Recent Favourites APRIL 2017

I can’t believe I haven’t shared my favourites with you since Christmas! What? I’m sorry but I’ve been so busy. Since there are so many goodies that I love I tried to narrow it down to give you the best of the best!

NETFLIX

I never thought that I would use the word OBSESSED over anything but seriously I’m Obsessed with RIVERDALE. Every since I can remember I’ve enjoyed reading Archie Comics and Riverdale is based off the Archie Comics Characters. Riverdale’s storyline includes issues like murder, bullying, backstabbing, trust and of course love.

I also watched and really liked 13 Reasons Why. A very dark and really powerful series. 13 Reasons Why is a very important series in my opinion. A lot of people don’t realize what students are faced with everyday in schools and we need to be more aware and involved with issues such as bullying, mental illness and depression.

The series deals with suicide, bullying and rape. The acting is very good and the characters very believable. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE OR ARE GOING THROUGH DEPRESSION OR HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, DO NOT WATCH. This is a very sensitive series and I’m warning you that it’s not for everyone. Also please talk to a parent or guidance counsellor if you are expering any bullying, depression and thoughts of hurting your self. Please talk to someone if you are feeling alone or can’t cope. There is help out there so please talk to someone.

I’ve also been enjoying Z Nation! A really amazing series about Zombies but super scary ones and not the kind you find in The Walking Dead. More like zombies on fast forward mode. Super fast ones and ten times uglier!

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I really like the show BEYOND. I love the acting and the mystery. It’s very deep and believable. I can’t stand science fiction that has horrible acting but BEYOND is amazing! I am drawn into the show by Burkely Duffield’s acting and intensity. I also really love The Walking Dead. I’m upset that The Vampire Diaries has ended. I cried like a baby! Also the last season of Pretty Little Liars is going to start today. There are 10 episodes left and I’m so excited but sad at the same time. You can catch up to Pretty Little Liars on Netflix if you like.

Our family is enjoying watching Anne on CBC. People are hesitant when I tell them about this but I assure you this is an incredible version of Anne of Green Gables. The original is good but this version in my opinion is AMAZING! I really love the darkness and the cinematography. I love the way the camera is used in this series because it really highlights how Anne is feeling and what she’s been through. The series really captures how Anne’s past has effected her. Brilliant Series! Truly incredible and the acting is amazing! Totally recommend you watch Anne.

Photo from http://www.cbc.ca/anne/

I’m very excited that BRAVO has announced that The Handmaid’s Tale written by Margaret Atwood will air in Canada exclusively! I’m so excited to see this Drama. I love Margaret Atwood and this is the first book that got me interested in reading novels so I’m looking forward to it.

Bravo announced today it has exclusively acquired one of 2017’s most anticipated dramas, the television adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s iconic The Handmaid’s Tale, in a deal with MGM Television. The 10-episode first season airs in Canada exclusively on Bravo, beginning with a special two-hour premiere event on Sunday, April 30 from 9 to 11 p.m. ET (10 p.m. – midnight PT). The one-hour drama continues to air Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/10 p.m. PT, beginning May 7. The entire first season launches on CraveTV this spring, following the season finale on Bravo. -BRAVO

Books and Magazines

Last month I completed the Novel Himself by Jess Kidd and I also purchased a lovely magazine called Flow. I really enjoyed the book and I’ve written a review if you like to have a look, Himself by Jess Kidd REVIEW . I absolutely love the magazine Flow. It is so creative and artistic. It has so many activities you can do as an artist but also the articles are really wonderful and inspirational. I highly recommend you check it out. If you are into the Arts you will love Flow!

Currently Reading and reviews coming soon!

Bloom writen by Estee Lalonde

The Tea Girl of Humming Bird Lane by Lisa See.

MAKEUP

I’ve been wearing and loving a lot of makeup recently. I’ve been loving my Lancôme Juicy shakers in the new flavours. They are sweet like candy! The three flavours that I adore are Snow-Tilly, Marshmattack and Cloudy Candy.

I’ve been obsessed with Annabelle Cosmetics eyeshadow chrome in Rose Gold. It’s so creamy soft and shines so beautifully! I absolutely love it! I also love Annabelle Cosmetics Skinny Eyeshadow Palette in Taupe Neutrals Basics. Im a huge fan of taupe colours and I absolutely adore the skinny palette. I have two blushes that I’m loving lately and one is Avon’s Mark Blush in the colour Mauve Forward and CHANEL’S Blush Harmony COCO CODE.

