Maison Jacynthe Makeup Launch

I’m sure you’ve heard of this brand by now since it’s making the rounds on all the Canadian beauty blogs! 😉 I won’t bore you too much with the mythos of Maison Jacynthe (yes, there’s a real person behind the brand, Jacynthe René) as it’s been written about countless times recently – let’s just get into the products since that’s what I’m here for.  In September, I was contacted to select some products to try out – here’s what I chose:
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• Eye shadow refill pan in 11 Macchiato
• Blush refill pan in 01 Romeo
• Large Compact

Rather than choosing only makeup items, I decided to pick the refillable compact because, you know that I don’t need any more makeup! 😛

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Happy Canada Day!

Canada turns 149 today! 🙂 I hope my fellow Canadians are enjoying the day off and the long weekend.  I saw the below cartoon posted on Reddit just before the Brexit referendum, and it sums up Canada so well:

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For those of you not in Canada, Hockey Night in Canada is a TV show that broadcasts NHL hockey games. Its longtime host, Ron MacLean, left in 2014 and they just announced that he’s returning. It was Big News. 😛

My background and header will have the Canadian maple leaf design for a bit in July to celebrate Canada! 😀

Happy Canada Day!

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