Halloween Fun: Easy Pikachu Makeup

October 26, 2016 / thecorkedreader89 / 5 Comments

Hi guys! As I’ve probably mentioned a hundred times, Halloween is my favourite holiday. Nothing beats showing my inner geekiness and dressing up as a character that I love. A few years ago my husband and I dressed up as Ash and Pikachu from Pokemon. So, given the popularity of Pokemon Go this past summer, and the upcoming release of Pokemon Sun and Moon, I thought I’d take the costume out for a spin again and show you an easy way to do Pikachu makeup.

Now, in these pictures, I am not wearing my actual costume. I went to pull it out and it had stains on it, ugh! So, I’ll share some pictures from when I originally wore it at the end of this post.

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Fall Trends: Mixed Mattes & Metallics

October 22, 2016 / thecorkedreader89 / 7 Comments

Fall Trends Mixed Mattes Metallics

Hi guys! It’s been awhile since I’ve done a fall trends post but today I wanted to share with you the mixed mattes and metallics trend for this fall! I did do a post last week about the Kat Von D MetalMatte Palette showing you seven different looks with it, but I saved today’s look for this post as it is more of a stark contrast between the two finishes.

I love browsing the internet for trends, not necessarily because I follow them, but I love to look at them and consider how do-able they are for the everyday person. My mind will start interpreting them into inspiration and I’ll start thinking about how I can translate this. Considering I recently purchased the Kat Von D MetalMatte Palette I knew this was one of the fall trends that I had to do an interpretation of here! You could of course mimic this with any matte and metallic shades you have in your collection. The beauty of this trend is it is really open-ended, you could mix the finishes in any way and use any colours. Continue reading →

Seven Deadly Sins of Makeup Tag

October 21, 2016 / thecorkedreader89 / 9 Comments

Hi guys! Today I was just really feeling like doing a tag post. I love reading tags on other blogs and I love doing them from time to time to switch up my content and most of the time I end up talking about products I may have otherwise not mentioned. Anyways, I knew I wanted to a tag, but the question was ‘which one?’ so I headed over to Stashy’s Awards & Tags Page on her blog for some inspiration! That’s where I found the Seven Deadly Sins of Makeup Tag which I actually had never heard of or seen before. So, thank you Stashy! haha

Anyways, the point of the Seven Deadly Sins of Makeup Tag is that the questions all revolve around… you guessed it, the seven deadly sins.

GREED

What’s your most inexpensive beauty item? What’s your most expensive beauty item?

My most inexpensive beauty item would have to be my Essence Lip Liners. I can’t remember the exact price but they are only a few dollars and I love them.

My most expensive beauty item would probably be my recently purchased Kat Von D MetalMatte Palette. It thought it would be my Urban Decay Vice Palettes but they are actually $4 less! I looove eye shadow palettes so I tend to spend the most money on those.

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3 Natural Looking Blushes

October 19, 2016 / thecorkedreader89 / 13 Comments

Hi guys! Blush was a makeup step that I overlooked for years. Until probably about 2 to 3 years ago, I never wore blush. While I switch up the intensity and shade of my blush depending on the look I’m going for, I love a good natural looking blush! Today I thought I would share 3 of my favourites!

Urban Decay | Afterglow 8-Hour Powder Blush in Fetish

This is by far one of my favourite blushes ever. You can’t tell by looking at it, but I wear this shade almost every day! If I don’t know which blush I want to wear, this matte beauty is what will end up on my face. It is very pigmented so just a tiny tap of a brush into the product is all you need to get a light dusting of pinky-nude blush! I’ve yet to find a makeup look that this shade doesn’t go with.

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A Week of the Kat Von D MetalMatte Palette

October 14, 2016 / thecorkedreader89 / 12 Comments

Hi guys! It’s been awhile since I’ve shown you a week’s worth of looks from a palette so today I have a week of the Kat Von D MetalMatte Palette for you! I recently got this palette and as soon as I opened it for the very first time, fell in love.

Kat Von D is also coincidentally the Canadian Beauty Bloggers Brand of the Month for October so it’s even more fitting that I’m talking about this palette now. I’ll have the link-up to the other Canadian Beauty Blogger’s posts at the end of this post!