I also have a huge love for lip products recently. My favourite lip products have to be DIOR Lacquer Sticks in the colours 344 Rolling and 877 Turn Me Dior. I also absolutely love BURBERRY Liquid Lip Velvet in the colour No. 5 FAWN.

I have a huge love for AVON’s All Butter Lip Treat in the colour Bare All and Marcelle Cosmetics Rouge Xpression Velvet Gel Lipstick in the colour 885 Rosy Nude.

Two lovely nail polishes that I’ve been loving and wearing recently is AVON True Color in SMOKY PLUM and Sinful Colours 1052 ENDLESS BLUE (*inspired by 13 Reasons Why on Netflix)

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SKINCARE

I love my skincare and I reviewed a lot on my blog recently. I’ve chosen my favourites that I use a lot but also that give me amazing results. I highly recommend and really enjoy the benefits that are given to my skin by the following skincare products:

CLARINS Hydra-Essentiel Bi-Serum, Clarins Hydra Essentiel Silky Cream, Lush Charity Pot Hand and Body Lotion, Marcelle City Tinted Cream with SPF 25, Clarins Multi-Active Yeux, Dior Dream skin one minute mask, Shiseido Ibuki Purifying Cleanser, Garnier Skin naturals BB Cream +Blur in the shade Light, Garnier Skin Active Pore Purifying Clay Cleanser Plus Mask, Garnier Skin Active Micellar Water All-In-1 Cleansing water, Neal’s Yard Remedies Wild Rose Beauty Elixir and ANew Clinical Eye Lift Dual Eye System.

Check out my skincare articles and reviews if you like:

Neal’s Yard Remedies Radiance Wild Rose Organic Collection Made With Love! FEATURE

Clarins Multi-Active Yeux Instant Eye Reviver REVIEW

You are beautiful to me because… SHISEIDO #ShareBeauty #Photoreadyskin

GARNIER SKINCARE FAVOURITES! 2017

AVON ANEW ANTI-AGING SKINCARE FEATURE | BESTDAYBLOGGER.COM

CLARINS Hydra-Essentiel Range REVIEW

New Skincare Products by Marcelle

MARCELLE Spring Collection 2017

CUISINE

I’be been really loving COCONUT CLUSTERS with Super Seeds. They are amazing in my yogourt and cereal. We buy them at Costco and they are so good! They have pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and chia seeds. They are so crunchy and delicious!

HAIR!

I got my hair cut! I know right? I go through times where I like change and I went short. I absolutely love short hair and its so fun to style and play with. I love long hair too but short hair is very fun. I decided to go to Trade Secrets at Scarborough Town Centre and I’m so pleased with the results. Love the customer service and I’m so happy I found a place where I can go again and again. It’s affordable and they do an amazing job.

My hair dresser’s name is Christine. She is fantastic! I brought Christine a picture of what I wanted my hair to look like and she gave me her advice. I really love how she personalized my cut to suit me. Christine really took the time with me and I appreciate it so much. I’m so grateful and very happy with the service at Trade Secrets.

New hair and I love it!

Thank you Trade Secrets and to my hair dresser Christine for the fantastic Service!

The last favourite for this blog post is AVON’s perfume PRIMA. I love this fragrance so much I’m like a cat and my Prima is my catnip! Seriously love this fragrance and I’ve been wearing this everyday. I also love the bottle so much. Very beautiful and the fragrance and design is inspired by ballet which I love so much!

Top Notes

Plum

Bergamot

Heart Notes

Rose

Base Notes

Clearwood

Oakmoss

Patchouli

Thank you all so much. I hope you enjoyed my recent favourites. I Would love to hear your thoughts so please leave some comments. I love responding to comments. Have a lovely week and don’t forget to have a look at my GIVEAWAY!

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Happy Holidays! Holiday Little Life Box 2016

I’m loving the Holiday Little Life Box 2016. This is a lovely Canadian Subscription box service that I highly recommend. The Box if filled up with amazing natural, organic and healthy lifestyle products. This is the perfect gift for the Holidays. It’s already boxed up and ready to be given to a loved one or to your self. 😉 I’m truly grateful that I received a box and reminding you that the products in the Holiday Box vary. Each box will be different which makes things so exciting don’t you think? I love surprises!

So here are the contents of my Holiday Little Life Box and I hope you enjoy my video!

