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Blue Mercury

April 5, 2016 2 Comments

I’m always up for testing out new-to-me makeup and skincare lines so whenÂ Bluemercury reached out to me asking if I wanted to check out some of their products from m-61 and Lune+Aster I agreed.Â They sell an array of popular beauty brands like Molton Brown, Yves Saint Laurent, and Trish McEvoy â€” basically it’s a one-stop shop with even more higher end brands than Sephora (though, I do love my Sephora!).

m-61 Vitablast C Scrub & Mask ($44): This was a dual product which was nice.Â It’s like a sugar scrub + mask in one. While I loved how smooth my skin felt after using it, whenÂ applying it I noticed that it had seabuckthorn in the ingredients. Totally fine, I don’t mind that product, but you can definitely smell it and it’s not my most favourite scent in the world. So getting past that it was all grand.

m-61 SuperSoothe E Makeup Remover ($12): Applied thicker than water, but thinner than a serum. Sooo in between? It was a nice product and removed my makeup. I’m loving the price point of this product, you get so much for your money!

Lune+Aster stratosphere volumizing mascara ($20): Probably my favourite product from what I received for review. I love a dry formula mascara that has a bristly brush, and this has it! It created an intense volume lash without clumping. You can see what it looks on my eyelashes here.

Lune+Aster Baked Bronzer ($32): I went for this product because I had never tried a baked bronzer before. Although it says on the website it’s a number 1 seller, I would say that this would be most popular with people with paler skintones. When I applied this with my self-tanner on, it almost blended right into my skin.

Lune+Aster Vitamin C+E Lip Gloss ($18): The two lipglosses looked as though they were tampered with, upon opening up my parcel. I notified the sender immediately, to which they apologized and they sent out new products for me. Love that they did that! So now, let’s hope that they do that for every customer, and not just because I’m a blogger reviewing their company. They sent the two colours inÂ ArtistÂ (left) and Soccer Mom (right). And you know what? I actually prefered how Soccer Mom (lol at the name) looked on my lips better than Artist, I suppose I tend to go for pinky natural looking nudes on the lips.

For the full range of product offerings, seeÂ M-61Â andÂ Lune+Aster.Â M-61 SkincareÂ combines the best of technical skin science and power-packed naturals while stripping out undesirable ingredients. All Lune+Aster products are paraben and phthalate free, dermatologist tested and not tested on animals, and many products are vegan and gluten-free.

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How-To: Fake the perfect manicure

April 4, 2016 No Comments

Oh, you want to know how to fake the perfect at home manicure? It’s so easy! But you’ll have to read the entire post that I did as a guest post on Megan’s site! Go give her website some love â€” and her IG feed too, she just delivered a baby girl a little over a week ago, and I cannot wait to meet the lil’ bubs!

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Explore California: Fort Funston + Lexus collab

April 4, 2016 1 Comment

So excited to finally blog about my first Lexus collaboration with one of my fave Bay Area buddies, Lauren. We’ve hung out a ton, but we came to a realization that our two dogs had never met one another! Cue: an off leash dog beach adventure at Fort Funston! (See Lauren’s post here!)

I drove the Lexus RX450 hybrid (amazing on gas by the way) which I thought was pretty big, until I saw Lauren drive up in the beastly GX 460.

The last time I took Alfie to Fort Funston dog beachÂ was last summer, so I thought it was perfect timing for the both of us to drive up in our matching Lexus vehicles and arrive in style with our pups to meet.

Look how excited Alfie was! So sweet.

Gotta get daÂ pants tucked into the socksÂ ready for a set of rubber boots!Â

The walk down to this beach is always so picturesque and simply breathtaking. Check out that beach view for miles and miles.

I mean, really. Look at the little cutie boys walking close together (note: Alfie doesn’t let dogs get close hahaha).

BEACH TIME! Aka overflow of Mochi and AlfieÂ photos running on the beach with huge smiles!

The tide was high the morning we drove up there, plus with all the rain that we got in California the past few weeks, made the long beach inaccessible right at the graffiti wall. In fact, the tide kept rolling in, and at one point Lauren’s amazing reflexes grabbed all our stuff in the nick of time, from getting swept out to the ocean. ALL BUT ONE ITEM: Mochi’s leash! The ocean ate it! Whenever Lauren has a reaction, it seems to be always (unfortunately) super hilarious to me.

We discussed later, that at least it wasn’t a key to the Lexus vehicles we had. Imagine?!

Although Alfie is a bossy boots and barks constantly to let all the other dogs knows he’s around (total little dog syndrome) he does listen to me well when I ask him to come, or sit for a photo opp. Except, it’s a bit difficult for him to look at the camera haha.Â

I loved how happy Mochi and Alfie were to be there, playing in the water and prancing aroundÂ together, even though Alfie wanted nothing to do with Mochi.Â You’re failing at making new friends ALFIE.Â