Beauty News

As I have wrote about before on this blog my guilty pleasure is Cosmo Magazine. Check out this months cover-Why Love is Harder in the Winter- haven't you always wanted to know that? What His Hug Reveals! Ha, ha, ha this magazine kills me! Oh- and Colours That Make a Man's Heart Race. This months Cosmo has some exciting tips for natural beauty from Kate Somerville who gets celebritys red carpet ready!

Strawberries
Cut in half (fresh or frozen) and rub the juice on your face to release skin lightning juice. Do this for two min.

Freeze a zit
Wrap an ice cube in a towel and rest on the blemish for a few min. The ice will reduce the redness and inflammation.

Potato
Soak two thin slices in cold water for a min then set on closed lids for 10. An enzyme in the potato brightens skin and the cool temp reduces puffiness.

So there are some new DYI beauty tips to try! Let me know how it goes!!!

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50 questions to make you think.

Because sometimes asking the right questions is the answer.

1. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
2. Which is worse, failing or never trying?
3. If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do?
4. When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?
5. What is the one thing you’d most like to change about the world?
6. If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make you rich?
7. Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing?
8. If the average human life span was 40 years, how would you live your life differently?
9. To what degree have you actually controlled the course your life has taken?
10. Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things?
11. You’re having lunch with three people you respect and admire. They all start criticizing a close friend of yours, not knowing she is your friend. The criticism is distasteful and unjustified. What do you do?
12. If you could offer a newborn child only one piece of advice, what would it be?
13. Would you break the law to save a loved one?
14. Have you ever seen insanity where you later saw creativity?
15. What’s something you know you do differently than most people?
16. How come the things that make you happy don’t make everyone happy?
17. What one thing have you not done that you really want to do? What’s holding you back?
18. Are you holding onto something you need to let go of?
19. If you had to move to a state or country besides the one you currently live in, where would you move and why?
20. Do you push the elevator button more than once? Do you really believe it makes the elevator faster?
21. Would you rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton?
22. Why are you, you?
23. Have you been the kind of friend you want as a friend?
24. Which is worse, when a good friend moves away, or losing touch with a good friend who lives right near you?
25. What are you most grateful for?
26. Would you rather lose all of your old memories, or never be able to make new ones?
27. Is is possible to know the truth without challenging it first?
28. Has your greatest fear ever come true?
29. Do you remember that time 5 years ago when you were extremely upset? Does it really matter now?
30. What is your happiest childhood memory? What makes it so special?
31. At what time in your recent past have you felt most passionate and alive?
32. If not now, then when?
33. If you haven’t achieved it yet, what do you have to lose?
34. Have you ever been with someone, said nothing, and walked away feeling like you just had the best conversation ever?
35. Why do religions that support love cause so many wars?
36. Is it possible to know, without a doubt, what is good and what is evil?
37. If you just won a million dollars, would you quit your job?
38. Would you rather have less work to do, or more work you actually enjoy doing?
39. Do you feel like you’ve lived this day a hundred times before?
40. When was the last time you marched into the dark with only the soft glow of an idea you strongly believed in?
41. If you knew that everyone you know was going to die tomorrow, who would you visit today?
42. Would you be willing to reduce your life expectancy by 10 years to become extremely attractive or famous?
43. What is the difference between being alive and truly living?
44. When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards, and just go ahead and do what you know is right?
45. If we learn from our mistakes, why are we always so afraid to make a mistake?
46. What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you?
47. When was the last time you noticed the sound of your own breathing?
48. What do you love? Have any of your recent actions openly expressed this love?
49. In 5 years from now, will you remember what you did yesterday? What about the day before that? Or the day before that?
50. Decisions are being made right now. The question is: Are you making them for yourself, or are you letting others make them for you?

Via Mark and Angel

fariry tales...

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What a brilliant idea...

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Big Heart Clutch from Marc Jacobs.

I LOVE love LOVe this!!!+

I'm light as a feather! Merry as a schoolboy!

Hello Lovelies,

My birthday was wonderful. My Toyfriend took me to Niche for supper then ice cream for dessert:) Then off to see A Christmas Carol in 3D one of my favourite Christmas stories. It was exciting to see London in 1836, and how much the city's culture has changed, however I wonder how accurate this portrait of London Town is during that era. The little details in the film were so well done from the snowflakes to the life like faces of the characters in the film. It inspired me to think about making some jewelry...

