MAC Cosmetics – Hello Kitty, Feb 3rd Shopping Event

How much did this image of a semi-naked man, wearing Hello Kitty‘s head, with shiny spandex tights,  just ruin your childhood image of Hello Kitty?

I’m going to assume that’s MAC‘s attempt to make Hello Kitty cute and sexy?

There were tons and tons and TONS of people lining up outside to get into this exclusive shopping event and even more people rammed, beyond capacity i’m sure, inside the store to see and purchase the new line. I’m not even kidding, it was packed like sardines in there. The overcrowdedness was killer to my shopping mood and impossible does not even begin to describe getting in arms reach to see or try the new product.

As many people as I saw buying the Hello Kitty MAC makeup, I think the poor organization and the small amount of space in the store, put a damper to the possible amount of sales. I can’t say I would attend another one of these MAC events because i’d rather shop in less crowded conditions and be able to comfortably see and try the product. Although, the originality of the Hello Kitty man did make for a great photo op and they did keep everyone hydrated in the overly warm conditions with unlimited cocktails.

Check out the pictures of the Hello Kitty frenzy!

Designer Spotlight – Jason Wu

Who: Jason Wu – a 26 year old fashion designer who recently dressed Michelle Obama for the inauguration ball.

What: The Jason Wu Collection is inspired by the “modern lifestyle dressing with the spirit and detailing of haute couture in a way that is both innovative and romantically reflective.”

When: February 2006 was when Wu debuted his collection. He was also regarded as one of the leading new American Designers at the time.

Where: You can find The Jason Wu Collection stocked at Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom, Jefferey, Louis Boston, Susan and Net-a-Porter.com.

Celeb Clients: Michelle Obama, Leighton Meester, Eva Longoria, Wei Tang, Amber Valetta, Gretchen Mol, Kerry Washington, Oliva Chantecaille

Other interesting information: attended New York’s Parsons School of Design, upon graduation Jason interned for Narciso Rodriguez and is the founder and creator of a line of high-end collectible dolls called Fashion Royalty.

Happy Chinese New Year!

It’s Chinese tradition to make sure your entire house is clean before you ring in the new year. I’ve cleaned my house but didn’t have enough time to “clean”/bathe my dog in the process…

Needless to say, my mom had a conniption. Because even after moving to and living in Canada for over 30 years she remains ever so true to her cultural roots.

Happy Chinese New Year everyone and welcome the year of the Ox!

Cupcake Camp TO

It was quite crowded…

Cath and her cupcakes

Sugar*Baking – Coconut flavoured cupcakes

Sugar*Baking – Ferrero Rocher flavoured cupcakes

Sugar*Baking – Redbean flavoured cupcakes

Sugar*Baking

Sugar*Baking

All the cupcakes up for judging

The first of its kind in Toronto and Canada I think…

Close to 300 people attended Cupcake Camp TO on Sunday January 25th, 2009, getting together to swap cupcake recipes and enjoy those delicious little treats.

It was a lovely event for a Sunday afternoon and a great way to wrap up the weekend. For $5 admission there was what seemed like an endless supply of all you can eat cupcakes with tons of different flavours.

A whole bunch of friends and I headed down to support our friend Cath, who recently launched her own baking business, Sugar*Baking and entered her Ferrero Rocher, Redbean, and Coconut flavoured cupcakes to the event.

While I was enjoying these amazing treats, I couldn’t help but think of Sameer!

He is Sugar*Baking’s number one fan, a cupcake enthusiast and a dear friend of me and Cath. He was really looking forward to this event but could not attend because of a recent career move to Washington. We missed him!

All in all the cupcakes were delicious and we had tons of fun eyeing and trying everything!

Check out the pictures.

Mowing the snow

Isn't this glamorous? LOL

That would be me last weekend.

Yeah I know… lovely isn’t it?

Whoever said we would not be getting much snow this winter was clearly very wrong. Half the tree in that picture is covered with snow.

I have this thing where I absolutely refuse to use a snow blower or lawn mower because i’m convinced it looks horrendous… but there was just WAY too much snow and the driveway was impossible to shovel!

