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Review Time!

Hello all my friends! Today I would like to share a delicious drink I received for free from in exchange for my Honest review... the Bai Antioxidant Infusion in Zambia Bing Cherry! If you are a cherry fan this is the on for you!

I love that this contains just one gram of sugar, 10 calories in each 530ml bottle and no artificial sweeteners. It tastes delicious especially if you love cherries like me. Now I did have some issues finding this variety in my local stores in the GTA but was lucky enough to find it at a grocery story in Barrie which I just happened to stop at by chance on my way to a cottage. The air conditioning is on the fritz in my vehicle and this was so wonderfully refreshing, not too sweet and the cherry flavour was fantastic, and not fake like some cherry flavour product. I was impressed that this also contains 15% of your daily recommended Vitamin C per bottle too. I will definitely be purchasing this product again in the very near future, in fact I already have! I have also tried some of the other Bai Antioxidant Infusion drinks and thus far they have all been really great.

Thank you so much to for giving me this lovely opportunity.

So what did you get up to today? Anything creative?

Hello all my friends, can you believe it is already April? I can't believe how quickly it feels this year is going by. Hope you are all having a great weekend.

I went to a watercolour painting class today taught by and this was the result! It certainly looks pretty good from a distance but, maybe not so much up close. I have another class tomorrow to learn to paint a trillium and if it goes well I may share that one too. I like to do many creative things and have been missing painting so today's class was a well needed return to that genre.

Do any of you have creative outlets that you like to do? What kinds of things to you like to create?

Gratitude Post!

Hello all my Friends hope you are all having a great week! Today I would like to share the very colorful palette I received as a giveaway prize from It'sBel Cosmetics (). This is the brand New Fruity Realm All Matte Pressed Pigment Palette. I am super impressed with how smooth but also pigmented all the colours are in this palette and will be playing with all the beautiful colours very soon. A huge thank you to It's Bel Cosmetics.

For those of you who have missed my posts, my apologies for being absent, a close family member has been in the midst of a health crisis and I hope to post more again soon. I appreciate each and every one of you for sticking with me.

Gratitude Post!

Hello all my friends, just a quick post to thank , she hosted a Giveaway on her YouTube channel https://youtube.com/ last month and I won the mystery box.

Inside was a couple Eyeshadow palettes, some Eyeshadow Singles, a mini liquid lipstick vault, bullet lipstick, a Full-size liquid lipstick (green but eye safe), lipliner, lipgloss, and a Highlighter Palette all from Jeffree Star Cosmetics () and the item I am probably most excited to Lash Remedy Mascara from Doll 10 Beauty().

If you are not already subscribed to Roxanne's YouTube channel please check her out at https://youtube.com/ she does a live post nearly every week and is fun to watch! She shares much of herself with those that watch and is very kind and generous!

A huge thank you again Roxanne I hope you have a fantastic holiday with your family!

Subscription Box Highlight!

Good Evening all my wonderful Friends! Tonight I would like to share the Craft and Tea subscription Box that my daughter () received for the month of December. This is a monthly subscription that contains all the supplies to complete a unique craft and at least 2 types of Tea to try each month. Some months there is also a bonus gift included in the box, this month the bonus is an extra type of Tea included.

So what was in this month's box?
🫖A DIY Christmas Ornament kit
🫖Holiday Eggnog Black Tea from Steve's Tea
🫖Candy Cane Lane Black Tea from Steve's Tea
🫖Gingerbread Black Tea from Steve's Tea

The Craft is right up my alley so can't wait to get started on this one and I will enjoy the Candy Cane Lane Tea, the other 2 contain cinnamon (darn my allergies) so my daughter will enjoy those with others. My daughter did complete last month's craft from the Animal Crochet Store () and I have a picture of the completed reindeer perched in my Christmas Tree (scroll through to see).

So do like tea? What is your favourite?

Purchased with my daughter's own funds.

Subscription Box Highlight.... bet you all thought I had forgotten about Subscription Boxes for the month of December what with all the Advent Calendars but, I have not! This evening I would like to share my daughter's Winter FabFitFun box. Now my daughter () pays for an annual membership so she does get to pick all levels of the customizations (there are 6) but she loves a Mystery like me so has a small mystery bundle added to her box each quarter with a recurring added charge of $15 US per box. I have ordered my pictures by Customizations 1 through 6 and then the Mystery bundle

So what was in the FabFitFun Winter box this season?
📦Haps Mood Care Candle holder and candle refill insert in Bee sting
📦My daughter could not decide between the Hourglass Cofession ultra slim high Intensity refillable lipstick in At Night and the Perricone MD Cold Plasma Eye Cream so paid an extra $10 US to get both
📦Laneige Lip Treatment Balm
📦Ace Beaute Eyeshadow Palette in Serenity (might be stealing this one) and Aria Beauty reusable makeup swabs
📦Aceology Lifting Treatment Mask
📦Dr. Brandt Collagen Serum
And now the Mystery Bundle
📦Daily Concepts headband (handy for self-care nights)
📦The Beauty Crop Wing Woman Liquid eyeliner in Berry black
📦Michael Stars Inc. Large Grey scarf with Pom-pom trim

The candle is stunning, and all the beauty products are fantastic this quarter plus I really like that the Mystery Bundle is seasonal with the cozy grey scarf (my daughter is using it already). But what do you all think? Was this a great box this season?

