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pinterest

Like just about everyone else on the www, I absolutely love pinterest. 

I remember stumbling upon it late one night, surfing for photography inspiration.  It was still in beta format and kept freezing on me.  I immedately sent the link to Emma and asked her if she knew what it was. 

She didn't either, but the two of us have been hooked ever since.

I have tried some of the recipes.

Monster hits:

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and an epic fail here or there:

source  (I just don't like pork  and it just didn't work for me)

I get to pin my favourite outfits:

I get to decorate my dream house:

and plan out all kinds of crafts and neat stuff I'll never find the time to do:

But it's also a place I can go to be inspired not just visually but emotionally.  A place where I can go and read a few words that can change my day, if my day needs to be changed:

or even a little perspective:

Sometimes, pinterest is a source of some of the funniest, most crude and inappropriate things I have ever seen/read/heard in my life, and fortunately I have two wonderful friends who understand my need to share such inappropirateness on a daily basis while we are all at work, that sometimes necessitates a trip to the ladies room to literally lol:

(in fact upon reflection I can't even post those ones here!)

Pinterest allows me to reminisce about where I've been:

and dream about all the places I'm going to see:

My boards are here if you'd like to follow me.

If you haven't spent any time on  pinterest(link) I encourage you to.  It's a lovely place to get lost whether you have a minute or an hour or two!

The OSCARS!

Good Morning!

I was asked whether or not I have any cards in the new issue of Cardmaps. Yes, yes I do. I am a sel;f-professed NON cardmaker, and am really thrilled that a few of my very simple cards (3, I think?) have made it into the pages of this fun publication along with the who's who of cardmaking

OK, on to the business at hand!

I will first say that I thought Ann Hathway and James Franco did a less than stellar job of hosting. I think it's a tough gig anyways, and she was just forcibly giddy while he was, as Rebecca said, perma-baked!

Onto the important stuff. . . the gowns!!!

A few favourites:

 
sleek, modern, pulled together.

 
so feminine, so lovely.

 
perfect choice for a young mom-to-be.

 
amazing fit and stunning colour on her.  I don't like the look of red gowns on the red carpet though.

 
understated bombshell. Gorgeous!

 
how age appropriate and adorable!

Now for a couple that I wanted to like, but. . .
Normally I am a big fan of vintage dresses, and I do love that midnight blue, but seriously, someone should have altered the gown properly!

 
again, normally I'm a big fan of Calvin Klein and his amazingly simple gowns, but this one, I don't know if it was the blond hair or the neckline, but all I could think of was:

 
can you see it? yikes. Not a great inspiration piece for the Oscars!

My choice for epic fail of the night was:

 
star wars meets easter? I have no idea. Loved the hair and makeup, though.

Lastly, my choice for best dressed was a tie. I love classic fashion, especially when everything else is done properly too (hair, make up, accessories). I thought these two were impeccable:

 

and

 

although Reese's look did remind me a lot of Julia Roberts' 2001 Oscar look:

 

All in all a fun night, I watched the first half with my movie-loving friends which was awesome!

That pretty much wraps up awards-show season, which I just enjoy so much! I still want to see some of the Oscar-nominated movies, especially Winter's Bone and Biutiful.

So, did you watch? Did you agree with the winners? Who wore your favourite gown??

What's in your makeup bag?

Good Morning!

How was the weekend?

Did you get your GLEEK on?? Happy with the Superbowl outcome??

 I made some room progress, I'll share pics when there is something worth sharing! It's painted - woo hoo!

I love happening upon blogs when the author shares what's in her makeup bag.

I love products, and make up and all things girly, and with 2 teenage daughters, there is never a shortage of any of it in the house!

So, here are a few of the products I use:

 

Biosilk shampoo and conditioner  My scalp gets really dry in the winter, so I indulge myself with higher end shampoo and conditioner. So far, I am not loving the Biosilk. Redken Smooth Down would be my shampoo and conditioner of choice, but I buy my hair products at Winners so I take what I can get!

 

CHI flat iron spray - love this stuff!

 

L'Oreal Studio Secrets Primer - I had my doubts about this stuff. My skin is very challenging in the winter, lots of TLC, and this stuff is lovely, it goes on like butter but without the shine, and no flaking :)

 

 

Bare Minerals Fairly Light in Matte and the Mineral Veil LOVE this stuff. I hate liquid foundation, always have, but this stuff I love. A wonderful sales girl at Sephora convinced me to try it a couple of years ago when I was lamenting my highly reactive and sensitive complexion. I haven't looked back.

 

Sephora Collection Colorful Mono Eyeshadow in Marie  I also have a grey but 80% of the time I wear this shade - neutral with just a bit of sparkle.

 

Annabelle Smudgeliner in Rich Chocolate I was devastated when Revlon discontinued by favourite eyeliner ever. Still looking for a perfect replacement, but this isn't bad.

 

Almay One Coat Mascara in Black I am a sucker for mascaras and try a lot of them but usually come back to this one.

 

MAC Lipglass : my favourite colour is Lust but I have a few different ones. Again, sucker for lipgloss, I usually have 1/2 a dozen or so floating around in my purse!

And that's about it! Do you have a must-have make up product? I'd love to hear about it!