This picture was courtesy of my sister who decided that she would be the innocent bystander while I tirelessly pushed that heavy piece of metal through a gagillion centimeters of snow.

While I was galavanting around Toronto…

I partied with Freida Pinto from Slumdog Millionaire and didn’t even know it. 

That would be because it was back during the ’08 Toronto International Film Festival and it was a random, happily buzzed guy, who told me she was an actress and I thought he was just joking. 

I only realized this as I was looking through pictures from last nights Golden Globes and noticed the actress in Slumdog Millionaire, which picked up four Golden Globes, looked oddly familiar. 

She was such a sweet girl and definitely tons of fun! 

Oh, and the happily buzzed guy was apparently her publicist =) 

It was good times!

Out with the old in with the new – Welcome 2009!

I’ve been on a bit of an Internet hiatus over the holidays… in between jobs i’ve granted myself an extended break and have just been getting back into the swing of things now. I felt the need to get offline for a bit and make face time with friends and family.

I’m back now and it’s already seven days into 2009! I swear the older you get the faster time flies.

I always like to start my new year’s off with new goals and resolutions. This would be my attempt to rid of the old and bad habits from the previous year to be the best that I can be this year. Ofcourse re-iterating them to myself isn’t good enough, I need to solidify my commitment to these goals by writing them somewhere… so here are some of them for this year:

• Finish writing My Intern Diaries because my experiences are such a worthwhile read.
• Skim The Star, Globe, National Post, Toronto Sun, and New York Times everyday, even though I don’t have subscriptions to any of them. It was a great habit I picked up interning at Corus and besides, I can’t only read fashion related news. Keeping abreast with world events is also important. HA!
• Buy a new wardrobe. By wardrobe I mean, yes you’ve guessed it… new clothes, shoes, and purses. It’s my goal every year but somehow the term wardrobe never sufficiently encompasses my superficial wants at it’s entirety.
• Go on vacation. Preferably somewhere tropical.
• I’m embarrassed to say this because everyone seems to already know how to use this program, but learn Adobe Photoshop.

I could go on forever but I’ll keep it real and somewhat attainable. Hope everyone has a successful and memorable 2009!

Happy Holidays!

Hope everyone is having an amazing holiday season! This was an ornament I noticed on my friend’s Christmas tree, how cute is it??

Tagged

I’ve been tagged by Koko STiLetTo to list seven personal details about myself… so here goes:

1. I am currently reading One Fifth Avenue by Candace Bushnell.
2. I prefer salty foods over sweets. With that being said, I would pick a bag of spicy Doritos over ice-cream, candy or chocolate bars any day!
3. I  once competed in the Ontario track and field finals, running the 4×100 relay. Our team placed 13th out of 30 teams and it was the most unforgettable experience to this day.
4. I have two best friends who I absolutely LOVE to death, both who i’ve been friends with for what seems like an eternity. One is a wedding photographer and the other a baker, she makes the prettiest and most delicious c.u.p.c.a.k.e.s =)
5. My childhood aspiration was to become a criminal defense lawyer.
6. I will be starting a new PR gig in January for a Canadian cosmetics company.
7. If I could only use one word to describe myself that would be; exuberant.

I am now tagging the following 7 bloggers to share 7 points about themselves. (And ofcourse if they wish to participate, they are also supposed to tag 7 other bloggers to do the same)

• Makeup Theory Workshops
• Rock The Trend
• Denim Therapy
• Claire from The Fashion Bomb
• New and Social
• eye4style
• My Beauty Remarks

Fashion tights and places to get them

Ever since my tights, stockings but no leggings party, I discovered my new found obsession with fashion tights.

They look stylish, keep you warm when bearing your legs in the winter and along with leggings, are the best go to item for those days you can’t bring yourself to wear jeans.

After having such a hard time finding some not so boring ones from stores and malls, I perused the Internet and found a couple specialty online stores selling quite a selection of fashion tights, stockings, etc. 

• StockinGirl – Stockings, Thigh-Highs, and Fashion Hosiery Boutique (they even have their own blog!)
• My Tights –  They carry everything you could possibly wear on your legs
• AlexBlake – Sheers, Tights, and Socks for Women & Men

I’m in a tights frenzy this winter!