Amanda Weidensjö

 ***This review will contain spoilers*** Summary: Home alone on the night of her twenty-fifth birthday, Air Force Sergeant Christine Canady yearned for something to cure her loneliness. After drinking too much champagne, she recited a divine invocation to revive her humdrum life. But how was she to know the spell would actually work?   When her plane crashes into the ocean, CC’s life changes forever. She awakens, bewildered, to find herself in a legendary time and place ruled by magic—and in the body of the mythic mermaid Undine. But danger lurks in the waters, ready to swallow CC whole. Taking pity on her, the goddess Gaea turns her into a damsel, that she might seek shelter on land. But when a dashing knight comes to CC’s rescue—a dream-come-true she should be falling for—she instead aches for the sea and the darkly sexy merman who’s stolen her heart… I have been in such a reading funk this year. Trying to read through the disaster that is the Anita Blake series by Laurell K...

 Product summary: This palette features the perfect combo of rich and warm, wearable mattes and lustrous shimmers in universally flattering lid, crease, and liner shades. The powder formula is infused with Tarte’s signature Amazonian clay for intense payoff, long wear, and creamy texture. The palette is arranged in rows of three for easy looks to mix and match. Cost: $61 but I bought it on sale at Sephora for $38.25. ***Cruelty free*** I think by now it’s obvious that I have a thing for nudes/neutral eyeshadows. And the toasted palette is no different. It’s right up my alley and was a dream to use. The shadows are buttery soft, extremely pigmented and lasts all day!  The shadows blend together nicely and you can achieve any look from a natural look to a full glam look fairly easily. Evidently from the picture below, I gravitated towards a more natural/warm look just because I find it looks better and I don’t like having to spend so much time on doing my makeup.  Rating: I...

 Product Summary: Experience your most skin-loving air brushed look with bye bye pores pressed powder. Featuring bye bye pores optical blurring technology, it’s designed to blur the appearance of pores and imperfections while delivering a smooth, natural matte finish for younger looking skin. This weightless setting powder comes in 3 translucent shades that cover a wide range of skin tones and is formulated with skin loving silk, hydrolyzed collagen and anti-oxidants. Perfect to wear on bare skin or over makeup, it can be applied throughout the day for on the go touch ups and doubles as a blotting powder too! Cost: $47. I ended up receiving this item in a Ipsy glam bag which is a monthly beauty subscription service where you get 5 items from sample to full size for around 20$ Canadian. Click  here to check them out.   ***Cruelty free*** I’ve never really used a finishing powder like this. I tend to use presse foundation powders for all over the face, especially, since I d...

 ***This review will contain spoilers*** Summary: Roman Draganesti is charming, handsome, rich...he's also a vampire. But this vampire just lost one of his fangs sinking his teeth into something he shouldn't have. Now he has one night to find a dentist before his natural healing abilities close the wound, leaving him a lop-sided eater for all eternity. Things aren't going well for Shanna Whelan, either. After witnessing a gruesome murder, she's next on the mob's hit list. And her career as a dentist appears to be on a downward spiral, because she's afraid of blood. When Roman rescues her from an assassination attempt, she wonders if she's found the one man who can keep her alive. Though the attraction between them is immediate and hot, can Shanna conquer her fear of blood to fix Roman's fang? And if she does, what will prevent Roman from using his fangs on her? I've read quite a few books over the years and I have yet to come across a book like this....

 Product Summary: Glow cream base is hydrating, luminous, cream highlighter to give skin the ultimate lit from within, radiant glow. Super glow is a super soft highlighting powder that gives skin an intense, ethereal, glass like glow. This lightweight formula contours with levels of crushed and milled chroma crystals mixed with crushed pearls. Glow impact powder is a multidimensional, metallic highlighting powder with a HD finish and a velvety smooth texture. Blush and bronze powder is a powder with a smooth, velvety texture that melts into the skin for seamless shaping, effortless blending and maximum comfort. Cost: full price is $80 but I got it on sale for $51.80  ***Cruelty free*** This is my second purchase of a Natasha Denona palette and like expected it was absolutely amazing! I don't have many bronzers, as demonstrated on my blog. I mostly use highlighters and blush. See? I am trying to expand my bronzer collection and trying new ones. In reality, there is only one bro...

