your guide to summer sandals

It is officially sandal season. Heavy boots and bulky shoes are long gone and have been replaced with open toe heels, super cute sandals, and all sorts of fashionable footwear. Are you ready to embrace must have seasonal shoes? Then take a look at your closet. There are four distinct sandal types you'll want to have on hand. Each one will help you achieve fabulous summer style. These shoes are wonderful because of their versatility. Pair them with cut off shorts, skinny jeans, skater skirts, and everything in between. Excited? Good. This is your guide to must have summer sandals.

hard candy body luminizers (review + video)

Who doesn't love a little sparkle and shine? If you've been reading the creation of beauty is art. for a while...chances are you know all about my love affair with glitter. (I even dedicated an entire week of posts to glitter, glitter, and more glitter.) Knowing this, it stands to reason that the Hard Candy Body Luminizer line caught my eye at the drugstore recently. There were two options: the Just Glow! All Over Body Luminizer and the traditional Just Glow! Body Luminizer. Unsure of which I wanted most, impulsively I opted to pick up both. Find out how each one of these summer beauty items perform and see them in action.

eight years of the creation of beauty is art.

When I first opened the creation of  beauty is art. on July 10th, 2011....never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I would still be writing, creating, and dreaming here in 2019. Originally, I opened this blog as a way to showcase my skills. I had just graduated from University (earning my Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Professional Writing with a minor in Creative Writing) and had absolutely no idea what to do next. I was applying for jobs but without an online body of work, it was difficult to get my foot in the door. So, feeling unsure about my future, I started this blog. That was eight years ago.

review: paris hilton cosmetics rosy garden set

Paris Hilton is a love her or hate her kind of celebrity. I personally adore her (and her makeup line) so it is no wonder I have added product after product after product to my makeup collection. More recently, I've been using the Rosy Garden Eye & Cheek Palette. It includes eyeshadows, highlight, blush, a mascara, and an eyeliner. There is certainly a lot going on inside and I am eager to share my thoughts about it all with you. Keep reading for a full review of this affordable makeup set.

90s nostalgia concert + 90s inspired #OOTD

Ahh, the 90s. What a beautiful and simple time. In case you hadn't noticed, all things 90s are back again. From fashion to makeup to accessories and music....it's all nostalgia all the time. Quite frankly, that suits me just fine! Especially since a large chunk of the music I listen to and enjoy is from the 90s and 2000s. When I look back at that decade, I remember the innocence, the whimsy, and the upbeat music. Not to mention the blow up furniture, choose your own adventure books, and body glitter. Recently, I had the opportunity to go back. At least for an afternoon. Not too far from me there was a 90s nostalgia concert taking place. The line-up was impressive and boasted one of my all-time favourite bands. So of course, I had to be there.

sephora haul: vib rouge event

Sephora is always alluring. The bright lights, the sweet scents, and of course, the rows upon rows of beauty items. It's pure bliss! I've been trying to limit my visits to this high-end store (because even though I adore it....my wallet does not) but when a VIB Rouge event happens, it's hard to say no. Especially when there are a couple of items on my makeup wish list. So, I went. I saw. I purchased. Here is a peek at the items I added to my makeup collection - and a look inside the VIB Rouge gift bag.

makeup + beauty questions (inspired by justina's gems)

Everyone has their makeup memories. Recently, I was reading a post on Justina's Gems (a fabulous blog that I have been reading for a very long time) and it posed several questions to her readers. It was a Friday Chit-Chat Vol. 4 post and in it, there were seven beauty related questions. Inspired by these questions.... I decided to make my own blog post answering them. Please feel free to answer them yourself, either in the comment section or on your own blog, and be sure to check out Justina's Gems for lots of fabulous beauty and lifestyle related content.