Olay Fresh Effects {Bead Me Up!} -Review

Like most people, in the winter I tend to get very dry skin. Which is very annoying when it comes time to pick out a face wash that will not dry out my face more than it already is. I purchased this product probably in October sometime (I honestly cannot remember) since my previous face wash was not doing the job or anything in fact. I purchased it when they did a lot of advertising for this product. I saw the advertisements everywhere; magazines, YouTube, stores, and basically everywhere online. So I went to my grocery store and got it for $9. As soon as I used it once I hated it! It made my skin flaky, tight, and sore to be completely honest. I would not recommend this product to anyone! It smalls very chemical-ly and seems it as well. Anyways bottom line... I hated it and it is a very poor product!

Do not buy!

I find the packaging ugly and it's not appealing at all!!

(Very kid "ish")

                            

I don't like the beads either

They didn't do anything for me.

Rating: 1 star out of 5!

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Jamie xx

Boxing Day - H and M, Forever21, and Aerie

This year at during boxing day I went to Newmarket's Upper Canada Mall; which is about 45 minutes away from me. I only had brought a hundred bucks with me to spend so I didn't end up getting much. I looked around a fair bit and there weren't that many good sales on! The stores I did go to though had excellent deals! As you can tell from the title I went to those stores and picked up a fair bit for only $100. 

H and M

SALE: The sale in H and M was buy one clearance item and get the second one free! Which I thought was amazing! All of these items I ended up getting below were $5 each, which is a total steal! 

 This is going to make the cutest summer dress! Can't wait! 

Paisley print <3

 Love the orange dress (I can actually wear it frontwards and backwards) the back makes it a higher neck and the front is the zipper! I might try to shrink this one though just because it's a bit too big on me!

 This simple black dress I got for layering and it looks way better on!

This is going to make the cutest spring skirt with a white crop top and gold jewelry!

Aerie

SALE: Everything in the store was 50% off!

Ended up getting these for $20! Love the style and it's such a staple piece! 

I've never owned a bralette before but I totally love it! Looks way better on than on the hanger! Got it in a size small for $10!

 Love the detailing in on the shoulder! Love lace so much.

Forever21

I only spent $30 and I love the stuff I got

SALE: all winter items with a pink highlighter stroke through the tag was 50% off!

Got this cute pin-stripe sweater for $13

This will definitely be a staple piece of mine! It's textured which make it look beautiful on it's own or paired with jewelry! It's a heavier material so it hangs really nice on the body! This was not on sale and I got it for $16

Overall I think I did pretty good and I didn't want to spend that much money since I have a lot of clothes already! (You can never have too many clothes though. Ha!)

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Jamie xx

Essence - 113 Do you speak Love? Review

As the holidays have already come and gone, I still love to wear Christmas colours. Although I think I can wear burgundy whenever I please! Ha! Anywho... I was shopping at my local Shoppers Drugmart for a nail polish so that I could paint my nails with my cousin who was hanging out with me for the night. We were looking around at all the nail polishes and I found this little-wee stand in the back full of nail polishes. I was looking at all the colours (which there weren't many of) and found this beautiful deep red colour. I then saw the price and was astonished on how cheep it was! Only $1.99? I was skeptical of the quality because it was so cheep but than opened the lid and stroked the colour onto my nail!  I was in love! The colour was beautiful! I was looking around the stand a little more and found a little container containing tiny little silver beads, I also had to get them because they were only $2.50! I have tried so many brands including Essie, Sally Hanson, Revlon, Rimmel, and many others. I don't think that Essie is that something to be cracked up about. I really dislike the brush and I find it chips very easy. Not worth the $9-11 depending on where you buy it. I really do love the colours they come out with. Since I have painted my nails I have added another coat over top which gave the colour a deeper red look which I love better so I recommend two coats if you have the time and are patient. If you're not patient though I always put my nails in freezing cold water right after I paint them and this hardens them within 3-4 minutes. Yes it is painfully cold and No it does not run, or come off in the water. I definitely will be buying more colours and products from Essence!

 This is what my nails ended up looking like with 1 coat of Do you speak Love? and a top coat over top.

This packaging is true to colour!

 This is the nail colour and packaging. (The flash was on making the colour look more cherry red)

These are the tiny beads! 

Rating: 4 out of 5!

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Jamie xx

Revlon Colourburst Lip Butter Review

Since I was little pink lips always stood out to me and made me realize that it can make any outfit pop. This Revlon Lip Butter is a perfect necessity when it comes to dressing up an outfit or just wanting a moisturizer for your lips.

I've used this product a lot especially at school, as my lips tend to get dry in the winter months. Its the perfect size and I just pop it into my pencil case!

 The packaging is very modern and eye-catching. Although I wish the bottom black part was a littler larger so the lid isn't so hard to take off especially if you're in a rush.

 The colour Strawberry Shortcake 080 is good for lighter skin tones as it doesn't make you look too washed out.

 As you can see I've used a fair bit already!

This is probably one of my favourite lip butters as it's covering but not think and sticky like other Lip Sticks. You can also just dab it on to give you a little bit of colour to your face. 

Rating; 4 1/2 out of 5!!!

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Jamie xx

Mascara Review; Maybelline the Colossal Volum' Express CAT EYES

First ever product review!

**I vow to always tell the truth about products I own, these are my own opinion. The products could work differently for you then they did for me**

When I first started wearing makeup, I always was wearing Cover Girl, in my opinion their products don't work the best for my skin and I'm not a fan of their mascara's either... Although I wouldn't mind trying the Taylor Swift line.
I then changed over to Maybelline products which I find so much better! They're cheap and work excellent!

