Bloggers: Holiday Decor

If any of you have been browsing the blogging world lately you would have noticed that a great deal of us have been putting up our holiday decor and putting our decorations on display, for all to see and enjoy! Here are some of my favourite holiday decorations from some design savvy bloggers...













Etsy Shop: Milk and Cookies Canada & 10% off

Still on the hunt for great Christmas decor? What better way to enhance your holiday decor themes then with some beautiful pillow covers from a great Etsy shop I found called Milk and Cookies Canada. Yes you heard that right these beauties are available in Canada! I love Etsy but even more I love when I find great Canadian Etsy shops. Especially when it comes to home decor and decorating.


silver bells set

Santa's Suit set

Hot chocolate with marshmellows set

Milk and Cookies Canada has some great new Holiday themed pillow cover sets that will add holiday cheer to any home! and guess what, as a special treat to WALLPAPER readers Milk and Cookies Canada is offering a 10% discount on any order from their shop including the great new Holiday sets! They also have other great pillow covers that are not holiday themed so head over and have a look...

The promo code for the discount is wallpaper
Happy shopping!

Graffiti

Love these pics and the outfit from Kelly at The Glamourai


Mango+ Palermo+ beau

Mango just revealed their newest campaign featuring uber stylish New York socialite Olivia Palermo and her model beau Johannes Huebl. They are gorgeous together and the clothes are amazing! Have a great weekend all :)






Beauty Bag: Sarah, sarah.wandering.

Hello Wallpaper readers!

I’m Sarah and I write over at sarah.wandering. I was flattered when the lovely Liz asked me to spill the beans on my Beauty Bag. I love makeup [and perusing makeup counters even more] but I definitely fit into the category of “I wear makeup to make it look like I don’t”. My palette is pretty simple and natural – I stick to staples as my sister Jen would say. Here’s the rundown of what’s in my Beauty Bag:


1) - Benefit Dr. Feelgood primer – this can be worn solo or over makeup and I consider it to be magic in a tin. It smooths and evens, is light as air and feels great to the touch. I don’t wear foundation and this clear paste does the trick.

2) - Prescriptives Blush in Blushing Peach – I’m a sun worshipper [slap on the hand I know] so I usually skip the bronzer, but this peach mineral blush is perfect for a natural glow and accents a tan beautifully. The blush brush is from Body Shop.

3) - Annabelle Eyebrow Pencil in 040 Medium Brown – I have very sparse & light eyebrows despite my dark skin and haircolouring, so this pencil is a daily requirement.

4) - Annabelle Eyeshadow 107 & MAC Eyeshadow in Nylon – Annabelle eyeshadow over the lids and this Nylon colour is the perfect highlighter – it’s a soft gold that isn’t too shiny, glittery or chalky. The angled brush is from Quo.

5) - Revlon ColorStay Eyeliner in Black – No sharpening, and a perfect line that doesn’t budge.

The gorgeous Sarah striking a pose!

6) - Mascaras. I could write a novel here. My lashes, albeit long, are not full and are pretty light in colour. I have spent years and mass amounts of money in an attempt to find the perfect mascara and have found two that I love – Kiss Me “Tubes” Mascara – the Tube technology doesn’t smudge or run and you can wipe your eyes with no worries – I wear this on lazy days and to basketball practices and long work days. The second, and hands down the best all around mascara, Revlon Grow Luscious in Blackest Black. Full perfect lashes that are clump free, super thick and super soft. It’s like having feathers for lashes. The eyelash curler and lash comb are from Tweezerman and a necessity with my long lashes.

7) - C.O. Bigelow Rose Salve – my “must have can’t live without” item. This salve does it all – I use it as a lipbalm, on my cuticles, sometimes as a hair pomade [I get the Alfalfa piece of hair at the back sometimes] and as a cheek gel. Inside the tin I’ve smashed two lip colours, Rimmel 640 Coral Chic [a perfect coral] and Clarins 107 Tea Rose [a lovely nude which I’m wearing above]. This allows me to travel light, but I always have options and quick solutions since I often also use these as cheek stains.


8) - The red lipliner [205 Cherry] and the eyeliner [129 Acajou] from Annabelle are what I wear for evening or events that call for a bit more.

- The makeup bag is an old fabric clutch from Old Navy from years ago – love the orange herringbone and the wristlet and most importantly, it’s washable.

Thanks Liz for having me, I'm a big fan of Wallpaper and this series. It's fun taking a peek into other blogger’s Beauty Bags. All I can say is "Looking good ladies!"

Thanks to Sarah for sharing her beauty finds and secrets, I have to say that I love all her beauty products and I am going out to get that Rose Salve pronto! who doesn't love multi purpose beauty products!

More Christmas Decorating

Yup, the Christmas decorating is still in full swing in my house, here is another look at some of the holiday sparkle so far...








for some of my other holiday decor have a look here

Texture

A new early Christmas gift for myself, a brand new leather bag, beautiful tan leather, great textured cut outs!! I am in LOVE! I know it's only a bag but it's so soft... :)



Fav Pics: Rue Magazine

Here are a my favourite pictures from this month's edition of RUE  magazine...









Bedroom Updates...

I have recently been in the mood to decorate and since the majority of my house is well...already decorated I figured I would focus my attention on my bedroom. For me a bedroom has to be comfy, cozy, relaxing and of course stylish! So I decided that I needed just a few updates, not a total re-do. First I found this beautiful duvet cover that looks just like this one from West Elm, but I got mine from Bouclair. I then added a beautiful goose feather duvet (from Walmart! you'd be surprised how hard it is to find a double duvet cover) a white bedskirt and a luxurious grey, white and black throw both  from HomeSense.





So what do you guys think, you like my room? I am thinking of changing up the drapes, but I really haven't found anything I love yet, and I am on the hunt for some decorative pillows for the bed, maybe one like this mangolian lamb pillow cover from west elm in grey, but I may try and see if I can find a more cost friendly version, maybe from HomeSense.

image via West Elm

Please don't mind my wrinkled bedskirt...

Lather & Soak & First Time Fancy Giveaway

Lather & Soak and First Time Fancy blog have partnered together to offer you a great Holiday giveaway!! Head over to Kerry's blog for a chance to enter here.

Here is a just a peek of what you could win...