Gratitude Post

Happy Friday everyone! Today I have another Gratitude post for you, this is a prize bundle I won on a Canadian group page. I am so very happy, grateful and excited that I won! As you can see from my very first picture, the palettes have a bit of a Halloween theme to them, but let us be real, I wear purples all the time and well, other than red, what is more of a Christmas colour than green? I will use these all year round!

So what was in my prize bundle?
🎁Glamlite Scooby-Doo! Creeps and Crawls 10 shade palette
🎁Glamlite Scooby-Doo! Run Roh Shaggy!!! 10 shade palette
🎁Glamlite Scooby-Doo! Highlighter Palette
🎁Em Cosmetics Colour Drops Serum Blush in Peachy Peach
🎁MAC Cosmetics Love Me Lipstick in La Femme (my daughter has already tried to snag this one!)
🎁Ace Beaute Ultra Glam Lashes (guess I better practice applying lashes more! LOL)
🎁Trestique The Eye Duo Good Vibes Mascara and Eye Pencil in Icelandic Black Lacquer and Santorini Black Sand (the liner is more dark grey than black which I love)

If you swipe through my pictures you will see that I have already started experimenting with the purples in the palettes and wow the pigment! The colour goes on so easily and the Shimmer last forever! I am having so much fun playing with this bundle. The Highlighter Palette packs quite a punch too... my pictures show one with a green tone and the other with a purple pink tone but really they both shift purple to green the real difference that one is subtle and the other is more glittery.

So any ideas for looks I should try out? Ever tried Glamlite makeup?

A huge thank you to (AKA Makeup Mama) for running the Facebook group and all the amazing posts on Facebook!

Gratitude Post

HAPPY Humpday everyone! This evening I would like to share another giveaway I won from Sharmaine's Staycation's () YouTube channel. This prize was actually a $30 gift from www.bookdepot.ca, I selected what I wanted worth $30 before taxes and shipping and Sharmaine looked after the rest. Now before I go any further, a HUGE thank you to Sharmaine, I am so very grateful for this prize! Check out Sharmaine's Staycation on YouTube if you like, unboxings, fun collabs, mask Monday's, book club reviews and just general feel good vibes (I especially like her Feel Good Friday videos, they always put a smile on my face)

So what did I select for my $30 gift?
📖Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments Hardcover book by T.L. Huchu
📖The Brides of Maracoor Volume One of Another Day Hardcover book by Gregory Maguire (remember Wicked? Same author)
📖Frosty the Snowman Crochet Kit (comes with the instructions to make all the characters from the cartoon special and the materials to make Frosty and Karen)
📖Delicious Donut Crochet Kit x2, I chose one but Shaŕmaine added a second (each kit includes the instructions and supplies to make a cute donut)

This was such a wonderful parcel to receive last week!

Thanks again to Sharmaine and please check her out on Instagram and find links to her YouTube channel and videos there!

Subscription Box Highlight!

Hello all my lovely Friends, Happy Humpday! Today I would like to share the subscription Box that my daughter received for the month of November. Also if you scroll through my pictures you will see the completed mini pumpkins project that was received last month. Now this is a monthly Canadian Subscription Box that contains all the supplies, tools and instructions to complete a unique craft and at least 2 varieties of tea in each month. This is purchased by my daughter.

So what was in November's box?
🫖A reindeer crochet kit from The Animal Crochet Store
🫖 Soul Warmer Herbal Tea (Hazelnut, Caramel & Chestnut) from Plum Deluxe Tea
🫖Porch Sippin' Pecan Praline (black tea, cinnamon chips & pecans) from Plum Deluxe Tea

This month's theme is Brewdolph! The crochet kit is super cute, my only issue with the kit is that the instructions are only included via QR code. I applaud the environmental benefit of less paper waste by using an online pattern but I also feel the website link for the pattern should be included along with the QR code as some folks don't have a smartphone.

I have only tried the Soul Warmer Herbal Tea (as am allergic to cinnamon the black tea is not one I can have) but it is quite nice, kind of taste like a less sweet buttertart to me. Definitely great Teas for colder days!

So what do you all think? See anything you'd like to try?

Happy Halloween and here is the promised creative look!

It is dull dark and rainy in my neck of the woods tonight so I am really not expecting many if any trick-or-treaters but I have my scared face set anyway!

I could probably go on and on about all the things I could have done better with this look but, it does look mostly like what I wanted anyway.

