Hey Dolls! Hope you all have been enjoying your summer. I've been wanting to film something cool for a while but every time I try to film something Mother Nature turns into a grumpy old lady and rains on my parade . . . literally. So yesterday I decided to just film something fun! I did the TMI tag which is basically a list of 50 random questions, giving you all a chance to learn some weird facts about me and my life! It was fun to do as I tried just naming the first things that came to mind. Check it out, and don't forget to check out some of my new videos on there, I've done some fun DIY projects! Got some crazy crazy news and updates for you all but that will all come very soon! Just wanted to say a quick hello! Until next time, I'm Tashionably Yours XOXO

Hey dolls! Hope everyone enjoyed their saturday, mine was spent doing some filming and editing, a crazy cleaning of my room and bathroom then spending the rest of the day laying out in the sun drinking some wine. I love my days off! So I started a new series on YouTube called Style Saturdays where I post different styles up every Saturday, whether it's how I style something, hair styles, talking about trends, anything! So today I posted a video of how I do my messy bun, it really is simple but I have had many people ask me how I do it, online and randomly on the street... I'm serious. I love learning how other people do their messy bun's because even though it may not turn out the same it is a new technique and way of doing it! So here is my video, I hope you liked it, and don't forget to subscribe! XOXO

Till next time, I'm Tashionably Yours XOXO

Hey dolls! Hope everyone is doing well. I know I have been so M.I.A lately, but I have good reasons I swear. :) So I finally landed an internship and it just so happened to be one of the original ones I really wanted. I am working as a marketing intern with a designer, she is currently working on some really exciting projects, and being right there in her studio around all the madness is an absolute pleasure. It is such a different atmosphere then I am used to, and being around so many creative individuals creates such an amazing learning experience. So besides working there and at my other job and trying to get my tan on (it's been so hot and I am seriously taking advantage of it ok?) I have been working on my YouTube Videos. The more I work on the less time it takes me, since this is all so new to me! I have been having such a fun time putting them together, and coming up with new and exciting ideas. For my latest video, I show you how I have been doing my everyday makeup this spring. I do a dark neutral eye using a beige shadow, bronzer in the crease, and a dark brown on the outer corners, and its no news that I have been loving orange lips lately, so I finish it off with a coral lipstick with an orange gloss over top! Check it out below and don't forget to subscribe! XO

Why hello! So I have finally made a Youtube Channel! This is something that I have been wanting to start for a while now, and after a lot of preparation and finally having the time, I made my first video! I did an "I Love Spring Tag" that I found on Youtube from Miss Glamorazzi! So if you want hear about some of the things that I have been loving this spring then give it a watch and don't forget to subscribe! I am so excited to really get going, and I have some really fun ideas!

Hope you all have a lovely weekend!



Till Next Time,



I'm Tashionably Yours

XO

I feel like a never ending conflict I have had in my life for the past couple years have been how to organize my jewellery. As my collection began to grow my frustration did as well. I had tried so many different ways of organizing everything and I think after all these years I have finally figured it out! There was one point where I covered a huge cork board in tumblr-esque photos and hung all my necklaces on pins on the board. It looked really cool, but I guess some of my necklaces were a little to heavy because in the middle of the night a bunch would fall off because the pins wouldn't be able to support them and neither could my nerves because holy moly it would scare me to death! And then there was one point where I totally just took the top drawer of my dresser and used the whole thing to store it all! Let me tell you, that there is dedication, because most girls are not willing to give up a whole drawer, and well it's safe to say that neither did I because that did not last long at all. Girl has gotta have her drawers for all her clothes! Ever since I moved a couple months ago all my jewellery has just been thrown into boxes and the stuff I wear all the time were just laying messily on my shelves. This was driving me crazy, and it didn't allow me to easily access everything so I was constantly just wearing the same stuff! So I spent the whole day on Friday getting creative and doing some serious damage to my collection (in a good way).

First off, there was a lot of this going on. I can't even tell you how long it took me to just untangle some of these serious clusters. I am pretty sure I gave up half way through of trying to fix this one, in my head I was like "If you have been left alone for this long to make this big of a knot, you are clearly not that important to me and I can afford to loose you." So I really did get rid of a lot of junky stuff thats just so outdated and I just don't see myself ever wearing. So if you have a lot of old jewellery you don't wear anymore just chuck it, or save it somewhere else to use for crafts or projects!

