzy brown eyeliner on the back of my hand, and always left without purchasing.

I was in the mood to buy it, so I went out on my lunch break and bought the colour I’ve been eying.Marc Jacobs eyeliner in rococoa

It’s in my hands now, darlin!

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Collab giveaway with FreshSeason!

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It’s November, dudes. I love how close it is to Christmas now. Less than 2 months and I’ll be in Newfoundland again!

I haven’t started decorating yet, have you? I usually wait til mid-November to get out my glass desktop Christmas tree.

Oh. I’ve got some exciting news for you guys today. From now through December I will feature Christmas gift ideas on the blog. Hence that fun little header up top.

As you start making your shopping lists, there seems to be always that one person who is difficult to buy for, am I right? I’m here to help you out! This is the time to check out my blog for some great gift ideas, and a chance to win some of the items I’ll be featuring throughout the next few weeks.

Each of the upcoming posts under ‘Holiday Gift Guide‘ will have a review and/or a giveaway and if you’ve missed one of those posts, just click on that fun skyscraper pic on the right hand side. It’ll bring you to all of the (upcoming) posts in one round-up page.

Let’s get this thing started, shall we?!

Up today, I’m doing a collab giveaway with my BBFF (bloggy best friend forever) Leanne. Both of us have gathered some prizes for our readers to win and we’re so excited to give these goodies away to one lucky reader in the Canada or USA.

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One winner will receive:

  • An orange fossil wallet
  • One $30 gift card to Sephora
  • Philosophy makeup bag with a few goodies!

Here’s an up close picture of the goods. Just in case you want to see what the makeup bag & wallet looks like. Gotta know what you’re winnin’. Am I right?

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Alright! Enter away on the rafflecopter form below. Leanne and I are sharing the rafflecopter form, but there are things you need to do, over on her site. So keep that in mind and pay her a nice friendly visit. :)

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Obsessed: Stila book of palettes

Good morning! I can’t start off my blog post without saying Happy Halloween to you all. :)

I’ve been on the go for many weekends in a row. Between BlissDom, heading home to Newfoundland and next up is a trip to the States tomorrow afternoon. I’ve been very particular about what I pack in my makeup bag.

Each time that I leave to go somewhere, I’ve surprised myself and brought a Stila eyeshadow palette from Stila’s Masterpiece Series of eye and cheek palettes that I got from the PR company a few weeks ago.book-of-palettes-by-stila

I’ve been gravitating towards one palette in particular. Can you take a wild guess as to which one I’ve been using on a regular basis?  Surprise, it’s volume 1 — the minimalist palette with all the great every day neutrals.3-stila-volumes

The bigger pink colours on the palette are blushes. A nice feature to add with the palette don’t you think?

There’s a diverse set of colours suitable to any sort of look to create. And if you’re kind of stumped on what colours to put where, it also comes with a small look-book to recreate a few looks. 

The colours in all three palettes are nicely pigmented. I can see why people buy Stila eye shadows. I remember my “little” neighbors girlfriend back in Newfoundland telling me her love of Stila products when I was home last. back of stila book of palettes

The three volumes are packaged like a set of novels. Kinda cute and different, right?stila-masterpiece-series

Stila’s Masterpiece Series is available at Sephora for $58 CDN (a $152 value)

What is your signature eyeshadow colour? Which colour from these palettes are your favourite?

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