GIVEAWAY - COVERGIRL

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Hello everyone!

So this will be my first giveaway that I've done on my own. Meaning, I bought these with my own money and will be shipping them out to the winner as well!

Unfortunately, due to shipping costs this giveaway will only be open to residents of the United States & Canada.

I'm going to be running it until next Friday so you have lots of time to enter and there is opportunities for extra entries as well.

I know it's not a lot but it is something and I wanted to thank those who follow and comment as it makes it feel like this is all worthwhile!

I love each and every one of you!

♥

Bri

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Charmed Aroma - First Experience

For a while everyone and their mothers were raving about the brand Charmed Aroma.

Charmed Aroma is a brand that began selling candles with a piece of jewelry in them that could be valued anywhere from ten - five thousand dollars. 

Having never tried Charmed Aroma for myself my lovely mother decided to treat me to one of their Christmas sets this year.

The set included three mini candles in the scents "Cinnamon Vanilla", "Winter Wonderland" & Vanilla Marshmallow. The candles smelled beautiful my favorite being Vanilla Marshmallow.

How these work is in one of the candles there will be a ring or necklace wrapped in a piece of foil. You have to burn through them to find the foil. 

I'm an incredibly impatient person so of course I set to work by burning all three at the same time and it wasn't long before I saw that piece of foil and again with my impatience I grabbed some tweezers and carefully took it out of the candle before it even burned all the way through.

Now, here is where the fun experience ended.

The ring pictured above on the left is my first ring and as you can see it's missing some jewels.

It's a gorgeous ring with or without those missing jewels but when I went online to find the value {the rings have a piece of paper attached with a code which you go online & enter to find out} it was valued at $250. Do you know how long it took those jewels to fall out? Within an hour both of the smaller square shaped jewels had fallen out. For a ring valued that high I expected much better quality. Not only did it fall apart but it also turned my finger green indicating that it's not real gold, that it's plated. I don't know how Charmed Aroma determines their values but there is NO way this is a 250 dollar ring. I've had ten dollar rings that lasted longer than this. 

I was extremely disappointed.

I proceeded to contact the customer service department which was quite helpful and sent me a brand new ring.

The one on the right was the new ring I received. Not quite as visually appealing as the first however this one was of much better quality. It hasn't turned my finger green nor has anything broke apart. However for a sterling silver ring I found the value to be quite high at $150.

For all the hype surrounding this brand I'm honestly not impressed with the jewelry aspect of it. The candles though smell amazing and are averagely priced. If you're looking for a lovely scented candle then I would recommend trying them out. If you want to buy it for the jewelry aspect I would skip it because I don't think it's worth it. They sell bath bombs as well but I find them to be rather expensive.

P.S. I reached my follower goal on Bloglovin, please leave me a comment below with some giveaway ideas. What would you guys like to win?!

♥
Bri

StyleWe Giveaway

Hey everyone!

I have some exciting news for you all I've teamed up with StyleWe an online fashion retailer with some stunning pieces. I created a collage with some of my coveted favorites below.

STYLEWE by brirue featuring a bomber jacket

Check out StyleWe on their Facebook & Instagram

If you'd like to win an item from StyleWe ($50 Value) Go share an item from the StyleWe website that you're interested in to any of your Social Media channels or visit their Blog for one entry!
There will only be one winner and they must be from either  USA, UK, Australia, Germany, Italy, Canada, or France. StyleWe will be responsible for prize fulfillment. Once the prize has shipped out there will be no returns, refunds or reimbursements.

For extra entries, please see below.

The giveaway will run for one week starting today, December 8th and running until December 15th.

Good luck everyone!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

♥

Bri

Beauty Bay - Christmas List

Hello loves!

Beauty Bay has a great contest going on for affiliates at the moment!

To enter you had to either create a post about their "All Made Up Bags" which are curated collections by Beauty Bay. The other way to enter was to create your ultimate Christmas Wish List from the Christmas Shop.

I opted to create a wish list because you know Christmas is coming, this could come in handy when your family starts asking you what you want, I really enjoy doing posts like these as well as reading others. I'm a tad snoopy and like to see what other people are coveting, just me?

Here's what I'm hoping to receive under the tree this year;

Spectrum Glam Clam - You guys, look at how cute this is! I've never owned anything from Spectrum but that packaging is too cute to resist. I love the fun & bright colors! I've not heard much about the quality but at a pricey $92.40 CAD I would hope they are of a high standard.

