Happy New Year! 2014!

Hi there Doll Faces! 

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a fabulous time celebrating and ringing in another exciting year! 

This year, friends and I traveled up North to Canada to ski at Mont Tremblant. We later ventured to Montreal where we celebrated New Year's Eve. 

I have never visited either places so I was really excited to take a long weekend and explore a new area. 

The drive from Philadelphia to Mont Tremblant takes about 8.5 hours. It actually took us slightly longer, around 10.5, both there and coming home due to unexpected road conditions and traffic. We spent about an entire day driving there. We arrived at Mont Tremblant at about midnight our first night. 

We stayed at Le Kandahar in the pedestrian village. The hotel was very quaint and we had minimum trouble checking in.

Our pre-purchased lift tickets were supposed to be available for pick up at the front desk. Unfortunately, they were not. After going from one ticket office to another, we ended up at guest services. An associate was unable to find our reservation, mentioning that it had been cancelled. 

The lifts open at Mont Tremblant at 8am and close at 3:30pm. We were finally able to reach a temporary resolution around 12pm our first day, leaving us with only a half day of trail time. Our lift tickets were compensated for that day. Seeing as how we had purchased our tickets in advance, we were pretty upset. Guest services asked us to return when we were finished to resolve the issue. We returned the following day to guest services. Our lift tickets were cancelled by mistake, which we were unaware of and were unable to figure out why, seeing as how they were already paid in full a month in advance. Guest services refunded us for our first day of lift tickets and we were finally able to hit the slopes, after a few phone calls and a couple hours of waiting around, instead of skiing. 

The mountain itself is beautiful. Aside from all of the trouble with the tickets, I very much enjoyed myself.

We joked while we were there saying Mont Tremblant is like the Disney World of mountains; everything was very expensive. 

We visited both bars, lounges and night clubs while there all of which were really fun. 

My only negative review other than the trouble we had with our lift tickets, would be how incredibly rude everyone was! I was completely surprised. 

After 3 nights on the mountain, we drove to Montreal. 

Montreal was so much fun! The city is about the size of Philadelphia and absolutely beautiful. It was beyond cold while we there which was the only downfall. I would love to visit again when it's slightly warmer. 

New Years eve we went to Muzique. The city was packed that night and we ended up waiting in line for about 45 minutes, even with pre-purchased tickets. We eventually ended up purchasing bottle service and skipping the rest of the line. We literally walked in as the entire club counted down "3-2-1". 

Once we were all inside, we had a blast. The first room that you walk into was all EDM and house music and the DJ was awesome. I did see that there was another room near the bathrooms, which was even bigger, playing hip hop. I also heard there was a roof top terrace which I did not check out since it was -5 degrees. We met 3 people from Montreal while waiting in line who joined us at our table. They were tons of fun. 

New Years day we made the long drive back home. Although it took a while driving, it was totally worth it. We all had a fantastic weekend and even made some new friends. 

I would definitely recommend visiting Montreal. I would also suggest Mont Tremblant for the experience however, I don't know that I need to go back. 

Next year, I think we'll just host some people at our house :) 

Stay Fabulous! 

-R

Philadelphia 76er's Dream Team Dancers

Recently, I've been working with the Philadelphia 76er's Dream Team Dancers as their game day Makeup Artist. How fun, right?! 

I also worked with the girls for their trading card shoot. You can find the images on the Dancers website linked above.  

While I do the makeup in one room, 3 stylists from Salon L'Etoile & Spa provide the hair services in another. The the girl's hair on the website was also created by the fabulous stylists at L'Etoile. You can call 215-483-2500 for an appointment. I work with the team at the Manayunk location. 

Our call time is usually 2.5 Hours before game time. 

I arrive at the press entrance and receive my badge. The security guard at the door checks and tags my bags. Someone then walks me to the girls dressing rooms. 

I set up my station on one end of the room and then begin. There are girls ready for makeup when I arrive, and more stagger in while I'm working.

