Oscar

cardigan+bag - H & M    jeggings+ ring - F21   plaid shirt - Joe Fresh    boots - Payless   hat - LOST    necklace - vintage

I hope you all had a nice weekend! Mine was busy with a couple of birthday dinners/parties and filled with tons of of snow, as you can see. D. and I were outside for maybe two minutes taking the photos above before we started shivering and maybe swearing a little bit under our breaths and ran back inside. People are saying Spring is just around the corner but they're bloody liars, that's what I think! ; ) It's -35 degrees C. with the windchill today!! Anyways, this is what I wore yesterday for a day of running errands and visiting with my two and a half year old nephew (we watched Diego and made playdough pancakes.) I got the H & M cardigan for $15.00 on sale a couple of weeks ago and the jeggings were $9.00 during a Boxing Day special at Forever 21 last year. (Score!) The shoes from Payless are one of the most comfortable pairs I own. I also watched the Oscars last night of course which is my favorite televised event of the year. I get sooo excited for it! I explained to D. that watching The Academy Awards is the equivalent of  him watching The Stanley Cup. Here's what I thought of the show last night:

• The highlights of the program were Melissa Leo's F Bomb slip, Luke Matheny's hair and Natalie Portman's acceptance speech
• Anne Hathaway was a ray of sunshine with tons of energy while her co-host James Franco was about as exciting as saw dust with his smug mug and disconnectedness, is anyone else with me on this??
• I thought Oprah Winfrey looked frickin' fantastic in Zac Posen

What did you think of The Oscars?

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Annie's Story

I love the headline on this poster."Johnny Weir!" just kinda says it all.
The following was originally sent in as a comment on yesterday's blog. But it is so beautiful that I couldn't bear to leave it in the comments, where people may or may not find it. So I asked the author, the lovely Annie featured in one of yesterday's photos from the Clifton book signing, if she would be willing to be

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Makeup Storage on a (Low) Budget

When I moved in with my boyfriend last summer there wasn't a lot of room to do my hair or makeup so for the first few months I sat on my knees on the floor in front of this mirror with all of my cosmetics and hair products strewn about to get ready. Yeah, it wasn't comfortable at all and my knees were very unforgiving. So we moved some furniture around (D. was kind enough to move his whole office down to his man cave so I could have the little nook in our bedroom to do what I wanted with it) and my crafty Dad made this wooden table for me. D. then sanded, painted and stained it and placed my full-length mirror behind the table and bam! a makeshift low-budget vanity! ha ha. It works for me for now ; ). Eventually I want to upgrade! Since I am on a budget I wanted to find ways to store my makeup without breaking the bank. Here's how I did it for under $40.00:

I bought this Yngaren Bowl from Ikea for $9.99. It's perfect for storing my eye shadows.

I got these cups/bowls from Ikea as well, in the kitchen section. They were $1.99 each.

 This is a cutlery holder I bought from The Dollar Store for (you guessed it) a DOLLAR. 

This basket is also from The Dollar Store.

 Here we have a pretty-yet-tacky-but-I-like-it shot glass from Mexico that I stole from my boyfriend.
I store my primers in it.

This is another one of my Ikea purchases. Don't you just love Ikea?? I think these were $10.00 for 2
. As you can see it's stuffed with my hair products, lotions and perfumes that I currently use.

(Those bamboo baskets I have my brushes and cotton balls in were $6.99 for a set of 3. Ikea!)

When I'm doing my makeup I don't like to dig for items, I like to have all of my products where I can see them - right in front of me instead of in drawers. Also, the less clutter the better so as I was organizing I threw out old makeup I hadn't used in months. I mean, who needs three concealers and five mascaras?? Umm....me?? And 3/4 of the girls that are reading this post! ; ) This isn't my whole makeup collection though - I have a whole bunch of stuff in a box that I haven't even used yet! Damn you, Sephora! But my collection is quite tame compared to other beauty bloggers'. One of my New Year's Resolutions was to stop buying so much makeup and use up what I have before I purchase more. I think I'm doing a pretty good job so far. Except for that Lancome eye liner I bought so I could get the gift with purchase. And the Clinique Bonus that was on at The Bay a couple of weeks ago...oops.

