New Year in Vegas

Since we only have two weeks off for vacation from school this winter, my boyfriend and I were looking into a short vacation to cool off before university starts off again. We shopped for a while, but thought we would wait last minute to get a deal. Well that didn't work out quite as planned. The last minute deals for resorts kept creeting up and we couldn't decide if it was worth it, until we found a package for Las Vegas, flight and accomodation at the 5 star hotel The Venetian. We just had to jump on the opportunity so we booked it.

The package was for a flight a little over 12 hours later (talk about last minute!) so we prepared our luggage and left for the airport shortly afterwards. I think we had a reduction because the flight schedules were kind of funny (we arrived in Las Vegas at 12 am and are leaving at 1 am, kind of a bummer, but for a good reduction, why not!) Plus, it meant that we would spend new years in Las Vegas, how cool is that?

So I thought I'd share some of the things we did there :D (actually this is only half of it since we're still here until the 5th).

First, we took a cab (expensive D:) from the airport to the Venetian to settle down for our first night. The room is definetly impressive! It's probably the most luxurious hotel I've ever been in! It feels weird and I'm affraid to mess it up :P

The next day, we explored the strip a little and booked tickets for a UFC fight that was going on that night. My boyfriend and I usually enjoy going to see the fights in sports bars, so this was a great opportunity to see it live!

On new year's eve, we got tickets to see the Cirque du Soleil's Mystère show at the Treasure Island hotel. I've wanted to see a Cirque du Soleil show ever since my parents brought me to see Allegria when I was little. I have to say, I wasn't dissapointed. The show was wonderful! It was definitely worth it and I'd probably go again. I'd love to see the new show Ka, or the famous O. We dedided to take it easy after that, even though there were tons of parties for the new year. The strip was just way too crowded and we felt sleepy. We rang in the New Year in our suite watching movies in bed and looked out the window to see some of the fireworks outside.

We also went shopping at the Fashion Mall because I hadn't brought any suitable shoes for the weather (it's about 15 degrees celcius right now in Vegas, not exactly sandal weather. Since I had packed for a vacation in the south, I didn't bring any closed shoes other than heels so I needed something suited for  walking). We went to Sanrio, Wet Seal and Forever 21 and Walgreens. I got a couple clothes and nail polishes. :D I was really excited since we don't have Wet Seal where I live!

Today, we're taking it easy in the hotel room and we'll go out tonight to watch all the free shows on the strip (I'll take pictures :D) and tomorrow we might go for a magician show! So far, it's been great. We've been keeping pretty busy, but relaxing at the same time (the bed is really comfy and the bathroom has a great tub). The hotels on the strip are huge and impressive and I love all the themed attractions. There is a volcano, a huge castle, an effeil tower replica, a liberty statue replica and I'm forgeting some :)

I'll update later with the rest of the week's activties when I get back!

Tag : Holiday Traditions :)

I'm really excited for the holidays :D Not only is it my favorite time of the year, but it also means I have two weeks off from Uni! Cannot wait to relax all day and not feel guilty about it :P

Anyway, since I really enjoy getting in the spirit of the holidays, I decided to do this tag I've seen going around on YouTube!

Questions:

1) Which holiday do you celebrate? 

I celebrate Christmas :) It's my favorite holiday!

2) What are you doing for the holidays this year?


I will spend it with my family, boyfriend and cats (yep I'm bringing them!) in Montreal. We will also see his family while we're there. We might also take a little vacation somewhere around the 31st! No firm plans yet though.

The tiny Christmas tree we had at home, for lack of enough space :) Isn't it cute?

3) What's your favorite holiday drink?

Believe it or not, I don't have one! In my family, there isn't really any drinks associated with Christmas. My favorite winter drink is hot chocolate though! Does that count?

4) Candy cane or Gingerbread men?

I've only had Gingerbread men a couple times in my life and that was very long ago. I'm not sure I remember the taste, so I'll go for candy cane. I'd love to give gingerbread men a try :)

5) What's your favorite holiday/Christmas song?

Where are you Christmas - Faith Hill (I like the version from The Grinch <3)

6) What's the weirdest gift you've ever received?

I honestly have no idea. I don't think I ever got a weird gift. I guess that's lucky :3

7) Have you ever made a snowman?

Yep tons of times, and snow angels :D Since we have a couple feet of snow every year over here, it's kind of hard not to!

That's the view from our old appartment. There wasn't that much snow yet, but it was really pretty out :D

8) What is your favorite winter fragrance?

Just my regular favorite fragrance : Jean Paul Gaultier Classique. It's particularly great for winter though, since it's a spicy vanilla kind of scent.

9) What is at the top of your list this Christmas? (or whichever holiday you celebrate!)

A Kindle!

10) What is most important to you about the holidays?

Getting together with the family, and the yummy food! I love the atmosphere, the decoration and the lights too <3 

First video : Christmas Green and Gold Metallic Party Tutorial

Alright so I thought it would be nice to show you the process for achieving this look instead of just posting pictures for once :P I tryed making a picture tutorial, but I'm too impatient and I could never get the angles right to really show what I'm doing.

So I decided to take a chance a make a video about it. No talking just text and the video :) I'm not 100% happy with the way it turned out (weird angles - couldn't find any music to add - the camera quality isn't that great), but I think it still gives  good idea of how you can achieve this look!

The look is a holiday/christmas party look. I chose the traditionnal colors : Green and gold on the lids, as well as red on the lips!




And here a the pictures from the video of the look :)

Annoying piece of hair sticking out in almost every picture XD

Please leave me feedback in the comments about the video! Please don't be too difficult though x_x it's my very first video. Tell me what I should improve on/what you liked :D Should I do any more of these? Was it helpful?

New Background + Banner :D

I felt like changing the blog up a little so I changed the theme and the background. This background can be found in the Blogger's default background bank. Not bad right? 

I always find it hard to find a background that I like, so I'm pretty happy I got off easy this time :P

Tell me what you think! Do you like this new berry/purple look?