 Product Summary: This silky-soft and light formula is enriched with active ingredients like blue lotus extract, French marine plants, Matrixyl 3000 peptide complex and Haloxyl to instantly deliver hydration and visibly reduce puffiness, dark circles and inflammation all while preventing fine lines and wrinkles. Cost: $48 I ended up receiving this item in a Ipsy glam bag which is a monthly beauty subscription service where you get 5 items from sample to full size for around 20$ Canadian. Click  here to check them out.   ***Cruelty free*** I am a huge advocate for skincare and to take care of your skin as early on as possible. Sunscreen is a everyday must and taking care of the skin around your eyes should be just as important and be done daily as well. I'm always on the hunt for a good eye cream/serum that will hydrate and improve the appearance of fine lines.  I've been trying this eye serum for a few months now and truthfully, I haven't noticed any improvement what...

 ***This review will contain spoilers*** Summary: Grace couldn't be happier after she marries the man of her dreams at his family's luxurious estate. There's just one catch -- she must now hide from midnight until dawn while her new in-laws hunt her down with guns, crossbows and other weapons. As Grace desperately tries to survive the night, she soon finds a way to turn the tables on her not-so-lovable relatives. Ready Or Not is definitely a unique movie with a never before scene plot (at least to me). Movies lately have been such a shitshow with things being either rebooted, recycled or just a similar plot with shitty acting. There's never any original material but this movie is definitely something I've never scene before. And I've seen a lot of movies. (correct me in the comments if you've seen a movie similar to this before)  I love that the movie's opening scene is when the Le Domas brothers were young and the family was hunting the newly married ma...

 ***This review will contain spoilers*** This has been a long time coming. I can't tell you how long it took for me to watch this show from start to finish. I tried getting into this show several times and if it weren't for my boyfriend gently reminding me we still haven't finished it and to watch a couple episodes at a time then I never would have finished it. I wanted to quit watching several times and if it weren't for my boyfriend and my inability to quit shit it would have never been finished. I know that this show is more than just a man with cancer making meth to make ends mean but the whole concept of the show isn't really my vibe nor what I tend to gravitate to.  Breaking Bad has 5 long seasons of craziness on top of craziness. Walter White a high school chemistry teacher that was diagnosed with cancer had no financial means of taking care of his family and getting treatments without absolutely losing everything and leaving his family with nothing. His brot...

 Product Summary: A unique blend of organic sugar and organic walnut shells to gently exfoliate the skin on a daily basis. For normal to combination skin. Cost: Around $15.  I ended up receiving this item in a Ipsy glam bag which is a monthly beauty subscription service where you get 5 items from sample to full size for around 20$ Canadian. Click  here to check them out.   This review is going to be a little out of the norm from what how I typically write a review. I will be completely honest I did not bother putting this scrub on my face and that's because I did not want to forever ruin my skin. The second I saw that walnut shells were used as part of the exfoliation I knew this was going to be a hell no for me. Walnut shells even if they are blended super fine are still too far abrasive for facial skin and can create micro-tears into the skin.  I received this in my Ipsy subscription box and I just find it so odd that a company who focuses on getting the best ...

 Product Summary: A blazing-hot collection of 20 trending warm rust hues in Violet Voss's top-rated professional formulas and superb finishes. This palette was created with universally flattering warm rust neutrals and coordinating hues that compliment each other flawlessly. Cost: Full price $60 but I bought it on sale for $30.  ***Cruelty free*** This has easily become one of my favourite palettes! While we quickly head into the fall season, this warm rust/neutral palette is the perfect add on to any makeup routine. It has become evident by the last couple of palette review I've done that I am definitely a neutrals girl. I love the red and orange colours!  I have no complaints with this palette. It's easy to blend, the colours last all day and I have no fallout during the application process. To any of my girlies out there that want a new palette just in time for the fall I 100% recommend this one! You wont be disappointed.  Rating: I think it's obvious this is gett...

