YSL Loveshine Candy Glow Butter Balms in 1B, 3B, and 44B

Today, I'm talking about these gorgeous Candy Glow Butter Balms by YSL. I have the shades 1B, 3B, and 44B that were provided to me for reviewing purposes.

I've been a fan of butter balms since the Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter days. Tell me you remember those because they were phenomenal! Looking back on blog posts, I see the photos in my old review are no longer showing. I'll look into my archive and try to fix that, because those days deserve to live on for nostalgia purposes. 😀 So enter these YSL Candy Glow Tinted Butter Balms and I have one of the most suitable substitutes for those that I've come across! The addition of shea butter is always a win-win for me and make these feel and apply smooth as silk. I don't think they are particularly long-lasting in color and glossiness, but they are lasting in moisturization and hydration.

These retail for $54 CAD at Sephora Canada.

 

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Six Good Romance Reads - Age Gap

I decided to make a new ongoing book series on featuring favorite reads based on specific genres and themes within them. The books featured each time will be 4-5 star reads for me. This is also the perfect opportunity for me to also open the door for any recommendations you would like to toss my way within the featured tropes posts!

I'm starting the new series with one of my favorites- age gaps in romance. When done right, I swoon. It's often done wrong, in my personal opinion. It's a commonly used trope, but it can be hard to write about in a heartfelt and layered way and not just getting hot and heavy. Though yes, please give me that too as a side to the entree!

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Farmacy Farm to Face Favorites Set - Mini Reviews

As promised, I'm back in action! I thought I might start with a batch of mini skincare reviews and first impressions from a recent set I purchased from Sephora. It's still available, but also the products are all permanent items from Farmacy. I always love sets like these since they are an easy and usually more affordable way to test out new products.

The set online is titled Farm to Face Favorites, but the packaging just says "Farmacy Favorites". It's currently on sale on Sephora Canada's website for $40.50. The box is deceiving because the products only fill about half of it. They could have cut back so much on the outer packaging.

 

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Guess who's back, back again?

Apparently me with the most millenial-leaning subject line I could muster! But it's true! After almost three years away, I'm coming back. The break was never meant to be as long as it was, but life happens. I'm still active on other social media, but my blog collected some dust and I'm here to dust it off and polish it back up again! I'm working on the layout and a few other updates.

So this is just a quick note for the announcement and you can plan on starting to see some new posts. Looking forward to seeing some familiar faces and meeting some new ones! If you're here along for the ride, I appreciate it and you. For now, have a nice weekend and I'll see you in March! 😁 

March 2022 Beauty Faves

March was something else, lemme tell ya. The good part was celebrating our wedding anniversary. The bad part? Our dog Indy ended up needing emergency dental surgery and that was a long few days of tests (he's older) and getting him prepared for surgery. That was followed with pain medication, antibiotics, and weeks of making sure he was healing properly, but all is well now! Our vets are amazing, so we knew he was in good hands but I was still an absolute wreck from beginning to end. He's bounced back and is enjoying his food, toys, and generally speaking incredibly spoiled lifestyle. We wouldn't have it any other way. 😍

I didn't get around to doing a favorites post last month, which is unfortunate as they have always been ones I enjoy doing as well as reading on other blogs and pages. So let's dig into some of my fave products from March! As always, you can let me know if we have any in common or what got your love and affection this past month in the comments!

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