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Shopping Local in Winnipeg with Travel Manitoba

Shopping Local in Winnipeg with Travel Manitoba

With the holiday season quickly approaching, I teamed up with Travel Manitoba to challenge myself to shop local in Winnipeg for all of my gifts this year! It always feels good to support local businesses (especially during the holidays) so I rounded up 5 of 

GET YOUR GIFT WRAP ON

GET YOUR GIFT WRAP ON

The wishlists are checked off, our closets are full, our wallets are empty, but the gifts are bare… to take care of this, grab your coffee & Baileys, turn on a PVR’d Christmas movie (Home Alone, anyone???), and get your WRAP ON! IT’S MID-DECEMBER! We’re 

2017’S BEST BEAUTY ADVENT CALENDARS

2017’S BEST BEAUTY ADVENT CALENDARS

I still remember those December mornings as a kid when I would wake up and immediately break out the Advent Calendar, find the little door with the corresponding number of days til Christmas and find a little piece of chocolate inside… Was there anything better than that? Well actually, now there is. Adult Advent Calendars have been all the rage the past few years and this year did not disappoint. Who said growing up isn’t any fun? Definitely not I!

Just in time for Black Friday Sales, I’ve done some digging and located the best Advents of 2017 so you can treat yoself, your leading lady, your bestie, or whoever else deserves a daily treat for the month of December! It truly is the gift that keeps on giving (for the month that is). Get in the holiday spirit this season and start each morning off right with a little surprise to get you prepped and pretty for the day and night ahead.

For the skincare fanatic…

OLEHENRIKSEN12 Days of OLE Glow Skincare Advent Calendar

$82 at Sephora

12 days of all the necessary skincare products from serum to scrub, cleanser to crème, and everything in between!

I personally LOVE the Sheer Transformation Perfecting Moisturizer.

Biotherm Advent Calendar

$82 at Shoppers Drug Mart

Keep your face hydrated and fresh through all the harshness winter puts our skin through!

 

 

For the makeup master…

BareMinerals Box of Wonders

$97 at Sephora

Keeping your face more lit than the Christmas Lights this season with staples for your lips, cheeks, eyes, and face.

 

NYX Lippie Countdown

$65 at NYX.ca

All the lips, all the time! 24 days = 24 lipsticks and glosses to keep you ready for everything under the mistletoe.

For the balanced babe…

24 Days of Clinique

$85 at The Bay

From skin savers to face makers, there’s a little something for every step of your routine!

The 3 step skincare is a holy grail process for me: Facial Soap, Clarifying Lotion, and Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion

 

 

 

For the tea drinker…

DAVID’S TEA 24 Days of Tea

$45 at David’s Tea

Because sometimes its about the evenings in, not the evenings out… and watching all Lifetime Christmas movie marathons am I right?

My favourite teas? Santa’s Secret and Alpine Punch

 

 

Which countdown calendar is your favourite this season? One of the above, or have you hit the Advent Calendar jackpot somewhere else? Let me know in the comments below!

FALLING FOR FIORI

FALLING FOR FIORI

This morning, I woke up to a big, beautiful white box on my doorstep. What was in it you ask? A beautiful bouquet from Fiori Floral Atelier.   Fiori Floral Atelier is the Winnipeg’s only luxury flower concierge, offering bouquets of two-dozen premium roses in