April Favourites

GUESS WHAT? It's May.. Crazy right?! The year is flying by, we're finally into spring! That means April Favourites!

BEAUTY

• SEPHORA COLLECTION FIBER MASKS: There is something so fun about putting a fibre mask on and taking selfies. But these always make my face feel luxurious and are a fun treat. Not too sure how much of an impact they actually make on my skin, but the serum always feels nice and leaves my skin super hydrated. 
• JOSIE MARAN LIP AND CHEEK OIL: My lips have been very dry from the disgusting Canadian winter season, so I needed something very moisturizing but with a bit of colour as I'm not a fan of bare lips, and this definitely does the trick. 
• TOO FACED BETTER THAN SEX MASCARA: I tried this awhile back and hated it, but found a sample recently and decided to try it again and I'm so glad I did! Paired with my next favourite it's a dream team for unstoppable lashes.
• DIOR DIORSHOW LASH MAXIMIZER: This product is amazing, it takes any mascara the extra mile! I redeemed 100 points for a deluxe sample of it from Sephora (bless the samples for introducing me to new products) and will definitely be purchasing!

FASHION

• H&M LACE SHIRT: Basically I just bought a new top and have been wearing it like crazy. Since it's lace I normally wear it with a cream coloured Gilly Hicks/Hollister bandeau underneath and love the combination. So versatile too - with skirts, pants, anything my little heart desires! It's so quick and easy and effortlessly chic which I love!
• CONVERSE: This time of year I always fall in love with my converse again. My all time favourite are the white baruth style (constantly seen on the flawless Eleanor Calder) which I wear with anything from pants to skirts. I also love my all black low tops. Definitely need more colours!
• WARBY PARKER GLASSES: I finally went to the optometrist, and much to my shock was told one of my eyes improved! Happy days! So I decided to get some new glasses. I found out about Warby Parker from a lovely man called Brian Magida who works in Marketing for WP. He contacted me awhile back to do a feature on a new collection from the company, and I fell in love with the company. I've just received the glasses about 2 weeks ago and I love them! The quality and design is amazing. I'd definitely recommend checking the company out!

FOOD/DRINK

• CRUNCHWRAP SUPREME: Basically.. Taco Bell is my boyfriend. I'm obsessed. A bit back I posted my recipe for my homemade Crunchwrap Supreme annnnd I'm still loving it. It's expensive both financially and from a calorie standpoint to consume Taco Bell as much as I'd like, so I played around and made my own bundles of deliciousness at home! Again, TRY IT :~)
• WATER: How lame is that? LOL. I don't know.. lately I can't get enough water. It's all I want to drink, it's more refreshing and delicious than usual. It's just so satisfying. You can tell my health and diet is drastically improved when water is in my favourites.. #sad
• QUEST PROTEIN BARS: These are so good! By far the best protein bars I have ever had! My only wish is that they were more accessible in Canada, but in the meantime I order them online from the Quest website. The prices are almost double on amazon, so I'm so pleased Quest at least ships their protein bars to Canada. In the future I'm going to do a full post on more health & fitness related things like that, so I'll share my favourite flavours then!
• FONTAINE SANTE HUMMUS: I recently got a package of 2 large tubs of this brand of hummus from Costco and I've been obsessed! One of the best hummus' I've tried, especially when you factor in the price. I love pairing it was Stacy's Naked Pita Chips.

MUSIC

• WORK SONG by HOZIER: The entire album is amazing, but this song is probably my favourite. The album sounds amazing on vinyl and I always find myself repeating this song. The lyrics, the music.. just amazing. He is so, so talented. If you've yet to experience Hozier, listen away!!
• WHERE ARE U NOW by JACK U ft JUSTIN BIEBER: If you haven't heard, 'Jack U' is the lovechild of Skrillex and Diplo. Together they've created an album and Jack U is the result. While this type of music isn't really what I'm into, something about this song pumps me up! So fun to dance around and let loose to.
• FLORENCE + THE MACHINE: I used to listen to F+TM years ago. Not a clue why I stopped. I don't know what made me randomly start listening again but I'm happy to be listening again!

TECH

• Wii ZUMBA: Basically I needed a new, fun workout. I heard from a friend how great this was so I decided to try it out and it's SUCH a blast, you almost forget it's a workout!
• SPOTIFY PREMIUM: I've had spotify for several years ever since being in the UK, but back in North America it had no popularity, so when I came back here I gave up on it. But about a year or so ago it began gaining more popularity, so in the summer I switched over to a North American account any got back in business! However it wasn't until just over a month ago I made the wonderful decision of going to premium. In my opinion, definitely worth it. 
• MARBLE MACBOOK SHELL: I always buy MacBook shells from amazon, normally in solid colours. Previously I've had pink and black mainly. I was searching for a white one when this gorgeous marble one came up and I'm obsessed! It looks so chic and different from anything I've seen, I'm in love!
• GOLD CHEVRON JCREW PHONE CASE: I absolutely adore JCrew's phone cases. They're so cute, such great quality and feel so comfortable! This month I finally picked one up for my 6 after months of looking and I'm obsessed. My phone feels so different in the best way, not to mention it looks even cuter!

I've noticed there are quite a few exclamation points in this post.. Guess I'm pretty pumped! Hope you enjoyed, be sure to leave me a comment with some of your favourites!

xLB

Coachella 2015: The Music & Fashion I

Every year, the music and fashion worlds come together to bring the most hyped event of the year. Coachella is an arts and music festival held over the course of two weekends. While the festival is about the music, it's really about the fashion. We see many great performances, but the fashion is what people talk about all year long.

With that, I'm going to share with you my favourite performances and looks from weekend 1 this year, enjoy! 

THE MUSIC

• Marina and the Diamonds: overall always an incredible performer, it's always nice to see a favourite artist performing new work, which is what we got with the set of tracks from Froot. 
• Florence + The Machine: I have been so obsessed with F+TM again lately, so I was super excited for a Coachella performance. Florence was incredible, she is so captivating. The performance was never boring, she really kept the crowd going.
• The Weeknd: I actually used to have an obsession with Abel. I prefer his older stuff, I guess that's why the obsession ended. But that being said he performed a lot of his older stuff which made me a happy girl. 
• Tame Impala: a boy I had a crush on in high school actually introduced me to them, which I'm glad for. This was my first time watching a live performance from them, I've never thought to look any up from them. But wow, they are incredible performers! Their Coachella set just really brought the band to life and represented them so well, I was so pleased. 
• Drake: Of course I had to include Drake.. While I found some of it a bit off, most of it was great. And then there was that Madonna kiss.. At least now we know how she stays so young.
• Honourable Mentions: Angus & Julia Stone, FKA Twigs, Gesaffelstein, Hozier, Kygo, Mac Demarco, SBTRKT, Tyler the Creator, Vic Mensa

THE FASHION

Hope you enjoyed, looking forward to seeing what weekend 2 has in store!

xLB

Music Monday

Happy Monday! This is a compilation of a lot of the music I've been listening to a lot recently.. some of them are a bit all over the place, I don't think I can pinpoint specific genres I like, I actually listen to almost every genre (how cliché!)

Also, the first one just so happens to be by one of my super talented friends who has just released her EP on iTunes which is super thrilling! She's trying to break into the music industry and needs 500 likes on her new Facebook page before she can release her music video, so if you have three seconds and wouldn't mind, her page is here and I would love you forever if you could give it a like!

Now onto the tunes! Links below x

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xLB