OOTD #2: Keep on keeping warm.

Sometimes all you want to be is warm. 

FOTD #5: 'Cause we like berries in the winter.

I've been reaching for the same blush and lipstick combination all this winter season. I have to say, that I have found the best pair for a berry winter looks.

Winter Essentials!

Heyo! Happy Boxing Day! Hopefully you're either warm and snug in bed or out there braving the sales!

Winter is in full gear and the recent pick up in snow and wind, has forced me to change up my beauty routine. Here are a few winter essentials I’ve been using lately.

Just a quick note.

I'm really happy and appreciative of all the connections I've made through my blog and I just want to extend my heartfelt best wishes to you and your loved ones this holiday season!

Whether its Merry Christmas, Seasons Greetings or Festivus for the Restofus, I hope the rest of your year and all of the next will be filled with the closest of friends and warmest of memories.

xJenn 

Bare Essentials Skin Bar

(Unfortunately photos in this post were lost due to The Great Deletion of 2014. Some efforts to re-do photos will be made but not all posts will be redone.)

My mom and grandmother have excellent skin, however I'm not as lucky. I can only hope to have the same smooth bright skin that my grandma currently has at the age of 89! Considering that, I was very excited to be introduced to Bare Essentials Skin Bar ("the bar") located on Richards Street in Vancouver.

The Winter Tag

Thank you to Kate Spitz for tagging me with The Winter Tag!

12 Random Facts

- I'm left handed.

- I think chopsticks are a universal tool for every job.

- I'm always on time.

- I've been to the Osheaga music festival.

- I've started eating oatmeal for breakfast about 4-5 times a week.

- Did you see those leather leggings at Aritizia? I want a pair.

- I still have my grade 9 french school notes.

- Speaking of leather leggings, I also want a tee with leather accents. 

- Writing with purple pens is the only way to write.

- My freezer is usually impossibly full.

- I have a costco membership and think Kirkland products are generally amazing.

- Even though Ezekiel bread is $5.50 per loaf....I still want to keep buying it.

Kilian: The Art of Seduction in a Perfume

More and more I seem to be getting into perfumes. At least, that's what the small pile of perfume samples on my desk seem to be telling me. A stroll through Holts introduced me to a seductive brand and I was very intrigued to say the least.

In the Moment #2: One of Kind Show

(Unfortunately photos in this post were lost due to The Great Deletion of 2014. Some efforts to re-do photos will be made but not all posts will be redone.)

I absolutely love craft fairs so when my friend Yen asked if I wanted to go the One of a Kind show last week, I said a resounding yes!

Clean EVERYTHING!

(Unfortunately photos in this post were lost due to The Great Deletion of 2014. Some efforts to re-do photos will be made but not all posts will be redone.)

Since I had that eye infection issue thing (which has still yet to resolve itself), I went through a mini rampage through my eye products and decided to clean ALL THE THINGS!

OOTD #1: An office doesn't have to be boring.

I'm not entirely sure how I feel about doing outfits on the blog. 

A Brand and A Cult Product: Kiehl’s and their Midnight Recovery Concentrate

Since we are all more than our blogs, Quinn from Desgettier and I decided to use our collective interests to investigate the hype around Kiehl's and one of their iconic products. 

Being not too unfamiliar with the odd science journal, I put my research skills to work in analyzing the ingredients from the Midnight Recovery Concentrate.

Quinn loves marketing psychology, so she chose to investigate how Kiehl’s creates hype around their brand and their products. Check out her awesome post here.

Tag Video: Beauty Things I Suck At

I was tagged by Nikki from Fairest Favorites and Pauline from Addicted to Makeup for the Beauty Things I Suck At Tag. When I filmed this intially I was only tagged by Nikki but I left posting it so late that Pauline had tagged me as well. Anyways, here it is...

The Problem with Candles: Candle Warmers and a Little Haul

(Unfortunately photos in this post were lost due to The Great Deletion of 2014. Some efforts to re-do photos will be made but not all posts will be redone.)

I've recently discovered the joy of burning candles. But that joy comes with a bit of a problem. What do you do with the wax at the bottom once the wick has burned out?

5 Minute Face

We can't all be perfect go-getters in the morning. Sometimes a late or restless night results in a bit of oversleeping and when the alarm goes off, you're morning turns into a tornado of activity as you rush out the door.