OOTN & FOTN

It was so nice to catch up with friends on Friday night (thanks Rob!)  ;) 

We went to a club called Bar244. 

I really liked the music - lots of dance music! All drinks are cheap at $3-$4. I think the only turn off for me was the young crowd - it felt like a throwback to high school ten years ago. Okay, that would be cool only if I was ten years younger LOL 

Ah well, still had a fab time with friends and that's what counts :)

I haven't done an OOTN and FOTN post in a while so here is one for you (now you know why I was late ten minutes Rob haha)

I coloured my own hair earlier this week with L'oreal Feria #45 Deep Bronzed Brown.

If I stay within 1-2 shades of my natural hair colour, L'oreal Feria hair colour has never let me down. And even though my hair is a long length, I only need one Feria box dye

The eye shadow I have on is mainly MAC Nehru which I did a post on a few days ago here

The lashes I have on are my favourite pair! It's my trusty Ardell 107s and I've done a post on them here 

I layered two necklaces: one is Hello Kitty and the other is from Charlotte Russe 

I wore the Guess Kayla dress, which I'm not surprised to see they are sold out of

My purse is Steve Madden (I loveee the studs on this bag)

My heels are the Patent Uber Covered Platform Pump in Nude by Charlotte Russe (patent + nude + high heel = love at first sight for me! I have a shoe haul post coming up by the way)

These are the side slits in the Guess Kayla Dress. 

And these are all the accessories I had on last night :)

Not mentioned already is the Charlotte Russe bracelet to the far left.

The Bebe cuff bracelet (under the high heels) 

Both rings are from Forever21

My watch is from Guess

Do you like seeing these type of posts? 

If so, I will try to do them more often....

And how is your weekend coming along? :)

Accessories, Dresses, Makeup

Some of the things I got in the past month from...well, you know who ;)

Forever21 Floral Print Dress in "Blue Pink"
Shoes: Charlotte Russe Peep Toe Bootie with Side Zipper 

The dress above reminds me of Tommy Bahamas because of the print and bright colours
And the peep toe booties above are from Charlotte Russe - I la-la-love them ;)

Black dress with shoulder beads from Forever21 

I love the taupe colour of this Forever21 Perforated Knit Dress. It is a bit long (just above the knees), but it's nice for a more formal dinner

A couple of bandage dresses from a store on Yonge Street in downtown Toronto called Axiom

Frederick's of Hollywood "Intoxicating Ingenue Dress" 

It was my first time visiting a Frederick's of Hollywood store when I was in Buffalo NY last month.

Dale and I went to the Walden Galleria location, which was a slight disappointment. I was expecting the store to be bigger, or at least have a better selection compared to their vast online selection. 

But we did manage to find a couple of things including this nice black one shoulder ruffle dress ;) 

As for the patent peep toe slingbacks above, I'm surprised they're not sold out online at Charlotte Russe yet. They can match almost any outfit and they're super comfortable yet sexy. I have them in every colour now :) yay!

If you read my blog, you'll know there's a running joke between Dale & I with holes in my socks

There's some affordable jewelry that I really like at Forever21

This is their lavish panel bracelet in light green/gold

Dale chose these two earrings out for me himself from Aldo - they're really nice :) 

The left pair is "gibler" in silver and the right is "gundlach" in white nubuck

I have swatches of all seven Icing nail polishes, which was picked up at Claire's. I will have it up in my next post shortly ;) 

The bottom pink ring is the faceted faux stone ring from Forever21, the middle ring is the vintaged filigree ring from Forever21 and the top cream coloured ring is the faceted bead ring in olive/gold from Forever21.

I love rhinestones so the jointed leaf earrings from Forever21 are a favourite! 

Left to right: China Glaze in "Innocence", Nina Ultra Pro in "Punki Pink", Orly in "Passion Fruit"

I picked out the far left polish, he picked out the other two bright colours (his favourites). I will try to get some swatches up in my next post

I agree with all the highly rated reviews of Rimmel Royal Gloss - the texture is smooth & not sticky 

I rarely get a chance to visit Wal-mart, but on my last visit I picked up a couple of Hard Candy Painted Lady lipsticks, a Hard Candy Plexi Gloss and their Lash Tinsel Glitter Mascara 

I have swatches of both lipsticks which I will also try to get up on my next post shortly

I did not pick out these Estee Lauder and Clinique makeup items myself - but for Estee Lauder, I love the luxe gold packaging and you can feel the quality from the amazing texture of their lip products

This is my second Hot Tools curling iron (the 1.5") - he got this for me when we were in Buffalo NY

I much prefer Hot Tools over Conair curling irons - for quality and the way it handles.

The price of Conair curling irons in Canada is pretty much the same as Hot Tools if you're getting it in the USA or through ebay ($30-$40)

The Tokidoki Sodashop perfetta cosmetic case from Sephora. The print is super cute! And I love how there is an inner slide slot inside the makeup bag. 

