Makeup Wars ~ My Favorite Summer Lippie
My favourite summer lippie right now is actually a combo. Not a lipstick and gloss combination but rather a combination of one of my absolute favourite lip product formulas to create a custom shade. I...
View ArticleMakeup Wars Most Expensive Face Challenge
When I heard that our next Makeup Wars challenge was to create our most expensive face I knew it was a project I could excel at. If you are a regular reader of this blog you know that I have a...
View ArticleMakeup Wars ~ My Favorite Makeup Brush ~ MAC 187 Duo Fibre Face Brush
If you’re a follower of this blog I’m sure you’re excited to see what luxury or niche fancy pants brush I pull out of my stash for this post. Well sorry to disappoint but there are no exquisite...
View ArticleMy Favourite Fall Polish ~ Makeup Wars ~ Zoya Yasmeen and Nfu Oh 51
At first I thought deciding on a favourite polish for fall would be difficult. Then I realized that the obvious choice was my first “favourite” nail polish which also happened to be my first Zoya....
View ArticleMy Favourite Red Lip ~ Makeup Wars ~ Make Up For Ever Aqua Rouge in #8...
I was struggling with the decision of what to post for my favourite red lipstick. You see I don’t wear red lipstick often. I’m quite a scaredy cat when it comes to the prospect of leaving the house...
View ArticleMakeup Wars Fall Look ~ Changing Leaves Inspired
This weeks Makeup Wars Challenge is for our favourite fall look. Fall just happens to be my favourite season. I love the crisp air and sunshine. The beautiful changing leaves bring forth all my most...
View ArticleMy Makeup Wars Halloween Manicure aka Christa’s Hilarious Attempt at Nail Art
Well I hope clicking on my post won’t be a huge disappointment for all you nail art fans but my contribution to the Makeup Wars Halloween Manicure Challenge is fairly sad. My nails happen to be in...
View ArticleMakeup Wars ~ My Favourite Mascara ~ Giorgio Armani Eyes to Kill Mascara Review
My long time, favourite mascara, is Giorgio Armani Eyes to Kill. I love the combination of length and volume it gives me without clumps, or flaking. I mean really, I don’t need to say much more than...
View ArticleMakeup Wars Favourite Holiday Metallics
I had a tough time deciding what to feature for my favorite holiday metallics. I actually don’t own much in the way of metallic makeup. It is a finish that I only recently started appreciating more....
View ArticleMy Holiday Wishlist ~ The Makeup Wars
Christmas time is all about the kids now for my family. My own, as well as all my nieces. We really don’t spend much money on the “grown-ups” anymore, so realistically my wishlist is pretty short....
View ArticleMakeup Wars Holiday Look ~ My Festive Face of the Day
This week, for the Makeup Wars, we are featuring a holiday look. I love the holidays because it’s a time where you can go over the top with your makeup and it is totally acceptable. Not that I really...
View ArticleMakeup Wars My Beauty Resolutions for 2013
Lose weight, exercise, live healthier. These are among the most popular New Year’s resolutions. I fall prey to this most years, well most weeks actually. I’m the queen of “starting Monday”. This year...
View ArticleMakeup Wars ~ My Valentine’s Day Look
This week for Makeup Wars we are sharing our Valentine’s Day looks. I doubt I’ll actually be going out for Valentine’s Day, old married life for ya, but I thought I would approach this by going for a...
View ArticleWhat are Christine from 15 Minute Beauty’s Desert Island Must Have’s?
Christine from 15 Minute Beauty is not the outdoorsy type. At all. The thought of being in any sort of wilderness for more than a few hours fills her with dread! What would she have with her on a...
View ArticleMakeup Wars ~ What This Beauty Blogger Packs for Vacation
So I’m not really going on vacation. Oh how I WISH I were going on vacation. Even just for a weekend. It is just not in the cards right now, nor will it be for quite a long time. Given that in years...
View ArticleMakeup Wars Takes on the Pantone Colour of the Year Emerald Green
With St. Patrick’s Day coming up it seems like the perfect time to jump right into the Emerald Green trend. I have featured quite a few green looks, like my Edgy Emerald look and Etherial Eyre look,...
View ArticleMakeup Wars Spa Pampering At Home
I actually don’t indulge in at home pampering treatments often. It has literally been years since I had a bath and I don’t even own any bath products. I have never even tried Lush! Shocker I know....
View ArticleWhat Products Would Paula From Older Girl Beauty Want With Her on a Desert...
Paula, from Older Girl Beauty, has been dropped on the Beauty Spotlight Desert Island to spend some time “disconnecting”. We’ve allowed her to take 12 products with her so that she doesn’t feel too...
View ArticleMakeup Wars ~ From Runway to Everyday ~ My Favourite Spring Trend
Colour Blocking has been increasing in popularity for the past number of seasons on the fashion runways. Well Spring 2013 has brought this amazing graphic and colourful technique to makeup with Colour...
View ArticleHappy April Fools’ Day! Makeup Wars Favourite Spring Trend
At 10 am this morning I posted the following piece on my favourite spring trend. Well… it was an April Fools Day joke! A lot of comments were from my fellow Makeup Wars members following along but I...
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