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I'm back with my Summer favourites with products that I have been constantly using since the start of the Summer. Summer is easily my favourite season - I enjoy the heat so much! When people complain about how hot is i'm literally like lalala can't hear youuuuuuuuuu.

Although along with the heat comes an unideal makeup situation where it has a tendency to slide off your face. I tend to use less products in the Summer as I don't want to pile up the product and look "cakey".

If you love the smell of coconut I would highly recommend the Physicians Formula Butter Bronzer (I have it in the shade light). It has such a buttery texture and a nice sheen to it that gives you a subtle summer glow, and plus it literally smells like a vacation, absolutely in love!

I have also been obsessed with liquid lipsticks as you can count on them staying in place for most of the day. My favourite (in the picture above) has to be Kat Von D's liquid lipstick in Bow n' Arrow. This shade is a perfect nude that doesn't look too dark on fair skin. The other liquid lipstick that I have been loving is Too Faced Melted Matte Liquefied Long Wear Matte Lipstick in Feelin Myself. This shade is the most perfect coral for the summer. It is bright and a statement lipstick but really gives off that Summer vibe! If I had to pick between the two I still love Kat Von D's formula a little bit more, along with the doe foot applicator. The only downside to Kat Von D's line is it tends to not have as much of a selection when it comes to bright colours.

My third favourite are bright nail polishes. I'm constantly wearing nail polish throughout the summer, and I wait all Winter for when I can wear those bright, fun Summer colours again! I have been loving Essie nail polishes lately, as well as Sally Hansen and American Apparel. Sally Hansen's has great lasting power and I tend to not be very careful when it comes to my nails, so thats saying alot!

What are your favourite products for the Summer?! :)

How To: Henna Inspired Nails

Since the holiday season is over and done with I wanted a change from the typical red and green nails, and decided to do something a little different. I looked at some simple henna designs on Pinterest and came up with this simple yet pretty design.

Here is a step by step tutorial on how you can create your own simple Henna inspired nails! You can really create this design by any variation of colours that you would like. The colours I used were gold, red, and black.

The exact colours I used were Sally Hansen Inst-dri in Cinnasnap (The dark red colour), OPI in Glitzerland and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Black Out. I also used a "dotter" tool that you can get at your local Sally's Beauty Supply Store or within the brand Essence at Shoppers Drug Mart and a tiny paint brush for detailed which I got at Sally's.

1.) Firstly give your nails around 2 coats of the base colour - in my case the black out colour. Making sure this layer is completely dry before we move onto the next step.

2.) Then take the "dotter" tool and place a dot about half way on your nail but a little closer to the cuticle with the gold colour. The next few steps are a little hard to explain about placement of the dots, but I will include a picture to help visualize it.

3.) I then took the small paint brush and drew the curved line that you see above the large dot.

4.) Make sure all the gold has dried before doing this last step or you won't have a clear red colour when dotted on (or whatever colour you are using). With the small end of the dotter dot a smaller red circle in the middle of the larger gold dot. This is the final design of what I have come up with. Be sure to do a clear dot coat once everything has dried to ensure that the design lasts as long as possible!!