 *This review will contain spoilers* Summary: British Operative Peggy Carter Joins the nascent S.H.I.E.L.D organization in search of the 'Zodiac' key. Agent Carter also battles her misogynistic, bureaucratic Boss, Agent Flynn.  I know that this is meant to be a short film of 15 minutes or less but I thought they would have used up the time effectively. All that really happened was Carter being judged and undermined by Agent Flynn, she ended up going on a dangerous mission by herself to retrieve a vial? After her successful mission, Howard Stark calls through the hotline and asks Agent Flynn to tell Agent Carter she is going to become the head of Shield.  That's it. Nothing else. I have no clue what the heck the Zodiac key is from this one shot. All I know that Agent Carter had a hard time by her fellow colleagues and she kicks ass in the field. If we really wanted to jumpstart something here a little more info on the Zodiac key would have been the best thing to do. Peggy ...

Product Summary: An award winning waterproof liquid eyeliner with tattoo-bold pigment and an ultra-precise brush tip that makes it easy to get sharp lines every time. Shade in trooper black. Cost: $32.50 ***Cruelty free***  My pursuit for an amazing eyeliner to change my life is still an ongoing mission. Even after using the KVD tattoo eyeliner. It's really good but it's not the best. I'm honestly 50/50 on this. Some days it's absolutely amazing. And then other days it basically disappears or gets smeared. The second I realized that I rather avoid wearing eyeliner than deal with it altogether demonstrated to me that there was room for improvement.  I'm not sure when the award winning waterproof part was supposed to kick in but anytime it was hot or I was running around doing errands it would run or completely disappear if my eyelids were oily. Summer is one of those times where everything is hot and disgusting but you don't want to look like a hot mess.  Rating:...

  ***This review will contain spoilers*** Summary: Anita attends the wedding of her close friend but finds that even on the happiest of days there are wounds that need healing. She and the wereleopards Micah and Nathaniel are asked to talk to the bride’s thirteen-year-old brother, Tomas, who is struggling to recover from a recent gunshot wound. Depressed and demoralized, Tomas isn’t doing his physical therapy and could spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair…How can Anita, Micah, and Nathaniel convince Tomas that he can heal when he’s given up? They tell him about their own scars and how they took back their own lives after they were wounded. And Anita will realize how lucky they are to have not only survived their pasts, but to now be able to make their own formal commitment to each other— and the vampire in her life… When will I ever learn to not waste my time on these short stories? I think that there was only one out of many that I've read that was actually worth it. The oth...

 ***This review will contain spoilers*** Summary: Anita Blake has the highest kill count of any vampire executioner in the country. She’s a U.S. Marshal who can raise zombies with the best of them. But ever since she and master vampire Jean-Claude went public with their engagement, all she is to anyone and everyone is Jean-Claude’s fiancée. It’s wreaking havoc with her reputation as a hard ass—to some extent. Luckily, in professional circles, she’s still the go-to expert for zombie issues. And right now, the FBI is having one hell of a zombie issue. Someone is producing zombie porn. Anita has seen her share of freaky undead fetishes, so this shouldn’t bother her. But the women being victimized aren’t just mindless, rotting corpses. Their souls are trapped behind their eyes, signaling voodoo of the blackest kind. It’s the sort of case that can leave a mark on a person. And Anita’s own soul may not survive unscathed . . . This book is exactly why I am going to keep reading through th...

***This review will contain spoilers*** Summary: Scientist Bruce Banner desperately seeks a cure for the gamma radiation that contaminated his cells and turned him into the Hulk. Cut off from his true love Betty Ross and forced to hide from his nemesis, Gen. Thunderbolt Ross, Banner soon comes face to face with a new threat, a supremely powerful enemy known as the Abomination.  No matter how many times I've watched this movie I never get bored of it. It's a solid movie through and through and even over a decade later it is still a better movie than some of the newer ones being produced. Now that's saying something!  Edward Norton portrayed Bruce Banner perfectly, he was able to demonstrate his emotional tortured side of the aftermath of the Hulk, while also demonstrating the gentle side of Bruce. He carried the movie well and was a natural! Honestly, the entire cast was amazing. Liv Tyler was beyond gorgeous, brought Betty Ross to life in an amazing manner and wasn't an...

 Product Summary: This eye cream delivers premium wrinkle care with marine ingredients, which improve skins elasticity, reduce wrinkles and moisturize the delicate skin around the eyes. It contains fermented seaweed extract for intensive purifying power, while its peptide and plant stem cell extract provide anti-ageing effect. The infused seawater makes the skin firmer and protected against irritation. Cost: Around $25 I ended up receiving this cream in a Ipsy glam bag which is a monthly beauty subscription service where you get 5 items from sample to full size for around 20$ Canadian. Click  here to check them out.   *** Not cruelty free*** This eye cream seemed very promising before I even tried it and about 2 months into using this eye cream I'm not totally convinced that it works as well as it claims to be able to work. I haven't noticed any improvements in my fine lines or my under eyes. And it's not like I have any wrinkles yet at my age, especially, with how well I...

