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I love reading / watching bag reviews, so I’m going to slowly go through my handbag collection and review some of my favourite bags for you! I’m starting off with the Saint Laurent Kate bag in the size Large in grained leather and gold hardware. The Saint Laurent Kate has been around for a while now, and it has a pretty popular following

I’ve always wanted a white metal look to my engagement ring (and not yellow gold), so I was choosing between white gold and platinum. I originally didn’t want a diamond band, and was hoping to get a plain band, but I felt like a plain band didn’t look good with the knife-edge setting. I found this beautiful James Allen ring that was very similar to the Embrace, but set in platinum like my engagement ring. The unique thing about the Tiffany Embrace is that the diamonds don’t actually go halfway down the band, they’re more like set from 10 o’clock to 4 o’clock on the ring, instead of from 12-6, if that makes sense.

You notice a significant difference when you take the time to warm and melt the cream in your palms, which then allows it to soften into a gorgeous light balm which will then beautifully envelop your skin. I also found that it doesn’t work well for facial massage, because you’re only really supposed to apply a tiny bit and just enough to thinly cover your skin, so when I try to massage with it, I either overapply or my hands drag on my face, which is not ideal. The original story behind La Mer (which has since been disputed and called into question) was that it was developed by some scientist to help people with skin burns. While I didn’t have any skin burns, my skin was peeling due to the A-Passioni retinol that I was using, and I found that this was definitely helpful in helping my skin heel.

Last summer, I got a nice raise and bonus at work, so I rewarded myself by buying myself a nice eye cream. I’ve always had really good luck with La Prairie skincare, so I picked up the La Prairie Essence of Skin Caviar Eye Complex (C$225 for 15mL)