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3 hour groceries and Leanne’s birthday Giveaway!
I cannot believe it’s 10pm on a Saturday night. Where did the day go? I edited and took photos for my eBay purchases which will be up early next week, and after that – we went grocery shopping for three hours. To three different stores, but still. Now you can understand why I usually do it during my lunch breaks on the week days.
My main point of this out-of-the-ordinary blog post on a Saturday night was to tell you all about Leanne’s birthday giveaway! She’s my Newfoundlander buddy who I’ve never met, but now also lives in Ontario too. One day we’ll meet. Her 26th Birthday is coming up and in lieu of that, she’s giving away a $25 gift card to my favorite store: Sephora. Oh the endless possibilities.
Anyway, go check out her website. It’s pretty much similar to mine, blogging about fashion, beauty, organizing, food, stuff like that. I’m sure you’d love her too if you visit my site.
Dior Vernis Haute Couleur Gel-Effect Nail Lacquers
Okay, first things first. I want to get it out there. Dior nail polishes remind me of Sally Hansen nail polishes. Yes, absolutely and completely. I’ve never been a fan of the other drug store polishes (OPI, Essie or China Glaze) besides Sally Hansen, and the reasoning behind that is their brushes were just too flimsy and narrow.
Except this isn’t your ordinary nail polish. The past few weeks I’ve made two separate purchases of Dior nail products. One of them being a Gel-Effect top coat. It’s like shellac, you apply 1-2 coats every 3-4 days and it gives this incredible shellac-like shine. At home manicure? Saves me the dollars, that’s for sure.
Now there’s more colours besides the clear top coat I own. 14 new colours to wear!
I’m new to Dior polishes, so I was surprised to see the shape of the nail polish brush be rounded and quite wide. Easily coating your nail in just a few sweeps. This is a big deal to me, since I feel like I’m a child trying to colour inside the lines only to mess up and get it all over my skin. It’s a process, painting my nails. But I’m slowly getting better at it.
155 Tra-La-La, 661 Bonheur, 853 Massï
These are the three polishes Dior sent me from their new collection. When I first opened them up, Bonheur reminded me of the colour I received not too long ago from the Dior Spring Collection in the shade Bloom. They are slightly different though. Seeing how the ones I’m showing you here today are a completely different formulation. Shiny like glass. As for longevitiy of the polish, nothing lasts longer than 3 days on my hard working hands. But if I keep applying the clear Gel-Effect top coat to my nails every few days, I can push my at-home mani a little further. Then it starts to crackle like shellac, and it’s time to do the process all over again.
How is the formulation?
Without a base coat I applied the colours. Tra-La-la, the light pink required three solid coats of polish to secure a fully flawless creamy nail. Bonheur, and Massaï were fine with just one or even two coats.
How they look on the nail
155 Tra-La-La, 661 Bonheur, 853 Massï
My ultimate favourite colour by a landslide is most definitely the colour 155 Tra-La-La. It’s got a sweet, feminine feel to the polish and it kind of makes my hands look tan somehow. I’ll take it.
Dior Gel Effect Couture Nail Polish ($26CDN) is available at Dior counters nationwide, and TheBay.com. Sephora will be receiving them in May. But you best get your arse in gear if you want any of the colours I’ve shown on the blog. They’re awesome and will probably sell out.
Disclaimer: The Dior nail polishes were sent to me by the PR team. I never do paid posts/ads in exchange for product review. That is not honest. Opinions are my own, I’d like to keep it that way, since I like tellin’ ya how it is.
2012 Year In Review!
Happy New Year everyone!
The boyf and I got back from Newfoundland this morning, on a 5am flight. Needless to say, there wasn’t much NYE festivities happening around our parts! In fact, I went to bed in Newfoundland at around 11pm so I could get a bit of shut eye. Man. I’m getting old. At least I took tomorrow off as another vacation day, so I can catch up on a few things before heading back to work on Thursday.
Last year I did a 2011 year in review, and I thought I’d keep the tradition going this year. I blogged at least 24 times a month during 2012. 42 being the most in one month!
January
I had an unforgettable time in Newfoundland during Christmas last year. Sliding with just a sprinkle of snow? No problem! Ancy Nancy got it covered. :)
I wrote a blog post explaining why I thought CrossFit was so effective.
Why yes, we do go to McDonalds on Valentine’s Day…
Alfie got a new coat, from a great Canadian company!
