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This past week the annual Sephora VIB Sale was on, and with the ability to save 15% off anything in store I was a mission to find something I needed/wanted. It was actually pretty hard to think of anything at all I should get...I really didn't need at thing. After picking up tons of stuff for friends I finally got the perfect item.  
This Too Faced Candy Bar palette offers 10 eyeshadows, a blush and highlighter all in a cute little iPhone 5 case...perfect for on the go or travel. It is regularly $30 CAD so I thought it was quite a good deal too.
I was welcomed to my Julep Maven box for April yesterday. It was great to find this little box at my door. This month I went for the It Girl box, which featured 3 bright polishes and two candies.
Flora: Exotic dragon fruit with blue shimmer Bailey: Hyped cobalt sheer Maren: Electric bubblegum sheer with blue sheen. Think I am most excited about Flora...so pretty. I'm very excited about these colours this month.
If you're invested in joining Julep Maven or even just want to try it I have a referral link (here) and if you use the code FREEBOX you will get (surprise surprise) a free box.

I had the pleasure of meeting up with two amazing Canuk bloggers on the weekend too...Sparkled Beauty and Rasilla from In a Nutshell. The two of them were so kind as to give me some goodies. Sparkled Beauty gave me a set of lashes, just the type I love, clear banded as well as a two pack of NYC lip balms. Meridith from Et Tu and You raves about these lip balms so I am super excited to give them a try.
Rasilla was so kind as to gift to me this amazing Quo/Orly SmartGels lamp. I have the original lamp but it is bulky and kinda of awkward. This baby is usually about $100 so seeing the $19.99 price tag makes me not feel too much guilt over her giving it to me. Thanks guys for the goodies.

While out and about I popped into a few Shoppers Drug Marts. I managed to grab some limited edition Essence goodies that I have been searching for as well as some natural Life Brand Baby wipes. The wipes were $2.99 and great for cleaning up after swatching for the blog.
As for the Essence I managed to score the Kalinka Beauty blush in 01 East Side Story (a beautiful bright orange-apricot), from the Bloom Me Up Collection a Blush Stick in 01 Chasing Lacy and a Shimmer Powder in 01 Rose It Up!. I  must say I love Essence collections for their inexpensive yet amazing items, but my collection of blushes/highlighters/bronzers is now getting even more out of hand. This year alone I've gotten three shimmer powders/highlighters...this must stop. Not that I am really complaining for the price tag/quality.

So that is what I picked up this weekend. I hope you all had a great weekend. Did you pick anything exciting up?

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ASEphora was having a 15% off week for VIBs this past week. 
 I picked up an EyeKo Trio of Skinny Mini liners (blue, brown and black) for $23, an Eyeko Skinny liner in Back for a friend (she adores these so much she sent me back for another) for $19. I got Caudalíe Beauty Elixir in 100 ml for $49. Finally I got a Nars Blush in Super Orgasm with 3.5 g for $15 (actually a good deal since the full size is only a small amount bigger and much more costly)
 David's Tea is a favourite of mine, I seem to have formed a large collection of their teas over the last year.  My friend Melissa from Melissa's Musings recommended some teas on her blog recently (check out the post here), they spoke to me and to be honest Melissa has never steered me wrong.
I picked up Organic Le Digestif tea (for my post meal full belly) and Mother's Little Helper (org) for my restless nights ( I am crazy stressed out right now and sleep is not something I am getting too much of right now).
I found these at the clear-out section of a Shoppers the other day, $2 each. Since I already have 3 shades I thought I would take the time to get some more.
I finally got my hands on the Quo Butterfly Brush Collection. 8 brushes and a bag. I love my butterflies (papillons).
 At Aveda I picked up my favourite hand cream of all time, Hand Relief. Pricey at $28 but worth every penny (can I still say that now that we don't have pennies?). I also grabbed their limited edition Light the Way Candle for $13. Every cent of the purchase price goes to charities to help keep water safe and clean around the world. It smells great too.
Lastly, at Shopper's Drug Mart I got a double pack of Marcelle wipes. I got the Hydra-c Wipes and the I-Bronze wipes in a pack together for just $5 (my shoppers is crazy some times with these deals).
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Yesterday I did a bit of hauling at Walmart and Shoppers Drug Mart.
What I got at Walmart:
Marc Anthony Easy-Lites:

I've heard good things about this product and how it works even with colour treated hair. I'm not sure if I'm going to go the ombre or highlights route at this moment. Let me know what you guys think I should do.

Live Clean Apple Cider Califying Shampoo:
Naomi at StylEyes raved about this last time I saw her, as a brush cleanser....I  just had to check it out. I feel this massive bottle is going to last me my life time.
As a side note, this bottle has a rubbery grip to it, so you won't drop it as easily in the shower, what a nice feature.

Goody Simply Styles Modern UpDo:
This pin is supposed to help create great up dos. I'm excited to try it out since I love the corkscrews that they have for buns.

Shoppers Drug Mart:
I had a $50 gift card from Christmas and it was 20 times the points so I knew if I used my $50 I would have $60 in points so I chose to go all out and get the Quo by Orly Gels.

They had a starter kit for $40 that contains:
  • 50 ml of cleanser
  • 50 ml of remover
  • 4.4 ml of primer
  • 4.4 ml of base + top
  • 20 foil removers
  • pusher
  • mini nail file
  • 20 lint free wipes
I was planning on buying that but...it cost more than buying the stuff alone.

They do not sell the lint free wipes, the remover, the pusher, nail file or foil removers on their own, you can only get them in the kit. I thought this was strange because once the initial set is used up you would want more on their own without repurchasing the kit.

The cost of things on their own:
118 ml of the cleanser is $5 - 50 ml comes in the kit, this is much larger and dirt cheap
4.4 ml of the primer sells for $6
4.4 ml of the Base + top sells for $6 - I got the much larger 14 ml bottle for $18

What a price difference, why would anyone buy the kit? Tiny bottles of cleanser and remover that don't cost much on their own anyways.
I figured my own removers with a cotton ball and foil will replace the foil and remover and I have nail files and cuticle pushers.

Anyhow to get it up to the $50 I also got two shades, "It Girl" and "Meaningful Destiny". One is a cute pink and the other  a deep purple.
I then got the lamp, it was $80, I thought this was a bit high but I paid very little when using my points. I will note though Sally's sell a LED lamp for $98 and Rexall for $59.99, so there are many other price options out there.
Here is a pic taken of my first manicure done with it, poorly taken photo at that.
I'm really excited to try out some other shades from other brands, since it is LED I can use the Red Carpet Manicure shades from Rexall, Gelish from Sally's or many other brands that offer a large shade selection.



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