Frosted cupcake, you are finally mine!

ast year, I was on a mission to find Bath & Body Works' Frosted Cupcake candle around the holidays. I just heard numerous good things about that candle, but I was too late. By the time I went to the stores they were all sold out. I ended up buying Homemade Cookies instead. Luckily I ADORE the smell of Homemade Cookies as it makes my house smell delicious. I love how it doesn't smell like chemicals, but actually like the real thing.
The other day I was shopping at my local mall and there was a promotion going on at Bath & Body Works. They had a promo for 2, 3-wick candles for $25. Plus, if you purchased it you got a cute reusable bag (shown above) + 3 mini candles. To my surprise I saw my Frosted Cupcake candle. I ended up buying Frosted Cupcake and Homemade Cookies. I smelled all the other candles, but these were my favourites.

These 2 candles have been burning non-stop in my house. It smells sooooooo good!

Here are my 3 mini samples. They also smell pretty good. I haven't burned them yet, but I can't
wait to around the holidays.

Gap accessories

hat I love most about Gap are their crazy sales. I sign up for their newsletter and I always get emails saying there is a special promotion going on. Two weeks ago I dropped by Gap on my lunch break to use my 20% survey coupon (it's a 20% discount you get when you fill out a survey that is on your previous receipt). I was immediately drawn to 3 things- a purse, flats, and a hat. Gap has been coming out with pretty nice accessories in the last little while and I just couldn't resist.

Doesn't this purse look so Lanvin-esque with the grosgrain bow on the chain? It was on sale for $24.99.
I think the regular price was close to $40?

These were too cute to pass up. They have a snakeskin pattern to it with a tie-bow at the back.
It's super comfortable and I think I got these for $20. I think they were regular $40?

I just love this hat. It has a wider brim than many of my other hats. I also love the detail of the ribbon.

So the story on gets better. A week later I got an email from Gap saying that for 1 day only they were going to have a 30% off everything at the store. I immediately rushed out and got a price adjustment on all the items I bought the week before. I ended up getting close to $25 back! The best part was that I was able to pick up a really nice pair of leather boots for a really good deal. It reminded me vaguely of Isabel Marant boots.

The almond toe has a burnished look. Same with the heel area. It's so unique and looks
great with skinny jeans.

Fashion Muse- Kingston Rossdale

m I crazy that I think a 5-year old is a fashion muse? Crazy or not, I just think he is the coolest kid on the block. I just love his quirky sense of style. I typically don't like when parents try too hard to be hipster parents by dressing their kids in the trendiest outfit and styling their kids' hair into faux hawks. But I really think Kingston just has an easiness to his style that you can't fake.

Some of my recent nail polish hauls

an you tell I have a weakness for nail polishes? My nail polish collection is steadily growing each day and I'm not sure how long til my nail polish drawer becomes completely filled. Probably not long...
Anyways, just thought I would share with you all a little of my recent purchases.
From left to right: Chanel 08 Pirate, Essie Carry On, Essie Power Clutch, Revlon 320 Ocean Breeze, Revlon 370 Not So Blueberry, Deborah Lippmann Don't Tell Mama, Deborah Lippmann Wicked Game, Deborah Lippmann Happy Birthday, Sally Hansen Barracuda, Butter London Muggins, Butter London Rosie Lee, Dior 219 Beige Safari, OPI I Eat Mainely Lobster. I haven't worn all the colours yet, but I'm slowly getting around to them. I will share with you some of my favourites out of the bunch that I have tried out.

Here's a close-up. 

Close-up of the rest.

Currently I'm wearing the Revlon Ocean Breeze nail polish. It's almost an exact dupe of Gosh's Ocean
and similar to Essie's Trophy Wife (Trophy Wife is more teal), but at a fraction of the cost.
I actually picked up the 2 Revlon poslihesat my local Shopper's Drug Mart when it was on sale for $3 each.

Sorry, but my nails are chipping already. I was doing housework today.

This is one of my favourite reds! It's not photographing true to colour.
It's actually a blue-toned red and it looks great on your toes too!

