One of the easiest things to do when trying to get on the ‘healthy’ food train, is to incorporate smoothies. Smoothies are an amazing way to maximise your vitamin and nutrient intake. I’ve loved smoothies for years – fruit smoothies, green smoothies, detox smoothies, alcoholic smoothies (yes they exist) and the list goes on. When my sister and I started the mainly smoothie-based Harley Pasternak’s…
May 17, 2020
The Smoothie You Can’t Live Without
February 19, 2015
Bio Seaweed Gel Giveaway!
Thursday is here, and the week is winding down (though not quite fast enough for me with the frigid temperatures we’re experiencing in Toronto) so what better way to host an INCREDIBLE giveaway? Today I am thrilled to be giving away the full bio seaweed gel VINTAGE GARDEN spring collection plus 1 base coat and 1 top coat! If you missed my review of this…
February 16, 2015
Bio Seaweed Gel Vintage Garden Collection
Inspired by vintage flowers and the 1960s “flower girl”, the highly anticipated Bio Seaweed Gel Vintage Garden Spring Collection has arrived. With 8 floral hues that take their name from different flowers, this collection is sure to leave you wanting more. Flowers are certainly a massive inspiration when it comes to spring nails, so Bio Seaweed Gel Vintage Garden Collection has helped you along the way…
November 10, 2014
Bio Seaweed Gel Coconut
Last night I attended the 26th Annual Contessa Awards, the Canadian “gold standard” or Oscars in Canadian beauty awards celebrating the best hair, makeup, nails and top tier artists. The night was filled with exquisite stage performances to compliment the Elemental theme of the event; laughs, thanks to this year’s MC Noah Cappe of Food Network’s Carnival Eats; and of course, proud award recipients thankful to…
October 3, 2014
Bio Seaweed Gel Half Moon Mani
Negative space nail art has been popular for a while (first evidence of negative space nail art dating back to the 1960s) and it’s not going anywhere soon! . New York Fashion Week in September showed us that the trend is here to stay for now. Today I wanted to create a lasting gel manicure, so I used my favourite gel, Bio Seaweed Gel. I first applied…
September 24, 2014
Bio Seaweed Gel for The Beauty Buffs
Today is another edition of The Beauty Buffs and we’re showing inspiration from “Our Favorite Thing”. I have many a favorite things…but for fall I’m drawn to my pair of Rag & Bone Newbury booties. They’re comfy, stylish and match almost any one of my outfits. I wanted to do some subtle neutral and long lasting nail art to go with these gorgeous grey leather boots so I turned…
April 14, 2014
Bio Seaweed Gel – Review and Swatches
For the last few months I’ve started to hear more and more about Bio Seaweed Gel, a Canadian company that offers both a 3-step Color Gel Polish (base, color and topcoat) as well as a UNITY All-In-One Color Gel Polish (no base, top or cleansers). I have been looking forward to trying out both systems to see if they really do offer what they claim…