After the film my Toyfriend asked me a question I have never really thought about: What does Bah! Humbug really mean? so I thought I would do some research and this is what I came up with.

This is what wikipedia.org has to say:

Humbug is an old term meaning hoax or jest. While the term was first described in 1751 as student slang, its etymology is unknown. Its present meaning as an exclamation is closer to 'nonsense' or 'gibberish', while as a noun, a humbug refers to a fraud or impostor, implying an element of unjustified publicity and spectacle. The term is also used for certain types of candy .In modern usage, the word is most associated with Ebenezer Scrooge, a character created by Charles Dickens. His famous reference to Christmas, "Bah! Humbug!", declaring Christmas to be a fraud, is commonly used in stage and television versions of A Christmas Carol.

Please go see this you will not be disappointed!

"If I could have my way, every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips should be boiled in his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart!" Ebenezer Scrooge

Ways to live in a Fairytale:)

• Kiss passing amphibians, just in case
• Wear your hair in braids, curled up over your head
• Have a conversation with your mirror as you’re getting ready in the morning
• Go apple picking in an orchard
• Wear silver bells tied to your ankles
• Grow wild roses and jasmine in your garden
• Leave milk and honey out for the Faeries
• Pluck daisy petals, ‘He loves me.. he loves me not’
• Sing old disney tunes in the bath
• Celebrate May day, wear flowers in your hair and bathe in the morning dew
• Bring a basket of fresh cookies to your grandmother
• Give yourself a secret name that noone else knows
• Wear glittery shoes of silver or ruby red
• Go for a moonlight walk on the beach and look for mermaids and selkies
• Write your dreams down each morning in a midnight blue diary
• Tell stories to children
• Hide a dried pea under your mattress
• Help an old woman you meet on your way
• Place a single red rose in a vase by your bed
• Spend a whole day in bed, in a pretty nightgown and wait for a kiss
• Bake a gingerbread man or house
• Wear a goosefeather for good luck
• Eat porridge for breakfast, make sure the temperature is just right
• Search for the end of a rainbow
• Go dancing at midnight in your living room by candlelight

Via lisography

Merry Birthday!

Today is my birthday!

I am not one to care much about age I believe you are only as old or young as you feel! Every year I buy myself a present for my birthday- kind of like a "you made it though another year" type thing, and this year has been something! So I bought myself the Canadian wristlet from Roots. I think it's cute and fun!

I wonder where I will be on my next birthday?!?! I have always wished that my birthday was in the Summer and there is only one way to make that happen...

Can't wait to have some birthday cupcakes tonight:)

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Something to think about...

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What's Your Holiday Wish?

Thought it would be fun to answer one of these 10 days of Christmas things. It took much longer than I thought and it was much harder than I thought it would be. Enjoy!

10 Things you want for Christmas

1. Digital SLR Camera
2. Snow
3. Seafood Chowder
4. Anything Lululemon
5. To have a good party with all my friends
6. Books
7. MAC makeup brushes
8. This is harder than I thought it would be...

9 Bands you love

1. Joni Mitchell
2. Steve Earle & Allison Moorer
3. Johnny Cash
4. The White Stripes
5. Amy Winehouse
6. Joel Plaskett
7. Those are all the bands I love...

8 Things you do everyday

1. Drink coffee with a pinch of cinnamon in it
2. Brush my teeth
3. Read
4. Practice yoga
5. Text my Toy Friend
6. Blog
7. Take my vitamins
8. Cook food

7 Things you enjoy

1. Quiet time
2. Reading a good book
3. Yoga back bends
4. Hanging out and talking to my wonderful friends
5. Drinking my coffee in the morning
6. Baking
7. Learning and trying new things

6 Things that will always win your heart

1. My friends/Family
2. Traveling
3. Reading
4. Pets
5. Kindness
6. Love

5 Favourites

Movie: Christmas movie is White Christmas. Regular movie is anything French with English subtitles.
Song: Christmas song is anything old. Regular song right now is Sparkle and Shine by Steve Earle.
Book: Eat Pray Love by Elisabeth Gilbert it gives me Wonderlust.
Band: I am listening to a lot of Steve Earle and Allison Moorer since the concert.
Season: I love the Autumn its so beautiful.