So that's how I organized my makeup for under $40.00!  How do you store yours? Let me know in the comment section below. I would love to hear!

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WTMW and WOW!!!

OK, first some highlights from Tuesday's WTMW book signing in Clifton, New Jersey:

Johnny's ready to sign some books, bitches! Thanks to Lisa Basile Lawless for posting the photo on Johnny's Facebook fan page. The fabulous Coco Chanel cuff he's wearing is available from Lisa's sister, Wendy Basile, owner of Decotrashland--check them out on Facebook. Company slogan: "Recycled vinyl records

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H & M Overload

Looking at my hyper-extended leg in this pic reminds me of that scene from 'Black Swan' where Nina's legs start to break backwards lol. Just had to mention that.

 

 faux fur coat/top/bag/bracelet/black stone ring - H & M   pants - Zara   boots - Spring  headband - asos   cross - vintage

I didn't realize how much H & M I was wearing until I started typing this post! It's my favorite store so I guess it's expected! I got this faux fur coat two season's ago for $50.00 and it's a wardrobe staple I know I'll keep forever although I don't wear it very often which has got to change. I'm not sure what took me so long to purchase the asos headband I'm wearing in these photos, it's so practical yet stylish and spices up any winter outfit. As you can see, there's no Spring in sight where I live, it's still chilly with a ton of snow covering the ground. That's Canada for you! I expect the snow will start to melt in April. Ugh.

So this past weekend was a long weekend for me because our province has a national holiday called "Family Day" the third week in February so D. and I went out to my family's cabin on Sunday to spend time with my parents. My mom and dad insisted I bring Kitty out since they miss her. Below is the only picture I took at the cabin. 

She was going crazy for the birds outside! There was a huge crow I wish I would have snapped a photo of, it was like a gigantic rodent with wings. We'd never seen such a large bird before, it was nuts.

Oh and those of you who follow me on Twitter know that I saw Justin Bieber's film "Never Say Never" in 3D on Saturday and LOVED IT! Seriously, it was a fantastic, inspiring movie. That kid is super talented and even though I'm not a fan of his music (which may change in the future) I still enjoyed it. It's true - I caught Bieber fever and I heard there's no cure!! Whaaaat?

Have a great week!

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Hey Babe. Go Get Your Book Signed. Did I Mention It's Johnny?

Kayso Johnny has tweeted about tonight's book signing at the Barnes and Noble in Clifton, New Jersey, three times now in the last three days, including a tweet with my kind of math:


So I think he wants people to come.

If you need more motivation than math (although who could possibly resist an equation with a ♥ in it?), here are some .gifs from Babe Walker's backstage-at-Villionaire video that

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Pre-Oscar / Post-NYFW Roundup: Best Random Recent Johnnyness That Totally Makes Me LOL

Best cameo appearance of sunglasses in a short film or
documentary, first nominee. From this behind-the-scenes video
of the Indashio show by Anna Castillo of Ink Cosmetics.
This shot appears for like three seconds around 4:01.

Best cameo appearance of sunglasses in a short film or
documentary, second nominee. From the same video. Although
it took me a while to notice he was wearing sunglasses

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I Bought It & Bieber

For those of you who follow me on Twitter may remember me mentioning that I had bought a dress from asos. Well this is it! Do you like? *I'm in Love* This dress is the first piece of clothing (besides a head scarf and hoodie) that I've bought online. I know! Can you believe it? I'm always afraid something won't fit and then there's the hassle of returns, extra costs associated with that, etc., etc. I really hoped I picked the right UK size. I even measured my goodies (bust, chest, waist) so I'm crossing my fingers I can just slip this lady on and all will be right with the world ; ).