I work quickly, giving each girl about 10-15 minutes, mainly focusing on the eyes and lips. I finish up with some powder and blush. Most of the girls come foundation ready, which allows for me to work a lot faster. Some girls come back for touch ups prior to hitting the court. 

Usually about a half hour before the game starts, the dancers are ready and leave the dressing room. That's when I gather my things and clean up my area. 

It's really exciting working in such a fast paced environment. I work, work, work, then I'm done.

I'm currently getting ready to work with the dancers this (black) Friday. I'll post some game ready pictures if I get the chance! 

Stay Fabulous! 

-R

Hello Winter

Hey everyone!! 

I've been slacking on updates recently. Since our South Africa trip, I haven't posted anything. I'M SO SORRY!! I know you all just DIE for my tips, tricks, reviews, pictures and random nonsense that I think is fabulous! 

There's really no purpose to this post other than keeping my blog alive. So here are some random thoughts... 

Did you guys watch that AMA's last night? I love red carpet fashion. Taylor Swift and Nicole Richie won best dressed, in my opinion. 

I don't know where you're reading from but, I live in Philadelphia and today the temperature dipped to a seriously cold 20 degrees fahrenheit. YIKES! Apparently it was a record low, only beating out 21 degrees recorded sometime in the 60's. If the wind didn't blast you in the face every corner you turned, maybe it wouldn't be so bad. Eh. I swear I'll live in Florida eventually. 

Oh! Red lipstick. It's been my not so new thing for the past few months now. Like, I need to wear it every day, even with sweat pants. I used to do a red lip when I went out or if I had simple makeup on, like just a clean, black cat eye. Otherwise usually wearing a nude, pinkish lip. But I've been channeling my inner grandmom and wearing a true, retro, blue based red lipstick every single day for months now. And I love it. I feel like I'm not complete unless I have a lipstick on and I feel like a true red complements me best. Muah* 

...So I bought this leather dress the other day for a party I was running late to. I bought the dress, didn't try it on, cut off the tag and packed it my bag and headed out. I never actually wore the dress that night. The next day while unpacking, I decided to try it on. WOMP WOMP. It's too big. UGH. This dress is super hot. Tight fit, mid length, V'd back and long sleeves. DIE. Well, I have the receipt but sadly the tag was thrown away on trash day. The receipt clearly states that returns will not be accepted without tag and receipt. I guess I'll be putting it up on ebay sometime soon. Maybe I'll write a follow up with the link. Look for it. 

Know what I'm totally craving? A nude pair of pointy toed slingback pumps. I've been dreaming about them for like a week now. I need to go find a pair to wear with EVERYTHING.

...I plan on posting some Africa pictures soon so stay tuned :) 

-R 

Testing Our Camera for Africa

I acquired a nifty professional camera for our upcoming trip to South Africa so today I decided to play around with the zoom and focus for a little while. Here's some pictures of my fabulous pomeranian Bella and our little Eagles gnome. 

-R

Wispy Lashes

Hi Dolls! Today I decided I wanted to pump up my look a little so naturally I added a pair of lashes to my morning makeup routine! I used Red Cherry lashes in #WSP.

I love these lashes because they have such a natural look and feel to them, totally appropriate for any daytime look. Even better, you can double these lashes up to add extra drama for a super glam evening look! 

-R

Red Cherry Lashes!

Guess what came in the mail yesterday?! My Red Cherry lashes!! Wooo!!! My favorite! 

Hand made from human hair, these lashes are super soft and easily blend with your natural lashes. I swear, although similar, not a single pair is identical. I ordered mine from ebay.   

I'm SO excited to wear them!! I ordered #523 and #WSP. Check them out below. I originally wanted #43 which are very similar but, I guess because of their incredible fabulousness, I was only able to order #523 as an alternative. #WSP was a first choice and thankfully, they were in stock. #WSP lashes are great because they're so wispy and natural. 

-R

Balmain Embellished Leather Shorts

Oh my gosh, stop. Check out these fabulous Balmain embellished leather shorts! I die. 

-R