Currently Lusting After: August 2016 Beauty Wish List

It's been a while since I did my last wish list post (June in fact!) so I thought it was about time we all had a collective sigh over all the new beauty products that are launching! A few of these items are limited edition, and I imagine will be hot sellers - so best move on them fast if they tickle your fancy!

GIVEAWAY ALERT | Bite Beauty Maple Matte Creme Lipstick Trio

Quite some time ago I got my hands on several of the Bite Beauty Maple Matte Creme Lipsticks - a gorgeous velvety smooth, pigmented and hydrating formula lipstick that was exclusive to Canada via Sephora. I did a full review of them with swatches here, and then being the good little cosmetic hoarder I am, I tucked three away until the weather cooled down (at least here anyways) and I knew they wouldn't melt into a puddle in a Canada Post depot, so I could do a giveaway for you all! Since it's no fun to have unique products like this be exclusive to one country, I'll be hosting this giveaway worldwide - take a read below to see how you can enter!

Weekend Round Up | Highlighting the Best Bits of July 12-24

It's the weekend which means I'm rounding up the best bits of the last two weeks, just in case you missed anything. Here are the highlights for July 12th-24th 2015.

Available NOW | Bite Beauty's Canadian Maple and US Frozen Berries Collections

Just a heads up, the Bite Beauty Canadian Exclusive Maple Collection as well a the US Exclusive Frozen Berries Collection are both available online now! I do have a full  Maple Collection review with swatches .

Let me know if you purchased any of these! 

This Just In | Bite Beauty Crème Lip Gloss in Opal + GIVEAWAY (worldwide!)

There's a new limited edition gloss in town that not only promises to be silky and nourishing, can be worn on its own or transform any lip colour into an 'alluring, pearlescent lip with high-shine and shimmer'. Bite Beauty has just released their Crème Lip Gloss in Opal*, and it's the perfect handbag edition to add a little 'oomph' to your favourite lip colour. Oh, and guess what? I'm giving one away to one lucky reader!

Weekend Round Up | Highlights from June 29th - July 10th

Rounding up the highlights from June 29th-July10th, including some monthly favourites, an exciting new launch, a sneak peek and trip down memory lane. Let's review, shall we?

Bite Beauty Goes Patriotic With Their Maple Matte Crème Lipsticks | Review + Swatches

Oh Bite Beauty, be still my patriotic Canadian heart. 

They're smooth, they're pigmented,  and they... smell like maple?! Bite Beauty's Maple Matte Crème Lipsticks* are limited edition and all kinds of gorgeous, with a scent that has you reminiscent of pancake breakfasts. The newest collection screams True North Strong and Free, and they are exclusive to Canadians, eh!

World Wide Beauty | Celebrating Canada with Bite Beauty

I'm excited to announce a new series here on Girl Loves Gloss called World Wide Beauty, where brands from around the world are chosen to represent their home country. Naturally, since it is Canada Day I had to kick this series off with my home and native land, and celebrate with a Canadian brand that has changed the idea of what lipstick is meant to be made of: Bite Beauty.

LAST CALL | Enter To Win Over $150 of Beauty Products!

Just a heads up - today is the last day you can enter my big Birthday Giveaway!

Please head on over to this post now if you haven't already entered!

Contest is open worldwide. Must be 18+ over. 

Please see giveaway post for entry rules and regulations. 

Over $150 Worth of Makeup GIVEAWAY | Happy Birthday to Me!

THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. 

*UPDATE - the 1st winner never replied to their email, so we've drawn a new winner using Random.org!

THE WINNER IS Stephanie Stevenson!

Stephanie, please check your inbox, you have 3 business days to claim your prize!

Yep, you heard right - today is my Birthday! Another year older (Im still telling people I'm 28 though, 'k?) and I thought what better way to celebrate then to give a little something back to all of you who have been reading GirlLovesGloss for the better part of 2 years. I've loved makeup since I was young (and even did a stint in freelance makeup artistry when I was young) and blogging has been an amazing outlet for me to talk about my passion some more. I love photographing collections of products, writing reviews and trialling new products for you all and hope my readership will continue to grow here!

STOCKING STUFFERS SORTED | Bite Beauty Mix N' Mingle Lip Minis

It's painfully hard for me to buy beauty bits for my friends for the holidays, I just seem to want to keep everything for myself. #greedy, right? I snatched up a couple of these adorable little tree hanging stocking stuffers at Sephora the other day thinking they'd make the perfect gift...

TRIED IT, BOUGHT IT

While I am responsible for my fair share of fall in love at the store and impulsively buy it moments, occasionally I am a bit more responsible and get a sample to try before I buy. I've found out I loved, and hated, many products this way, and here's a few I am so glad I was given the chance to try, because I may never have taken the plunge without the nudge.

MONTHLY MUST BUY | Bite Beauty Agave Lip Mask

It's the first of the month, which means it's time for my pick for Monthly Must Buy. I always love this post because I pick one thing that I truly think is worth spending your cold hard coin on, even if you only buy one thing beauty related for the month of July. 

BIRTHDAY HAULIN' | Sephora VIB Rouge

On Tuesday the 10th of June it was my birthday, and naturally I wanted to treat myself to a few beauty related bits and bobs. You know, a birthday is a great time to justify things you might hum and haw about regularly. Or at least it is for me. I'll preface this post by stating that I was given some serious Sephora gift cards, along with some of these things were gifts, but what I did get was enough to push me over into Sephora's VIB Rouge status for the first time, and that's pretty swanky...

THE EVERYDAYS | Routine Staples

Monthly favourites aside, there are just some products I will always use. Everyday. Don't want to be without. Chances are I've waxed on and on here about most of them, so this is just a brief collection of daily goodness.

BALM BASICS | The Lip Balm Lovers Post

There are few things I would consider myself a bit of an expert on: losing bobbi pins, mascara, classic rock music... and lip balm to name a few. Here's a little post all about some lip balms that have made there way through my arsenal and why you may, or may not like them.

THE SKINCARE EDIT | What I Currently Reach For

One thing I have been lucky enough with through out my years (even the dreaded teen years) is having even clear skin. If you read my Teenage Chronicles series you might know that up until I was 20 I used Noxema (*gasp*) but into my twenties I started really suffering with dry sensitive skin. Here's a bevy of products I use to keep my skin in tip top shape that are tried and true...

SEPHORA VIB | Things You Also Might Like

So in yesterday's post I waxed on about the things I hauled in the Sephora VIB sale, but here's a run down of some other recent purchases (I know, I clearly have a problem) that I am loving and wouldn't have purchased had I not already bought them... 

HAD TO HAVE IT | Things I Bought Because Others Said So

Remember when you were a kid and you would do something because your friend did it and your mother or father would say, "If so and so jumped off a bridge would you do that too?" - I almost feel like the beauty community is along the same vein. Someone buys something, raves about it on a blog or YouTube video, so someone else buys it and before you know it that product is out of stock for the next month. The power of good word, hey? 

Here's some things I bought recently because someone else said they were amazing, and my thoughts on them.