So yay, it's the weekend! What are your plans? After work today I'm meeting a friend to go and see this kid's movie:

Who is this cute young sprite with the semi-mullet you ask??? Why it's Baby Bieber! The "Biebs!" aka Justin Bieber, and I'm not ashamed to admit I'm really looking forward to seeing his documentary "Never Say Never." Yup, I'm joining hundreds of screaming tweens who are probably still in training bras and drink juice boxes for the Ultimate 3D Experience to see how this small town Canadian kid became the most famous popstar in the world. I'm not a fan of his music but I have to admit he's quite intriguing and extremely talented and hey, he's CANADIAN so I have to support my fellow Canuck, right? ; ).

Have a great weekend everyone!

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Happy Johnnyversary! Part 2

NYFW note: Johnny's collaboration with Adrienne Landau,revealed in her show yesterday at the conclusion of Fashion Week,is stunningly gorgeous! See tons of fab photos here!The HAT! The COAT! The EVERYTHING!
Love all his designs!

Johnny prepares to perform his "Fallen Angel" free skateat the Vancouver Olympics, one year ago today,February 18, 2010.
He would later call this performance
"the

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Happy Johnnyversary! Part 1

Aaaaaaaand just when I thought there's no way we could possibly top the Elise Øverland show, here comes Johnny down the runway for Indashio:




Just ... wow. SO MUCH wow. It's almost more wow than a person can take in all at once. Surely any minute now those fine folks in South Dakota will be introducing a bill to outlaw this sort of extreme wowness, or at least prevent it from entering their

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Is There Something in the Botox??

                    Natalie Portman                               Kate Hudson                                     Jewel                                              Pink

                   Alicia Silverstone                            Emma Bunton                                     Gretchen Mol                       Victoria Beckham

                    Marion Cotillard                              Mariah Carey                                 Jane Krakowski                            Selma Blair

                   Jennifer Connelly                               Rachel Zoe                                 Melissa Rycroft                              Ivanka Trump

What do all of these celebrities have in common? Besides being beautiful, rich, famous and looking like they ate a few too many cheese tofu burgers? They're all knocked up! That's right, each and every one of these celebs is preggers! And they're all over the age of 27, in fact a couple of them are in their forties (Jane and Jennifer) but most of them are in their mid-to-late thirties which makes me realize I still have lots of time : ). Whew! There must be something in the botox water in Hollywood because this is a baby BOOM if I ever saw one.

***UPDATE! JESSICA ALBA JUST ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT SHE'S PREGNANT TOO! OH DEAR LORD!!

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Warning: NYFW May Severely Impair Your Ability to Decide Stuff (and Also to Speak Coherently)

Programming note:HEY I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A LIVESTREAMOF THE INDASHIO SHOW TONIGHT AT 8:30 PM ESTIN WHICH JOHNNY IS WALKING!!!(Or at least that's what Indashio's blog says.His blog also says his theme is Trident gum.)BUT I DUNNO IF THIS IS THE RIGHT LINK!SO SOMEBODY TWEET ME OR SOMETHING!!
UPDATE: LIVESTREAM ALSO AVAILABLE
AT THIS LINK VIA Elle.com!
OK, I lied. My fav pic of Johnny from

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Partying like it's 1999 and a Giveaway Winner!

On Saturday night a bunch of us went to Moriarty's Wine Bar downtown to celebrate my best friend Kristin's Birthday. We decided to get all dolled up. K. had her makeup done at MAC earlier in the day and I got my hair cut and highlighted.

I hadn't been to the salon in four months! My ends were fried! My hair feels so much healthier now.

I wanted to create a dramatic look with my eyes so I used Lancome's Color Design Sensational Effects Eye Shadow Quad in Drape, Style Section, Grey Sparkle and The New Black which I received as part of my gift with purchase during The Bay's Lancome Bonus. I added some falsies, too. If you want to know what other products I used on my face just ask in the comment section and I'll be happy to answer!

