12 Days of Blogmas, Holiday Secrets, Lifestyle

THIRD DAY OF BLOGMAS: Giving Back — Favorite Holiday Charities

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Calgary based blog shares her favorite holiday charities. The third day of Blogmas is all about giving back.

Good Morning Gorgeous Is everyone else busy getting Christmas presents, baking & gatherings planned? Oh boyyy right? Well let’s just slow down for a second. Today is all about Holiday charities.   I am the first to admit life can get hectic, especially around the holidays. Sometimes it’s easy to lose sight on what really matters. I wanted to take a moment today and plan out some charities that we can all help by raising awareness and/or participating in.   I’m going to be sharing with all of you my favorite holiday charities in Calgary!           Music For a Winter Evening HEY YYC! This one is TONIGHT. Like December 13th, 2016. You can purchase tickets here. It’s the 16th Annual Music For a Winter […]

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12 Days of Blogmas, Beauty, Holiday Secrets

SECOND DAY OF BLOGMAS: Holiday Beauty Look

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It’s Christmas party season and we need to start talking about our holiday beauty look. I blogged about this last year too. I LOVE holiday beauty. I am ALL about the sparkly, ice princess highlight. Dewy, gorgeous glow for the Christmas season is FREAKIN’ PERFECT.      A festive red lip is also gorg but I am seriously feeling bold plum this year. I blogged about the bold lip trend a few weeks ago. Dior has a GORGEOUS line but really, any of your fav makeup lines will be carrying a dark and delicious bold plum or eggplant right now.  GET IT. On the eyes, I’m into the crisp black liner & big lashes or some smokey smudgey dark purple goodness. SO striking! The dark purple is a little different too.   […]

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12 Days of Blogmas, Home, Tech

LOVING Philips HUE

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Drea is loving tech and her latest, greatest find are the Philips Hue bulbs. Thanks Cyber Monday. Click over to find out why.

So first the Ecobee and now Philips Hue. Hopefully soon the entire place is automated. Maybe soon I’ll have a robot who can bring me margaritas and popcorn while I have a hot bath.  I can’t wait. But until then, I’ll be playing with my Philips Hue bulbs.     I never really realized how necessary a hot pink bedroom and bathroom are. Hahaha no but honestly it is so nice to automate the lights. I don’t have to constantly get out of bed to turn them off or feel around blindly as I navigate to the bathroom int he middle of the night. So many toes have been saved from stubbing. So. Many. PLUS, I created a “scene” called Spa Day that is a mix of purple […]

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Fashion, Holiday Secrets, Lifestyle

FIRST DAY OF BLOGMAS: Gift Guide for Her

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Drea is sharing her XMAS Gift Guide for HER 2016!!!

THE 12 DAYS OF BLOGMAS HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN!!!!!!!!! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! You guys, GET EXCITED!     I’ve teamed up with TWELVE other bloggers and on each of the 12 days of Blogmas we will publish a blog post. At the BOTTOM of the post will be instructions on which blog to head over to in order to enter THAT days giveaway, that blog is considered the host. The winners will be announced the following morning on the hosts page!!!! THE GIFTS ARE ALL SO FREAKIN’ FABULOUS I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOU ALL. So make sure you are following along on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Bloglovin’, Tumblr + Pinterest so that you don’t miss any info. PS DECEMBER 16TH is my day to host.  Oh and there’s one last thing….. […]

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