Review & Swatches

The MetalMatte Palette is a limited edition palette comprised of 9 of her Metal Crush formula eye shadows and 13 corresponding matte shades. It has an large range of shades making for excellent versatility. I’ll be showing you just how versatile this palette is when you get to the looks I’ve included in the post. I think with this palette you are really only limited by your imagination! Continue reading →

YouTube Made Me Buy It

October 8, 2016 / thecorkedreader89 / 11 Comments

Hi guys! The concept of the “YouTube Made Me Buy It!” post is nothing new, but I haven’t done one yet and as an avid YouTube-watcher I thought this would be fun! So let’s take a stroll through some of my past makeup purchases that I was convinced I needed from watching YouTube!

Too Faced | Chocolate Bar Palette

When I started getting into watching YouTube more, this product was already out. I wasn’t convinced I needed it right away as I had all three of the Urban Decay Naked palettes already. But, KathleenLights won me over with her constant praise of this palette. Do I regret buying it? Not at all, I love this palette! Plus, it smells like chocolate.

L’Oreal | Pro-Matte Foundation

I am someone who needs a matte foundation so when I started to see this pop-up all over YouTube I knew I needed to try it. I believe I first saw it on Young, Wild & Polished’s channel. Do I regret buying it? Nope! This is my go-to drugstore foundation. I’ve probably gone through 5 or 6 tubes of this! Continue reading →

Colourpop Haul: It’s About Time!

October 7, 2016 / thecorkedreader89 / 6 Comments

Hi guys! It’s been awhile since I last did a Colourpop haul so it’s about time for another one! I’d been wanting to order more from them but the bad Canadian dollar and cost of shipping was holding me back. But, they had a promotion a few weeks ago that made international shipping much more affordable so I placed an order! I don’t normally mind paying their shipping because the products are so inexpensive but I knew they were due for SOME kind of promotion.

As you can see, I mostly stuck to lip products. Specifically, the Ultra Satin Liquid Lipsticks. I hadn’t tried this formula but have been wanting to for quite some time.

Let’s take a closer look at my Colourpop Haul!

Lumiere 2: This is an Ultra Matte Liquid Lipstick that is in collaboration with YouTuber KathleenLights. I adore the Lumiere Lippie Stix so I knew the liquid lipstick version had to be mine. I’ll post a comparison of the two formulas on Instagram later on today! Lumiere is such a beautiful dusty mauve/pink!
Baracuda: This is one of the Ultra Satin Liquid Lipsticks and is a newer launch for Colourpop. This shade is described as a warm deepened rose. I thought this colour would be beautiful for fall!
Marshmallow: This is another Ultra Satin Liquid Lipstick. After seeing Marshmallow for the first time, I knew one day it had to be mine. I love a good purple lipstick and this one is definitely unique to my collection.
Femme: The shade Femme is another Ultra Satin Liquid Lipstick and is also a newer launch. Femme seemed like another unique colour to my collection and is purple! Colourpop describes it as a muted dirty lilac. Beautiful!
Dove: We are straying from the lip products and going into uncharted territory with Dove! This is one of their Sculpting Stix! I’ve been intrigued by these since they launched. I chose Dove as it is a light cool-toned taupe so I think this would be best for my skin tone but we shall see!

Here is the comparison for Lumiere from Instagram:

As promised in today’s post here is a comparison of @colourpopcosmetics Lumiere 2 and Lumiere! #beautyblog #ontheblog . . . #bblogger #bbloggers #makeup #makeupaddict #canadianbeautyblogger #beautyblogger #instaglamour #instaglam #obsessed #instablog #instablogger #lipstick #mua #wakeupandmakeup #hudabeauty #bbloggersCA #tbay #colourpop #dupes

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You’ll definitely be seeing me using these products in various posts and looks on the blog! I already have a few in mind 😉

Did you pick up anything when Colourpop had their international shipping promotion? If so, what did you get?! Let’s chat about your Colourpop Haul or anything else that’s on your mind in the comments down below!

xoxo,

Robyn

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Love for Lipstick: Urban Decay 1993

