California Dreamin....But Back At Home Yorkdale Is You!

For those of you following me on Twitter, you know I’ve been on vacay in California for the last two weeks BUT I’M BACK BABY!

California was AMAZING and a definite highlight was an outlet mall close to Palm Desert (where we spent the first week), and where I fell in love with these gorgeous Gucci boots - Hysteria.

(Pic via neimanmarcus.com)

To my utter devastation, (I’m still crying on the inside), they didn’t have my size! And so begins The Hunt! But more on that and Desert Hills Premium Outlets in another post (Gucci, Prada, Jimmy Choo --- Oh MY!)....

I thought since I was on vacation and didn’t HAVE to do anything, I’d have much more time to blog and catch up on posts I’ve been wanting to do about all the crazy things I’ve done / am doing recently, as well as do a play-by-play of the trip. Notsomuch!

Since I didn’t HAVE to do anything, I decided to do nothing at all ---aaahhhh....--- and tweet! I tweeted up a storm! - Or at least that was tweeting up a storm to me!

But don’t you worry your pretty little head because I’ve still got it all here; locked up in the vault that is MY pretty little head. So in the coming days, all those posts will spill out in each of their due time.

Right now, now that I’m back in Toronto, and speaking of malls, I wanted to keep it local for a minute and let all the people who have been hiding their inner Catwalker and/or Rockstar know that NOW is the time to LET IT OUT!

Although your inner Catwalker or Rockstar should ALWAYS be free, now is especially a good time to SET IT FREE with Yorkdale’s contest Yorkdale is Me.

The contest is looking to find 10 shoppers to star in the mall’s spring 2010 ad campaign shot by fashion photographer Chris Nicholls (SWEET!)

(Pic via chrisnichollsphotography.com)

AND, if you are one of the beautiful 10, you will also receive:

--- A $1,000 Yorkdale gift certificate (Not enough for even a half hour of shopping but still LOVE IT!)

--- Two-hour wardrobe consultation with a member of the Yorkdale Dream Team

--- Toronto Fashion Week sponsor prize package

--- VIP access to the spring 2010 collections during Toronto Fashion Week (LOVE IT!)

Best part? Bring your BFF! Because for this one, you can apply alone or with a friend, sibling, mother, grandmother, on-and-on – it’s up to YOU!

Check www.yorkdaleisme.com for all the deets, and if you go all the way, I’ll be your date for the VIP access to the spring 2010 collections during Toronto Fashion Week – no prob!

Hurry, hurry – the contest only runs until October 9, 2009!

Love love,

If I Was A Rich Girl...Toronto

BlushPretty: Try Before You Buy

On The Hunt!

I’ve been On-The-Hunt for some time now for the perfect eyeliner. I did some poking around online to see what the ladies thought was hot and got pointed to Maybelline’s Define-A-Line eyeliner, so I ran out and got two. Spontaneous-Purchase-Regret Alert!

I should have TRIED it before believing the hype because by the time I got to work, I looked not only like a raccoon but a raccoon that went on a paint-the-town-red bender, then fell asleep with all their eyeliner still on then woke up late for work, and so rushed out of the house like that! NOT FUN!

In other words, it does not stay put, it is not smudge-proof ---- it melts…FAST (in 0 to 60, I swear)!

And so I’m looking for a new love…I mean eyeliner. Went on a hunt trying to find Bobbi Brown’s Gel Eyeliner because I’ve heard great things about that. In that hunt, I’ve learned I should always start at Holt’s. I always hear rave things about Sephora though, and always start there, always only to be told, rudely usually, “Not here - Only at Holt’s.”

(Pic via bobbibrowncosmetics.com)

And it’s true - 75% of my beauty products come from Holt’s. It’s always there, and there’s always someone there with a smile. Love it! (I guess when something always works and never gives you a problem, you don’t think of it as quickly as something that doesn’t work, and gives you trouble and causes you stress. Tsk tsk - I’ll have to work on keeping the positive experiences top of mind more.)

So a heads up I received the other day couldn’t have come at a better time, and I’m looking forward to giving it a go.

BlushPretty, an online resource for women looking for make-up and beauty insight, is hosting what they call a Beauty Board Event. Back to the good, old ‘Try-Before-You-Buy’ days, that we all miss and love, BlushPretty’s Beauty Board event allows attendees to try and test the latest beauty products on the market.

Brands up for review include:

• Olay
• Pantene Pro-V
• COVERGIRL
• Dermaglow
• Cake Beauty

It promises to be a sweet night of just a few of my favourite things including wine, makeovers, product demos, free samples and gifts.

It all goes down Sunday, October 25 from 5 p.m. through to 9 p.m. at The Hudson Condominium Party Room (438 King Street West, Toronto, ON).

The night includes a VERY reasonable price tag of $20, a portion of which, best of all, goes towards an amazing charity - The Pink Tulip Foundation, “Empowering and inspiring young girls through awareness and education about healthy lifestyle choices to promote breast cancer prevention.”

For more information, visit: www.blushpretty.com or http://blushprettybeautyboard.eventbrite.com/

Love love,

If I Was A Rich Girl...Toronto