I’ve always been a huge fan of Monopoly. I kid you not, when I texted my brother “hey, can you pull out the Monopoly board, I need it to take some photos”, he replied with “yeah sure, but which one? We have like 15 of them”.
The sad part is, I’m not even lying (we actually have two versions of the original edition).
Star Wars Monopoly, Pokemon Monopoly, Nintendo Monopoly, Canadian Monopoly… literally there is a Monopoly board for everything. Since my family and I love the game so much, we always get so excited for McDonald’s Monopoly, happening from October 11 to November 13. This year you have one-in-five chances to win and guests have the chance to win $5,000 a week by redeeming any offer on the My McD’s app (a total win-win if you ask me).
I’ve never won anything more than a free food or drink item (I’m totally gunning for a Hudson’s Bay gift card this year… or you know, a vacation, but that might be too ambitious), but if you’re a hardcore like me, you’ll want to stop by the McDonald’s location at 1501 St. Mary’s Road in Winnipeg today. They are holding a live Monopoly event where the sidewalk around the building will be transformed into a giant Monopoly game board, complete with colourful stacks of Monopoly money tucked underneath (and life-sized dice!). The event kicked off yesterday (check out my Instastory – Shayna_apopofcolour!) and will be around for a limited time, so make sure you pop by to play and get your game pieces.
I’ve already started collecting my game stamps as luckily I often grab my morning coffee from McDonald’s and game pieces are available on medium and large hot McCafé beverages. They are also available on a number of different food items – so whether you want fries or nuggets, or a Big Mac or a McChicken, your chances at winning are pretty high!
Let me know if you’re planning on playing this year and if you stop by the St. Mary’s Road location here in Winnipeg!
Please note, I partnered with McDonalds Canada on this post. All opinions are my own.
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Most contour and face kits come predone. Usually you would just pick the palette that best suits your skintone and go from there. But what if you were really pale and wanted a darker bronzer to really carve out a contour, or what if you didn’t want three different shades of bronzer and maybe a blush thrown in there instead? Make Up For Ever obviously saw the struggle and came up with totally customizable face palettes.
Artist Face Color is a collection of 34 highlights, sculpting powders, and blushes that you can mix and match in single, duo or trio palettes. These products are highly pigmented, blendable and are in a long-lasting powder formula in matte, shimmer, and pearl finishes. All you do is decide on which palette you want, choose your colours, and the pans pop right in via a magnet (kinda like a much-smaller Z Palette).
Singles retail for C$31, duos for C$44 (C$60 value) and trios for C$56 (C$89 value). The prices all reflect the palette themselves, as well as the corresponding refills.
There are six different highlights to choose from, available in shimmer and matte formulas, 10 different matte bronzers, and 18 different blushes in matte and pearl finishes. Since I have a ton of highlights already, I wanted to do a duo with a blush and bronzer. I chose to go with the S-116 bronzer and B-204 matte blush (cold pink).
The only other time I’ve ever used a Make Up For Ever bronzer was when they released that Pro Light duo which contained a highlight and bronzer. I loved the highlighter, but the bronzer did absolutely nothing for me. In fact, the colour barely showed up on my skin. This bronzer is totally different. The colour is ultra smooth and creamy and blends perfectly into your complexion to create a fabulous contour. Same with the blush, in fact, the first time I used it, I found it so pigmented that I had to go back with my foundation blush and blend it out a little to tone it down.
Overall, I love what Make Up For Ever did with these. Like I said, I got the duo but I feel like the trio would be the best bang for your buck wince you can customize it with a blush, bronzer, and highlighter – in the perfect shades for you – to create your perfect face palette.
Will you pick up any of the MUFE Artist Face Colour Customizable Palettes?
Please note, products sent by PR. All opinions are my own.
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Ever do your makeup based on your mood for the day? When I’m feeling powerful (AKA when I have a tan and everything looks good), I wear bronze eyes; when I’m feeling sexy, I do smoky eyes; and when I’m feeling more romantic and pretty, I do pink eyes.
In probably one of the coolest collections I’ve ever seen, MAC Cosmetics came out with a range of eyeshadow palettes based on different personalities. Whether you’re a basic bitch, fashion fanatic, prissy princess, or power hungry, there’s a palette for everyone. With six different palettes to choose from, you’re bound to find one that will suit your mood and personality.
Each palette contains eight eyeshadows and one highlighter. They are all themed and contain a set colour palette (so for example Mischief Minx has bronze shades, Fashion Fanatic is warm/pink shades, etc.). The eyeshadows in here contain a mix of mattes, shimmers, and glitters, and are in a new formula, which delivers amazing pigmentation and colour payoff.
I received three of the palettes and was so excited to dig into them, because A) they are super cute, and B) I was totally digging the colours. Prissy Princess features romantic cooler-toned pink and neutral shades and is the perfect day-to-night palette. At first glance I totally thought this would be a more daytime-appropriate palette, but aside from the two pink colours (Colour Me Spoiled, the matte blush pink, and Sweet Tart, the rose shimmer) the rest of the shades lean towards more nighttime wear. The glitter in here (Too Good To Be True) is really gorgeous and pigmented, I really loved how sparkly it is when you apply it on the lids (I find glitters in general to be very sheer, that wasn’t the case with this one). The darker shades are perfect for a smoky eye or to use in the crease (which is what I did with them). The highlighter is a beautiful pink champagne, that for a highlighter, won’t give you an incredible amount of shimmer, but it does the trick.
Power Hungry is my favorite palette from the bunch and features a range of gold and neutral shades. I find this one to be the most wearable and would definitely be a staple in anyone’s rotation through the summer months. The metallic gold casing includes browns, golds, and neutral shades in a variety of formulas, as well as a shimmery gold highlight. If you have olive-toned skin or like to tan often, I highly recommend this palette as it just so flattering.
The last palette I received is Basic Bitch and, not gonna lie, I wanted this one solely based on the name alone. The shades in here scream “let’s go out” as they are a little more edgier and darker. There’s a couple glitters (Sly Girl, a titanium, and Tattle-Tale, silver) as well as a burgundy (totally on trend for this fall, pair it with Ugg boots, a grande PSL, and the dog filter on Snapchat), there’s a couple more greys of all different shades and a creamy white. The highlight is a silver pink highlighter. Overall this is definitely a night time palette, however, you can definitely work with it to make it more daytime appropriate.
In addition to those three palettes, there’s also Rockin’ Rebel (blue/green shades), Mischief Minx (bronze shades, but learning more towards orange-toned as opposed to the yellow-toned bronzes in Power Hungry), and Fashion Fanatic (warm, pink shades). Like I said, my favourite hands-down is Power Hungry because I found it the most wearable for everyday, no matter the time. All the palettes though have incredible colour payoff for the shadows. I find MAC eyeshadows to be hit or miss in texture, but all the ones I tried in these were amazing. As for the highlighters, I feel like these could have glowed a little better, as there are definitely better highlights out there, but I do like the fact that they included one in each palette that matched the corresponding shadow shades.
These are all sold out online, however, I have seen them at my local MAC counters, so if you’re interested in picking one (or all of them, depending on how you are feeling that day) up, I would check your closest MAC retailer. They retail for C$39.50 each, with a value of C$160, so it’s like a total steal!
Which Girls palette are you?
Please note, I was sent these products from PR. All opinions are my own.
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