I got this free when I bought 2 Deborah Lippmann polishes at Holt Renfrew. It's such a cool colour.
It's a dark, dark bluish green. It almost looks black on the nails, but in different lighting you can
definitely see the bluish green shimmer, but the shimmer is very fine. It's a very unique colour.
If you can get this polish I promise you, you won't be disappointed!

I have never seen a colour like this. This is Deborah Lippmann's Wiked Game. I was debating whether
to get Chanel's Peridot nail polish because that polish had the same duo chrome effect as in this
polish, but in green. However, I have seen Peridot on the nails and it doesn't have the same
effect as in the bottle. This, however, looks amazing on the nails. I couldn't stop looking at my nails
and turning it ever so slightly to see my nails change colour. I got lots of compliments when I wore
this polish. Definitely worth the hefty $20 price tag.

My last favourite out of all the nail polishes I purchased is the Butter London's Rosie Lee polish.
It's a glittery rose gold nail polish. Again, so unique and it went on evenly on the nails. This was about
$17 at Holt Renfrew.

Jewelry mini haul

y camera is finally fixed! Yay!
When I dropped it off to get it fixed they told me it would take a maximum of 2 weeks and it's been over a month now. I can't believe how much I relied and loved my camera until I didn't have it anymore. I've wanted to share with you guys so many new things that I've gotten in the past month, but I wasn't able to. The first thing I wanted to share with you is my obsession with costume jewelry. Other than my own jewelry line I've been amassing quite a jewelry collection. Most specifically I've been obsessed with necklaces. I love how they can dress up a plain top. I do love my simple necklaces, but for some reason I'm really drawn to statement necklaces lately. I know some of you guys already know that I got 2 pieces from Amrita Singh on Hautelook, but I just wanted to show you the necklaces close-up.

My first necklace from Amrita Singh was the Pachac Necklace in Coral. At first I wasn't sure if I loved it
because the necklace was so light. It felt a little cheap. Plus, the resin wasn't as nice in person
as in the photos. However, after wearing it several times I love it. I've gotten several compliments on it-
not just from friends and co-workers, but total strangers. It's such a statement piece.

The second Amria Singh piece was the Cary Necklace. This necklace is much heavier than the
Pachac Necklace and it's got so much detail. I love wearing this just over my neck with a
plain, loose-fitting top.

This is the Tiffany & Co. Toggle Bracelet in Onyx that I got from my husband for my 31st birthday.
I know I already did a blog post on it, but I thought I would include it in this jewelry haul because
I absolutely adore this bracelet. It's so unique with the onyx beads.

My last piece is the Psalm 91:1 necklace that I bought from the craft fair I participated a few weeks ago.
Psalm 91:11 was another vendor there and I bought this necklace with my friend. It's a beautiful
necklace, but my only qualm is that the chain near the top already started oxidizing and I didn't
wear it that much...

Fashion Muse- Elisa Sednaoui

ashion model, Elisa Sednaoui, is pure perfection. I love her casual/chic style and I adore how, even with her model figure, she wears relaxed pieces.
I wish I can raid her closet.

My new spice rack

hated my old Trudeau spice rack. It was so clunky and big. Yesterday my co-worker asked me if I would be interested in taking some Umbra products home. She had some left-over Umbra products that we weren't using for an upcoming shoot and Umbra let us keep the leftovers (how nice of them!). I immediately grabbed the spice rack. It's not the prettiest spice racks I've seen, but it was a whole lot better than what I had. I also saw an opportunity to do a little craft project with these. The box came with spice name stickers that you stick on top of the lid. They were just plain, black stickers with white type. Very boring and not so special. I decided to make my own stickers and personalize it a little more with colourful, patterned paper. And here is the result! I wish I had my SLR to take these photos, but unfortunately my camera is still at the shop. I don't know why it's taking so bloody long...

I used 2 different types of paper to create the sticker labels.

Here is the original spice rack box.

And these are the stickers that came with the box.

They are just plain stickers. I think mine is much better, don't you think?

I used scrap papers that I already had lying around.

I used a 1" circle cutter to cut the paper into round shapes, but you can use a punch as well.
I didn't have a 1" punch in my kit. I then used my Xyron sticker machine to create stickers out of
these circle punches. And that's about it! Oh, I used my software program, InDesign, to create
the template. The font I used was Monoline Script.