Looking for a little eco-friendliness in your clothing? Allistyle is a Canadian shop offering clothing from bamboo and organic cotton. They boast that they wash well and never wrinkle. You can shop for their line in person in Toronto at Gussied Up (Bathurst) or shop at their official website. At the moment there is not…
I decided to go for simple holiday nails this week with a bright red and a holographic top coat. These are two of my favorite polishes. The red is by Sally Hansen (Rapid Red) and the sparkly top coat is by Julep (Joelle). You don’t have to have these polishes to get a similar look…
I knew when I watched QTplace’s Santa nail art video I had to try it. So much cuteness and it looked so doable. Here is her step by step video: I was so excited when I sat down with my nail polish to work on this nail art. For polish I used: * Sally Hansen…
I was hoping to try at least three Christmas nail art designs by now but I have only had the opportunity for one but it was a pretty cute one too — Candy Cane nail tips! IndigoNoval1 has this easy to do how-to which is pretty self explanatory on its own. I watched it a…
Gift ideas for writers can be a tricky thing as all of us have different likes and dislikes. But whether or not you are the writer putting together last minute ideas for others, or you are buying for a writer, here are some ideas. Writing References What is better than having a stack of reference…
On Black Friday I bought two handbags online at Naturalizer. I have purchased shoes and handbags from them before and am happy with them. These new bags were a huge deal, 50% off the handbags plus there was an online coupon for an additional 20% off plus it was also free shipping. So basically I…
This week I tried my very first imPRESS Press-on Manicure by Broadway Nails. They were sent to me in my first Influenster Vox Box, the Maple Vox Box (first one in Canada) for review. I haven’t worn artificial nails since highschool. Way back then they were super long pieces of plastic I had to trim…
As of a few minutes ago I have severed the BIW blog’s ties with the RSS at Feedburner. If you follow this blog’s RSS you will now have to do so from its original feed at www.book-in-a-week.com/feed. Feedburner will be redirecting but it is best to change the address as Feedburner can go down at…