2013 in pictures ...

I'd like to share some random and some of my favourite photos each month of the year, 2013! Enjoy :) x

JANUARY

HAPPY NEW YEARS 2013! I screenshot this right when the clock strikes 12 on Jan 1!

 The night before my winter semester in uni starts, I slipped and fell and scraped my shin pretty bad I needed to go to the ER and got 4 stitches. Yup, this is my first time I've ever had stitches mind you, I was not impressed.

FEBRUARY 

 Valentine's Day 2013 :) My first Edible Arrangement. I wasn't disappointed! :)

The MAC Marilyn Monroe collection also came out. The only thing I bought was this lipstick that I am still obsessed with until today!

MARCH

We went on a construction site to see our new place we were moving into. I wanted to keep that hot pink helmet haha who knew construction can be trés chic?

I dyed my hair the darkest shade of brown this month. I naturally have really really dark hair (almost black) so this was almost as close to my natural hair colour as it can be. I don't normally dyed it this dark, but for some reason this month I decided I missed my dark hair.

APRIL

My birthday present from my friend, Jessica! She works at MAC now as a makeup artist and we both have a huge passion for makeup! :)

At the end of April-beginning of May, we were given the clearance to move into our new place! We finally got the keys to our apartment after a year of waiting. We were so happy!

MAY

This is our view from the roof of our new place! Breathtaking <3

And I celebrate the first night of moving in by taking a much needed and long awaited bubble bath

JUNE

It's officially summertime and I love that we have a balcony that I can tan on. Charlie likes to tan as well haha

We went out to a restaurant on the harbour one night. It was absolutely beautiful and the weather was amazing. I snapped this beautiful sunset and city/skyline with my phone of the city.

JULY

Me rocking my red and white on Canada Day (July 1)

And we went to a beach once that month. We don't go that often because it's always too crowded as you can see from the background haha

AUGUST

Poor little Charlie got sick so he had to wear the cone of shame for almost a month!

We took an end-of-summer vacation to PEI (my first time there!). This was taken on their famous red sand beach. I want to take my whole family to PEI when they come to Canada for my graduation. It is such an amazing vacation place and I loved it!

SEPTEMBER

I went lighter again with my hair and this is my 'Brat' beanie appreciation pic. I'm obsessed.

This month, I also interned for the Special Events team for the Atlantic Film Festival. I had to make flower arrangements and table and entrance decor. This masterpiece you see is the entrance to the Opening Night Gala. This is my biggest flower arrangement, my decor, my idea. I received so much praise and compliments and I was really, really proud :)

OCTOBER

Next to Christmas, Halloween is one of my favourite holiday ever! This year Mike dressed up as a Muskateer (he took pride in growing his moustache since the summer), Charlie is a little dinosaur or dragon (we couldn't decide), and I was a flight attendant :) (We always say we were going to dress up matching as a couple but we never ever do!)

Charlie the dinosaur/dragon

NOVEMBER

I dyed my hair bright red (the reddest I've ever been) and I loveeeee it!

We started decorating our place for christmas. This is our bedroom. I am obsessed with fairy lights. And I also had a baby white and pink christmas tree on my night stand :)

DECEMBER

This is my favourite pic of Charlie and I. We had a mini photo shoot one day and I was able to capture many silly faces Charlie always make. I friggin' love him!

Our little family on christmas morning. This pic sums up the whole year. It has all of us, my little family, and our silliness.

Thank you so much for taking time and journey back through this year with me! Until next time :) from Film with love, xx

September Favorites

Hi beauties! It's time for our monthly favorites - September! (this might be a little late, but hey .. better late than never!)

Some of the products from my favorites are quite new so I'd say they win best first impression, hence making it on my September list :)

My first hair favorite of the month is the Batiste Dry Shampoo in Original. This first product is one of the ones that won my best first impression award. I've heard so many good things about this so I went out and bought it. I'll have to say, it does not disappoint! 2 Thumbs up! It smells light, clean and makes my 3rd-day hair feel oh-so-fresh. I went with the original scent because I felt like playing it safe but when I run out of this one, I'll try all the other ones they have!

My next hair favorite for September is the Bed Head After Party. It is a smoothing cream that makes your hair super soft and silky smooth. Again, this is a recent purchase. I love this product so much and I can't believe I've never gone out and try it before. This is my new must-have in my hair routine!

My last hair favorite of this month is the Tangle Tamer I got from Sally Beauty. I use this with my conditioner in the shower and it really helps with detangling my ultra long hair. I'm not going to lie and say it detangles my wet hair 100% as soon as I get out of the shower but it sure helps make the job easier when I'm combing out my hair after I towel-dry.