October 5, 2016 / thecorkedreader89 / 9 Comments

Hi guys! It’s been awhile since I last posted a Love for Lipstick post but I’ve got another lipstick to give you a full review of. Today we will be talking about the Urban Decay Vice Comfort Matte Formula. Specifically, we’ll be talking about Urban Decay 1993. If you’re unfamiliar with my Love for Lipstick series, this is my exploration of different lipsticks from different brands and price points to ultimately compile some comparisons and favourites. My current goal is to get through the formulas from the Urban Decay Vice Lipstick line. I’ve got Comfort Matte and Metallized formulas so I’ll be starting with those and will add more as I buy more of these.

So, as the same suggests, these are very comfortable matte lipsticks. They apply like a cream and dry down to a demi-matte finish (compared to say, a super matte liquid lipstick). I find the formula to be very pigmented and one swipe is enough to get the shade in the tube. I like to blot it with a tissue and then add a second layer just for extra durability though.

Urban Decay 1993 (Comfort Matte) Wear Test

Freshly applied at 8 am (sorry this picture isn’t the greatest, it’s so dark in the mornings now!)
Checking in at 12 pm! This is after eating breakfast, and drinking lots of tea and water throughout the morning.
After eating lunch around 12:30 pm (the sun decided to come out and blind me for this round of photos)
Final check in at 5 pm after an afternoon of more tea and water

I’m pretty impressed by the wear time for this lipstick. It isn’t as durable as say, a liquid lipstick, but it fades nicely and it isn’t so matte that you can’t rub your lips around to redistribute the pigment. It started to wear around the inside of the mouth around picture #3 but with this shade it wasn’t too noticeable unless you are looking for it. I’m not sure how a bolder colour would fare. Honestly though, I don’t really expect a tube lipstick to truly last all day like I do with a liquid lipstick.

Overall, I love this formula! It’s comfortable to wear, it’s pigmented and it has great wear time! Once I make my way through the rest of the Urban Decay Vice lipstick formulas I would definitely grab more of these. And, incase I haven’t mentioned it enough lately, I am in love with Urban Decay 1993. It’s everything I dreamed it to be and more!

What lipstick have you been obsessing over lately? Let me know in the comments down below! If you have missed any of my Love for Lipstick series you can find all of those posts here!

xoxo,

Robyn

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Fall Wishlist

October 3, 2016 / thecorkedreader89 / 9 Comments

Hi guys! While I had every intention of doing a Mani Monday post today, somehow the day disappeared and my nails are still bare! So, instead, since I was already planning on posting a Fall Wishlist this week, I thought I would post it early! This is a list of the items (mostly makeup) that I’ve currently got my eye on. Since the Sephora VIB sale and my birthday occur in November I thought I would get cracking on my wishlist!

Let’s take a closer look at what I’m currently coveting…

Anastasia Beverly Hills | Liquid Lipstick in Crush

I purchased my first Anastasia Beverly Hills Liquid Lipstick last month and I’ve been loving it! I’ll be doing a full post on it’s formula, wear-time and so on soon. With that said, I would absolutely love another and I’ve got my eye on Crush which is a soft pinky nude.

Anastasia Beverly Hills | Modern Renaissance Palette

I had this on my summer wishlist and didn’t get around to picking it up. It’s often out of stock online and when I had the chance to buy it last summer in Ulta, I ended up grabbing some American-exclusive items instead. Honestly though, this palette seems more like shades I would wear in the fall anyways!

Kat Von D | Shade + Light Refillable Contour Palette

I have been patiently waiting for this item to come out with a refillable version! I feel like refillable contour kits are so much more practical as there are clearly shades I would use a lot more than others. It has been hard resisting the original kit while I’ve been waiting!

Tarte | Amazonian Clay Blush Palette Color Wheel

I’ve been eying up Tarte blushes for awhile! I have one in a duo I got years ago and I really enjoy the formula. This colour wheel is an excellent value for such an array of shades! And, there isn’t a single one I wouldn’t wear.

NARS | Blush in Sin

Yes, another blush right after I wrote about that giant colour wheel! Just because this is a wishlist, it doesn’t mean I’m buying everything on it… but, I really enjoy the formula of NARS blushes and Sin looks beautiful! It is a berry shade with a gold shimmer which I think will look beautiful for fall.