 ***This review will contain spoilers*** Summary: Josh Lambert heads east to drop his son, Dalton, off at school. However, Dalton's college dream soon becomes a living nightmare when the repressed demons of his past suddenly return to haunt them both. I have watched and followed this horror movie franchise for over a decade. I was in high school when the first movie came out and I'm now in my late twenties. This franchise has been around for a while and I have been waiting impatiently for a follow up movie since The Last Key movie in 2018. I've always wanted to know more about the cases that Elise worked on and has helped and I hope we do end up getting that someday.  This movie was not what I was expecting. I realized that they never defeated the demon that was haunting Dalton but I didn't realize that they would be spending half the movie making both Dolton and Josh remember what we (the audience) already experienced from the first 2 movies. What a wasted opportunity ...

***This review will contain spoilers*** Summary: Jason Schuyler is one of Anita Blake's best friends and favorite werewolves, with benefits. J.J. is his lady love, an old flame from childhood who dances at one of the top ballet companies in New York. She's accomplished, beautiful, and she's crazy about him, too. Neither of them wants to be monogamous, so what could go wrong? J.J. is enthusiastically bisexual, with an emphasis on the female side of things. She plans to keep sleeping with women, because Jason can't meet that need, just like she can't meet Jason's need for rough sex and bondage. J.J. doesn't understand why Jason isn’t content to go elsewhere for a need she can’t fulfil, so Jason asks Anita to help him explain. Anita is having her own relationship growing pains with her only female lover ever, Jade. Jason suggests that J.J. might be able to help Anita with her girl problem, while she helps him with his kinky explanations. With some encouragement...

 Product Summary: A weekly deep conditioning mask that balances protein and moisture to strengthen and repair dry, damaged hair, Cost: $39 for 8 oz. How to use: After shampooing, massage the hair mask into hair from root to tip. Leave in for 10 minutes before rinsing.  ***Cruelty free*** I've used Briogeo products in the past before and had such great results. My hair has seen better days lately and it needs some serious TLC. I knew I was going to be in good hands when it comes to Briogeo products.  Only after 1 use and you can see a noticeable difference. The texture and appearance drastically improved. It brought shine back to the ends of my hair, it improved the texture so now it's extremely soft where as before it was very dry and almost straw like. It definitely was not a cute look to be sporting.  Rating: 5 stars on 5! This is going to be a shirt review because I have no complaints about the hair mask. It did exactly what it claimed to do. The only downside is ...

 ***This review will contain spoilers*** Summary: An Anita Blake short story, featuring our favorite bad boy werewolf, yep,  Richard Zeeman. He’s been working his therapy: read on to see the results that hard work and being brave enough to own your whole self can get you. What was even the point of this short story? This just demonstrated how out of touch Hamilton is with her audience. From Anita flaunting herself and degrading Richard's fiancé to the whole tone of the story just being passive aggressive and overall just fucking stupid.  This was supposed to be a sit down lunch between Anita, Micah, Richard and his fiancé Ellen to help her understand why Richard needs to continue having sex with Anita... yeah doesn't that just sound stupid? The first chapter alone Anita is already comparing herself to Ellen and letting us know just how much better she is. From her hair being darker and her being physically fitter than Ellen...ugh get off your high horse.  The first c...

 ***This review will contain spoilers*** Summary: For most people, summer barbecues are nothing to be afraid of. But Anita isn’t exactly plain vanilla—and neither is her love life. So it takes a special kind of courage to attend a barbecue thrown by her friend Sergeant Zerbrowski. Walking into a backyard full of cops and their families with wereleopards Micah and Nathaniel both looking gorgeous on her arm won’t be easy, even with almost-four-year-old Matthew Vespucci to break the ice…Anita is determined to have a good time with her family, just like everyone else. But it doesn’t take long for tensions to rise among the adults and kids. And Anita will learn that gossip and innuendo can be just as dangerous as anything the undead can throw at her… I hate e-books because it's just a short story that doesn't add anything to the main story and it's a way for them to make a quick buck. I personally feel that short stories should be shared on author's or publisher sites for fr...

