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January 25, 2016 By Cassie 18 Comments

Zoya Haul

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On Black Friday / Cyber Monday Zoya was running a GREAT sale! I managed to pick-up a “Create Your Own Gift Box” 6 pack, 12 pack, and a Naked Manicure Professional Starter Kit for half off. I chose to get the 6 pack and the 12 pack for multiple reasons; first because each category actually had different polishes available in it and secondly I felt

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January 22, 2016 By Cassie 24 Comments

January Korean Beauty Birchbox

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  It’s time for my January Birchbox Unboxing! Just a reminder: Birchbox is a monthly subscription with a base price of $10/month. If you subscribe to the base subscription you get 4-5 samples per month, however, if you up your plan to $30/month then you will also get 2 full-size products in your box each month. Either way you can participate in the “Sample Choice”

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January 18, 2016 By Cassie 35 Comments

December Beauty Boxes: Target, Walmart, Amazon and Birchbox

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  So this post is a bit late and I apologize for that. I actually decided after filming this video to film it a completely different way and I had to wait for all the components to arrive before filming. If you watch the video make sure to let me know what you think of the new format. I should mention that not ALL of

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January 11, 2016 By Cassie 18 Comments

Best of 2015 Part Two

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  Last week I did my Best of 2015 Part One, which included my favorite face and lip products for 2015. I planned on posting this up last week as well but ran into a few “technical issues” so I’m finally getting it up today! For more details make sure to check out Part One of my Best of 2015. If you can’t see the

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January 4, 2016 By Cassie 28 Comments

Best of 2015 Part One

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  I have finally decided to do my Best of [Insert Year Here]. I’ve seen this done on YouTube in the past by some of the guru’s I’m subscribed to, however, I just never really tried enough products to feel comfortable doing that. This year was a completely different story. Through different circumstances I’ve been able to try so many different beauty products that I

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December 28, 2015 By Cassie 29 Comments

2015 December Favorites

  In a few short days it will be the end of 2015! I don’t know about you all but I’m super excited. I’m so excited that I decided to do my first ever “Best of 2015” which will be a roundup of my favorite products from this past year. Since those will be going up on Wednesday and Friday I thought today would be

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December 18, 2015 By Cassie 20 Comments

Farmacy New Day Gentle Exfoliating Grains

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  As I mentioned in Wednesday’s post I’ve decided to start switching out some of the Paula’s Choice skin care products for others. I would like to mention that I’m not doing this because I dislike the Paula’s Choice products but because as a beauty blogger I need to try out other products as well. On Wednesday I switched out the Paula’s Choice BHA 9

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December 16, 2015 By Cassie 25 Comments

StriVectin Advanced Retinol Pore Refiner

  I mentioned awhile ago in my Paula’s Choice Skin Care overview about a product I was using for my pores, BH9. I’ve decided to slowly start trying out other skin care products to see how they compare to the Paula’s Choice products and I decided to start with the the pores. I stopped using the BH9 and introduced StriVectin Advanced Retinol Pore Refiner into

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December 14, 2015 By Cassie 25 Comments

Keranique Shampoo and Conditioner

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  Recently I was presented with the chance of reviewing the Keranique Shampoo and Conditioner. I’m always looking for a chance to strengthen and moisturize my hair so I jumped at the chance to review these. As always, my opinions are 100% honest and completely my own. If you can’t see the above video, click here The Keranique Scalp Stimulating Shampoo is sulfate-free, fortified with

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December 11, 2015 By Cassie 17 Comments

Sephora Gift Guide + $200 Sephora Gift Card Giveaway

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  As I’m sure everyone knows at this point, I LOVE shopping at Sephora. I love it so much that I wanted to help give others a chance to shop there as well. With that thought in mind I partnered with some amazing people, with an amazing host, to giveaway a $200 Sephora Gift Card! Before we get to that though I wanted to talk

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