Products used:

🎃Smashbox photo finish blurring primer

🎃Milani Eyeshadow primer

🎃It Cosmetics Bye Bye Undereye full coverage Anti-aging waterproof concealer in 13.0 Light Neutral not just under my eyes but all over for the pasty looking base... fear look all the way

🎃Ciate London Extraordinary Translucent Powder just to set

🎃Morphe x Ashley Strong Cake Liner palette for the dark lines

🎃 Juvia's Place The Queen Palette Fumi x Juvia's for that purple cheek

🎃Huda Beauty Winter Highlighter Palette for the icy highlights

🎃Athr Beauty Moonlight Crystal Palette on the eyes under the glitter

🎃Sugar Drizzle The Sequel Palette all the glittery bits and shimmers on the eyes

🎃Oden's Eye Norn's Eyeshadow Palette from the glittery bits on the spider

🎃NYX SFX Crème Colour Face and Body paint for the white lines

🎃YSL Beauty Rouge pur Couture lipstick in 78 for the dark parts of my lip

🎃Huda Beauty Demi-matte Liquid Lipstick in Boy Collector for the brighter red of my lips

So what do you all think? Did I nail the scared expression? How about the look? It is a touch messy and I am going to blame that on a bit of a sweaty face (guess I was stressing out cause it is not warm), using mixed types of products (cake liners don't like cream style face paint) and generally an unsteady hand.

Did you do a makeup look for Halloween? I would love to see!

Happy Halloween all my ghoulish Friends!

Hope you are all ready for tonight! Today I would like to share a Mask Monday prize I received from 's YouTube channel! Sharmaine is a bright and bubbly YouTuber that is always high energy and her videos never fail to at least make me smile if not laugh out loud. Be sure to check her out if you get a chance she will make your day!

So what did I receive as my prize?
🎁a purple patterned scrunched
🎁The Crème Shop Hyaluronic Acid Infused Essaence Mask
🎁Purlisse Coconut + Rice Nourishing Sheet Mask
🎁Entel Green Tea Mask Pack
🎁Esfolio Watermelon & Witch Hazel Essence Sheet Mask (one of Sharmaine's favourite brands)
🎁Vanedo Beauty Friends Aroma 4 season Sheet Mask
BONUS ADDITIONS
🎁The Library of the Dead book by T.L.Huchu
🎁A Feather design Bookmark

So why the bonus additions? Sharmaine does a bookclub video series, this is the next book for the series, Sharmaine accidentally bought 2, expressed an interest in joining Bookclub if I found the book in time and most importantly Sharmaine is just generous like that! An absolutely huge thank you Sharmaine, who is so amazing, this is a lovely prize! Sharmaine recently did a shoutout to me as a subscriber in one of her videos and I am also so grateful!

Also a shout out to Sabrina as I found Sharmaine through one of Sabrina's collab YouTube videos! Subscribe and follow Sabrina too, both these ladies are fellow Canadians as well. Support canadians!

Now all my friends, you can follow Sharmaine on Instagram where she has links to her YouTube channel and I like what you see be sure to subscribe to her YouTube channel. She has over 800 subscribers last I checked and I predicted she will reach a 1000 subscribers by the end of this year, please help make my prediction come true!

Gifted with no obligation to post

IPSY vs. IPSY, Mother vs. daughter is back!

Hello all my friends hope you are all having a Fabulous weekend. This evening I would like to share the contents of the bags that both my daughter and I received from Ipsy for the month of October. We both decided we had to have this month's bag because of the spider web design and the spider źipper pull tab! Such a Halloween themed design!

So what was in our bags?
First my bag:
🛍Commodity Velvet Fragrance - Deluxe Sample (I wish they would stopmsending me perfumes)
🛍Jasmine Beauty Lip Lock Lipstick in Stay Cozy - Deluxe Sample (good colour but so tiny)
🛍Ciate London Extraordinary Translucent Powder - Deluxe Sample
🛍Dito Magic Feather Intense Volume Mascara - Deluxe Sample (irritates my eyes)
🛍Trend Beauty Glam Babe palette - Full-size (my choice item, of course)
My Add-ons
🛍F.A.R.A.H. Brushes Palm Face Brush ($3.50 US)

Now my daughter's bag
🛍Formula Z Cosmetics Luxe Diamond Gloss in Obsessed - Deluxe Sample but huge for what it is
🛍First Aid Beauty FAB Pharma Caalamine Pore Purging Mask - Deluxe Sample
🛍YC Collection Y01 Cheek Brush - Full-size (my daughter's choice item and it is a nice brush)
🛍Best Face Forward Clarifying Toner - Deluxe Sample
🛍Ciate London Metallic Eyeshadow in Peach Party - Deluxe Sample
My daughter's add-ons
🛍Anastasia Beverly Hills Magic Touch Concealer in the shade 2 - Deluxe Sample ($3.50 US)

I am a bit disappointed with my bag because of the fragrance and the mascara which are both products I have asked IPSY to stop sending me due to my allergies and skin sensitivities. They have sent me a surprise product separately to make up for this. The palette really makes my bag. My daughter is overall satisfied with her products, although not necessarily excited.

What do you all think? Whose bag was better? Do you get IPSY and do they follow your profile?

Stay tuned for next month, my hubby picked the choice item for November for me while I was working for the Municipal election... he did really well!