4 Smells you enjoy

1. Pumpkin spice
2. Cinnamon Dolce latte from Starbucks
3. Warm Vanilla Sugar
4. Coffee in the morning

3 Places you want to go

1. Australia
2. Africa
3. South America

2 Favourite Holidays

1. My birthday because I get to see all my friends
2. Christmas because I get to see all my family

1 Person you would marry on the spot

1. Ross from friends- He is dorky and smart in a cute kinda way. Also funny!

HaHaHa

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Smitten with Mittens

The new OPI Holiday 2009 collection! How exciting is this! I love the Smitten with Mittens, Ginger Belles and Shim-merry Chic colours. Which ones do you love?!? Christmas is so exciting!!!

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Wish

What do you wish for at 11:11? And does anyone know why we all do this?

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define yourself

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"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself."

Robert Frost

Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.

As promised highlights from my birthday weekend. My actual birthday isn't until Wednesday but I sure did a good job of celebrating it this weekend:) Thank you to all the lovely ladies who made it happen!!! I really do have an amazing group of friends:) I am truly blessed!!!

All images taken by my lovely friends and myself

Those whom the gods love grow young.

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Today I will be cleaning and decorating and preparing for my birthday party this evening. I have invited 12 lovely girls to go out for Thai food then back to my apartment to have drinks and yummy goodness. The best thing about birthdays is the excuse to get all of your friends together in one place once a year! I love it! I can't wait to see them all:) I will be sure to take heaps of photos and post them.

Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon.

A walk on Halifax waterfront at night! We got an extra hot Starbucks Hot Chocolate and went for a fun but cold walk by the harbour. There is something magical about Halifax at night when its cold and dark and all you can hear is the water and are all bundled up trying to keep warm...











All images taken by me

Tulip Skirt

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Eiffel Tower nickers

I love love love love love these nickers!

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Dylan Must Be Santa

I know it's early for Christmas songs but I am feeling in the festive mood:) and I couldn't help sharing this with you! Enjoy!

Constructive compliments

Michael Scott: Attention please. Jan Levinson's coming very soon and so we're going to have our weekly suggestion box meeting. So you can get in your constructive compliments ASAP.
Ryan Howard: Don't you mean "constructive criticism?"
Michael Scott: What did I say?
Kelly: You said "constructive compliments." That doesn't make any sense.
Michael Scott: Well Kelly, that was neither constructive nor a compliment, so maybe you should stop criticizing my English and start making some suggestions. K?

I have now changed the settings so that anyone can make comments or constructive complements on this blog! So please feel free to comment often. They really make my day:)

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Do you fall in love often?

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Oui Oui

Oui oui I love this Dior ring!!!

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Junk Food For My Brain

I am cleaning my apartment and trying to pack as little as possible for my upcoming move. So when I looked at my magazine collection, which is completely out of hand, I knew they couldn't come with. So I thought I would give a quick flick through the pages to see if there is anything that I "needed" to keep for fashion inspiration or beauty tips. In the pages of Cosmo (which I hate to admit I love-it's like junk food for my brain) I found some lovely natural beauty tips tucked in between 101 Ways to Please Your Man and How To Touch Him There. Here they are:

Try a Homemade Honey Mask:

1 Tablespoon honey
1 Tablespoon hot water
1/2 Tablespoon any kind of jam

Apply evenly to your face. The fruit acids naturally exfoliate. Leave on for one min then wash off.

Share a Champagne Body Cocktail:

1 Cup of yogurt
1/4 cup of cheap bubbly (chill the rest for later)

Gently rub into each others (or your own) skin. The yogurt cultures and sugar slough off dead skin cells, while antioxidants from the champagne grapes repair damage.

So there it is, the ruminates of my Cosmo Magazine collection. R.I.P.

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Something to think about...

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This is how I feel today...

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Crazy is a state of mind

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Happy Monday:)

I will be spending my week cleaning, packing and preparing for my birthday party on Friday night! All so very exciting! Have a happy week!

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Can you read this?

if yuo can raed tihs, you hvae a sgtrane mnid, too. Can you raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can. i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs forwrad it.

Normal IS boring

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Love

I love this handmade one of a kind ring! It is a Silver ring with natural Apophilite.

Jillian Lewis

Ok so I now know who wins Project Runway season 4. It wasn't my beloved Jillian:( However I Googled her and realized that she is still working the runway! I found her website and love love love her designs. Her style is very close to my own and she is wonderful! How amazing is that jacket?!?


The winner was Christian Siriano who is also amazing (a tad bit annoying) but amazing! Here are some of his current looks.

I am now watching Project Runway Season 2, I am so in love/inspired by this show!

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