Zara opens online shopping for Canada (#dearcanada)

Hey friends,

My boyfriend had received a Zara gift card over Christmas, and since he knows I love shopping, he gave it to me. The other day, I went online to check if Zara had updated their website for the spring/summer season, and to my surprise (and excitement) they announced that Canada is going to be able to shop online starting March 6th!

I love it when companies decide to open up an online shop. It makes it so much easier for people to buy things, without having to fight other people (although I have never done that, or witness anything of that sort), and to be able to find their size quickly. It is also super accessible, over the weekend my mother (who is sort of a computer noob) was able to buy things on her iPad... and I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that I've bought a few things using my phone.

This is a screen shot I took of the homepage. I'm so excited, this is such great news.
Every time that Zara has a sale, the clothes are all over the place and there's always long lines. Being that I am out of town for school, when I am finally able to check out Zara most of the nice pieces and sizes are gone.

For example, this beautiful shoe for $15.99 Canadian. Too bad it's sold out, I didn't even get a chance to see it in person. All that was left were flats, a few pair of boots, and a few sandals ... but they were all too big for me. I mean, how great would it have been, to get these lovely shoes at my doorstep!

Here are some of the things I'm eyeing, and will be waiting for:

I could wear this shirt/blouse with jeans or dark pants in the winter/spring, and spice it up by tucking it in my faux-leather shorts, or a cute skirt. 

These velvet pants are cute! I'm not too sure how they will look on me, I usually try not to wear prints or things that are too bright. 

But my boyfriend told me to stop wearing all black, so maybe this pink blazer (oh my goodness, it is so bright) and this white jacket might brighten up my wardrobe. 

All in all, I'm pretty excited about Zara opening up their online shop. Hopefully their return policy, and shipping rates are good. I've known that their US shop has been open for awhile, so I'm really glad it's finally here ... just one more week! Oh, one more thing, they seem to update their website pretty frequently as they have "new this week", hopefully I will be able to control myself.

Much love,

A 

H&M recycling initiative

Hello everyone,

I'm back at school, which means no TV for me here in residence. Unfortunately that means I don't get to watch The Oscars, but that's alright, I can search up pictures (or clips) of the event tonight and see all the wonderful outfits the celebrities wore tonight.

One dress stood out to me. Here she is, Helen Hunt, in the gorgeous dress.

(Photo taken from refinery29)

Can you believe it's by H&M?!

The same H&M, that after I had done some researching, just started their recycling program. The program recently started worldwide, where customers are able to bring in bags of clothing to recycle and in return you will get either a 15% coupon, or a $5 voucher. Now, I don't know too many details (I shall ask an employee next time I pop into the store) but, donating my clothes to be reused, recycled, or re-purposed is a lot better than throwing things out. I mean, I still donate my clothes to charities but bringing a bag or two into H&M sounds like a good idea for the environment, as well as making my wallet happy. 

So what do you think of H&M's new initiative?
- A 

(More information can be found: The Star - H&M aims to save clothes from landfill and Triplepundit - H&M clothing recycling program live today )

Surprises and nails.

This morning I woke up to a surprise at my door. I had ordered a purse organizer from The Shopping Channel, and it had finally arrived. The Shopping Channel had sent me a gift card ($20) -- I think it was during Christmas, but I have no idea why. I quickly popped onto the website to see what I could buy without having to spend too much more. Luckily, I was able to find this purse organizer for $14.99, and it had free shipping, so obviously, this was my choice.

The box that it came in was fairly small.

When I opened it up, it had two purse organizers! I was pretty happy, but after taking everything apart, it turned out that the package actually comes with 2 small organizers, 2 medium sized organizers, and 2 purse hooks! I guess I didn't read the description fully when I bought it, silly me. 

I'm so happy that I just put one in my bag. The organizer is practically empty as I have been using a small purse, but I guess I'll find things to put it in throughout the day.  :D 

(I'll take pictures of what it can hold once I fill it up.)

So, before I slept last night I had put the Sally Hansen Salon Effects on my nails. I didn't realize it would take such a long time, so after I finished I quickly went to bed. 

Here's my nails with my purse organizers. (Can you tell, I love the organizers already?)

 The box that it came in, states that it lasts up to 10 days. I'm going to see how long it takes before it chips or comes off. (I put 2 coats of Seche Vite, so it should hold up.)

The contents inside, it came with a mini filer, a cuticle pusher, and about 16 strips of the salon effects (meaning there's 6 extra for mistakes or for future manicures.) I didn't need to use my filer as I had my regular filer to use, so this cute little thing is going to go in my purse!

The one thing I'm not too happy about, is all the leftover packaging and garbage.
I understand that other people who use this product will have longer nails than me, therefore wasting less of the stickers. But as you can tell, there is a lot of waste.

All in all, it was pretty fun and it looks pretty nice! It gives a sort of lace and scaly effect. The process took about an hour to an hour and a half.

I'm about to go out to run some errands, I wonder if my nails will chip. 

There's supposed to be a storm(or squall) tonight, stay safe everyone.

- Aggie