The Makeup Monologues

The Pantone Institute has revealed their Colour of the Year for 2019 to be Living Coral! I've followed the Colour of The Year for a few years now, since Radiant Orchid, and I'm excited to once again see a colour that will incorporate well into makeup looks! Pantone Institute When I was younger, we're talking like age nine to twelve, I remember hating coral with a passion. I thought it contrasted with my colouring in a super unflattering way, making me look even more pasty and straw-like than I already did. I also just hated anything pink, but that's a whole dysphoria thing that we can get into later.  However, then I got into makeup, and figured out that coral lipstick lit up my whole face. I started seeking it out and was frustrated that I couldn't find a lot of coral shadow, liner, blush or the like, just the occasional muted coral lipstick. So I kind of forgot about the colour until now, and the Pantone Institute has reunited my love for it! I decid...

In these past few months I've discovered a ton of new favourite makeup products! Some are old or rediscovered favourites, some are new purchases that fit in with my routine like a dirty shirt. I've got a good variety of base and eye products, so without further ado, let's see them!  First is the NYX Swear By It palette. This was an impulse buy with my Shoppers Drugmart points, and I kind of had it in the back of my mind that it might just sit and rot in the back of my palette drawer. But I've actually had to force myself to use things other than this palette lately, because it's just that good. As someone who wears a lot of saturated brights, this palette is failsafe. It's basically just a bunch of muted bright tones that work perfectly as either companion shades to my normal neons, or to create a more toned-down colourful look, perfect for the colder months. The mustard and mauve shades in particular have been favourites of mine. Wearing...

I think out of all the things I had missed blogging about, I missed doing my monthly favourites posts t he most. I love looking back and reflecting on what products I was impressed by, loved using, and kept reaching for again and again. So today’s post is going to be about my favourite products from the last two months! December sort of bleeds into January in my memory, so I’ll be talking about my favourites from “the past little while”, not strictly a month back. Hold tight, this is gonna be a long one, folks. The first products I just have to mention are a recent launch by Sephora Collection! I’m talking about their Lipstories lipsticks! I have the shades (L-R) Desert Trip, Twolips, Ice Breaker, Labyrinth City, and Trippin. From the second I saw the teaser pics for this launch, I knew I needed to own at least one of these lipsticks, if only for the packaging. I picked up the shade Twolips and ended up falling head over heels for the...