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Bridal Beauty & Wedding Day Glam

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I have had a long pause in my blog posts recently, and that is because I was really busy with wedding planning and working on my PhD dissertation. I got married on September 29th, and it was the most perfect day ever!! All of the hard work and planning was totally worth it!  [Although I will give a word of warning if trying to plan your wedding while in grad school... just don't].  Now that the wedding is over, I thought I would share my beauty process from the big day! Finding good hair stylists, makeup artists, and the perfect accessories was tough, but definitely worth the effort!  I decided to go with Fancy Face Inc. as my glam squad... and I'm so glad I did. Their work is just impeccable! If you are getting married and need some inspo, check out their instagram account here . They are a full-service mobile beauty squad based in both Toronto and Vancouver. They will come to you to beautify you and your sparkle squad on your big day, bringing a team of talented

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Sephora VIB Rouge Sale 2017 Wishlist!

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Its the most wonderful time of the year... The Sephora Beauty Insider sale is fast approaching, that means the holiday season is here! Sephora is having their annual sale for Beauty Insider members, starting on November 3rd for Rouge members and on November 10th for VIBs and BIs. Rouge and VIB members will receive 20% off and BI's will receive 15% off. Another great way to save during the sale is to make your purchases through Ebates . You will get an extra 2.5% cash back! You can signup for an account here .  Discount codes to use during online checkout:         Rouge - 20FORROUGE active Nov 3-6 and Nov 10-15        VIB - 20FORVIB active Nov 10-15        BI - INSIDER15 active Nov 10-15 **Also, make sure you mention the discount to the cashier in store. I learned last year that the employees aren't allowed to offer up the discount without you prompting it. Many of them will ask "have you gotten any emails from us lately?" as a way to get you to mention the

Makeup News: Anastasia Beverly Hills Subculture Palette + Swatches

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Anastasia Beverly Hills has finally released official photos of the brand new Subculture palette. The palette is part of their Fall 2017 collection and is set to release on July 25, 2017. Photos of this palette were leaked on Reddit about two months ago, and set the internet on fire! Apparently a friend of an ABH employee stole her prototype and leaked the photos.  I'm glad ABH has made their press release, on their own terms, in the form of an instagram post . The brand stated that their instagram account, created in 2012, has always been a place for makeup lovers to come together and celebrate the subculture that is beauty. They created this palette with that subculture of beauty junkies in mind. It has been rumoured for months that the brand was creating a "sister palette" to the amazingly popular Modern Renaissance palette, which took the beauty community by storm last summer.  I couldn't even get my hands on the palette until September! It was sold

Revlon Mega Multiplier Mascara Review

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I received the new Revlon Mega Multiplier Mascara complementary from Influenster to test and review. It came in a standard Influenster style box, covered with the Revlon logo. This mascara comes in 4 shades - black, blackest black, blackened brown, and plum brown. I received the shade 803 "Blackened Brown". This mascara is advertised to provide extreme volume and length, from their 360ยบ fibre tube formula, that gives flake-free, smudge-proof all-day wear. The formula is a really unique aspect of this mascara since it is a "tubing" mascara. This means that the formula coats each lash with a sheath (or tube) of product, fully encasing it. When these tubes have been saturated with warm water, they will completely slide off the lashes, for easy removal. I was really excited when I found out that this was a tubing mascara, because I used to love the Blinc Mascara , which I would attribute to having the original lash-tubing formula. This is the first tubing masca

Maison Margiela: Discover your Replica

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Since Sephora introduced the Rewards Bazaar about a year ago, I have been saving up my points in hopes to get one of the coveted larger-point perks. The problem is that you have to be on, right at noon (EST) every single Tuesday and Thursday, otherwise you are out of luck! Its risky because you never know what rewards will be released on which days, and because the quantities are so limited for Canadians that any reward worth redeeming is sold out before it even uploads to my browser.  I love that they've introduced regards at various levels such as 750, 1000, 1500, 3000 points and beyond! Its also great that these reward levels will ship free, so you don't have to make an impulse purchase just to redeem them.  Well, I was finally able to redeem for something that I really wanted! I exchanged 1500 points for the Discover your Replica reward. When I redeemed, the Details section online explained that this would include a personalized scent consultation at Sephora Toronto E

Generation Beauty 2017 Experience, Review, and Haul!

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Here is a super detailed post outlining my experience at Generation Beauty Toronto on June 24th and 25th! I also give some comparisons to the 2016 event! GenBeauty is an event hosted by Ipsy that brings together Beauty Brands, Content Creators, and Beauty Enthusiasts alike! It is the second year that the event has been running in Canada, and I was able to attend both! It is held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Tickets range in price from ~$60 to ~$165 CAD. This year, 22 brands participated, including Covergirl, MAC, Ciate, Pixi, Smashbox, and more!  They decided to do the event a little differently this year, compared to last year. The most noticeable change was with the swag bags that the attendees receive. Last year, there was a smaller bag for each day of the event. If you were unable to attend one of the days, then you were unable to receive the bag for that day, which was unfortunate because it was incorporated into the ticket price. This year, they gave the swag bag