Midnight Wink

If you have been to a Winners or Marshalls store lately (or TJ Maxx in the States), you may have notice an influx of high-end beauty brands. Specifically, I have seen items from Anastasia Beverly Hills, Too Faced, Kat Von D, Kevin Aucoin, MAC, Bobbi Brown, Lipstick Queen, Dior, Burberry, and more. Not to mention a wide range of fragrance, skincare, and haircare. These products are the real deal - they are usually from past seasons or overstock.  The trouble with purchasing makeup products at these stores can be due to hygenic issues. Often time when you find a coveted item, it has been opened and swatched. Some products are easy to tell if they have been dipped into, such as cream products or powders. Some products, like liquid lipsticks or mascara, are not. Personally I wouldn't suggest picking up these products if they do not have a protective wrapping and look like they've been tampered with. Use your discretion.  A brand that I have seen consistently from store-to-sto...

To launch their new Prismatic Pearl Multisticks, Bite Beauty is looking for Ambassadors , and you could win by joining.  The multistick is a beautiful multipurpose makeup product for eyes, lips, and cheeks in a creamy stick formula that dries down to a powder finish. The new collection comes in 5 duo chrome, prismatic shades that can be used to highlight the face.  To become an ambassador, click here and sign up ! 

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 tal...

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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 ...

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...

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 360º 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...

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 ...