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Five Things Friday

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I want to start writing like I used to. Not all about reviews, or about a certain product in one post. Let’s talk about a lot of stuff today. So let’s introduce Five Things Friday (gotta give credit where credit is due: got the idea from Erin’s blog over at Erin’s Inside Job). Let’s hop to it.

First off. Are ya sick of me promotion’ my $30 coupon you can have towards Blue Apron? It’ll end soon, I promise. It’s just that $30 of groceries and food delivery is too good to pass up (read about the food I cooked here)!!

01. OLD SCHOOL LABEL MAKER|
Stoked. Man, I remember when my Mom labeled everything, and I loved it! Perhaps this is where my love of stationery comes in? I had the idea in my head to label all our glass jars (you know, the one’s where you store pasta in, and make it all pinteresy-like? Except ours is jammed in the pantry amongst other busy-looking-boxes and is yearning to have its own space). I bought mine for $8 on Target’s website. I also bought a backup of the black tape, making me have 3 extra rolls on hand in case I get too click-happy with it.

02. DECAF COFFEE|
I understand the desire to have decaf now. I won’t get into TMI details, but I think ya can get what I’m sayin’ ya know? I decided to cut out my delicious caffeinated vanilla lattes and iced coffees and resorting to ordering decaf. It’s not so bad, but I’m not reliant on the caffeinated buzz it gives anyway since I only started drinking coffee-related drinks 2-3 years ago. Why am I giving it up? Not really any reason in particular, I just don’t need it.

03. MACxYouTuber collab|
I’m digging the MAC Cosmetics lipsticks that launched with all the famous YouTubers around the world. I’ve been watching Fleur de Force ever since she first started her channel years and years ago, and I’m happy to support my fellow Canadian Samantha Ravndahl in her success and journey (and boy is she awesome – she’s so brutally honest, and genuinely funny).

04. ACAI BOWLS|
Acai bowls are back in this household! All last summer I made them a few times per week. So much so, I ended up breaking out blender by over-use. Oops! Now we have a new one, and I’m so stoked to have these delicious treats back.

05. MAKEUP DECLUTTER|
This is something I’ve been meaning to do the past month or so. This time last year my makeup collection looked like this after I did a decluttering video. I’m not one who likes to have a large collection of makeup, and often I drop brand new products into my giveaway-pile for the fact I know I won’t use it. Right now I feel it has now gotten a little out of hand and the products are taking up the entire credenza in the bedroom. I need to skedaddle and get at it. It’s driving me nuts.

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Bobbi Brown Art Sticks (and swatches!)

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Although Bobbi Brown has left her company, they are still creating incredible products. So far, I’m quite impressed as they recently launched squeezeable lip colours, another fantastic lip product once again. Meet, the new Art Stick Liquid Lips in 16 shades.

The pigmentation is strong with these, just a dab or two on the lips and smooth over your lips with the plastic applicator to blend and will dry down to a semi-matte. Although it’s a thicker consistency, it still glides over the lips and feels lightweight. I gotta say, I’m a fan of the formula as it doesn’t dry out my lips. Plus, it’s long-wearing: Bonus! I did want to note that the few darker shades were definitely a bit streaky hence more difficult to apply evenly.

 

I was sent 13 of them, and I’m having fun wearing many of the colours in the range. This isn’t the first launch of Bobbi’s Art Sticks, as she previously released these in pencil form (not sure how long ago it was launched, but the Liquid Lip is the newest of the bunch). My favourite nude shades from the Bobbi Brown Art Stick Liquid Lips are both the Honey Bare, and Nude Pink. If I want a bold shade to play around with I’ve been loving Papaya – a bright red-orange!

They’re now available at Bobbi Brown’s site or on Sephora for $28 USD | $35 CDN (Sephora is also currently selling a mini duo in shades English Rose + Uber Red). See all the swatches below plus a fun video at the end of the post.

Shop the products: 

Bobbi Brown Art Stick Liquid LipBobbi Brown Art Stick · Naked Pink [a soft pink nude]

Bobbi Brown Art Stick Liquid Lip Honey BareBobbi Brown Art Stick · Honey Bare [a soft beige]

Bobbi Brown Art Stick Vintage PinkBobbi Brown Art Stick · Vintage Pink [a neutral pink]

Bobbi Brown Art Stick Liquid Lip English RoseBobbi Brown Art Stick · English Rose [midtone rose]

Bobbi Brown Art Stick Liquid Lip LilyBobbi Brown Art Stick · Lily [a bright violet pink]

Bobbi Brown Art Stick Liquid Lip Pink PunchBobbi Brown Art Stick · Pink Punch [a bright coral pink]

Bobbi Brown Art Stick Liquid Lip AzaleaBobbi Brown Art Stick · Azalea [a true bright pink]

Bobbi Brown Art Stick Liquid Lip PapayaBobbi Brown Art Stick · Papaya [a bright coral orange]

Bobbi Brown Art Stick Liquid Lip Rich RedBobbi Brown Art Stick · Rich Red [a pure rich red]

Bobbi Brown Art Stick Liquid Lip Uber RedBobbi Brown Art Stick · Uber Red [blue-toned red]

Bobbi Brown Art Stick Liquid Lip CherryBobbi Brown Art Stick · Cherry [a cherry red]

Bobbi Brown Art Stick Liquid Lip Plum NoirBobbi Brown Art Stick · Plum Noir [a rich plum]

Bobbi Brown Art Stick Liquid Lip BoysenberryBobbi Brown Art Stick · Boysenberry [a bright berry]

 

See the swatches live in action below:

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Bite Beauty reds + my custom colour

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I went to the Bite Beauty Lip Lab a few months ago (you can read about the experience here). But I thought it was due time to show you the shades actually swatched on my lips, so I did what I tend to do — both a YouTube video (at the end of the post) and post with still photos to pair with it.

As stated in my first post with Bite Beauty, I’m so glad I ended up making a nude colour for my custom lipstick shade, because my second thought was to make a bright red-orange shade. I didn’t realize we were going to get gifted with more product, and the one here in the middle called Cayenne is the exact shade I would’ve created. The formula of all three red lipsticks are in the new Amuse Bouche formula.

My nude is in a matte creme shade, and I’ll be honest, there’s not much difference between the matte creme formula, and the amuse bouche. That’s telling you that the matte’s are comfortable, and not drying on the lips. Win! This is the peachy-nude I came up with: 

Oof, I just love it. 

In the lipstick bullets Gazpacho and Cayenne look significantly different, however swatched onto the back of my hand and even on my lips they’re quite similar, on my skintone! Check out the reds, followed by my custom lipstick colour at the end — so exciting!

Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche · Gazpacho

Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche in CayenneBite Beauty Amuse Bouche · Cayenne

Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche in TanninBite Beauty Amuse Bouche · Tannin

Bite Beauty Matte Creme · My custom colour!

I immediately had no questions of what colour I wanted to create for myself. I have this Burberry lipgloss in the shade Nude Beige No. 17 that I love, and wear to death – and I wanted to somewhat mimic that shade in a lipstick form with a different finish. So that’s why I ended up getting it in a matte creme — Oh my gosh, I LOVE how it came out, and what a fun experience!

See the swatches live in action in the quick video below :)

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