Weekend Watching - Game Of Thrones (*contains spoilers for season 4)

Hey everyone!

This past weekend was a pretty lazy one for me as I spent all of Saturday binge watching Season 4 of Game Of Thrones (I know I'm a little behind) When I say all day, I mean from 11:30 AM until 12:30 AM. 

I waited so long to watch the show as I was wanting to read the books before hand, although in hindsight it may have ruined the show for me. After many people telling me it's a lot different from the books I hopped on the bandwagon and I'm so happy I have! Don't get me wrong though the books are still on my long "to read" list.

I don't mind waiting to watch popular shows as I love binge watching, I mean hello, no commercials? Yes please. 

I must say I'm patiently waiting for my boyfriend to catch up as he just finished season 3 last night and it's taking all of my strength to not tell him everything that happened in season 4.

By far, my favorite episode in Season 4 was episode 2 where millions of fans celebrated the long awaited death of King Joffrey Barothean during his purple wedding. I don't think I've hated a character this much since Dolores Umbridge in the fifth installment of Harry Potter. 

Jack Gleeson, who plays Joffrey did such an incredible job of making people hate him. He was even congratulated by the writer George R.R. Martin, that's quite a feat if you ask me.

If you've yet to start the show, please do. It's amazing and has completely taken over my life for the time being.

Who is your most hated character?

♥

Bri

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Maybelline

Maybelline has always been a firm favorite of mine at the drugstore but they've had so many new releases in the past two years there was no hope in my poor bank account keeping on top of things.

The Maybelline Lash Sensational mascara isn't a new release by any means but I've seen it splashed across the pages of many blogs I read so I'm very keen to pick this up. I think there are just as many if not better mascaras in the drugstores as high end. I recently tried Benefit Roller Lash and after I finished that I headed to my local drugstore and picked up my all time favorite mascara the Maybelline Colossal for a fraction of the price.


Maybelline Color Jolt These are a newer release (within the past year) and I wasn't too excited about them until this morning when I watched a video by RacchLoves  where she mentioned that there were shades in the line that are exact dupes for the Too Faced Melted Liquified Long Wear Lipsticks which I fell head over heels for last Christmas. If I can save money you can bet that I'll try it!


Maybelline Vivd Matte Liquid Lipstick There's been a ton of mixed reviews on these, some people love them and some people hate them. Being the lip product junkie that I am though I'm willing to try them at least once.


Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Concealer Another older product but one that was highly raved about on Youtube and various blogs. Come to think about it, I don't know if I've seen a poor review for this.

Maybelline Blushed Nudes Lately, I've been becoming an eyeshadow junkie. I used to be a girl who never wore eyeshadow as I just couldn't be bothered with putting in to much effort but as of late that's all changed. The color scheme in this palette is beautiful and for a drugstore palette I've heard glowing reviews.

Maybelline Nudes I want to try all the palettes in the Nudes Collection in case you hadn't noticed.


Maybelline Rock Nudes I like that this one has a few offbeat colors thrown into the mix. The blue and the almost olive toned looking gold shade, I would love to see how those look on the eyes. I think that olive gold would look gorgeous.

Maybelline Master Hi-Lighting Blush & Bronzer To be honest, I'm not sure if this is a newer or older release. Multi purpose products though save so much time on the weekdays when you really can't be bothered to get out of bed early. I've seen swatches of this online and it looks fairly subtle and natural, perfect for work.

Maybelline Master Strobing Stick  I love to glow. Even for day to day I like my highlight poppin'! This looks like it could achieve a fairly shimmery highlight. Some of the swatches I've seen it looks comparable to my ever loved Benefit Watt's Up

Maybelline Loaded Bolds More lip products? Of course there are! These are the newest release from Maybelline I believe. The shades I'd love to try are the blue shade which for some reason isn't on the Maybelline Canada website and "Gone Griege" but the entire collection looks wonderful. On second thought I might end up purchasing all of them, sorry bank account.

Maybelline Brow Drama Mascara I'm so basic when it comes to doing my brows, powder and done. I'd love to branch out and try new products that aren't powder. This looks interesting but I'm intrigued to see how you would use it.

What is your favorite Drugstore brand?

♥
Bri

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HEELS THAT COULD KILL

Hey everyone.

I know you're all probably filled with sadness and disappointment regarding the outcome of the American presidential election and that a misogynistic & racist man is now the leader of the country. Although I may be Canadian I feel this will affect everyone and I'm shocked at the results. I feel as if I'm living in a dream and all of this is just a joke I will soon wake up from, though that isn't true.

Election aside, I wanted to post a quick OOTD to try and take my mind away from current events. The blazer and dress were thrifted from my friends closet as she never wore them and I couldn't stand to see them collect dust. 

Now these shoes, I L O V E these shoes but I have a very difficult time trying to style them therefore I never wear them. I bought these two years ago and they rarely see the light of day. It's quite sad actually because these were such a bargain! I purchased them for $25, down from $160 and if you guys know me I'm not exactly careful with my money (I should be, but I'm not) 

If you guys have tips or suggestions on how you would style them, let me know in the comments because these babies would love to be shown off.

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Coastal Scents - Lip Gloss

Hey everyone! 

Hope you are all having a lovely week, my morning hasn't been off to a great start but it's supposed to be a gorgeous day today which I'm looking forward to. 

I've had these Coastal Scents Smack Lip Glosses stashed away for a while now just waiting to be reviewed. I own two of the eleven shades. One is the shade "Challenge Me" and the other is in the shade "O'Scarlet" {O'Scarlet is discontinued}

Challenge Me is a coral pink with lots of gold reflex in it. This is definitely the more pigmented of the two. If you've read any of my other lip posts you will know that I'm not a gloss girl, I have maybe four glosses in my 65+ collection of lip products. I love a bold lip, think reds, purples and bright pinks so if I go for a gloss it's generally going to be an opaque gloss with lots of color payoff.

Challenge Me delivers on all fronts. I appreciate that the gold shimmer throughout this gloss doesn't come across when applied. You can see very little shimmer in the swatch, the same goes for when its applied. It applies nicely and evenly with fairly good coverage in one swipe. These do transfer and you need to reapply fairly often but I haven't found many glosses where you aren't constantly reapplying. The color is not my favorite though, I wasn't a fan of how it looked against my skin but the formulation is very well done!

O'Scarlet is discontinued it seems as I couldn't find it listed on the Coastal Scents website.

Much more sheer than Challenge Me, it works well as a lipstick topper if you were to wear a matte red but wanted a coat of gloss to finish it off.

It's a pink red with different colored flecks of glitter including gold, blue and purple.

It doesn't apply evenly what so ever, in the swatch you can see where it goops up along the edges. I found that even after wiping the excess off from the doe foot applicator it would still goop up along the outer line of the lips. A lip brush may work better to apply this so you could achieve a more even application. I'm wearing this today and on it's own I don't really like how it looks, it looks like I just applied a clear gloss and then threw some glitter on it. Needless to say it's not a flattering look. The texture of O'Scarlet is a lot tackier and stickier than Challenge Me which isn't the best feeling on your lips. 

I would think about repurchasing some of the more pigmented shades but I would stay away from the more glitter bomb looking ones.

Have you guys tried the Smacks lip glosses? What did you think?

♥

Bri

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