Beauty Top Picks: Eye Edition || Bags, puffiness, dark circles be gone!

You requested it and I’ve answered. So many of you have messaged me asking for my favorite eye creams. There are almost too many out there, it can be overwhelming but I’ve broken my favorites down by concern. Once you find the right eye cream, it can truely be a transforming part of your beauty routine. Here are my top eye creams to help you combat fine lines, dark circles and the dreaded puffy under eye.

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Revitalization (Combates Fine Lines and Wrinkles):

bareMinerals Brilliant Future, glo eye  restore, it. Cosmetics Confidence in an Eye Cream, PURA Neroli Eye Ritual (Oil)

Brightens (Combates dark under eye circles):

it. Cosmetics Confidence in an Eye Cream, Tatcha Luminous eye serum, bareMinerals Brilliant Future

Hydration (Combats dryness and puffiness):

Josie Marian Pure Argan Milk & Milk Devotion eye serum, Bioderma Sensibios Eye Gel, Tatcha Luminous eye serum, it. Cosmetics Bye Bye Under Eye Eye Cream.

#AD The Madison Mirrored Hall Table || Styled 2 Ways with @TheBrick

B3073578-3FE3-4E0D-B243-B141272B191FIt’s been a search to say the least, finding the perfect hallway table can be a style challenge. I’ve been looking for this piece for almost 2 years. I knew I wanted the mirror accents with that Kate Spade kinda feel. A hall table that looked like it was right out of a Tory Burch showroom. I found a handful over the years but they were too deep, or they were dressers for the bedroom. Meet my perfect mirrored table match… The Madison Hall Table from The Brick. It’s contemporary design with a touch of glam is perfect as a show stopping piece for our walkway in the Master Bedroom. The tabletop offers a place to style each season with decorative items, easily one of my favourite design tasks throughout the year. With a mirror finish that beautifully reflects light, it makes your space look even bigger. See how I took our new Madison Table and decorated it 2 ways:50DDDBA7-E235-4E45-B6FC-A2AE66647D13528D64EA-2F93-4905-A997-004FAF04947031678327-2874-436C-A40B-28A4805F2BE3

The Tropical Look: add large tropical leaves to get at vacation feel right out of a high end hotel. I added this gorgeous blue vase I found in-store from The Brick for a pop of colour. Finally, trailing throw blankets in this straw basket I also found in-store to continue the Tropical feel.

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Style || Faux Fur Athleisure Trend || How to mix high & low pieces for the perfect casual look.

Are you ever feeling a bit EXTRA but still want to run errands in comfort? This is me all the time. I love to mix casual athletic clothing with glamorous high end pieces. I found this striped faux fur jacket on clearance and knew immediately that I wanted to pair it with my Adidas Stadium Hoodie from J D Williams. Have you tried to achieve the perfect high low style mix?

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Microbladed Brows || Before & After #beautytrend #yeg

I know you’ve definitely heard about this brow trend. I know I started seeing microbladed brow salons pop up about 5 years ago but it’s really gained popularity in the last two years. You’ll find the service offered at so many places now, which is always nice to see availablity. For myself, I couldn’t receive the treatment pregnant or breastfeeding, so I didn’t get to try this trend until recently. And in all honesty I was a bit hesitant, I LOVE brows. Plus, this is a razor cutting your skin, so I knew it would take me a while to find a repairable place for health and safety reasons. In my makeup routine, it’s easily one of my favorite steps daily. It took me a while to find a tech that did fine hair like strokes and a natural shape. I had see some “after” photos of brows and I knew I really wanted to get that natural hair like look opposed to the powered or tattooed brow look. I have full brows, so for me it was correcting a handful of trouble spots I have from over plucking in the early 2000’s. I visited Amber from Lipstick Empire here in Edmonton. I loved seeing her work ahead of time and I know she did the type of detail I wanted in this procedure. Below you’ll see one month after the treatment with minor makeup. Highlighter under the brow and a stroke of a pomade based brow pencil. This is for sure a process update, because I will go for a touch up at 6 months. I cant that appointment add more strokes and go darker with the colour if I choose.

Here are my tips and tricks with Lipstick Empire to help heal those brows post procedure:

 Tip #1: Research the place of business and the tech that will be doing your brows. Not all places and people are created equal. For health and safety reasons do your research… and for your brow look preference find a tech that fits your aesthetic and expected results.

Tip #2: Have realistic expectations of recovery time and what brows will look like after healing. As you can see below, it took me a full two weeks to have fully healed brows. And the colour of the strokes significantly faded from first day to a fully healed brow.

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#Sponsor Hello Fresh Review & Promo CODE || Meals delivered to your door

You’ve probably guessed from my weekly IG stories, the delivered meals from Hello Fresh have been going well. I’ve gotten so many questions about the service, so I thought I’d come on here and tell you the good, the bad and the delicious.

Here’s my Hello Fresh Meal Delivery Q&A:

Are you paid to talk about Hello Fresh? NO! Hello Fresh does not pay me to promote their service. They have in the past, let me try meals for free BUT I have spent my own money on the service because we loved the meals.

Why a meal delivery service? And do you like the meals? Especially in the winter months, I need help getting healthy ingredients to our house. Sometimes the weather is so bad, I can’t get out with the little guys to do a proper grocery shop. We love Hello Fresh. We, as a family have only disliked 2 meals and we have been getting 3 meals a week since November. The recipes are amazing 95% of the time and you get every single ingredient you need to make it. We order the Family Box, it gives us enough food for dinner and left overs for lunch the next day. It’s really taken the pressure off meal time prep for me.

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What don’t you like about Hello Fresh? I did have one box arrive days late, although it was an isolated incident, it was a big inconvenience for us. We had paid for meals for that week but they didn’t arrive to make use of them for our working Tuesday-Friday. And by the time the box arrived the produce wasn’t looking great. It was due to a winter storm, so I had to cut them a little slack on that one. And customer service refunded me a portion to cover the ruined produce.

Would you suggest Hello Fresh to a friend? What do you think of the competitors? I’ve paid for Chef’s Plate twice, both times my box was miss-delivered. When they finally got it to me, the box’s contents were rancid and I did not receive a refund. I was disappointed with the customer service and never actually got to try a successfully delivered meal box. However, my parents get that service and like it… so that was just my experience.

Yes, I would suggest Hello Fresh to a friend or family member! Use my promo code NORTHERNS for 40% off your first box! It’s definitely tasty and it saves you a trip to the grocery store. The recipes are creative, I keep the recipes we love for later use.

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