Colour Goddess - Rachel McAdams

Not many people in this world can look gorgeous with any shade or style of hair.  Rachel McAdams is one of the blessed few.  It's really not fair!  I think my personal favourite is her long blonde hair (in the black and white dress), though she is beautiful as a brunette too.  I'm not a fan of the pink hair, but she's still beautiful regardless.  Must be tough to be so good looking! ;-) 

Kohl's Sale!

If you're a fan of Kohl's, you'll definitely want to take advantage of the 15% off promo they have going on until Wednesday, August 15th (in store or online)!  http://www.kohls.com

Book Review: "The EveryGirl's Guide to Life" by Maria Menounos

I discovered this book randomly.  I was browsing for books on organization when the title jumped out at me: The EveryGirl's Guide to Life.  It sounded intriguing so I pulled it off the shelf.  I saw it was written by Maria Menounos and my first thought was, 'oh great, another one of these spoiled Hollywood women bragging about her wonderful life.'  I knew who Maria was, but I didn't really know anything about her.  As I started flipping through the pages I realized it really wasn't that type of book at all.  It really is a detailed and helpful 'how-to' guide that all women can benefit from.  She feels that the key to happiness is organization and documents all of the ways that she manages the various areas of her life.  Her book is divided into five parts:

1. The EveryGirl Foundation (organizing, decorating, cleaning)
2. EveryGirl Has Style (skin care, makeup, fashion, hair/nails)
3. EveryGirl Emotional Foundation (friends/family, love)
4. Health and the EveryGirl (losing weight -- she wasn't always so trim, staying fit, recipes, health/well-being)
5. EveryGirl Business (work, travel, you are the CEO of your own life)

Maria is very relatable in this guide.  She comes from very humble beginnings and knows the value of hard earned money.  She opts to do a lot of her home repairs and installations herself to save money.  She designed her closet on her own using pieces from Ikea, rather than spending the quoted $15,000 to have it custom built.  She's a very busy woman and manages to juggle it all. There really is a lot of valuable information in this book.  Some ideas are common sense ones that we've all heard before but serve as great reminders, while others are new or have her own spin on them. It's great for yourself or makes a really nice gift for a friend.  I love it and am constantly going back to it.

The next time you're at the bookstore, have a look at it and see what you think!


Maria also has some really helpful videos up that are like little snippets from the book.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkWxf6_H1aU  

There are quite a few others that you'll see links to that were uploaded by Bing.

STYLE ICON - Blake Lively

 I love Blake Lively's style.  She looks pulled together and sophisticated, but in a fun and fresh way.  Being in NY, and on a cutting edge fashion focused show, sometimes she'll wear things that are little out there for my taste.  That being said, I think she's gorgeous and more often than not, I'm obsessed with her look.  Here are some of my favourites:

Pretty In Pink

Oh how I adore this movie....

Some of my favourite beauty products

I'm definitely not a slave to high end brands.  My goal is always to find the products that works best for me.  Sometimes, nothing beats a high end product.  Other times, you really are paying for the name.  I love it when I can find cheaper options that work just as well as their high end equivalents.  

Here are a few of my favourite must have items:

    My daily shampoo (Bumble and Bumble's Gentle Shampoo).  It's amazing for colour-treated hair.  I've yet to find a cheaper product that works as well for my hair.

An amazing cheap dry shampoo.  I've tried Bumble and Bumble's dry shampoo and this is just as good (and WAY cheaper....why pay $40+ when Batiste is under $10?!)

                                                         My daily face wash by Marcelle.

I love my BodyShop makeup brushes.  Added bonus - the flat bottoms allow them to stand up on their own!

Rimmel's Shock Gloss is awesome and such a bargain.

                                                            This is my summer sunscreen.

                                               I love this colour on my toes.  So vibrant!

This invisible roll on is a life-saver in the summer when I live in sleeveless shirts and dresses.  Nothing worse than getting deodorant all over your clothes.

My daily moisturizer.

                            This body wash helps control breakouts while still smelling great (pink grapefruit).

                                                           My current favourite mascara.