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Budget Beauty: Is Maybelline's Super Stay Matte Ink the best liquid lipstick?

October 1, 2017 Danielle D'Ornellas

Maybelline Super Stay Matte Ink in Escapist, Heroine & Romantic

Just when I thought I was tired of liquid lipsticks and was veering towards glosses, Maybelline throws me for a curve! Is this truly one of the best liquid lipsticks out there? Find out!

Getting colourful with Lancôme's Matte Shakers in Yummy Pink, Magic Orange, Pink Power & Kiss Me Cherie!

September 22, 2017 Danielle D'Ornellas

Lancome Matte Shakers in Yummy Pink, Pink Power, Kiss Me Cherie and Magic Orange

I love Lancome and I cannot lie, you makeup lovers can't deny, when a brand walks in with a new product to place and this colour for my face, I get... EXCITED!

Look of the Day: Back-To-School Graphic Liner

September 7, 2017 Danielle D'Ornellas

Lancome Grandiose Extreme 003, Too Faced Totally Cute Palette, Essence All About Paradise, Rimmel Colour Precise & Too Faced Melted Metallic Dream House

School's back in session! Summer is almost over! But I totally refuse to give up on summer-y makeup looks until the leaves are falling and the air is full of the scent of pumpkin spice. Check out my bright, graphic, pencil-crayon inspired look for September.

Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Liquified Lipstick in Flambe, Demi-Glace & Eclair!

August 23, 2017 Danielle D'Ornellas

By the pricking in my thumbs, something wicked this way comes. And by wicked I mean awesome, and by something, I mean Bite Beauty is stepping away from the matte-life and jumping towards glossy, shiny lipstick goodness with their new line of Liquified Lipsticks and I am HERE. FOR. IT. 👏👏👏

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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! 😂☀️