London Drugs Revlon and Almay beauty event

Finally a beauty related post! I tagged along to the Revlon and Almay beauty event hosted by London Drugs a few weeks back. It was actually a bit intimidating being in a room full of media PR types who all appear to know each other so I was glad to have Sheila and Michelle to huddle with.

This event is apparently one of the first of its kind! For some reason beauty brands tend to neglect those of us on the West Coast. We're vain too! Come market to us!! xD

Up and coming products from Revlon and Almay were showcased, including the highly anticipated Revlon Lip Butters and their new Photoready mousse foundation.

Of course I immediately bee-lined towards the nail polish table. They were giving out free manicures! Sadly I still had my gel nails on or I would have jumped at the opportunity!

The new Revlon Colorstay polish collection

Oh hullo dusty green colour on the right, you are so coming home with me when I see you!

The Revlon Lip Butter, the product we have all been lusting for, has finally arrived in Canada! Look at the huge range of colours!

These babies are so amazingly pigmented!!!

and so shiny too @.@

New Almay Intense i-color palettes:

Me giving stank eye whilst being made over with the new Almay Intense i-color dual ended shadow stick:

The finished look!

Me + Michelle post makeover:

Revlon Colorstay eyeshadow palettes! I've spotted these at Shoppers Drugmart and London Drugs already!

Revlon Colorstay palette in action:

I swatched the blue+green palette and it didn't really impress me. The colours were far too chalky :( I hope the rest of the line is not like this?

Latest additions to the Revlon Photoready line! It includes a concealer, a mousse foundation and a contour and blush palette.

I was really excited about these Revlon Photoready Airbrush mousses, I'm hoping to pick one up when they arrive at my local pharmacies

I've never encountered a foundation like the Photoready Airbrush mousse. The texture is really light, coverage is light to light medium, and it has a satin finish.

Celebrity chef Anthony Sedlak was there to provide a *very* healthy dose of testosterone and much appreciated yummies.

A man who can cook. He claims to be single too!

Pan seared scallops <3

As always, I include photos of Sheila stuffing her face xD

Michelle + Sheila

Look! you too can get nails to match your bag!

I shall never be a food critic. This was some kind of cheese cracker thing with a sliver of rolled rare beef on top.

Some kind of potato cake thing with a chunk of mozzarella(?)

Dessert!! a profiterole!

Lemon meringue slice:

Chocolate mousse and macarons. I might have stuffed my bag with the latter D:

I leave you with this:

Big thanks to London Drugs, Revlon, Almay and Cynnamon for the awesome event! I'm so excited about the new products and can't wait til they hit the shelf! I hope this will be the first of many West Coast beauty events!

Seattle

Last week it was New York City. This week it's Seattle.
I am a bit of a vagabond, I am constantly drifting where my whims take me.

Christmas Domo

There seems to be some kind of Hello Kitty craze going on. First it was Liberty x Hello Kitty, then Forever21 x Hello Kitty, then McDonalds came out with a Hello Kitty Happy Meal and now I spotted these in Hot Topic.

I almost bought a pair of the Hello Kitty tights but I asked myself where would I wear them to.

Especially taken for Domo, because Vikings beat up sparkly boys xD

We had dinner at Elliot's Oyster House in Seattle. I found them pricey but the quality of the food more than made up for it. 

Mr. Nunu claims to be a bit of a clam chowder connoisseur so of course he had to have the clam chowder:

When at an Oyster House one must have oysters.

Dungeness crab cakes:

Geoduck tartare. HOLY GUACAMOLE THESE WERE DELICIOUS!!! 

Cioppino. This was a single order but we had so much left over that we had to pack it and take it home. It contained at least half a crab along with various fish and molluscs. I found it a tad too salty but Mr. Nunu said it tasted fine to him. I shall henceforth refer to him as "salty-wet uncle".

Nunu is happy

What trip would it be without some nail polish hunting?

The next day we went to Pike Place Market and popped into Beecher's Hand Made Cheese for some...cheese xD. Little Miss Muffet would be proud!

Scooping cheese curds into boxes where they will be compressed and aged until they become cheese.

The cheesiest mac and cheese I've ever had in my life. So awesome!

We also went to the original Starbucks so I could get my Christmas drink on xD

Mmmm...egg nog latte xD

Yet more clam chowder for lunch. Also had a lobster roll hoping it'd be as good as the one I had at Chelsea Market but nope, not even close.

We decided to be really touristy and went up the Space Needle...

...and proceeded to get frostbite in our extremities in order to get shots like this:

and pretend to be all artistic by taking photos like this:

My haul for this trip: F21 x Hello Kitty shirt, Nightmare Before Christmas PJs, 2 pairs of earrings from Betsey Johnson, a furry bag (?!), a shameful amount of nail polish and Chex Mix xD

The kittehs were not impressed with the fact that we went away.