Monday 18 March 2013

LOULOU's - Shop 'Till You Drop!

Hey everyone,

I was reading LOULOU (online) the other day and found out that this year's Shop 'Till You Drop will happen in various malls over a period of ten days. If I recall correctly, in previous years this event only happened in one location, once or twice a year. Unfortunately, my university is out of town so I have never been able to attend.

Luckily for me, this year's event will happen between the week off of school for "exam prep" and when exams start. Yay me! On top of that, it will also happen in:

Toronto Eaton Centre in Toronto (April 9th)
Promenade Mall in Thornhill (April 10th)
Fairvew Mall in Toronto (April 11th)
Markville Mall in Markham (April 12th)
Sherway Gardens in Etobicoke (April 16th)
Masonville Place in London (April 17th)
Fairview Park Mall in Waterloo/Kitchener (April 18th)
Lime Ridge Mall in Hamilton (April 19th)

From the LOULOU website:

































(Photo taken from http://en.louloumagazine.com)

I will definitely be there, taking pictures, and of course, taking advantage of the shop's special discounts.
What do you think? Will you be attending?

- A

Monday 4 March 2013

Quicky update and premium outlet in Canada !

Hey everyone,

It's been ten days since I put the Sally Hansen - Salon effects on my nails, and I'm surprised they've lasted this long! I wonder how long they can actually stay on until.

Here's what they look like now,






















Everything looks great except for a small chip, which happened when I was lifting some heavy boxes.
It was so close, it would've been perfect ... except this one nail.






















My nails have grown, and you can see that space in between my cuticles and the stickers.
To be honest, I can't wait to take these off. I recently received a free sample of Essie's sleek sticks.
I had thought that it would be a full set, but this is alright too! I can do manicures or designs and use these strips as my "accent" nail.





















Here's what they look like up close,


















These nail stickers have a bit of texture as well!


















Here's what the rest of the collection looks like. I think the one with the newspaper print/lettering on it is pretty cute. I think I can try to do that with actual newspaper though.

[Zara]
It seems that Zara's online shop in the United States has free shipping to addresses and free shipping to stores. I hope this will be the case for Canada's online shop, or at least reasonable shipping.

[H&M]
I went to H&M over the weekend, but unfortunately it was really busy. I quickly snapped this picture before a fellow shopper walked in front of me. The box for the donations is quite small, and the opening is even smaller. Regular sized garbage bags would not be able to fit. I wonder if they provide their own donation bags? Would that be inefficient and a waste of resources then, to make plastic bags for the sole purpose of receiving donations?



 Last, but definitely not least, is the Premium Outlet (http://www.premiumoutlets.com/) that is coming to Canada. I believe it is the Premium outlet's first location in Canada. This is a picture I took on my way back to university. It is at Halton Hills, and it looks almost complete ! It's supposed to open in the summer, and I can't wait to see what they'll have.

Probably the most known location is the Woodbury Common Premium Outlet in New York, which boasts numerous luxury brands such as: Prada, Gucci, Fendi, Tom Ford, YSL (or Saint Laurent), Versace to name a few. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find Chanel on the store directory list anymore.

I'm really excited to see what this will bring as there aren't too many outlets around the GTA. The only one I can think of is Vaughan Mills, but some of those stores aren't that much cheaper than regular stores. I'm glad I don't have to go all the way to New York to get awesome deals.

Happy shopping,
Agatha