For my bracelets I stole one of these bad boys from my parents spa, since they sell a lot of jewellery there! You can find these anywhere online for supper cheap as well. I put some of the stuff I wear the most on it, as it is easily accessible and visually appealing. Score! I love the way it looks on my shelf, and I really want to get another one.

For my necklaces I found this contraption in my basement, it is actually meant for stacking your cd's on, and well who uses those anymore? So the second I saw it, I knew it would be perfect for hanging my necklaces on. They are again, easy to get to, and looks totally cute in the corner of my room, and I just put a candle onto of it to finish it off (obviously won't be lighting it).

Now for the rest of my stuff I use these adorable boxes to put them in. I found these boxes at Home Sense, the bigger one I use for all my headbands and bandanas and the smaller one above it I use for bracelets and necklaces that were too awkward to hang or store on my other things. These just go under my nightstand table, it looks so cute and easy to get to. The pink heart box was actually the box that came with a Paris Hilton perfume I got probably when I was in grade 9! That sits on my shelve as well and I put all my rings and earrings in there. And that is about it! I love the way its organized, everything is so neat (for now), and just being able to use it as decoration is a total bonus. I love finding unique ways of using something for something other then what it was meant for! I would love to know some unique ways you use for organizing your jewellery!

Pop the champagne because I am officially done school! Undergrad in Fashion Management done and after the longest year of my life, post grad in International Fashion Development and Management is finite! And I cannot be more thrilled about it and to finally start my career in the fashion industry. It really was a long year and especially since in the summer I moved further up north away from the city I had to get up at 4:30 to make those godawful 8am classes (who invented those in the first place?) Well how did I survive you ask? Well friend let me tell you, never have I been so thankful for caffein and concealer. Turning off my alarm clock yesterday was seriously one of the greatest feelings in the world! I have a had a nice couple days off, got to spend time with some friends and family, and for the first time all year got to sit outside on my porch and read, and today reorganized my closet which was something I've wanted to do for months now! Does anyone else life just feels a lot more in order after they clean their closet? I also just recently came into a lot of colourful shoes... like 7, so I needed to make room for those bad boys.

Well even though classes are over, I'm not quit finished! Like I have mentioned before I need to get an internship in order to fully graduate. I have been on a couple of interviews but I can honestly say that I am being a little picky. I've done internships before and worked in the industry and I really just want something that is different then what I've done and one that I think I will really benefit from! So I have an interview tomorrow at an agency that represents some of the top fashion photographers in Toronto, meaning ill be helping out at some of the biggest shoots! I think this could be such an amazing opportunity, so fingers crossed and wish me luck! This is similar to what I will be wearing tomorrow, sticking to black, as per usual but adding pops of blue through my shoes, scarf and nails! I'll let you know how it goes!

Till next time,

So when this whole plaid skirt trend came out recently, let me tell you .. I was not having it at all. I actually thought it was the most stupidest thing since elastic waist pants (I used to call them mom pants). I think the reason I hated plaid skirts so much was because I went to a Catholic High School where it was required to wear a uniform, which consisted of a plaid kilt. Words cannot describe how much I hated this kilt, it was a mixture of forest green, navy and mustard yellow .. yeah I know right. So its safe to say that I was never willing to wear plaid bottoms in my life ever again. Which is why when I started seeing these everywhere it was like a nightmare I could not wake up from. Yet somehow, like my hatred for elastic waist pants, I was somehow magically cured. It was when I was at the Brandy Melville Warehouse Sale where I came across these two gems, this red skirt here and a white and black one. I honestly have no idea what came over me, I picked them both up and was like "Oh hey, these are cute I want to try these on." So I tried them on and I loved them, and they were also only $5 each, and that is how it happened.

Since the weather over here is finally warming up (7 months later), I decided to wear one to school! I felt like rocking the red one, I paired it with a black cop top also from Brandy, and a black sweater from Forever 21. To finish off the look, and to make it extra High-School-ish, I threw my hair up in a high pony and I wore a thick red headband (which gave me a huge headache all day, but hey fashion know's not of comfort right?) I paired it with a bunch of gold and black jewellery and that's that! It was definitely a fun change, a total blast from the past and something that I am not used to at all, but hey this year its all about taking some fashion risks! Hope you all had a fab weekend!