 My bottle is very worn down since it's almost gone, I bought it in May, and it's lasted a while!

I love the packaging, it's very light and sleek.

The colours are very bright and adds that extra colour to any makeup bag.

 This is honestly the best mascara I've ever used, will be buying more!

 The brush is the best feature to this mascara, it's curved which allows you to get every hair even those tiny ones in the corner of your eyes which adds volume to any lash!

CON; the brush has been coming out of the handle. This may be because I use it everyday, but it seems as if it wasn't glued in properly. Still in love with it though!

There is no clumping with this mascara, the bristles are very hard and are not plastic (BONUS)! 

Retails for around $7.99 at any drug store, and usually goes on sale at some point so keep a look out for this awesome product!
**My rating; 4 1/2 stars out of 5**

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Jamie xx

Summer 2013

Summer is almost gone for the 2013 year, which makes me have mixed feelings over everything.

I like wearing high waisted shorts, crop tops, and bathing suits, but I haven't been able to wear any of this stuff this year. I went away on vacation where the weather is always around 15-17 degrees (C). I went away from the longest freshwater beach for 3 weeks and in this time, I wasn't able to wear any of my clothes due to me being in Newfoundland, Canada. 

It is a very lovely place (as you can see if you click the link). The environment and people remind me of being in the UK!

The food is amazing as well!

Here are some pictures that I captured throughout my journey!

 While I was there I got to see amazing scenery and wild life. As you know, I'm in love with flowers so I captured this shot while I was on one of the many hikes!

 This picture is from the coast line, also captured on one of the hikes!

 I find this picture to be very beautiful, it's my nanny's hand holding a partridge berries. They aren't ripe yet but in September they go picking for these berries which taste like cranberries.

 We went to one of the museums about a half hour away from the town we were staying in and found these hanging on the back of the building. 

So beautiful!

 The colours of the houses in Newfoundland are exceptionally pretty! This is a little cafe that serves as the only towns restaurant! (Imagine only having 1 restaurant...what has this world come to)

 While in the same town as the cafe, meuseum, and sea glass (below), these flowers were lined up in front of the parsonage; which is found in the blurred background. Here we visited my great grandparents graves. 

On one of the beaches we found a LOT of sea glass, I have a whole bag which I plan to make jewlery with by wrapping them in wire!

Here is the beach where the sea glass was found!

 This was my backyard view for the past 3 weeks!

 Another backyard view! I always said "It's like living in a post card!"

This is where I wish I had a better lense, here is the official Newfoundland flower, the Pitcher Plant. It grows in bogs. This one was taken on another hike through Gros Morne.

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Jamie xx

OOTD

I'm back today with an outfit of the day that I was wearing last weekend.

I have traded some of my shorts with my Boyfriends sister for this shirt!

I love it so much, it has a lot of character and is abstract!

I've posted it on my Instagram and have put the Nashville filter on it!

SIDE NOTE: I have to say that Instagram is a great way to practice your photography on and get feed back on what people like and what they don't (Follow me for more pictures). I always like to use.. Nashville and Rise.

I'm Wearing my Hollister cobalt blue skirt along with my "lips" shirt.

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Jamie xx

This picture makes my legs look long <3

Photography Project

As you guys obvioulsy know I am a little obsessed with my camera lately and have been in an artistic mood. I think it's because of all the good weather we have had, although it has turned back to being cold again! *sigh* Oh well, summer will surely come soon.

At school in my photography class, we are doing our final project that is worth 10% of our final grade.

I have chosen to do Edward Steichen, a vogue photographer around the 1930's. He's such a creative person, check him out if you have time! Anyways, we have to re create his works so I'll show you a couple of samples I've done so far! I think I've done quite well, tell me what you think don't be shy, I'm very open to new opinions and ideas.

If you want to see the real pictures I'll link it underneath what they look like!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jamie xx

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                                                           Edward Steichen Avocado

Edward Steichen Blossom of White Fingers

Edward Steichen Shoes

Edward Steichen Spital Shell

Edward Steichen Birch

Retail Haul; Abercrombie, Hollister, Forever21, H&M, AE, Charlette Russe!

Modelling my "Love Freedom" shirt from 

Hey guys I'm back again! Posting about my trip to Mall of America in Minnesota!

It was so much fun, the mall was huge and hard to find your way around! I got so many things for what I spent on what I got! I ended up getting 18 items for around $150; which included no tax. In Canada they pile on tax like there's no tomorrow, 13% on everything except for raw foods of course! Although I shouldn't complain, the money goes towards many things to keep our country the way it is today (at least as far as most Canadians know including me). Going to a place to shop with no tax is like heaven! It's the best feeling when you're used to adding and calculating what things actually cost. I love going to America for that reason including many others as well. 

Here's a list of things I got by store, item and price:

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Spring Photo Shoot

Since the weather has been so nice I've been using my camera a lot. It's such a good feeling to go out and take pictures of what ever you want and get creative with things that people would never really look at until you take that picture. 

Me and my boyfriends sister Chloe had a photo shoot in her yard with all the spring flowers!

The shots turned out better then what I thought they would and I'm glad.

The *colours* (CANADIAN EH?!) were so vibrant... you have to see it for yourself! Anyways here they are! Enjoy

Jamie xx

Flower crowns are officially my favourite!!

Light leak <3