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Hourglass Arch Brow

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Hourglass-boxIn its sturdy metallic brown packaging Hourglass Arch Brow is no doubt a beautiful looking product. But let’s talk more about how it performs rather than how gorgeous it feels in the hand.

As stated on Hourglass website, the Arch Brow has 9 shades to choose from allowing you to customize your intensity. You can layer this product with more pressure for dark/bold brows, or use lightly to have a natural, softer look.
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Hourglass-ArchBrowIn my other post comparing two eyebrow pencils (Hourglass + Dior) I showed you close ups of the two products. Hourglass Arch Brow product has a unique shape with its chiselled triangular shaped tip and light application onto the skin. It is a combination of powder, pencil and wax which can be easily buildable to achieve a natural looking eyebrow look.

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Hourglass-ArchBrow-SwatchAnd here they are swatched on my hand for comparison. I primarily use the soft brunette, and only used warm blonde a few times to swatch on my eyebrows and on the back of my hand for blog photos. Although warm blonde is comparable to Dior Universal Brown, I still pick up Hourglass soft brunette to use over the warm blonde shade.

After using Hourglass since the beginning of September (and Dior since April), I’m pleased to tell you guys that both eyebrow pencils last the entire length of the day. I’m talking straight from 8am to 10pm without a hitch. These products are good you guys. Hourglass feels soft, yet waxy, so it lasts all day without budging. The Soft Brunette colour I use on my eyebrows from Hourglass has absolutely zero red tint to it — something that is difficult to find if you’re a brunette looking for an ashy-brown shade to match your brows perfectly.Hourglass-Arch-Brow

Hourglass-ArchBrowsYou might also be interested in a post I recently did called Battle of the ‘brows where I compared Hourglass Arch Brow to the Dior Universal Brow Styler.

Disclaimer: Hourglass Arch Brow was sent for review. 

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Little irks

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CVS coupon emailer is a liar. I clicked all the coupons I wanted to print off. Thinking it would immediately print to our second hand old school wonderful printer that I always seem to break (oops). But no. I had to enter an email address for them to be sent to. Well CVS. THAT EMAIL NEVER CAME. Refresh. Refresh. Refresh. I’m not hard up for money or anything, but when I am expecting a $1.25 in savings pop up in my email, I darn well want to see that, then print it off. So I can trot on over. Like, what the frig b’ys?

Then I check the flyers and notice that their $0.25 coupon off $5.99 paper towels isn’t their best deal in town. because guess what? I finally didn’t chuck out the flyers for once, and glanced through them only to notice another store had them on at regular price for $5.29. Ha, so there CVS. Maybe I won’t buy your paper towels even though your location is much more convenient for me than the other store.

Wanna know something else that irks me? Driving. I’d rather be chauffeured around everywhere. I also want to go on Sunday drives, like my Dad and I do when I’m home in Newfoundland. That’s besides the point. Driving, and drivers. There are so many rule-breakers, swervers and tail-gaters. Some days I talk to myself in the car saying “I wish I was a copper right now.“

Speaking of rule-breakers. I hosted my first giveaway on Instagram last month. I am probably not going to do one of those for a very long time. It was so bloomin’ annoying! I had rules. Many of these people didn’t follow said rules. Mind you, I wouldn’t read the rules if they were as long as I had them either, but for heaven sakes — no giveaway-only instagram accounts allowed. And you know what? I bet 50-60% of the entrants were sweepstakes/giveaway accounts. Don’t worry, I scolded a few of them individually, then I decided that was pretty nutty thing to do, so I stopped.

Don’t you hate it when you wash your hands in a public restroom and have the touchless tap be all wonky and spray mist from all different angles including on your clothes and on your chin? Oooh or what’s worse: see someone else walk out without washing theirs? I want to call them out. But I refrain from sounding like a headcase and keep my mouth shut. Doesn’t mean I won’t scold the back of your head with my angry-face. I’m sure they know I’m doing it ;)

Just a few little irks I had to get out of my system. What are some minor things that irk you?

 

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Travel Essentials

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There are tons of blog posts featuring travel essentials from hair products, to makeup, to what to pack. Speaking of what to pack, my friend Jessica has a new website called Pack For Where? which could be pretty helpful for a lot of people.

Today I’m talking about my travel essentials I want to bring with me to my trip home to Newfoundland. Not counting makeup, electronics, or clothing. It’s the other stuff…you know, deodorant, dry shampoo. That sort of deal. Hope you’re interested! ;)

Zuca-PradaI am loving clear travel cases. This one above is from the brand Zuca (I received it in a swag bag). The black prada bag is reserved for makeup. I have a few different brands of travel cases now, that I have used on multiple weekend getaways, and I often keep one or two of them in my purse at all times to contain the little things I always seem to need to carry with me (epi pen, hand sanitizer, gum, band-aids etc).

So, what’s inside?Travel-Essentials

1. drybar Money Maker* // 2. Two travel-sized facial cleansing towlettes // 3. Floss
4. Travel-sized drybar Lemon Drop* // 5. drybar dry shampoo*
6. Antipodes gentle cream cleanser* // 7. Two Real Techniques makeup brushes
8. Drybar clip for wet hair or washing face // 9. Muji travel-sized toothbrush // 10. Principessa dry shampoo
11. Small Dior kabuki brush for blending or applying makeup // 12. Mitchum deodorant
13. Band-aid friction block // 14. Hair elastics + bobbi pins // 15. Züca travel case

I bring two types of dry shampoo and facial cleansers because I’m a little high maintenance like that. Let me explain.

Dry shampoo: The same day I wash + blow dry my hair I also apply drybar detox dry shampoo (spray) in it to give it texture and volume, or I skip that step and apply the spray in my roots before I go to bed so I don’t wake up with a greasy head of hair. The powdered dry shampoo is for when you can see my scalp (I have two crowns at the back of my head and my hair separates, making me look BALD), so I used the powdered/coloured dry shampoo for that reason. It doesn’t come in that cute container, I funnelled it into a squeeze tube I bought from Daiso.

Facial cleansers: I primarily use facial cleansing towlettes when I’m lazy and don’t want to take my makeup off at the sink. I usually bring my purity by philosophy cleanser but I thought since I had been using that for 3+ years nonstop, it was due time to try something else. So I’ll be bringing the antipodes grace cleanser with me this time.

What are some of your must haves while on the go, or travelling? 

Disclaimer: Items marked with an “*” were sent for review purposes.

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