Bi-Weekly Round-Up

A couple weekends ago I finally visited the new cafe in Toronto that everyone's been talking about, Colette Grand Cafe. We missed brunch that day as it isn't served on a Saturday afternoon, but I did have the chance to try some of the dishes as well as sample so future potential desserts. And did this cafe live up to the hype that everyone's been talking about? My verdict is yes, and that I'll be going back again soon!

I've eaten out way too much these past few weeks. But it's safe to say that I've been crossing off bucket list locations as opposed to randomly stopping into locations. I took a stroll down Ossington with a goal to get ahold of the famed macaron ice cream sandwhichs at Bang Bang Ice Cream and Bakery, but on the day I showed up, they had none left. 

I settle for a half ice cream sandwhich comprised of a ginger cookie (watch out it's spicy - but good!) and the dolce de leche mixed with london fog ice cream wedged in between the two cookie slices. Oh boy was this ice cream sandwhich the definition of heaven! Albeit it was a little bit too sweet, I'm already planning a trip back to get ahold of the macaron ice cream sandwhich! That's my goal for this month before it gets too cold to eat ice cream anything!

Amidst enjoying my ice cream sandwhich I stepped into Crywolf and found these ridiculously cute concrete planters made by Concrete Barn TO. I need to get ahold of one of these in silver eventually for my new place!

I've also decided to reshape my nails for the winter and try out the "claw" look again. I no longer work in a chlorinated environment where manual labour is an everyday requirement so my nails can finally survive a decent manicure for once! But first, coffee - right?

Apologies

Incredibly sorry for absolutely no updates or posts in this blog since the beginning of the month. My finals completely took over my life this entire month and I failed to keep up with my goal of bi-daily posts. Since summer has officially started for me today, I'll be trying my best to do so. In the meantime to keep my blog happily posted, here's a very small collection of a couple of my most recent manicures this month. Usually I do about at least 1-2 a week totally to 5-8 a month but because of my hectic schedule I was only able to squeeze in 3.

OPI - Nail Envy

China Glaze - Virtual Violet

Seche Vite - Fast Dry Top Coat

OPI - Nail Envy

China Glaze - Dorothy Who?, Fairy Dust

Seche Vite - Fast Dry Top Coat

OPI - Nail Envy

Chanel - Morning Rose

Seche Vite - Fast Dry Top Coat

Starting tomorrow or maybe even tonight if I feel motivated enough, I'll have another post up :) For now, have a good night!

Purple Patchwork Manicure

I've been reading Chloe's Nails quite a bit lately and I ca absolutely say that I love her blog! I was extremely happy to find someone else with the same passion for scotch tape as me and also found some very simple but gorgeous manicures done by her as well. Here are my nails for the work, inspired by her work, a purple patch work manicure. Simple, quick and easy to do. I haven't had much time as of late because of all the midterms, labs, assignments and lab exams that I've had to prepare so I opted for something that wouldn't be as time consuming but would still render a nice manicure! So here it goes! For the design, I used OPI's - Do You Lilac It? as the base coat, Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure - Problem Child, OPI - Mad as a Hatter and Seche Vite - Dry Fast Top Coat.

Disclaimer: The products mentioned in this post where purchased by myself for the use and review purposes. My opinions are honest and are not influenced in any way at all. I was not sponsored for this post.