I thought I would feature a few celebrities that I feel really got it right most of the time, rather it be their casual or formal attire. So here are some of my favorite outfits they wore during 2014!
Most of these items have been spotlighted many times. Seeing as I did not personally make any beauty purchases for myself, I'm afraid there is not many new things to show you. As a matter of fact, only two of these things are newly discovered from the last year. It's kind of a toss-up between not having too many new things to include and sticking more to what I like. With that said, it was still as difficult as ever to narrow it down to these fourteen. Thank goodness for monthly favorites!
I don't believe that I have done this in the years before, but I thought I would go back into my archives and pick out some of my favorite posts from 2014.It's been a fun year of blogging and I just recently renewed my domain, so I suppose you're stuck with me for another year. Well, you're not stuck...but I'm sticking around and I sure would love it if you did to!
Beauty and Fashion Posts:
Naked Basics Palette Swatches
Korres Lip Butter Swatches
Redken Hair Products
Top 5 Summer Lip Products
My Firmoo Sunglasses
My Birthday Dress
Top 5 Fall Nail Polish Shades
Top 5 Fall Lip Products
Pamper Day
Lush's Lord of Misrule
Kaia Juicy Bamboo Cleansing Cloths
Home and Lifestyle Posts:
Home Decor Wishlist - Oh, and I got that chandelier! It's not up yet, but it's mine!
Old Firehall Confectionery
My Home Binder
Meet Indy - Like I don't link to this post enough. He's my obsession, I can't help it.
Date Night at Don Mills VIP Cinemas
My Day at the Summer Fair
Living in Canada
Indy's Christmas Spirit
Experiencing Lavazza Coffee
Easy Peanut Butter Cookies
Personal Posts:
Get to Know Me Better
Don't Downsize Depression
It was an exciting year in the blogging world for me. I had opportunities to review some amazing products and work with great companies. I got to know a lot of new faces throughout social media and on here. And while some think the blogging community is becoming more negative, I am happy to say that I have hardly experienced that. Maybe it's because I surround myself with positive and supportive bloggers, which makes me extremely grateful for what's around me when I sign on. So thank you!
I enjoyed a nice week and a half with my husband during the holidays. I think I can count the amount of times I left home on one hand and I loved every single second of it. Is this an exciting post speaking of travels and adventures? Can't say that it is, but there's some darn cute animals in it and that's worth reading, right? Come see some pictures that I took during the holidays!
Here's my opinion- I don't feel like we should have to put a disclaimer on these types of posts. Some people love them, some hate them. Personally, they are one of my favorite posts to read and videos to watch. I often get future gift ideas from them and I think that what people got for Christmas/Hanukkah says a lot about where they are in life, their tastes, their character...I enjoy that! I'm no different with wanting to see what's in your fridge, your purse, your car, etc. #beennosyallmylife #whystopnow
So if you take these kinds of posts in a negative light (and maybe some people are bragging, but not all), then don't read them. I absolutely love that you have stopped by my blog to read and you can find many other topics to read about if this one has no interest to you. I won't be offended! :) Here is some of what I got for Christmas and I am grateful for and love everything. We had a wonderful Christmas in our new place!
For my beauty advent calendars, I always do a weekly post on Fridays to show what is behind each slot from the past week. I try not to blog on weekends, so Friday works best for me. Here's what the final week brought in the fabulous Body Shop advent calendar!
Merry Christmas to those that celebrate! I just wanted to write a quick note to say that I have posts scheduled to go up during my holiday break. So if you're bored of Netflix and stuffing your face with leftovers and Christmas sweets, I'll have new material up for you to read. A few posts related to 2014 and Christmas will be a bit delayed, as I will be sharing them in the new year.
Are we on December 19th, already? Seriously? Whoa. Normally I complain about Christmas coming too slow and then going by quickly, but this year it seems to be speeding towards me. I hope that means it will go extra slow once it gets here. I'd be okay with that!
For my beauty advent calendars, I always do a weekly post on Fridays to
show what is behind each slot from the past week. I try not to blog on
weekends, so Friday works best for me. Here's what this week brought in
the fabulous Body Shop advent calendar!
The winner of my Lavazza giveaway was chosen and contacted. Thank you to everyone who entered!
I've shared my holiday gift guides for this year, so I thought I would share a few things off of my personal Christmas list. It's small this year, because I honestly got the best gift already when I got Indy for my birthday (and he's definitely getting spoiled with presents!). If interested in any of the things that I have on my list, be aware that some might be sold out online. They can still be found in some stores.
