So I waffled several times about uploading an entire post about it, but anyone who follows me on Twitter or other social media platforms probably knows that I'm doing a little no-buy for makeup this October, but it's not exactly for the reasons you think. Find out why I'm taking a little shopping break in this post...
Read MoreMy TIFF 2016 Survival Guide
I'm NO SLOUCH when it comes to the Toronto International Film Festival. I've gone every year for over a decade, and every year that I've gone, I've seen anywhere from 10-28 films while working either 50+ hours as a TIFF staffer, or working at my full time job. Because I have so much experience, here are some rules I'm going to stick to during this frantic time of year to make sure I still look presentable. In NO real order, they are below.
Read MoreFirst Thoughts from Generation Beauty Toronto 2016
Generation Beauty is a beauty convention created by Ipsy, the famous beauty subscription service that I used to get monthly. It's a convention that has primarily operated out of New York and Los Angeles and this is the first year they've done one in Canada. Despite being hesitant about spending my entire birthday weekend at a convention, I'm glad I did, despite some hiccups. Read on!
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My Beauty History - From tomboy to beauty blogger
Story-time! Once upon a time there was a girl who dyed her hair every colour of the rainbow, had eyebrow piercings and multiple ear piercings and constantly tortured her mother with ideas for tattoos. But the one thing this girl didn't do was makeup. At all.
Makeup was too GIRLY, too DEFINED, too MAINSTREAM. It was a way of hiding from the world, it WAS a new world. It was INTIMIDATING and EXCITING but also too norm-core all at the same time.
SURPRISE! This was me.
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