Till Next Time,

Why hello there! I have been a little absent this past week, as things have just been crazy with school and work! It is so hard to believe that I only have less then two weeks of school left, which you think I would be more excited about but that just means I need to start a big girl job which is all so scary and exciting at the same. I have still yet to find an internship for the summer, I think I have an interview this week though for a styling position with a magazine which would be absolutely amazing if I got because that's something that I can just totally see myself doing! So fingers crossed!

Just wanted to do a quick post about this spring and summers trends with sunnies! I am absolutely in love with this trend of supper colourful, big, bright, and unique shaped styles. It is definitely a playoff of the 60's sunnies trends, I just love when style makes a comeback! I made a little compilation of my favourite styles, I love the ones that have the details attached to them, like the watermelon and the flower ones! The rounded ones with a thick colourful plastic around it I think are just so much fun and seriously such a perfect accessory. For a while I have only ever owned about 2-3 pairs of sunglasses at a time using them more as a necessity and less as an accessory but this spring I feel like you need a different pair of sunnies for every outfit! You can find these everywhere at the moment for every budget; forever 21 and H&M has some cute cheap ones, Nasty Gal and ASOS for those mid price points and those black floral ones are from Bloomingdales for almost $700! I just feel as though it is a perfect way to add a little bit more colour to your look, as we all know I am deff more of a neutral girl wearing mostly black all the time (hey I have been working on it OK?) And I love adding little bits of colour here and there, whether it's my necklaces or bracelets, my lips or nails that day, purses and clutches and now with some sunnies. And hey it's so much quicker to put on a pair then to do your eye make up! So if your running out the house to just run a couple errands or just going to the beach, skip on the eye shadow and liner and just throw on a pair of some supper chic and colourful sunnies.

Which one is your favourite?

Till next time,

As fun as it was putting this together, it also made me extremely depressed about the fact that I won't be able to wear anything like this for another 3 months or so ... so close yet so far away. Anyways, I love the look of mix and matching pastels for the summer, here are two supper cute looks that I put together. How adorable are these shorts though? They are from esty and I will deff be getting myself a pair!

Hope you lovelies have a great weekend!

Festival Fashion is in the air, and no matter what kind of music your into, there is a festival just for you! Whether your going to Coachella, Bonnaroo, Warped Tour, Tomorrow World, or Veld, you gotta look the part! Lucky for us Nasty Gal has got us Covered.

Nasty Gal has come out with a new Festival Collection, which is absolute perfection! Everything from pastel high wasted shorts, printed crop tops, kimonos, fringe everything, and some serious Lana Del Rey worthy Flower crowns. Nasty Gal really outdid themselves, forget just festivals this can basically be my whole summer wardrobe!

I feel as though summer festivals have made such an impact on just overall summer fashion. We all know fashion has so many stages, 80's chic, grunge, New York prep; and festival wear is just among the next big fad for the summer! In almost all the stores at the moment you see festival inspired gear!

What do you actually classify as festival fashion? Just looking over all the trends for this summer I like to think of it as boho chic, with hippy inspirations, and edgy elements! Bright colours are a must, light flowy materials(you know to make standing outside in the scorching heat surrounded by all those sweaty people a little more bearable?), Patterns and prints, by themselves or even mixing them with each other.. I know weird right? But it works. And most importantly accessories are the frosting on the cake.. it just isn't right without some.

Some popular ones on Nasty Gal are the rounded sunglasses that have a thick pattern around them! Fringe purses and backpacks, I'm in love with the watermelon clutch, oh my goodness too cute! Hippy headbands and flower crowns of course, and feathered earrings! I feel like with festival fashion you deff got to go hard or go home when it comes to the trimmings.

Hey and depending on what festival you're going to, you could be coming in contact with some body paint which is always fun and games until you get it all over your $150 white dress, so I urge you to be just a little careful, unless people are throwing around dry paint, which then you are screwed my friend, so just do a little research before you pick out your outfit!

Overall I'm in love with this collection from Nasty Gal, go to their website to check out their stunning look book and to shop your little hearts out. I definitely want to try and hit up a couple this summer, just gotta plan what ones! But I can for sure tell you that my outfits will not disappoint! Will you be going to any festivals this summer? Or just jumping on the festival fashion bandwagon?

Why hello dolls! Happy Monday! It's been a pretty busy week this past week with St. Patricks Day festivities, internship interviews,  studying, hanging out with some friends and going to a concert. Just wanted to show you some of my fun outfits from this past week! I left out the boring interview ones because I mean, who wants to see another blazer? 

