Love it! Want it!: Sequin TOMS

I am the type of girl, that when she sees something she wants, she HAS to have it.  That's how I feel about these shoes.  They are not outrageous expensive that I cannot afford a pair, nor are them impractical to the point that I would wear them at least once for every dollar spent on them.   What's best - or what eases my conscience - is that these are also for a good cause.  Yes, I'm talking about TOMS.

Oh dear, I had told myself that TOMS – though for a good cause, were just not my style.  I stuck to that theory despite how comfortable people claimed they were.  I mean they just are not practical for rainy, wet, cold Vancouver weather, so why would I want a pair? 

Orly 'Rage'

Oh, how I love my nail polish.  If you get to know me well enough, you'll eventually find out that I am a bit of a nail polish junkie.  I am not even sure how many nail polishes I have and yet, I keep collecting more.  It always makes me feel a little better to look down at my fingers and toes and see them nicely painted (I really dislike chipped nails - always touching them up.)  That being said,  this is the famous Orly 'Rage'.

Orly's "Rage" is usually described as a metallic rose gold polish.  Personally, I never get why rose gold always has hints of silver in it and no gold - but maybe that's just me.  This is indeed a gorgeous metallic polish - almost like a foil.  It is has a fairly thin consistency but the colour comes mostly from the loads of extremely fine/tiny metallic glitter that makes up the polish - which are pink and silver.

China Glaze 'For Audrey'

I thought to start off my blog, I'd post about something near and dear to my heart - nail polish!  I have loved nail polish since I was a little girl.  I remember going with my mom to Holt Renfrew when I was younger.  I used to sit myself down in front of the nail polish testers and paint each nail a different colour as I waited for her while she shopped.  Albeit my nails were never 'well manicured' back then, those used to be the highlights of those shopping trips.  I think that's when I first got 'hooked' on nail polish (though I wasn't allowed to paint my nails regularly until I was in high school.)


When I heard all this hype about polishes coming out with a "Tiffany box blue" or "robin egg blue" nail polish,  I, of course, had to find some for myself.  In my quest, I came across China Glaze's "For Audrey".  The name says it all.  I cannot tell you enough about how perfect the colour match is!