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February
I reviewed a freaking car (The Chevrolet Cruze) on my blog! I think that tops all of my reviews throughout the year. I kind of want to do that again this year! What do you say, Chevrolet Canada?
There was also a blogger meet-up that Morgan organized in Toronto!
Ah, the hunt for a leather jacket has ended. I finally found one I love, and it’s not even real leather. Saves me the dollars!
I passed the one year mark at CrossFit!
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March
A popular blog post on internet web searches: Is Lululemon worth the price? Comparing a $14 Costco jacket with a $99 Lululemon one.
I’ve changed my tune on blog reviews, not everything is rosy.
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April
I blogged about my eBay finds. I’ll be doing this again soon, since I shop eBay all year round. I stopped posting my reviews about my items mid-year because I was starting to grab some things for Christmas presents. Since I fly home a lot, I bring whatever I have purchased throughout the year so my suitcase in December isn’t over burdened.
Vegan treats and sleeping at IKEA. What!?
I’ve got some Molly Shannon moves. I showed them off at Girls Night. You jealous yet?
I spent Easter up in Barrie with relatives I haven’t seen in 15 years. I also got lost on the way and ended up on a Military Base.
Girls Night Out. Always a fun time with these two ladies.
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May
I had a ginourmous birthday giveaway on my blog!
Had a great Birthday at work and home too.
My Birthday weekend in Toronto, seeing Picasso and a Toronto FC soccer game!
Flew home for May 2-4 weekend, and as Ancy Nancy always does, take the kiddo’s on adventures… 
while in Newfoundland IÂ took my nephews rock climbing.
I then took my friend Stephanie climbing!
I did a “What’s In My Purse” post from the bag I received from the Fossil Canada folks.
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June
I met one of my online friends at Luminato in Toronto!
More eBay items reviewed – not to worry, I’ve already got a drafted post half written and will be up in the next little while, of all the finds I bought in 2012!
Finally just went to a drop in clinic and got an asthma inhaler for my self-diagnosed exercise induced asthma I’ve had my entire life.
Showed you guys all of my purses. I’ve only added to the collection since then. Oops.
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July
Best summer ever since I got to review popcorn!
I gave my nephew a pretty sweet gift for his sixth birthday, a treasure chest! His reaction was the best.
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August
Oh the day I nearly got kicked out of yoga, fun times.
Gave a sneak peek into our bedroom.
Went to visit my BFF in Ottawa, who I haven’t seen in a few years. On the way home though, the train got stuck and we all got fed at Union Station in Toronto, and bussed home. What an adventure, ha!
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September
Hung out with Madonna’s make up artist! (Technically at the end of August for this one, and the one below but I didn’t blog about it til September)
Hand over my asthma inhaler. I met the folks at Fossil Canada headquarters. Holy moses.
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October
I went home for Thanksgiving! That makes three times in the year, I went to Newfoundland :)
Went to see Dragonette in concert, thanks to Twitter!
I went to SCCTO (She’s Connected Conference) in Toronto, and got a manicure at McDonald’s!
I teamed up with SportChek and the #MyBetter campaign! So fun.
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November
For Halloween I dressed up like a nerd at work. Apparently this is a good look for me, a perfect fit shall we say? Everyone said it suited me. I don’t know whether or not to be offended ;)
I started the 50 day push up challenge on November 1, to build up my shoulder strength.
Serena Williams was playing at the Face Off Tennis match in Toronto. I went, thanks to SportChek.
I started running with a coach in November!
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December
I completed the 50 day push up challenge!
Went to Newfoundland for Christmas (and got back today). Said my GoodBye’s to my little nephews yesterday… :(
For Christmas I gave my Boyfriend a trip to Quebec City. We’re going in February!
The boyf also got me a pretty unexpected gift. A way better camera than my point-and-shoot canon! I’m so excited to learn more about this one!
Got my parents a pretty well-deserving, special gift — with huge thanks to my neighbours organizing it with me, a trip to Florida with tons of spending money. Eee! My parents both cried. I never see them cry, so it was touching to see them so happy, opening the gifts. I was the one who gave the money, and my neighbour planned the flights and accommodations. I had to think of a clever way to give them the dolla bills instead of just saying “here’s some cash for you to spend”. So I went out and got a wallet for my Mom(from eBay actually) and filled it up with American $50 bills. Put it in a box and voila. But for my Dad to open something too, I taped a bunch of bills together and stuffed them into an old tissue box and had one $50 poking through; so when he pulled it — all the others kept coming out too. Like a never ending pot of gold.
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