Ok I don't know about you all but I love St. Patricks Day, less for the green beer but more for the dressing up, it's the only day of the year that I'm allowed to wear green. I've worn green practically all my life for my high school uniform, and a work uniform I had for three years and oh man it was just god awful, expecially with my red hair I looked like walking Christmas. Well after I burned those uniforms (yes I really did) I refused to ever wear green again, I know I'm dramatic. So on this lovely holiday I choose to embrace it for this day and this day only. This year I rocked a plain green tank, tucked into my brandy melville velvet shorts and some nylons, with some sparkly green glasses on my head. I thought that my whole class was going to dress up, but turns out no one else got the memo besides me so I stood out like a sore thumb all day at school, hey that's not always a bad thing! But later on when we went to a couple bars I fit in just fine! 

The for just hanging out on Friday night I was so sick of dressing so professional all week, I just wanted to be comfy and cool! So I rocked my fav pair of high waisted blue jeans, don't ask me where I got them because I can't even tell you, (lol what a helpful blog I run over here), just a plain black tank and my favourite leather jacket that I've had for about four years, it's all ripped and worn out but I love it, the stories that jacket could tell.... Then I just rocked a snap back, and some colourful jewelry, nails, and lip! 

Saturday night I went The Neighbourhood concert. If you know about them you know that they are all about black and white everything from there clothes, to hair, to music videos, tv performances, and interviews are alway in black and white, and if you know their song Sweater Weather (who doesn't?) "cues song" 'those little high wasted shorts!" You'll understand my outfit. I wore my black and white stripped high wasted shorts from brandy melville, a lace crop top from garage, my leather jacket again, and my chanel beanie. As much as I loved my outfit standing outside in line for 2 hours was not so cute, thanks goodness I decided last minute to wear my parka. The show was auh-mazing, Jesse Rutherfords voice in person is ridiculously sexy. If you haven't heard them, go check them out now! Please...and thank you. 

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And that's about it friends, I've been such into snapbacks lately, they make me want summer like ASAP! So I've been rocking those lately, straight hair, dewy foundation and always a bold lip! Hope you all had a lovely Monday and I'll catch up with you guys soon! 

Till next time, 

I'm Tashionably Yours XO 

Hello lovelies! Just wanted to do a quick post before Pretty Little Liars (I cannot believe next week is the season finale!) I have Tuesdays off but it's crazy how fast the day goes by when your home all day, I  slept in till 11, had my latte and breakfast in bed while I caught up on some YouTube videos, put together a PowerPoint for a presentation tomorrow on MAC Cosmetics, worked out, showered, vacuumed, studied, ate dinner and now finally writing this! I'd say it was a productive day. Just wanted to share with you all a little beauty secret that I use almost everyday! If you're like me and suffer from dry skin expecially in the winter, you know how glorious body scrubs are but how dependent out skin is on them, you just feel the difference when you don't use them, but it does put a little dent in your wallet constantly replacing them! So I tried out my own little concoction and I would never go buy another one again! It is seriously so easy, and takes not even 2 minutes. 

All you need is olive oil and plain white sugar! You can play around with it a bit with different oils, I used to use grape seed oil but I found that olive oil was so much more moisturizing, you could even try coconut oil or granulated sugar for a harsher exfoliated. Since I'm basically using this everyday I didn't want too harsh of an exfoliant because over exfoliating is not good for your skin! What you do is you put some sugar in a bowl, the amount is up to you, I like to use a lot so I can have a bowl sitting in my shower for a coulple day, and then pour in your oil slowly for your desired texture, and then mix with a spoon!

I usually have my consistency like this, you don't want it to liquidy or not enough! And that's seriously it! Then when your in the shower, this is the last thing I do. After I put my conditioner in I turn off the water, and rub this all over my body, you really want to rub it in nicely but not harshly!! And then rinse with warm water and you just feel the oil leaving a thin layer on your skin, that's what you want. Then you get out and moisturize and you skin feels absolutely glorious oh my goodness! I've seen some recipes for a bit more fancy ones, but seriously this is all you need, some people use scents and stuff but I put on my scented lotion after, I'm just fine with that! This is such a life saver and I can't have a shower without using it, my wallet doesn't seem to mind either. 

Let me know if you try it and what you think! 

Till next time, 

I'm Tashionably Yours XO 

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