July 6, 2011

Hey my lovelies! I'm loving my nails today, I'm wearing Essie Meet Me at the Sunset. This colour was released with Essie's summer collection and is sooooo friggin gorgeous! It's a bright orange coral, applies like a dream and catches the sunlight in the most magnificent way (lol, i got carried away there...). I got a tone of compliment on this polish today.

I did two layers though one would have been ok too. Check it out:

I also did this simple FOTD with neutral shadows and two colours of gel liner; navy to line and white in waterline. It was simple but I liked it:

Face:

Pro Longwear Foundation - NW25

Nars Madly blush

Eyes

Painterly p/p - base

Inglot AMC Shine #463 - lid

Cork e/s - crease

Solar White e/s - highlight

BB Cobalt Ink g/l - to line

White c/l - waterline

Cargo 3 in 1 mascara

Lips

Inglot red l/l

Port Red l/s

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July 5, 2011

Hey lovelies! This is the hottest week in Ottawa yet. We're having highs of 32deg plus humidity which makes it quite unbearable for a heat intolerable person like me. Luckily this week I don't have any site visits and am spending all my time in the office.

I went lighter on the eyes with makeup for this look but added a bright teal liner and bright lips. Everytime I wear Chanel Teheran Rouge Coco, I fall in love again. Chanel really knows how to make their lipsticks and Teheran is one of their best!

Hope you guys like this look.

Face

MAC F&B foundation - N3

Ben Nye powder

Nars Irresistiblement bronzer

Nars Deep Throat blush - I cannot stop wearing this Nars blush/bronzer combo, so pretty!

Eyes

Painterly p/p - base

Gorgeous Gold e/s - inner lid

Vanilla p/m - mid lid

Lucky Green e/s - outer lid/crease

Blanc Type e/s - highlight

Crest the Wave e/s - above crease

Inglot Teal g/l - to line

Cargo 3 in 1 mascara

Lips

Temperature Rising l/l

Chanel Teheran RC

Chanel Venus glossimer

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July 4, 2011

Hello my lovelies! I finally have a nice tan after laying on the deck at the cottage for almost one full day, lol! I took advantage of my new glowy skin and did bronzy makeup on Sunday for a dinner date with hubs. I also did smokey black eyes with glitter but couldn't for the life of me capture the black glitter on camera :(

Oh well, hope you guys still like this look.

Face

Nars Pore Refining Primer

Lise Watier 12 Hour Glam Flawless foundation - Neutre

Nars South Beach Multiple

Pink Cult blush

Eyes

Painterly p/p - base

Black GPS - base for outer lid and crease

Blonde's Gold p/m - inner lid

UD Smog e/s - mid lid

Nars Pandora e/s duo - black shade in crease and outer lid

UD Naked e/s - above crease

UD Virgin e/s - highlight

MUFE Black Glitter - on top of Pandora

Lise Watier Black Smokey Kohl - to line

Lancome Hypnose mascara

Lips

Creme Cup l/s

Chanel Blossom glossimer

And here's the outfit of the day - olive green strapless dress from BCBG. I found this at the BDBG outlets outside of Mont Tremblant on sale for $29.99 (down from $207.99)!! Now this is what I call a good deal. I don't like greens but am a fan of olive/khaki greens so I know I'll wear this a lot. The sandals are from Guess and gold purse is by Buffalo:

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July 3, 2011

Hey lovelies! Hubby and I just got back from a relaxing long weekend in Mont Tremblant. We had rented a lake front luxury chalet with 4 more friends and spent Thursday to Sunday there sight seeing, sun tanning and especially eating, lol! As always, we had brought waaay more food than we needed, so we ended up all eating too much on the last day!

Here are some pics. To all my Canadian followers, happy belated Canada Day. To the US friends, happy 4th of July in advance :)

on our cottage balcony, July 1st:

View from the gandola in the Mont Tremblant Village:

Enjoying my smoke meat poutine. Boy how I love poutines! But I only eat it once a year, on Canada Day to be precise:

On the deck in front of our chalet. Spent quite some time here sun tanning...and got a nasty burn on my chest :(

Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone!