First of all, thank you to everyone who shared yesterday's post and kept Shawna's family in their thoughts! I'm so happy that they found her last night and she is safe and back home. And before I jump into today's post, I also want to give a quick heads up that I changed the blog layout. With a new year starting soon, I just wanted to do a quick makeover.
For my beauty advent calendars, I always do a weekly post on Fridays to show what is behind each slot from the past week. I try not to blog on weekends, so Friday works best for me. Here's what this week brought in the fabulous Body Shop advent calendar!
Wow, November favorites already! I love November and December, so I have been a happy camper. I have been in the festive spirit for months and it is finely acceptable for me to sing Christmas songs and decorate the heck out of my house. Not that it stopped me before, but I get a lot less strange looks! ;)
The only thing I don't like? It's near impossible to get good lighting for pictures. Sorry if this photo came out a little sharp, but I had to edit it a bit. To the favorites that have a bit of a festive spin this month!
Last month, Ashley was my featured blogger. You can read that post and see other past featured blogs under the "blog of the month" label! Being my blog of the month gets you a designated blog post, a sidebar button, and a mention on my Twitter account. The sidebar button stays up all month long. I don't believe in making bloggers pay for advertising and I'd much rather show you blogs that I really enjoy reading. And I hope you end up enjoying them too! :)
Like last year with the Benefit one, I will be doing weekly insights (on Fridays) into what was behind each little slot.This week is a short one since the 1st fell on Monday. It's so fun to get to open an advent calendar again. Who doesn't want a little present daily, rather it be food or beauty related?!
Alright, I think this will be my last gift guide for this holiday season. And for me, it's the toughest. I have never had an easy time shopping for any of the guys, rather it be friends or a significant other. But I have compiled a few ideas that always seem to do the trick.
I believe that the person who is hosting the shindig deserves something special. They had to put the hours into getting their place ready and they should get a little recognition! Here are some ideas to keep you from walking into a party empty-handed.
Chances are if you read my blog, you have at least a small percentage of girliness in you. Maybe you're not at a full 100%, but I would bet that you are not running on empty! This is my guide to give you ideas on maybe what to ask for yourself or to help with buying for other girly girls. I know that I would not complain about receiving anything on this list!
I'll break my gift guides this year into a few categories: homebodies, girly girls, host/hostess, and guys (if there is any interest?). I am kicking off my gift guides this year with a description close to my
heart. This is for my fellow homebodies and those shopping for us!
I may be what you consider not normal when I say that I don't really like chocolate. I don't typically crave it and I can take it or leave it. I also come from an area where I did not grow up knowing what an advent calendar was, but I quickly learned about them when I moved to Canada. Enter the dilemma of not caring for the chocolate. It lost its appeal to me after a short while. Then, this magical thing happened. Stores and designers caught on and started offering deluxe versions with fun makeup, skincare, candles, etc. My excitement came back and it's like that very first Christmas that I learned about advent calendars.
Last year, I got the Benefit version which I reviewed every week. This year I wanted something different, so I searched around. Now are you ready for a funny story? When moving, my husband and I came across a paper gift certificate for The Body Shop. It had to be over ten years old, because I am certain that he got it before I came here. So I shoved it aside and figured it would be invalid by now.
He went to one of the downtown Toronto locations and showed them the certificate. One sales associate did not know what to make of it and had never seen one like it and called over her manager. When the manager saw it, she said it was from the 90s. Jaws dropped. And my jaw dropped when they still took it. Thank you, Body Shop! Perhaps it pays to be married to a bit of a hoarder sometimes, afterall (why can't all of the stuff he keeps be gift certificates?!). So with that, I got my advent calendar for this year!
I have my small tree up already, so it served as the perfect backdrop. Can't wait to put up the big tree this weekend! Like last year, I will do a weekly review of these products when December starts. For now, it sits there taunting me in its beautiful packaging.
November is here! If I were still in the States I would still have Thanksgiving to focus on, but here Christmas is starting to come out in full force. The ads are on TV, the parades are just around the corner, and people are already starting their Christmas displays in their yards. I've already got my Christmas decorations out of storage and planning where to put everything. To be fair, I'm just super excited about decorating our new place for the first big holiday and we're hosting the family get-together this year!
Wait, where was I going with this? This Christmas addict gets too excited! Here are a few products that got some extra love from me in October.