Ahhh you know me with Hello Kitty! :P

We were in Sephora and I loved both the HK compact mirrors - by why oh why was the rhinestone covered one not a compact (it's a one-sided mirror)? So I chose this Hello Kitty compact instead which is super super cute - love the outer mirror finish and there's a magnifying mirror as well as a regular one inside

I will have some swatches up in my next post

Doing anything exciting this weekend? ;)

Forever21, Guess & Michael Kors

My previous post was getting a bit long so here is the second part

These are more gifts that Dale bought for me in the past month - Dale if you ever read my blog thank you so much for everything

More gift certificates to my favourite clothing stores Guess and Forever21

He knows I love watching movies, how I love Winners and La Senza as well


Not only did Dale give me a gift certificate to Forever21, but he also picked out a few things in the store for me on his own
He realizes that we don't always agree on choice of clothing so he's really open and always includes a gift receipt
But I like his different taste in clothing. It keeps my wardrobe a bit more, well rounded because I tend to always tend to stick to certain styes of clothing without experimenting much
So this is what Dale chose for me from Forever21

This top reminds me of the country-side and farms! Maybe it's that kind of lace with the frills?!
It'd be cute with a jean skirt and some cowboy boots
But I don't think he was thinking farms when he saw that top - he picked out the following skirt to match





I love small floral print. Ahhh, so girly

This is the Scalloped Floral Tunic - I can shift it off shoulder which we're both a fan of
I think he got me this top because he knows I love lace and it has a bit of lace around the collar

What can I say? We both laughed when I opened up this gifted Boston Drawstring Pullover because the both of us know only one thing went through his mind when he saw this hoodie and it's Boston Red Sox

Dale took me to my first baseball game (post is here), bought me my first official Boston Red Sox gear and insisted convinced me to watch Fever Pitch with him :P
This hoodie is really soft though and I love bright coral colours :)


I know Dale also gave me a Guess gift Certificate
But like Forever21, he also went into Guess and picked out a couple of things for me on his own
How nice of him. And he often gets the sales reps to help him out in the store

Dale picked out the pink ruffle dress on his own
It ended up being the wrong size so we exchanged it and while exchanging it, we saw there was the same dress in a darker wash. Since we both loved how the dress looked, he picked up the darker dress for me as well

I love Guess jeans and this is a really nice jean jacket that Dale chose for me
He saw it on a mannequin and he told me that seeing clothes on a mannequin helps him visualize things when he's shopping to buy me something on his own

He picked out all the Guess Accessories for me except for the top left bracelet
I was in the store with him another time and he saw that I really liked it so he picked it up for me

I love this Guess Tara Dress
It's still on sale - I went to the Guess store with Dale and picked this one out
Mind you, you'll have to get one full size down if you like this dress (like if you are a size 5 normally at Guess, get a size 3 in the Guess Tara Dress..there are no even number sizes at Guess usually)

I chose this long top at Guess when I was with Dale in the store
I think it looks good with hosiery/leggings or even jeans





Dale had given me a gift certificate to Guess for my Birthday last month and one of the things I bought using that gift certificate was the black coloured version of this top (above).
I love that top - I love how it's off shoulder and how the sleeves have a laced up cut out
Since these tops were on sale when I went with Dale into the store, he picked up the other two colours for me

Dale chose out this tank top for me - I love graphic tanks

I love these Guess "Amazed" heels that Dale chose out for me
He thought this colour is turquoise - I wouldn't call it turquoise but more of an evergreen (?)


And I went into Michael Kors with Dale and he got me a couple of things

Dale chose this sweater for me
It's really nice! I wore it to the hockey game that he took me to

Now, I've been looking for a luggage coloured handbag for some time
When I saw this push lock satchel in Michael Kors and felt how soft the leather was....I guess Dale realized I really loved the bag so he bought it for me

Not much to say - I love the bag
It's very spacious but not overly huge
The push-lock is a rather easy to open so that is the only downside if there is one - but I just avoid putting anything important in that outer pocket. I keep kleenex there actually

Gosh, I really love everything Dale has given to me

So many things to be thankful for and only a small part of it are the gifts that I post on blogger


What are your favourite clothing and accessories stores?

Hello Kitty

A few things Dale surprised me with last week when he came to visit me was Hello Kitty gifts :)
He's the best!

A Hello Kitty necklace and watch - both in pink! :P

OMG I looove the necklace! It's so cute and pretty - I even love the bow along the clasp

This is my first Hello Kitty watch. It's cute - very girlie ;)


But, guess what else he bought for me that was Hello Kitty? 

Hello Kitty Pinot Nero and two bottles of Hello Kitty Champagne

Dale is from Calgary so he came across these while picking up a few things at his local liquor store

When he called me from the store to tell me, I was really surprised since I had not seen/heard of Hello Kitty booze before

Both of us checked a couple of LCBO liquor stores here in Ontario and we did not come across any Hello Kitty alcoholic beverages

Hello Kitty charm

The larger champagne bottle came with a Hello Kitty charm 

They're all products of Italy

Both Dale and I agree that the smaller champagne bottle (the amber/orange coloured one) is the best tasting of this bunch. It's actually really nice, it's crisp and tastes very much like apples (sorry, we couldn't taste the almonds in it). It's quite unique out of the champagnes we've tried and something we would repurchase ;) 

When I did a quick search for Hello Kitty alcohol just now, there were a lot of negative comments towards the whole concept of Hello Kitty launching alcoholic beverages. 

Have you heard of Hello Kitty Booze? 

What's your take on it? 

Outfit of the evening...

Thank you SO much if you voted on my blog poll to let me know what you want to see more of on this blog.

Since the accessories, outfit category got the most votes so far, here's mine of this evening...

(above): watch from Guess, earrings from Winners, bracelet from Nadri (sold at The Bay), brown/bronze ring from Fossil and the green frog ring from Guess

I decided to change up my eyeshadow colour a bit by using MAC Rich Life Pigment (limited edition). I'm not a huge fan of this - I realize now that it's a bit too much of a cool tone for my liking. Oh well! It's too late to change LOL. Oh and not to mention, this pigment colour is not easy to blend.

You can see my earrings a bit better in the next photo

(above): dress from Forever21, shoes from Guess, handbag from Aldo

I'm going to a shisha bar now ;)

How is your week coming along? What have you been up to?