Sephora, Bath & Body Works Haul and Lipgloss Review

On Friday, I went to Yorkdale and decided to look around due to their "Continued" Boxing Day (or Week 0.o) deals that were going on.

We went to Sephora because Noah needed to buy a gift for one of his friends. I merely was looking around and WASN'T going to buy anything (doesnt that always happen when you go shopping). Than I noticed this lipgloss and the color just GOT ME and I ended up buying it.

This is bareMinerals Marvelous Moxie Lip Gloss. The Color is called "Hypnotic". When you see this in the store, your like "O.M.G this is going to look amazing on my lips," especially paired with lipstick.

When applied on the hand it gives off a nice orange like tone but when you alter it under the light, it shifts between green-purple type color which really grabs you. When you open the package you get the same triple tone color which gets you so pumped to apply it and work that lip gloss to wherever your going. So whats my HONEST review...?

When I tried on my basic purple lipstick (I didn't want to use my MAC Heroine lipstick) and applied it on top, I didn't really see much of a difference. Truthfully it looks like a PLAIN CLEAR lipgloss. So I tried applying little more on and you can "slightly" see the difference in the light but the whole color alternating thing....Nah that doesn't work. Compared to what your expecting from when you look at its appearance.

Lip gloss on top of my purple-pink basic lipstick

Now is it a BAD lip gloss overall? 

No, its a DECENT lipgloss. It does make your lips look very nice and glossy. You can use it either by itself or with a nice lipstick or lip pencil. Maybe I need to try this when I go OUTSIDE on a nice sunny day or during summer which is when Im going to witness some better results.

When you wear it ON ITS OWN

When you apply it on you hand! Was so excited T_T

Basically, if your buying this lip gloss for the whole color changing thing...Nah...dont do it! There are much better lip gloss brands out there. I would honestly return it but since I used it, Ill be nice and keep it though my $21 bucks is gone.

After Sephora, I headed over to B&BW since I wanted some lotion to moisturize my legs (CAUSE THEY ARE DRYYYY and of course summer coming and I want them to be dress/short ready). So They were doing some more sales. It was 50% of the lotions and buy 3 for $12 on the body wash.  FYI the original price for the lotions were $13 bucks (even on boxing day) so I'm happy I was able to get it now for 50% than on boxing day with NO sale -_-

Country Chic- nice Tropical smell (reminds me of summer <3)

3 different types but didn't like the Coconut one so purchased these 2/extra lemon body wash

Twilight Woods is my current favorite!! Haven't tried Velvet but excited too

Finally went to Costco for some food shopping and picked this up! Can you believe its $8.99!!! One in shoppers drug mart was $5.99 and I got 4 for 8.99!!! I SMELL Savings <3~~~

Blueberry Acai, Strawberry Sorbet, Summer Fruit & Sweet Mint

Currently tried the Blueberry Acai. I understand why its so popular now! Really does wonders on your lips, especially mine (due to my normal usage of lipstick).

That's all I bought. Spent about $55 bucks for my little haul which was a good deal with all the sales. Won't be shopping for awhile, gotta start saving up for the travels and mommy presents for when she returns :P

Till Next Time....

Yumoyori <3~

Pickle Barrel Restaurant/Bar/Cafe - Yorkdale Review

Today I went to Pickle Barrel (I don't know why I spell Pickle wrong sometimes -__-), at Yorkdale Shopping Centre. Ive went to this location I believe 3 times in total. When you enter, you have to go down to the 2nd floor. Once there, you will either be serviced to your tables OR must walk down to the second entrance  to be seated in the other dinning area (this during days when its less busy).

I have never had a bad experience with this location pickle barrel. Customer service is usually pretty good, washrooms are clean (you now can wave your hand on the side of the door and it will automatically open 0.o), and servers are quick. Depending on how busy it is determines how long your food may take, however, PB tries to give you appetizers and drinks real fast so your mouth is occupied while you wait for the main course. So what we ordered;

DRINKS: 
Iced Cafe Mocha. I only tried this since both occasions Noah always orders it so I decided why not? It has expresso, chocolate,  frozen yogurt, and milk. To finish it off, is a nice amount of whip cream on top. The drink texture is slightly thick but smooth enough to go through the straw, for those who love to drink really fast. The combination was REALLY nice. I personally did not think it would taste that great but I WAS impressed (10/10). Took me some time to finish it (literally was done when I paid the bill) so it not necessary to order anything else besides from Water if you really want to. May be tempted to buy another though :P. Price: 3.99 

APPETIZER:
Crispy Calamari was next on the list. I usually order this regardless of restaurant (Jack Astors, Moxies, Joeys) since it is a really good appetizer. The sauces are different at each location, Jack Astors having spicy tomato type sauce and a nice garlic ranch mix, Joey having a spicy Mayo, and Moxies also having a spicy mayo. With PB, it comes with roasted peppers aioli and spiced tomatillo sauce. Lemon is put on the side for you to add to your pleasure (totally recommended with lemon, without it makes it very dry). Overall, it was good. My ONLY complaint is the amount you get compared to Jack Astors. For $10.99 (same price at JA, 11.99-12.99 at Joeys and Moxies), the amount is really small. Maybe for one person its a good amount, but for 2 or more, nope. Sure its an appetizer but still for the price, they could do better. However, today amount was better than previous visits

Buffalo Chicken Wings (1lbs- Dinner Option), was what I ordered. I never knew there was a dinner option which comes with fries, coleslaw and gravy (it was never brought up previously). It comes with carrot/celery sticks and bleu cheese dip. For the blue cheese dip, PB changed their previous dip which was much more of a liquid type form and easier to glaze over your wings compared to the new "thick" version which is more of a dip-bite version. Their portion is much smaller, which requires you to probably get two servings. The bleu cheese itself was pretty strong (not a huge fan of bleu cheese but it goes well with wings) so I didn't touch the second dip I requested. It terms of the sauces, originally you can get Honey Garlic, BBQ, and Buffalo Hot. However, apparently they have removed the honey garlic (permanent) so I had to get the BBQ/Hot option compared to my usual HoneyG/Hot (very good combo, try it!). Overall the food was "okay". I only ate about 5 of the wings (I didn't like the mix), the blue cheese was too thick, and coleslaw was really watery. I really only enjoyed the fries with the gravy. I rate it a 5.5/10. I could have just gotten the wings compared to the dinner option which made it $15.99 than the original $10.99

MAIN DISH:
Lobster Grilled Cheesed,  was what Noah ordered. It consisted of lobster, spinach, brie, swiss cheese, twelve grain bread, french fries (regular OR sweet potato), and coleslaw. It seemed very filling and its contents were all good in amount. I would rate it 9/10 and the next on my "try out" list. Price is $11.99

Total Bill was $57.98 & $5 tip which equalled to $63 dollars

Customer Service: 9/10 (was pleased but expected a bit more)
Food: 8/10 (the chicken wings really brought the score down everything else was amazing)
Would I Go Back: YES

Regardless, PB food is good for its prices most of the time and service is pretty good overall. Environment is Classy and Elegant and good for dinner with friends or a date.

Till Next Time...

Yumoyori <3~