I’m so excited to try everything! Thank you so much to Little Life Box for sending me the Holiday Box. I am truly grateful. I’m also grateful that they have published my recipe. Thank you so much.

If you are interested in the Holiday Little Life Box check it out here :

The Little Life Box Website

My previous Little Life Box Articles:

Little Life Box | Bestdayblogger

July’s Little Life Box!

My Recipes on Little Life Box Blog

QUINOA FAMILY SALAD

Strawberry Melon Salad

Molkosan Berry Smoothie

*Items in the Holiday Box may vary. This box has been given to me in exchange of a written article for the Little Life Box Blog. Please Check out my Article! It’s a lovely Quinoa Holiday Family Salad! If you are interested in a Holiday Box check it out –> HERE.

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Little Life Box

« We believe in taking one healthy step at a time, decisions we can live with and feel good about making. No pressure, no fads. Changing one old habit at a time, making changes when we can. We’ve always, since we can remember, been health-curious. Trying out all sorts of new, natural products, new recipes, new types of exercise for mind and body. Dealing with intolerances to certain foods and compensating with others became a stepping stone to just eating better things, craving the natural, slowly shunning the corrupt, little by little. »

– Chelsea & Suzanne

I’m very excited to bring you my first ‘Little Life Box’. This is a Canadian Subscription company based in Montreal. The box is filled with amazing healthy choices for snacking and some wellness products as well. I’ve always wanted a subscription box and especially a healthy and nutritious one and I’m so happy this opportunity has come a long. I have to say a huge thank you to Joy for thinking of me and guiding me to join Little Life Box. Because of Joy I had my article/recipe published on Little Life Box Blog and now I have received my first box! Truly grateful and would like to say a huge thank you to Joy. I would also like to say thank you to Little Life Box for being so amazing and publishing my recipe. I love making healthy snacks for my daughters.

“DISCOVER THE COLOURS OF LIFE

That thrill of a surprise gift and the happiness of great new discoveries. Recharge your lifestyle with Little Life Box, from a family-owned company that values supporting healthy, ethical products which will help shape our future. A mother and daughter duo from Montreal whose mission is to encourage better living by sending a beautiful little box full of healthy nutrition & beauty items to your door every month”

– Little Life Box

I bring you the June Little Life Box!

This is truly unbelievable! Everything in the June box is amazing! Two full size healthy Bars. A coconut lemon Simply Protein Bar and CLIF Organic bar that I’ve already eaten! lol I will be buying the CLIF bar again. I love the cherry, almond dark chocolate combo. I just really enjoyed the CLIF bar. Really satisfying and delicious!

This is Gourmet Melange and it smells so delicious and tastes really great! If you like fruit bits and nuts this is fantastic as a snack but also as a salad topper! Very delicious and healthy!

I love Four O’Clock Tea! I already had two cups of it and I really love it! The aroma is soothing and the taste is fantastic!

The Three Farmers Chickpeas are crunchy and at the same time sweet. I’m Canadian so I love Maple on everything! The chickpeas have a powdery texture on top of them and I love the hint of sweetness. Really delightful snack. I love chickpeas!

I absolutely love these Crunchy Rob’s Brand popcorn. If you like coconut, you will love these. I’m a huge coconut lover so these were soooo yummy!

I love products that have no aspartame. All the gum in the stores have aspartame and I don’t buy them. This pur brand also has gum which I’ve purchased before and I like them. I really like these pur mints. These are going in my purse. They make my breath fresh and lovely.

In the June Little Life Box there’s also four wellness products. One is SBT Soothing Salve, a Lavender Relaxing Body oil from WELEDA and Beekeeper’s Naturals Throat Relief. How amazing are these products! I never knew that Beekeeper’s is Canadian. I love Canadian products especially ones that help promote awareness about Bees. It’s important to take good care of our skin this summer and the sunburn soothing salve will help if there’s a chance of a sun burn. I’ve been looking for a lavender relaxing body oil to help with my sleep so I’m so happy to try Weleda!

Also in the June Little Life Box there’s a handmade bathbomb that smells like a field of roses! Truly beautiful!

Included are some lovely coupons and informative bits and bobs.

If you would like to purchase a subscription with Little Life Box you can check out my referral link. Have you tried a subscription box before?

What are your thoughts about Little Life Box?

I absolutely love it! I am so happy!

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#CBBJoeFresh Twitter Party Winner!