Coloured Raine Matte Liquid Lip Paint : I've heard nothing but good things about the Coloured Raine liquid lipsticks. Being the lip product junkie that I am of course these would be on the list. I'd love to have one in the shade "Cherry Blossom" It's almost like a pink burgundy lip.

Viseart Palette : Another cheeky one as it's more on the pricey side. Everyone and their mother raves about the Viseart palettes. This one is the one I'd pick up if I were to splurge as I love my neutrals. I'm quite drawn to the third row of shades.

Jeffree Star Beauty Killer: I'm trying to win this on an Instagram giveaway right now, keep your fingers crossed for me =) I know I just said how I love my neutrals but we could all use a little color now and again. The pigmentation I've seen from this in tutorials & swatches is gorgeous which is only making me want it more.

Nugg Face Masks: I think these would make a great stocking stuffer! I've never tried the Nugg face masks but they've been hyped up from the posts I've read. At only $20 CAD for four they won't break the bank either.

Manny MUA Palette: I seem to have a theme in this wishlist with lip products and eye shadow palettes, oops. For nine shades this is very pricey for Canadians like me but my god the color scheme is to die for. That bottom cranberry shade is gorgeous! I've been using cranberry shades a lot in my crease lately.

Jeffree Star Velour Liquid Lipstick: Last but not least another Jeffree Star product, I do already own one of these in the shade "Blow Pony" but after seeing that "Androgyny" is in stock on Beauty Bay I might just end up purchasing it for myself. I can still treat myself at Christmas right? I'm a tad choked that these sell for $23.10 CAD on Beauty Bay as I ended up paying $40 after the exchange rate & shipping through Jeffree's website.

Go check out the Beauty Bay Christmas Shop for more products!

Let me know what you guys are lusting after this Christmas 

♥

Bri

p.s. Don't forget when I reach 25 Bloglovin followers, I'll be doing a giveaway! 

Check it out here

*ALTERRE SHOES GIVEAWAY

Hey everyone!

Have you heard of Alterre Shoes? They make it easy to mix and match your shoe, not feeling a heel take it off or vice versa

Well Brandbacker and Alterre want to give you the chance to win one of their black heel starter kits valued at $180 it includes;

Kit Includes: 1 pair black suede mules, 1 black suede Jackie look, 1 evening sky Marilyn look, 1 travel pouch 

• 2.5” Heel
• Genuine Leather Upper, Man Made Lining
• 5% Profits Donated to RestoreNY
• Designed in NYC, Made in Brazil with Fair Labor
• Available in Sizes: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (see sizing guide for best fit)
• Alterre Shoes are designed in their New York Studio and a fun little fact is that they donate 5% of the proceeds to the women's abuse shelter Restore NYC.

ENTER

To qualify for the giveaway you will need to do the following;

- sign up with their email on the provided widget
- follow us on Instagram
- tweet about our giveaway

Good luck! =)

Bri

*This giveaway is sponsored by Brandbacker and Alterre shoes

*Loreal Fibralogy

Hey guys! I was kindly sent the new Loreal Fibralogy hair care line (shampoo, conditioner and serum) courtesy of Influenster and Loreal Canada in the Fibralogy Voxbox, however all opinions on the products are on my own. Fibralogy is supposed to work by expanding the hair from inside by use of Innovation "Filloxane" which "penetrates and diffuses in the hair fibre. Hair expands from within. The cumulative action is that the substance remains in the fibre and increases application after application. Hair becomes progressively thicker." I'm here to test that theory!

As you can see there was a difference, in the first photo yep I have bald spots and yes it's embarrassing but I have fine baby hair and there's nothing I can change about that unfortunately.. but the second photo which is about a week and a half of use I have no bald spots and my hair overall just looks much healthier.

I didn't really care for the serum and I think to truly test out how well the serum works you would have to try just using the shampoo and conditioner for a while and then add in the serum to see if there is a difference. The directions of the serum also said to use a dime sized amount but the serum itself was very watery so I found you had to use much more to cover your hair...it wasn't really like a serum at all in my opinion as it wasn't thick enough.

The shampoo and conditioner on the otter hand I LOVED and will continue to use. The shampoo lathers so well and both products smell amazing and as the photos above show they do make a difference and I am very skeptical about hair thickening products as I have tried MANY others on the market and never saw a change. Loreal you have significantly improved my hair and although it's not "thick" by any means it's an improvement so thank you.

Who else got this voxbox and tried it out, what did you think?