Tarte | Tarteist Metallic Eye Shadow in Grind

I recently watched a video where Tarte was demonstrating their metallic eye shadows on Facebook and the formula looked really nice. I definitely enjoy a metallic eye shadow and the shade Grind looks like a beautiful taupe shade!

Tarte | Tarteiest Metallic Eye Shadow in Poker Face

Pa-pa-pa-poker face, pa-pa-poker face! Great name aside, this silvery lilac also looks stunning!

Marc Jacobs | Daisy

I got a sample size of this perfume a few Sephora orders ago and I fell in love! It’s a beautiful floral scent that is very fresh and feminine. I’ve been wearing the sample so much it’s almost empty 😢

Zahra Beauty | Spinning Lipstick Tower Vitreous (Clear)

As you can imagine, I’ve got quite the lipstick collection going. I think a spinning lipstick tower would be a great way to keep my lipsticks organized and be able to see the shade names at the same time. I’ve had my eye on this tower for awhile now actually!

Well, that is my fall wishlist! What is on your fall wishlist? Let me know in the comments down below! I had the Kat Von D MetalMatte Eye Shadow Palette on my list originally too, but… I may have just purchased that 😉 I missed out on the Mi Vida Loca Remix palette last year because I was too slow, so I wasn’t letting that happen again this year!

xoxo,

Robyn

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September Favourites: Makeup, Skincare & More!

September 30, 2016 / thecorkedreader89 / 2 Comments

Hi guys! September came to an end just as quickly as it began, it’s hard to believe we are now into fall and my favourite holiday, Halloween, is just around the corner! Even though this also means we are getting closer to dreaded winter (yes, I said it), we can at least chat about my September Favourites! There has been a few products this month that I have been using lots and obsessing over!

Makeup

Urban Decay | Vice Lipstick in 1993

I picked up this lipstick as part of my Sephora haul in August and it quickly became a favourite. This shade just screams “fall” to me so it’s no surprise I wore it a ton in September! This lipstick even made my list of top 5 lipsticks for fall! I’m not going to say too much about it since I did talk about it in that post but I just had to include this in my September Favourites.

Urban Decay | All Nighter Liquid Foundation in 0.5

Another pick from Urban Decay! I picked up this foundation as well during my Sephora haul in August so I’ve been using it for over a month now. It’s a touch too late for my skin at the moment, but as fall and winter sets in, it will be perfect! Right now I’m using a bit of bronzer to make it work and occasionally mixing in a darker foundation. But, with that said, I love this foundation! It definitely is long-wearing and keeps me matte. You need to work quickly to blend it in, but the end result is a flawless looking face! It creates such a wonderful canvas for the rest of your makeup. Love it! I’ve got a swatch of it over in my Sephora Haul post if you’re interested!

Skincare

Nivea | Purifying Toner

I never really used toners in my skincare routine until now. I went to Shopper’s Drugmart about a month or so ago to pick up a new night cream and I ended up leaving with this as well. This toner is meant for those with oily skin like myself. It is enriched with ocean algae and hydra IQ to tone and purify skin to remove oil and impurity build up. This reduces excess sebum and prevents shine. What I love about this product is that it does all of that and doesn’t excessively dry out my skin. My skin feels balanced and hydrated. I’m glad I added this to my daily routine so this definitely belongs in my September Favourites!

More!

Marc Anthony Hair Care | Coconut Oil Curl Cream

I bought this before I went on vacation to bring with me as my only hair styling product. I’ve loved Marc Anthony products for curly hair for awhile so I had high hopes and was confident this one would work out. Boy, am I ever glad I was right! As promised, this product fights frizz which is something I am prone to. After applying it to damp hair and letting it air dry, I am left with soft, defined and healthy looking curls. This product is infused with biotin and I actually do feel an improvement in my hair after using it exclusively for a month (as I’ve continued to use it since I’ve been home).

Those are my favourites for September! I’d love to hear what your favourites were so feel free to let me know in the comments down below!

xoxo,

Robyn

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