I think it might work a whole lot better if your hair is not as long as mine, which is almost hip-length! (I know I have to get a haircut really really really soon because it's starting to really really really annoy me. My hair has never ever been this long before and it's starting to get really heavy and "eating" a lot of products I am currently using).

My next beauty favorite of the month is the CoverGirl Clump Crusher Mascara which I layered with CoverGirl Lash Perfection. Both are in Very Black and does a great job in lengthening and volumnizing which I really like.

My next beauty favorites are these 2 lip savers. The first one is Nivea Lip Butter in Vanilla & Macadamia which is so light-weight, soft and on top of it all tastes amazing. I love it for the day time. I would put a thin layer of this over my lipstick of the day. The second one is Vaseline Lip Therapy in Cocoa Butter. As you can see, this one is still in the package. I've gone through 2 of them already and this is my third backup because I love it so much. I use this overnight when I'm sleeping and I would wake up every morning with soft and smooth lips. It makes my lips feel very hydrated in the morning which means that it lasts all night long. It also smells really good, which is a bonus!

My next lippy favorites of the month are these Milani Color Statement Lipsticks. I have 3 to show you for they are the perfect shades for this Fall season.

(L to R) #20 Uptown Mauve, #21 Sangria, #24 Black Cherry 

#20 Uptown Mauve

#21 Sangria

 #24 Black Cherry

If you like burgundy, deep red, or dark plum color, you will love these. I'm really bad at describing scents and smells but these lipsticks are prime. They smell sooo goooood. They are soft and smooth and very pigmented.

Oh! They are also dupes for MAC lipsticks. Milani Color Statement Lipstick #21 Sangria (pictured above) is an almost-perfect dupe for MAC Rebel Lipstick. Milani Lipstick #24 Black Cherry is a dupe for MAC Dark Side Lipstick. If you want MAC lipsticks but you're looking for a cheaper alternative, check out Milani :)

My next lip favorites are these NYX Cosmetics Butter Glosses. We have NYX products in my local drugstores but for some reason they don't carry these Butter Glosses. I had to order them online. With online shopping comes patience as it can take days or weeks for your purchase to get to you. After almost 2 weeks of waiting, these babies finally arrive. They are absolutely worth the wait and they are so incredibly inexpensive and amazing, I can't wait to try more!

 (L to R) #4 Merengue, #2 Éclair, #9 Vanilla Cream Pie, #11 Maple Blondie, #5 Créme Brulee, #7 Tiramisu

My next beauty favorite of the September is this Too Faced Natural Eye Neutral Eye Shadow Collection. 

It has 9 pretty eye shadows in neutral pinks, brown, gold and bronze colors. They're great to create an easy everyday look.

A cheaper alternative is this Color Icon Eye Shadow Trio in #380B Walking on Eggshells by Wet n Wild. They are super pigmented, inexpensive and has similar colors with Too Faced Natural Eye Palette!

My next beauty favorite of the month can be found at Walmart: the Fox in a Box in Spicy & Sweet by Hard Candy .

It is a very pigmented peachy pink blush. I swirl my blush brush together and apply it onto the apples of my cheek. You could use each colors individually as well.

My next beauty favorite is an oldie but a goodie. Salvatore Ferragamo Incanto Charms Perfume is the first perfume I've ever own. This scent takes me back to around ..... 9th grade. This is my second bottle. It has been sitting in my collection forever but I decided to take it out and use it the whole month of September and fell back in love. I'm really bad at describing scents but I can say that it's really light and not too overwhelming whatsoever. The packaging is quite adorable too, don't you think? :)

I guess this next favorite can go into the "beauty" section as well. It is the Bath and Body Works hand sanitizer or anti-bacterial hand gel in Dazzling Diamond. To be perfectly honest with you, I don't really care much about the scent (it's a bit much and overpowering) BUT it has tiny glitter flecks in it and I just can't pass up haha! It is also currently flu season around here (everyone is getting sick, left and right) so this has come in handy when I just throw it in my purse and take it with me everywhere I go!

Moving on to my fashion favorites for the month of September ...  I have these 2 two-finger rings to show you.

The gold anchor one on the left is from Aldo (last year) and the right silver leaf one is from a local boutique. I love two-finger rings as they're so fun and they could be a statement piece on an outfit as they tend to be quite big.

And last but not least, my fun favorite for the month of September is this little beauty:

My 'What Would Blair Waldorf Do?' wrist band. This is my new official life motto because Blair Waldorf is my absolute idol. It is pink and I wear it everyday with my MK watch! I think it is so quirky and fun and is also a great conversation starter :D

So these are all my favorites for the month of September. What are your favorites? Feel free to share your thoughts and comments below!

But before you leave to go about with your day, remember and ask yourself this: What would Blair Waldorf do, indeed? ;)

Until next time,
from Film with love xxx