Hello my lovely friends! I hope you are all well and enjoying this beautiful hot weather. I’m here to share with you some beautiful JOE FRESH cosmetics that I kindly won from a twitter party that the Canadian Beauty Bloggers hosted with Shoppers Drug Mart and Joe Fresh.

I kindly received the prettiest highlighter in the colour ‘Champagne’ a pretty blush in the the colour ‘Radiant Rosette’ a beautiful Matte Liquid eyeliner and a Mascara in Black. I’ll be reviewing these lovely products and creating a summer look very soon. The shades look so beautiful and exactly what I like. I love rose colours and I love that the mascara has Argan oil to help the lashes. The eyeliner tip is very fine and the highlighter is so radiant. The blush reminds me of a pretty pink macaron! I’ll swatch them up soon!

I would like so say thank you so much to the Canadian Beauty Bloggers, to Shoppers Drug Mart and Joe Fresh. I am truly grateful and I look forward to having fun with the makeup. 🙂

Joe Fresh Makeup is now available at Shoppers Drug Mart!

Pearl & Daisy Natural Soap Company – Review

“Thinking about the powerful connection between scent, memory, and emotion, she wondered if she could capture the aromatic scents so she could return to that feeling any time.” – pearlanddaisy.com

Hello my lovely readers! This review is in collaboration with the Canadian Beauty Bloggers.

Canadian Beauty Bloggers

I received this aromatic and beautiful package with lovely natural and Canadian made bath products and I’m here to tell you that I’m so pleased and happy with every single one of these beautiful and unique bath essentials. Pearl and Daisy Natural Soap Company is a Canadian Company founded by Rebecca Taylor. As she “was walking through a forest near her home in Nova Scotia. The air was especially fragrant and with each deep breath, Rebecca felt both grounded and uplifted.” –pearlanddaisy.com

This describes exactly how I feel when I use these bath products. I’m here to share my experience with every product featured in this article.

“It’s the grounding sensation of a walk in the forest, the uplifting feeling of an open meadow filled with wild roses, and the exhilaration of the seashore. Pearl & Daisy is inspired by the way these beautiful places make us feel, and we capture those places with special blends of essential oils distilled from fresh flowers, fruit and plants.”

–Pearl and Daisy

SEA SALT & MINERALS BATH SOAK

(WILD ROSES & LAVENDER)

The salts are 100% Natural and smell so amazing. The wild rose and lavender is truly relaxing and very soothing. I love bath salts and they are so wonderful for the skin, body and mind. All natural ingredients and truly beautiful. If you have a stressful day this will take away your stress. Just #take12 minutes and soak in a hot bath with these beautiful salts and let your stress and worries melt away! I’m a very busy mommy and I get stressed very often but soaking in a bath with the Sea Salts is truly amazing. The natural oils that are released are very relaxing and infuse the senses with calmness and serenity.

SAND DOLLAR SOAP

“…exotic vanilla orchid blossom. This harmonious marriage of vanilla, benzoin resin, and sandalwood essential oil offers aromatherapy benefits to enhance feelings of comfort, spiritual harmony, and sensuality.” – Pearl and Daisy

This soap bar is really lovely and gentle. The scent is also soft and gentle and I find that the bar lathers really nicely. I use my loofa and foam it up. It is truly relaxing and soothing to the senses and skin. My skin feels very soft and smooth and this is truly non drying. I feel this bar soap really moisturizes the skin and keeps the skin clean and hydrated.

Bath Bombs

The scent of this Orange Vanilla bath bomb is AMAZING! When I placed this bath bomb in the water it started fizzing and the scent slowly filled the room! It was orange creamsicle heaven! The essential oils in the bath bomb are really hydrating and nourishing. The natural oils that are released from this bath fizzer are so blissful and truly changed my mood. Very nourishing good for the skin and relaxing.

“Our 100% natural bath bombs are beautifully scented and made with moisturizing coconut oil. They’re about the size of a tennis ball (2.5″) and weight about 150g. Ingredients: baking soda, citric acid, organic coconut oil, sunflower seed oil, organic aroma and essential oils. Pearl & Daisy makes bath bombs the way we do everything else: we use lovely natural scents, naturally soft colours, and exceptionally nice ingredients.” -Pearl and Daisy

Thank you so much to the Canadian Beauty Bloggers and to Pearl & Daisy for the beautiful bath products. I really recommend taking time and soaking in a bath filled with lovely Pearl & Daisy bath essentials because they are soothing, relaxing and nourishing to the body mind and soul! I highly recommend all the products and feel that they are outstanding and beautiful!