September Favorites

Well guys, tomorrow is October (already?!?!), which means it's time for September favorites! September is an odd month here in Montreal, we start to emotionally say goodbye to summer, we prepare for the colder weather and start to get excited for autumn! However, sometimes summer makes a little comeback in September, so it can be tricky to manage and mentally confusing...am I excited it's still summer or can I just not wait for autumn?? (spoiler alert: it's the second one.)

Urban Decay Naked 1 Palette

              Where to start with this palette? If you have been on beauty blog in the past couple of years, I can guarantee you have seen this palette! It’s one of the best neutral palettes out there and I think it’s safe to say it’s a staple in a lot of peoples makeup bags. I came in very late to the Naked palette hype, but I totally understand why it’s everywhere and I fell in love with it the moment I started using it.

Too Faced Boudoir Eyes Palette

              I’ve had this palette for a couple months now and never seemed to reach for it, until I got the Naked palette. They complement each other really well and what you can’t find in one palette you will in the other.

Benefit Hoola Bronzer

              I wear this bronzer everyday, unless I’m wearing no makeup (duh). It’s such an effortless bronzer that goes really well with my skin tone, lasts all day and has great color payoff! Great job Benefit!

Maybelline 24hr Color Tattoo

              I have oily eye lids, therefore, there’s really no point of wearing eye shadow if I don’t wear a primer, because it won’t even last me half the day. On days that I wear darker eye shadow looks I reach for this product as a base. It’s a taupe color, that applies really well, controls my oil, holds shadow really well AND has a great price tag!

Maybelline Falsies + Covergirl Lash Blast Mascara

              These were my 2 go-to mascaras this month. The Falsies gives me great volume and the Lash Blast gives me great length and separation, together they have been working perfectly to give me voluminous fluttery lashes all month long!

Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Nail Polish

              I love gel and shellac nail polish, but I hate the fact that you have to either go to a salon or buy a machine, both of which can be quite expensive. When I say this 2 step gel nail polish on the shelf, I knew I had to have it! I love this red color for autumn, what better season is there to wear burgundy? The black nail polish in the picture is the second step, which is the gel activator part. My nails are very frail and short, so they chip like no tomorrow, but when I wear this gel nail polish, it lasts all week with no chipping!

Bath & Body Works Sweater Weather Candle

              This candle is the perfect autumn scent! The sales clerk at Bath & Body Works told me it’s one of their most popular fall candles, and I can definitely smell why. I’m not very good at describing scents, but to me this smells like a fresh, warm hug!

Now it's time to go snuggle up with a book, some tea, and a warm fuzzy blanket ☺

Thanks for reading,

-Emily ✿ ♥

The True Canadian Sport

The only valid thing you can do to prove your Canadian citizenship, is to test your love for hockey. I don't care if you love your home team or any other team in the league, if you love to watch hockey: Welcome to Canada. 

 In Montreal (AKA my home town), our team is the Montreal Canadians/Habs and our colors are red, blue and white. This city goes insane for their Habs, I am not joking. The Bell Center, which seats a cool 21 000 people, sells out almost immediately for regular season games and instantaneously for playoffs. The games also get broadcast on every sports channel, good luck finding any other sport on TV on game day! 

With this many loyal fans there is a whole culture that goes with it. They want to connect with their fans in many more ways than just on game days and they make a valiant effort. A few examples:

• Youtube channel (link below) where players compete in small challenges
• 24CH - reality TV show which shows you behind the scenes (seriously amazing and addicting)
• Give young fans opportunities of a lifetime by inviting them behind the scenes to meet the players, skate around the ring carrying the torch and lighting the ice on fire (link to video below)

They also work with a lot of charities, especially the Montreal Children's Hospital, and help them raise a lot of money. Last season, when the Habs were playing away games, they aired the game at the Bell Center and charged $10 per ticket, all of which went to charity. It is nice to see a team not only play well, but also recognize the influence and power they have and use it to help good causes and make as many people as they can happy.

I can't wait for this season to start and to get back into the hockey spirit! GO HABS GO!

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/canadiensmtl/about
Ice on fire video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI9D2ArSGtk

Love, 
-Emily ✿ ♥

My Favorite Foundations

My Top 5 Foundations

The Body Shop All-In-One BB Cream - $20
True Match LUMI - $11.99
Rimmel London Wake Me Up - $19.95
The Body Shop Extra Virgin Minerals - $25
L'Oreal Paris Magic BB - $15.99

The Body Shop All-In-One BB Cream

              This is the best BB cream I have ever tried. It gives you such a dewy, glowing finish that is very natural, and not oily looking. I have oily skin, so dewy products tend to be a problem for me, because they make me look extra oily, not extra glowing. However, this BB cream I have no problem with and is one I use all year round. I don’t like to wear very heavy foundations or BB creams, I tend to sheer the out quite  bit, however, if you wear quite a thick layer of foundation or BB cream on your face, I wouldn’t recommend this one because it can look quite orange at times. I have shade 00 for the winter and shade 01 for the summer. 

True Match Lumi Foundation

              This foundation is my current favorite foundation. The color my skin so well, it is dewy but can be easily matted with powder, it lasts all day and it blends super easily. I honestly can’t think of anything bad about this foundation. I even love the packaging (having a pump on your foundation bottle always makes it a million times better)! I wear the shade C3.

Rimmel London Wake Me Up

              The Wake Me Up collection is all around amazing. I wear the concealer every time I wear makeup and the foundation is also amazing. This is a pretty popular drug store foundation that I’ve heard a bunch of bloggers rave about and it certainly isn’t new to the market. It’s just a solid dewy, medium coverage foundation, that I think suits most people. I have the shade 303, but this is my summer color, so I need to go get another one in a lighter shade for the winter.

The Body Shop Extra Virgin Minerals Liquid Foundation

              This one reminds me very much of the Rimmel London Wake Me Up foundation, in the way that it is a solid dewy, medium coverage foundation, and they have very similar consistencies. The only problem I have with this one, is the same problem I have with the BB cream from The Body Shop as well, which is that it can be a little orange in color. This is probably because I am cool toned, whereas the Body Shop most likely caries more warm toned foundations and BB creams. Overall, it is a good foundation, but I think you could go for the Wake Me Up foundation for the same quality for less expensive.

L’Oreal Paris Magic BB Cream

              Finding a good BB cream at the drug store, that isn’t just a very lightly tinted moisturizer, can be quite difficult. This BB cream, however, is light coverage but you could easily build it up to a medium coverage. The thing I like the most about this product is the fact that it’s a matte BB cream, there aren’t a lot of these on the market, since BB creams are marketed as moisturizing and nourishing, therefore they are more often than not dewy. I wear the shade Medium.

Thanks for reading and I'll see you guys soon!

-Emily ✿ ♥