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Birchbox Canada, January 2015 Review

January 31, 2015 Danielle D'Ornellas

It's my second Birchbox, will it meet expectations?

It's my first official beauty box of 2015...and it's my second Birchbox Canada subscription box! I was a fan of last month's offerings, do you think that I'll be just as gushing this month? Read on and discover it yourself!

2015 Beauty Resolutions

January 28, 2015 Danielle D'Ornellas

We all make goals we may or may not keep at the beginning of the year, why not some try failing at some that are related to beauty and fashion too? Here's what I'm challenging myself to in 2015. Some are easy fixes, but the others? Not quite so much. *See if you can guess the ones I'm dreading the most!*

The Big January No-Buy Challenge

January 5, 2015 Danielle D'Ornellas

A No-Buy? Easier said than done... — A No-Buy? Easier said than done...

It's 2015, do you know where all your money went this year? I do, and I know I spent a good chunk of change on makeup that is still sitting in a drawer waiting to be worn. Time for a no-buy y'all!

My Top 10 Beauty Box Products of 2014

December 31, 2014 Danielle D'Ornellas

2014 was the year of the Beauty Box! At one point I had THREE subscriptions going to Beauty Box 5, Topbox and Julep. But how easily we fall out of love with those temperamental subscriptions, as I've cancelled all of the above and only taken ONE subscription into the new year with me — Birchbox Canada. But it wasn't a bad year, here in no particular order are some of my favourite items from my 2014 boxes.

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Looks like it's time for my monthly makeup! This time last year I was only two weeks post-eye surgery so I couldn't wear makeup at all and then all of ~ this ~ happened. I was going through my vanity recently, not that I've had to desire to wear stuff again, and discovered that SO many of my products had gone bad, and, of them, how many were things I had barely touched. I'm not heading to MINIMALISM or anything, but it has been a bit cathartic to throw out things and really take stock of things, whether it's makeup, or just anything else in life. The one thing I feel grateful for in the last time is more of this time to figure out what *I* actually want, even if it's not what I expected one year ago.

Took a half day yesterday and ended up at the lake. It wasn't too cold, but the skyline looked amazing. I'm still pretty sad these days, not gonna lie, but it felt nice to do something outside and I hope this weather sticks around so I can experience some new things soon. 💙

Today was a holiday, it meant I didn't need to go to work, but when work is just a desk in your living room two feet from your couch, it still feels like you're always at work and never at work, and always waiting until you just turn the laptop back on. Days have no real meaning, time has no meaning, the monotony is just what it is now. Today wasn't a good day. I didn't have to do anything and I couldn't really do anything. Stuff felt pointless, hobbies felt pointless. Everything felt hard and yet I still had to force myself through it. Here's to basically just muddling through. Because we're all gonna have these days and to pretend you don't isn't helping anyone, even yourself.

To celebrate our 14th anniversary, @thecjm and I made the best of it and ordered the set course from @alobaryorkville including some amazing scallops, a duck confit, amazing milk bread & a truly decadent millefeuille, streamed their Spotify playlist, made some cocktails & had a good night in. I even threw on a dress and tights so at least I partially felt like we were really going out! ♥️ Not our most exciting anniversary, but definitely in the top ten 😉.

First pic on the grid in 2021 is a makeup free, eye bag visible, sunshine selfie and I'm not mad about it. The last few weeks have been rough, but so have the last two months of lockdown in Toronto and hell, the last ten months in general. But it is still nice to see some sunshine, even if it's bouncing off of 1 Bloor East & blasting me in the face as I try to read! 😂☀️