As a Canadian, there’s many truly Canadian things that I love; Tim Hortons, the Vancouver Canucks, and poutine just to name a few. But one thing that I miss most about Canada, is the Joe Fresh line of clothing and accessories available at Superstore. They have some super cute clothes and bags for super cheap, I can’t help but make it one of my must-do stops when I go home to visit. So when I heard that Joe Fresh was coming out with a line of beauty products and nail polishes I hopped on a plane made a call to my BFF and insisted he snatch me up some of the nail polishes to try out.

The polishes come in a wide range of colors, you can check them out on the Joe Fresh website. The bottles are $4 a pop which makes them completely affordable. The spring collection of shades is completely on-trend with some fabulous pastel shades that aren’t to be missed. The polish is also free of harmful chemicals like formaldehyde, toluene, DBP and camphor.

The bottles are hard to find, BFF said there was a limited selection, so you might have to do some searching.

The formula on the ones I received was nice, 2 coats was perfect for great coverage. No streaking. They can peal easily if you don’t use a base coat so I definitely recommend one (I like Orly Bonder).

So if you’re in Canada and want some cute summer nail polishes for super cheap, be sure to check out Joe Fresh.

For Spring 2010 Smashbox came out with a Heartbreaker collection including mascara, lip gloss, cheek color and 2 fabulous eye shadow palettes containing 6 gorgeous shades each. One of the eye shadow palettes was aptly named “Kiss ‘N Tell”, which pretty much meant that I -had- to get ahold of it!

Anyway It wasn’t easy to find, I searched high and low, and lo and behold to my huge excitement I FINALLY found it.

According to the box: This eye shadow palette will have you looking stunning in seconds. In 6 gorgeous shades to always keep him guessing. Just remember - heartbreakers never kiss ‘n tell.

Luckily for you I DO kiss and tell, so here’s the scoop:

The mirrored palette is on the smallish side, about the size of a credit card. It contains 6 fun colors and a mini shadow brush which isn’t really dense so I’ll probably skip it.

The eyeshadows are nicely pigmented and not too glittery. Included is Ballet Pink a soft light pink that has a nice sheen to it, Hot Pink a true hot pink with micro-glitter, Icy White a white with a nice sheen, Deep Violet a mid-tone violet purple with a hint of blue sheen, Charcoal a true matte black and Peony another light pinky natural peony color.

All in all, I love this palette and the shadow pigment seems great and I can’t wait to try out some new looks with it. Stay tuned for swatches.

$34.00 by Smashbox at Nordstrom

So I already did a review for the TRESemmé Fresh Start Dry Shampoo (here) so I thought I would also try out the waterless foam shampoo and let you guys know how I feel about it. So here it is!

At first I couldn’t quite figure out what exactly the waterless foam shampoo was meant for. The bottle says it’s for dry/curly to normal hair and that it’s a moisturizing cleanser with aloe vera and citrus. It comes in a pump bottle and the formula is similar to that of mousse.

The bottle says to pump 2-3 times for medium hair, mines on the long side so I used 4-5. Then you’re supposed to spread the formula throughout the hair with your fingertips. So far so good, it smells great like most TRESemmé products do. But then it suggests gently rubbing hair with a towel to remove dirt and excess oil. This part kind of baffled me, but I did it any way and proceeded to wipe down my hair with a bath towel whilest feeling silly.

Anyway, my hair felt refreshed although it wouldn’t take the place of shampooing. Dry shampoo is mainly for the roots, so what I like about this products is that it’s meant for the rest of your hair. It wasn’t sticky and didn’t leave my hair feeling dirty like the dry shampoo did. Overall it really refreshed my hair, added back some volume and made it smell delicious. I think it works better as a Bedhead After Party type product which is just intended to re-fresh second day hair and rid of any funky smell from the night before.

I will note that my hair is not curly/dry so it might work better on someone with this hair type. If dry shampoo tends to leave your hair looking chalky or too powdery but you want a way to refresh your locks this would be a good use for it.

Since it was Friends and Family discount time at Urban Decay I decided to put my 30% discount code to good use and snatch up one of the new Summer of Love shadow palettes.

Now if you're not familiar with Urban Decay’s summer palettes they are totally amazing and wearable colors that come in a super cute palette. Palettes are great because the colors are chosen because they work together so you don't have to do any of the guess work. The Summer of Love palette is, of course, no exception.

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Perhaps the one thing Heidi Montag and I have in common: if I ever found myself stranded on a desert island (or stuck in a remote jungle?) dry shampoo would definitely be one of the top things on my list of cannot-live-without items. Dry shampoo great for those times when you just don’t have enough time to wash your hair, need a quick touch up, or you’re like me and love sleeping in.

Most dry shampoos cost a pretty penny, so I was delighted to find out that TRESemme’s new Fresh Start collection included a dry shampoo that costs less than a venti skinny vanilla latte. It’s about time that a drugstore brand came out with a lower priced option.

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