 Product Summary: The NYC brow and liner pencil make lining and defining brows and eyes quick and easy. Special formula is soft enough to easily fill in brows yet firm enough to prevent smudging, and running. Cost around $10. Colour in 921 Jet Black.  ***Not cruelty free*** I can understand and appreciate dual use items but, unfortunately, Jet black is just too dark for my brows. For the purpose of this review, I will be reviewing this strictly for eyeliner use. I love using eyeliner to define my eyes and make them pop but if I can't easily apply eyeliner it'll become the bane of my existence.  The application process could use improvements to say the least. It doesn't apply on smoothly and tugs on the skin which skin around the eyes should be well taken care of since it's so thin and sensitive. Eyeliner tugging on the skin is not a good thing.  I love doing winged eyeliner looks and it's nearly impossible to do with this liner pencil since it's not creamy enoug...

 Product Summary: An all-over moisturizer that provides instant relief and long term hydration for dry, distressed skin and eczema. First aid beauty's ultra repair cream whipped texture is instantly absorbed with no greasy after feel. Cost: around $50 Varies per size  I ended up receiving this cream in a Ipsy glam bag which is a monthly beauty subscription service where you get 5 items from sample to full size for around 20$ Canadian. Click  here to check them out.   ***Cruelty free*** I'm picky when it comes to skincare so I like to take my time when it comes to reviewing skincare items. I've reviewed first aid beauty in the past and it has done well on my skin. This product was no exception. I thoroughly believe in keeping my face and neck as moisturized as possible to reduce age + wear and tear. I don't tend to wear face makeup so a good moisturizer is my pick me up for good skin.  This has been one of the best moisturizers that I have tried in a long while. ...

 Product Summary: Leave-in conditioning spray prepares hair for easier styling and reduces split ends up to 80% after three uses. This unique formula, with innovative reconstructing complex, actually, binds split ends and keeps working to fix damage and bind splits as they occur. The lightweight formula can be used daily to detangle and make hair more manageable without weighing it down. You'll notice your finished style will be smoother, silkier and shinier just like after a fresh cut. Cost: $10 but bought it on sale for $1. ***Cruelty free*** It's no surprise that after years of coloring and styling my hair it leads to some damage. I take very good care of my hair but sometimes it needs a pick me up. I will say it has helped a bit with the split ends (didn't really have many to begin with) However, it doesn't add shine to my hair. It doesn't add nourishment, it leaves a slight cast and doesn't really improve my hair all that much.   Rating: I'm giving this...

Product Summary: This triple threat brush isolates and magnifies each lash, while applying its fiber-loaded formula. Sky-high and defined lashes in just one swipe. The formula is clump, flake, and smudge-proof! Cost: $20-25. I ended up receiving this mascara in a Ipsy glam bag which is a monthly beauty subscription service where you get 5 items from sample to full size for around 20$ Canadian. Click  here to check them out.   ***Cruelty free*** Mascara is one of these beauty products that I don't use on a daily basis, unless, it's new to my collection and I'm reviewing it. For my day to day, I tend to stick with eyeshadows and depending on the amount of time I have I'll maybe apply eyeliner. To me, mascara is too much a pain in the ass to remove on a daily basis and depending on which one's I use it tends to get everywhere.  I don't have the most amazing eyelashes so any mascara that can make them pop I consider a win in my book. The X-rated mascara adds a bunch...

 ***This review will contain spoilers*** Summary: Micah’s estranged father lies dying, rotting away inside from some strange ailment that has his doctors whispering about “zombie disease.” Anita Blake makes her living off of zombies—but these aren’t the kind she knows so well. These creatures hunt in daylight, and are as fast and strong as vampires. If they bite you, you become just like them. And round and round it goes…Where will it stop? Even Anita Blake doesn’t know. When I noticed that this book was over 600 pages almost double what Hamilton's books usually are I was worried and kinda panicked. This series has been on a crazy rollercoaster of major highs and major lows. Lately, it's been mostly lows so when I saw this book was double what her books usually are I was crazy nervous. If Hamilton can't come up with a decent plot for a 300 page book then what the fuck is she doing with a 600 page book? However, I am beyond excited to say that this is for sure a redemption b...