Category Archives: Lifestyle

Beauty || My favourite Masks of the Moment || Natural, Clinical & Splurge Worthy

We all know I love a good mask treatment, it’s easily my favourite beauty routine. I wanted to share with you the masks I’ve been using and loving for the past 4 months. From all natural options, to clinical I’ve got some great product  picks you don’t want to miss. The majority of masks I’ve been coveting lately have fallen under the organic category, so most you can find at The Detox Market Canada. If you’re unfamiliar with them, they are basically the natural Sephora! Not Canadian, don’t you worry here is the American online store. If you’ve been wanting to add some luxury natural options to your makeup and skincare routine, they carry almost all my favourite brands. Check them out! With that being said here are my go-to masking moments as of late:

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Josie Maran Whipped Mud Mask Collection (pictured above): It’s on sale!!!! And I don’t mean a minor discount, save $32 on my fav mud mask set. This antioxidant-packed hydrating and detoxifying Whipped Mud Mask set clarifies and refines. Find your skin nourished, moisture rich and soothed after just one use. This pack is a perfect starting point to find your mask match made in heaven, I love a good sample pack.

Indie Lee Clearing Mask: Just like it’s name entails this treatment helps to unclog pores and clear your complexion. I love the smoothing effect of the fruit based acid. A must have for acne pore skin.

Facial Treatment Brush: This is a must have tool for any mask enthusiast. It takes masking at home to spa levels. Not only does it help even apply your treatment of choice. Mix, blend and apply. Treat yo self to this must have tool.

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May Lindstrom The Problem Solver: This natural beauty cult classic is the mask all the organic beauty bloggers are talking about and for good reason. This intense correcting mask effectively purifies and tightens pores, extinguishes inflammations, fights & heals blemishes, jump-starts circulation in the epidermis and detoxifies skin with delightful ease and power. Yes of of that in one treatment! This is the mask to get your hands on. I love to use it as a spot treatment on my chin to help clarify that challenging blemish prone area.

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Kèrastase Maskeratine Discipline: This hair mask is highly concentrated to nourish and repair your mane. Replenish your hair into a smoother silker version of itself. I love this treatment.

Odacitè Immediate Skin Perfecting Masque: At the heart of this skin perfecting masque 4 SYNERGIES of ingredients to DETOX, PEEL, BRIGHTEN and BOOST COLLAGEN. This all around perfecting treatment is one of my favourites. I mix a small amount and target areas on my face. Instead of water, you can use apple cider vinegar to mix your own blemish spot treatment for overnight treatments on blemishes.

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Pura Botanicals Overnight Watermelon Mask (pictured above): This overnight moisture treatment is one of my weekly go-to’s. The magic power of Neroli helps your skin’s elasticity and stimulates cell renewal.  It also contains aloe vera, chamomile and witch hazel: this trio has a soothing effect that will leave your skin feeling smoother and nourished overnight.  Continue reading

Home Decor #AD || All those Fall feels… || An Autumn Table Setting with @TheBrick

Fall is by far my favourite season in all ways. I love the leafs, the crisp air, the fashion and of course the home decor! I know you may think I’m jumping the Autumn gun but I couldn’t wait to show you this seasonal table setting I created with The Brick. Later this month I will share a full fall home tour but until then I thought I give you a little inspiration for your next dinner party.

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Table: The Brick || Sideboard: The Brick || Metal Chairs: The Brick || Dining Bench: The Brick

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Greenery: Cory Christopher (Local Love YEG Edmonton Florist) || Flowers: My Own!

|| Apples: My Own

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Plates: Anthropologie || Accessories: The Brick

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Back To School || How my little guy didn’t quite make it… Let’s Get Personal || #YEG #YEGmom

I struggled today watching the IG stories of other mom’s sending off their little one’s to the first day of school because today Alastair didn’t go… It’s not that he didn’t want to, or that we didn’t register him or didn’t prepare him for the big independence day. Today I got told the Community League of Newton in Edmonton would be dissolving their preschool program, leaving me high and dry. I think what frustrates me the most, the fact that there was no forewarning and they waited this long to announce the news. Yes folks, I just got to hear his program wouldn’t be running on the day he should have been starting. It’s not that there are not enough kids registered either. Apparently, it comes down to “staffing” issues.

Now I know some of you are rolling your eyes right now. It’s just preschool right? Wrong! For me, working on this blog from home Alastair hasn’t been to daycare. He hasn’t formed many little kid relationships. Nor has he had the opportunity to get learning ready, have structured time, or get to experience group activities. I’m devastated. I tried to do everything in my power. Registered him the moment that began in March of this year, paid his deposit, started having conversations preparing him for his new classroom. Just to have it cancelled on it’s start date when almost all our local programs are full or stopped taking registrations months ago is brutal.

I haven’t had the heart to tell him yet… instead we lined up his new clothes and shoes from West Coast Kids. Gabbed about how great it’s going to be… and told him, “that Mommy was wrong about the start day…” For now, I’m going to live that little white lie while I hustle for him to try my best to fix this. So like most moms, today was a teary one. It just wasn’t for the reasons I thought it was going to be. Instead I had a good cry in private because I let him down and I got to see that excitement fade in his eyes when I told him we were’t going today.

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I was going to tell you all about all the sweet shoes he found. Take first day photos and do a little Q&A with him. I thought about not sharing this, since I feel so defeated. Like I let him down. But it’s real and sometimes we all need a little real life in the blogging world too. Because it isn’t always rainbows and butterflies… sometimes it just plain sucks.

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Drink Recipe || A Simple Peach Spritz || Holding on to the last days of summer with @204Park

I can’t believe the summer is almost over! To enjoy every last drop of sunshine my girl Diana of 204park and I have create a simply summer sip. It’s so light and refreshing! You need to try this peach spritz.

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Muddle 1/2 peach in bottom of glass

Squeeze juice of 1/2 lime

2 oz gin (We went with Hansen for some Local LOVE)

add slices of peach and lime (Fresh fruit from Spud, use my promo code CREDM PARKIE for a $20 credit!)

top with soda water + serve!

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Beauty || Get your glow on! || A @DetoxMarketTO Giveaway

I’m so excited for this GET YOUR GLOW ON giveaway. Win the much anticipated illuminating quad palette from RMS Beauty. Head to my Instagram for your way to enter there, or for an entry here simply subscribe to my blog on my sidebar, leave a comment telling me your top three natural beauty brands the Detox Market carries. Simply as that. For more info on contest rules, head to my Instagram for all the details.

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CC Cream: Full coverage Your Better Skin CC+ Cream with SPF 50 by IT Cosmetics 

For 10% off your order until Oct 31/17 use promo code ITGIRLPARAN

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Brows: Gimme Brow Volumizing Fiber Gel by Benefit

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Lashes: Lie Detector by Velour via Sephora Canada  Continue reading