 

I wore this dress I bought a couple of years ago from H & M. The shoes are from Zara, the bow ring from RW & Co. and the necklace and bracelet from H & M  as well. D. took this pic of me in his Man Cave (our basement) so the lighting is quite bad. I can't wait to be able to take pics outside once the weather gets better and there's less chance of me slipping on ice and falling on my ass.

The Birthday Girl and her stylish Hubby

 

Bellini on the left! Bellini on the left!

Beet Chips and Avacado Dip. So good!

Cheeeeeeeese

Cheeeeeeeese!

She pounded that shot! Good girl.

We all had such a fun night! After the wine bar Kristin wanted to dance so we headed to a club a couple of blocks away. Now you have to understand none of us had been to a club in a looong time, like I'm talking years but we partied with the eighteen year olds and threw it down on the dance floor. We re-lived our youth for a couple of hours, downed some shots like in the good old days and then called it a night around 1:30 a.m. (Except for my friends who took a cab and decided to stop at the 24 hour McDonald's drive through on the way home and buy themselves and the cab driver some greasy food like we used to do when we were in University and college.) Ah, memories!

So it's Valentine's Day today and that means I get to announce the winner of the Runway Rundown-sponsored Tibi dress Giveaway! Thank you to all of you who entered. If you're name is not mentioned below do not fret my friend, I have another giveaway coming up soon! And it's going to knock your socks off.

And the winner is.......................... Kate! Congratulations! I'll be contacting you right away for your address!

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It's Valentine's Day: Do You Know Which NYFW Show You're Supposed to Be At?

Johnny and Tara pause for a moment Sunday night
between NYFW events to watch Laurieann Gibson
being interviewed by Ryan Seacrest
on the Grammys' red carpet
as Lady Gaga makes her entrance.
Very special thanks
to Agentress Extraordinaire Tara for the photo!
Yeah, I know, I know: Never end a sentence with a preposition. So that headline should more correctly read: "It's Valentine's Day: Do You

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Keltie Winner Announced!

Thank you to all of you who entered my Keltie Colleen Giveaway and for all your sweet comments on my interview with her! And a big thanks and hug to Keltie for sponsoring the giveaway, you're the bee's knees and way too good for Brad Womack. (Just sayin'!) So....I'm excited to announce that wide_eyed_dreamer is the winner of Keltie's Plie Tee and an autographed copy of her book "Rockettes, Rockstars and Rockbottom!" Congratulations! I will be emailing you for your address shortly.

Have a relaxing weekend everyone. I have two birthdays to celebrate this weekend, one of them being my best friend's so I'm pumped like Arnold Schwarzenegger circa 'Terminator.' I'll be back next week with an outfit post, it seems like I haven't done one of those in forever, I know!

Oh, and check out Funny Face Beauty's Red Carpet Make-up Contest - there are some amazing prizes to be won : ).

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Lady Gaga for American Vogue March 2011

via

Photographed by Mario Testino (Genius)

Wearing Alexander McQueen, Louis Vuitton and Haider Ackermann.

 Although I can't take my eyes off of these photos I'm most excited to read her interview.

Thoughts??

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20 Year Old Model Photographed as if She Was 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60

 

Twenty

Thirty

Forty

 

Fifty

Sixty

 via picdit

Some of you may remember these series of photos from Paris Vogue's November 2008 issue. I viewed these for the first time last week and I just had to share with you. Isn't the makeup (by Lisa Butler) ah-MAZ-ing?? I hope my skin looks that good when I'm sixty!

Did I mention I'm a Twit? Ha. You can follow me on Twitter here : ).

Oh, and I have not one but TWO giveaways going on right now!

• Click here to enter to win 'The Bachelor' Keltie Colleen's tee and an autographed copy of her delicious book (world-wide)
• North Americans can click here for a chance to win a gorgeous, gorgeous Tibi dress from Runway Rundown 

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