On Thursday night, fellow PR girl Stella Lee and I headed to the Thompson Hotel for the launch of Apothic Red, a new wine from California. What awaited us was a beautiful lounge bathed in a red glow, the gorgeous ladies & gents of Toronto and tastes that tingled on our tastebuds.

Now, if there’s one thing PR girls love (aside from Twitter and sky-high heels), it’s a good, smooth beverage. As we soon learned at the ‘sniff test’ table, Apothic Red reveals the aromas and flavours of rhubarb, black cherry, mocha, chocolate, …

Have you ever wondered how to completely and utterly grasp the attention of beauty bloggers? The answer, apparently, is pretty simple! All you have to do is lure them to an event that promises sexy men, sexy music, sexy fragrance and sexy skin. Bam! Captive audience. Last week, I was lucky enough to attend Avon Girls’ Night at the Air Canada Centre, conveniently during the Mumford and Sons concert.
I knew I was in for a real treat when tickets arrived, hand-delivered, to the Marketing Magazine conference I was at for work.

After a few quick …

With TIFF on the horizon, there’s no better way to prep than to get pampered like celebrity right in the heart of the action – Yorkville. I was more than a little bit excited when Valerie from Lucreative Media asked me & Christine Estima to come along on a girls’ spa night. Although I’d often passed by Vikaspa (it’s right across the street from Hazelton Lanes at 88 Avenue Rd.), I’d never ventured inside. After a little shopping (Val) and enabling (me), we headed to Vikaspa to meet up with …

We all have that person. The one that got away, the one you thought you’d always be with, the first one to make an impact. It could have been a summer fling, a broken engagement or that time you were the other woman. Either way, somehow that person never goes away – even when you have someone new.

Meet Emma and Dexter. An unlikely pair, they spend a night of almost-passion together after graduation in 1988. In 2007, their lives are still entwined. Telling the story of their relationship on July …

A few weeks ago, I attended the book launch for Lindsey Kelk’s new book, The Single Girl’s To-Do List. The Harper Collins Canada team held the event at swanky Yorkville venue MoRoCo Chocolat, where we were plied with bubbly, chocolate & tasty treats for a couple hours while mix & mingling with Toronto’s hottest babes. Why is this post so late? Well, you see…my not-so-trusty BlackBerry died after only a couple hours on the job that day and I forgot my camera. Thus, I had to wait for everyone else’s …

I’m a sucker for tiny, pretty things. That’s probably explains a) why I have a tiny puppy b) my insatiable appetite for beauty samples. There’s something about miniature beauty treats that makes me fall in love (maybe it’s the promise of falling in love & adding more full-sized goodies to my collection!).
Yesterday, my long-awaited Glymm Box arrived. They even managed to get a hint of pink to adorn the protective packaging!

Inside was the cutest, shiniest pink box I’ve ever seen.

Under layers of ribbon and tissue paper lay perfect high-end samples, …

Lots of awesome things have a bit of POP
POPping bubble wrap
POPcorn
Ring POPs
POPping the question
…and popchips!
I first heard about these new “popped” chips a few months ago, when a friend discovered them in Florida. She assured me that they were both tasty and Bob & Jillian-approved, so when I saw a bag at my local Longo’s I picked some up. I’m pretty sure I ate an entire full-size bag that night (although I felt less guilty than I usually would, since they’re less than half the fat than regular chips).
Earlier this month, …

If you’re a friend, follow me on Twitter or peruse this blog on a regular basis, you probably know I’m a beauty junkie. I’ve got that coveted-yet-embarassing VIB status at Sephora and whoever found my lost Shoppers Optimum Card probably had a field day with the points. It’s no surprise that when I heard about Loose Button’s Luxe Box I knew I had to get my hands on one (or three…or five..).
A short while after signing up on the site’s waiting list, I received my first invitation to order. Being …

All of this warm weather has almost fooled me into thinking spring is here, but I think we all know that’s not the case.
Either way, these sunny faux-spring days are the perfect chance to bust out the spring nail polish colours and at least pretend flip-flop season is nearby.  A few weeks ago, I received two shades from OPI’s Texas Collection from my friends at Langton PR (they also included a bottle of my favourite discontinued polish, Done Out In Deco!) and, to say the least, I was thrilled.
The first …

Last weekend I brought you part 1 in my Confessions of a Beauty Junkie series, focusing on how to create the perfect canvas for the rest of your makeup.
This time I’m going to focus on the products you need to create the perfect eye look.
Having the right eye makeup can make or break your look, since it’s so easy to overdo it or pick the wrong colours. However, this is also the area where you can have the most fun – there are so many options!
The Perfect Palette – Benefit …