Tribute to my grandmother!

For every woman, there has been another woman who has influenced their sense of style.  For many young women, its their mothers or grandmothers, for others, it may be a favourite celebrity or even the vague memory of a women they saw for a split second while they were sitting at a cafe somewhere in Europe.  For me, that woman was my grandmother.  She signified everything that was important to me and no  other person has shown me as much unconditional love as she has!  My grandmother passed away 3 years ago, but her influence is still with me.  She had such grace and elegance about her and her style was always impecable.  Here is a little tribute to the woman who has always inspired me:   To me, she was one of the most beautiful people in the world:     Here is a picture of my grandmother and my uncle when he was little:     One of my favourite pics of my grandmother:     ANother one of my favrouite pics - I'm just a little munchkin in this picture:     Its so true when people say to honour those you love while they are still alive!!!!!!!   Here's to you 'Babycia' - I LOVE YOU!!!!!!

All About 'Me'

One of the blogs I follow 'Nautical By Nature' posted this and I thought it was a great idea to share some information about what makes me 'ME' - I love to get to know people and their personalities, so feel free to cut and paste and share your answers: 8 TV Shows I Like to Watch (not including shows off the air): 1. Brothers and Sisters 2. Grey's Anatomy 3. Gossip Girl 4. Barefoot Contessa on Food Network 5. Look-a-like  6. Millionaire Matchmaker 7. The Office 8.  The Tudors 8 Favorite Places to Eat and/or Drink1. Fresh 2. Green Mango 3. Cassa Barcelona 4. Burrito Boyz 5. Teopia 6. Mr. Greek 7. Tarboosh 8. Moxie's 8 Things I Look Forward To1. Watching a movie in my pajamas 2. Making Dinner (I love to cook) 3. Shopping 4. Meeting friends for lunch 5. Trying out a new tea at teopia 6. Going to my Yoga class and Body Attack class 7. Family get-togethers 8. Summer holiday, Christmas holiday, March Break - 'any' holiday!!! 8 Things that happened to me yesterday1. Met my friends for dinner at Fresh 2. Bought some 'blue vervain' - a healing herb 3. Went to a meeting at work 4. Had our end of year mass at work 4. Learned how to do a Sudoku (still don't get it 100%) 5. Did the word jumble in the paper and started the cross-word 6. Watched 'The Family Stone' - there is something about seeing Luke Wilson that brightens up my day!!! 7. Fed my fish 8. Went to bed early 8 Thinks I Like About Summer1. Swimming 2. Fresh fruits from the local market 3. Making 'real', fresh lemonade with mint 4. Wearing summer dresses, capri's and t-shirts 5. Summer vacation (no work for 2 months - I love being a teacher) 6. Deck parties 7. Getting a golden glow to my skin 8. The makeup colours (fresh pink, coral shades) 8 Places I Would Like to Visit/See1. Tibet 2. Nantucket 3. more of Italy 4. more of France 5. Spain 6. An Indian Ashram 7. Safari in South Africa 8. Ireland

French Country Decor

To me there is nothing more elegant, classy, sophisticated, beautiful and rustic-inspired than the decor from the French countryside. I'm especially inspired by the clean, crisp and fresh palette of blue and white!  I wanted to share some images that really make my heart come alive - I love anything that inspires warmth, comfort, love and that feeling you get when good friends and family get together in unity and love.

Ageless Beauty Part 2

I am fascinated with people who seem to look better and better with age - I really want to celebrate the whole process  of discovering my best self as I age and gain a true 'distinguished' look that speaks about my life experiences. I want to celebrate my life as I age!!! Here is a tribute to men and women who have aged with class and even look better now than they did in their 20's:   1) Judi Dench:   2) Carmen Dell'Orefice   3) George Clooney:   4) Richard Gere:   5) Michelle Pfeiffer   6) Susan Sarandan:   7) Sean Connery:   8) Diane Keaton:     9) Demi Moore:     10) Helen Mirren:

Beauty is Ageless

While our society is fixated on youth,  I have always thought that true elegance comes from maturity.  There are countless examples of actresses, actors and celebrities, who really came into their own only after reaching a certain level of maturity.   Although I value living in the present moment, there is a part of me that can't wait to age - I want to embrace every new grey hair and I hope that as I age, I'm one of those women who actually looks 'better' than they did in their 20's.  I think that with age, comes a certain understanding - you really get to 'know' yourself and what works for you - you value yourself and surround yourself with things that are important to you and to a certain degree you stop trying to please the world so much - This is an attitude you can adopt at any age, but for many people, it doesn't happen until they have really 'experienced' their life.  So here is to CELEBRATING your age (whatever that may be) and instead of fearing getting older, Embracing it - loving it - honoring yourself and your life.

Icy-Blue Pink

I've been playing around with a lot of new makeup colours and one of my favourite shades right now is an icy-blue pink.  Not everyone can pull this shade off - especially if you have a very warm skin tone.  However, for all you 'summer' and 'winter' seasons and cool toned gals, this shade is for you.     I always prep my face the same way - i start with Loreal's true match concealer in N4 and then apply Laura Mercier's tinted moisturizer in 'nude' - To even out my skin tone, i lightly dust on MAC's refined golden bronzer and then usually use Tawny blush by Bobbi Brown with MAC's mineralize powder in 'gentle'.   To really emphasize the icy blue pink, I applied MAC's swish as a base colour to my shadow and then added it to the inner tear-ducts once my eyemakeup was complete.   I also used Whirl lipliner by MAC and Covergirl's lipstick in 'iceblue pink': This cool shade of pink looks lovely when you pair it with other cool toned colours, especially blues and purples.  Have fun with this shade and don't be afraid to try pink - its such a feminine colour.  If the icy-blue pink is not your colour and you're very warmed toned, try a light, shimmery peach shade - It looks fantastic if you have that warm, spring colouring!!!

Preppy in Pictures