MUSE APPAREL GIVEAWAY

Tis the summer of fabulous dresses! I'm bringing you all another giveaway, from another great company, Muse Apparel - a celeb favourite. Muse is giving away two gift cards worth $75, which means two winners this time!

You can pick yourself up a cute little number, like this palm print dress I am wearing c/o Muse. I have always been in to the palm print, so naturally I am very excited "Island Chic" is trending this season. 

To enter, just leave a comment below letting us know what Muse Apparel piece you would purchase with your gift card if you win! Good Luck!

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SILK & STRIPES

Top: Joe Fresh // Shorts: Club Monaco // Bracelets: Oia Jules + Forever 21

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P R I N T E D  P A L E T T E   G I V E A W A Y  W I N N E R : 

Congrats, Natalia! (please send me your address via e-mail so your prize can be shipped). Thank you to everyone who entered. Stay tuned for another great giveaway tomorrow!

DIY DIARIES: ALL THAT GLITTERS

When this girl & I get together, it's straight up shenanigans. Lot's of gold, lot's of glitter & confetti (of course). We have too much fun. This girl? Tiffany Pratt! — she is the sparkle of all trades (crafter, designer, decorator, stylist, teacher the list goes on, she's filled with skills). I had a chance to visit her home (aka THE GLITTER SUITE). Now, I'm going to pause right here in this post and redirect you to her feature in Rue Magazine just so you can gather all the amazing that exists there {insert jaw dropping here}.

Did you see it? Did you die? Amazing right? So anyways, we had a lady date to do our nails & giggle, and this is basically the result of that. We did a Steph's Way / Tiff's Way approach to this, which you can view Tiff's approach to glitter-ifying your nails over on her fabulous blog! You will have too much fun there guys, get ready for a colour party when you hop on over. Let's get to it...

Firstly, you and your friend need to slap on some glitter hair extension clip-ons. Yes, apparently these things do exist, and Tiff had a few on hand on her shelf of amazingness. This gets the party started, for reals. The end result of the nails should look something like so:

1. Paint your nails your colour of choice, I love white as a base for confetti to pop on, but I only had a light mint colour on me, so that is what I used. The key is, use what you have! No need to spend extra dollas for this DIY friends.

2. After that is dry, you can pluck all of your favourite colours to use for the confetti party to ensue on your nail.

3. Use the back of a pin and dip it generously on the nail polish brush to adhere some colour. Scatter dots on your nail as you wish. I chose to only do this on one nail, but I think it would look equally as delicious on every single one!

4. Continue applying and layering dots - perfection is not what I went for, confetti is messy so just have fun. Glitter was all over my hands as well after Tiffany did her fabulous fingers!

That's that! Here is a peek at Tiff's, head on over to her blog for the complete tutorial...

WEEKENDER

Jacket: Mango // Tee: Wilfred Free // Shorts: Club Monaco // Necklace & Chevron Bracelet: Gorjana //

Spike Bracelet: Stella & Dot // Rings: Gorjana // Sunnies: Prada // Flats: Tory Burch // Tote: Blush Shop

I love nothing more on weekends than spending time with my main squeeze, picking up fresh flowers (especially when it's peony season) and enjoying the outdoors. This was my full weekend back home from vacation and it felt great to wander around the city I call home again. Hope you are all having a great week so far!

P.S. If you are in the Greater Toronto Area this Wednesday, stop by the J.Crew opening I am hosting — for more details click here.

HAIR ON THE AVENUE

This weekend I got treated to a little hair pampering session over at Hair On The Avenue. I've been going to this salon in Toronto for the past three years and have always left with a huge smile on my face, whippin' my hair back & forth like a Pantene commercial (no lie)! Since summer is just around the corner I wanted my hair to appear a little more sunkissed. I've been a huge fan of ombre as most of you have seen me with for a couple years now, and then the salon recently introduced me to balayage - "the cousin of ombre." It has a similar effect, only that it uses a "hair painting" technique, applying colour to where the sun would naturally lighten your hair. I had never dyed my hair until 2011 (yes, I managed to stay strong through my teen years, thank goodness!). A couple years ago when I first landed at HOTA I wanted to add some dimension and switch up my look — balayage/ombre is perfect for this! There is very little maintenance required as well, which is always a plus in my books. However, I  believe in investing in good shampoo & conditioner for up keep - Kerastase is my fave for this.  I love that HOTA listens to their clients when it comes to hair, I always leave with exactly what I had in mind when I initially walk through the doors. Here's how it all came together...

Dynamic Duo Sisters: Jazmin (colour) + Tara (cut/style) - LOVE them!

Huge thanks to Hair On The Avenue founder, Luis Pacheco for having me!

For Bookings:

www.hairontheavenue.ca

112 Avenue Rd. Toronto

416.922.0112

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