Last breakfast in our gazebo:

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June 29, 2011

Hey beauties! I haven't had time to do much makeup this week so far. I've had early site visits pretty much everyday and it's been so friggin hot and humid that overall I'm just not that inspired to even wear eyeshadows. I still do my nails though! I don't think anyone has ever seen me without nail polish on, lol! Last night, I layered some OPI Silver Shatter over Essie Lapis of Luxury. I was initially very turned off by the whole crackle/shatter trend but I do like the silver shatter. I find it much more "chic" than black or any other colours:

And for my super easy makeup, I just wore MAC Pro Longwear (in NW25 - which matches me again now that I'm tanner), Nars Irresistiblement bronzer and Deep Throat blush on my face, Lancome Hypnose mascara and then BAM lips with Chanel Coromandel Rouge Allure Laque:

Hope you enjoyed this random post. Will try to get more inspiring looks in soon :)

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June 28, 2011

Hey lovelies! I thought of doing a series of my favourite summer products now that the hot weather is on full swing. I will try to do at least one product per week and see how many we will get to by end of summer. And what other product to start with but a bronzer:

I purchased Nars Irresistiblement this spring and cannot stop using it. I literally have been ignoring all my other bronzers since. Irresistiblement is described on Nars website as "golden Terracotta" but to me it doesn't look golden at all. I would personally call it peachy caramel which is a shade that works great with my cooler complexion (MAC NW25). It also has a matte texture that I now prefer and is very buildable depending on what brush you use and how much of it you pick up. I would say this bronzer works divine on fair to light/light medium skintones with cooler undertones. Here's a closer look:

On NW25 skintone

I love that Irresistiblement is not brown so it looks super natural and healthy on vs making you look tanned. I have been looking for a peachy bronzer forever and this product has become my HG. It looks a bit orange in the pan but don't worry, it translate to the most unique shade of peachy bronze on the skin. I encourage all bronze phobes to give this bronzer a shout! I love it in combination with peachy, coral and golden blushes, it gives that amazing summer glow. It looks divine with Nars Deep Throat, Gilda and MAC Instant Chic and Cantaloupe as a few examples.

Here I'm wearing it with MAC Instant Chic blush on top:

Hope you guys find this review helpful. What is your favourite bronzer?

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June 27, 2011

Hey beauties! Today's a crazy busy day for me at work as we just have moved into the new location and everyone is running around trying to unpack. It doesn't help that summer is generally a busy time in my department anyway and all this move and packing/unpacking isn't helping. Oh well, this is a short week so I shall survive.

I did a glimmering gold smokey look for a big family party this past Saturday. I got a lot of compliments from the ladies on it too, quite few wanted me to do their makeup, lol! I hadn't work my MAC Reflects Antique Gold pigment in a bit and I love the affect of it layered over rusty gold base base like MUFE Metal pigment #3.

Hope you guys enjoy this look. Happy Monday :)

Face

Nars Pore Refining Primer

MUFE HD Foundation - 118 (Flesh)

Ben Nye powder

Sculpt

Prim n Proper blush

Eyes

Painterly p/p - base

Dirty GPS - base for lid and lower lashline

Nars Star Sailor duo - gold side on inner lid

MUFE Gold Metal p/m #3 - lid

Wedge e/s - above crease

Espresso e/s - crease and outer lid

NYX Black e/s - outer v

Blanc Type e/s - highlight

Lancome Black Art Liner - to line

Lancome Hypnose mascara

Lips

MUFE 2C l/l

MUFE Rouge Artist Intense l/s #29

Outfit of the night is this green shift dress I got from Le Chateau probably 6 years ago. As you know I love form fitting shift dresses and this one also fits no matter how much weigh I put on/ or lose. The strappy heels are from Nine West:

And bonus picture of the night, me and my forever young looking parents <3

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