Week-End de Toute Beauté. November 7th, 2014. Part Two.

When my sister and I got back from our late lunch, we found the convention center filling up with people just getting off work. A few new installations had been set up and people were slowly gravitating toward the main stage.  Our very own Guylaine Tremblay spoke about some of her red carpet experiences, throwing in a few personal anecdotes that made people chuckle. Geneviève and I really like her and I'm hoping I'll get the chance to hear her talk about her personal and professional triumphs and challenges, one day, but this segment was all about glamour and dressing up for the red carpet.  This was followed by...

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Pause. Old Montreal. November 7th, 2014.

My sister and I took some time off from Le Weekend de Toute Beauté, to grab some lunch, stroll around Old Montreal and to sit down and chat over some Starbucks. Here are some photos I took (and posted to Instagram) with my old camera phone. One more post to go before my photos improve! ...

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Week-End de Toute Beauté. November 7th, 2014. Part One.

On November 7th, my little sister and I headed out to day one of le Week-End de Toute Beauté, a convention addressing all things beauty and fashion related, at the Montreal Congress Centre. My sister, Geneviève, is 16 and about to start her own lifestyle blog and we thought this would be the perfect opportunity for her to get going on that. We kick-started our tour with some shopping at China Glaze. I usually stick to OPI, Revlon, Sally Hansen and, thanks to wantable, Spellbound but my sister convinced me to try this out. Once we'd purchased a few bottles, we found out that China Glaze was about to give a demonstration, or "banc d'essai"...

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Beasts of Fashion Gala. November 6th, 2014.

On November 6th, I made my way to the Corona Theatre for the first ever Beasts of Fashion Gala, where over $100 000 was raised for the Montreal SPCA. It was a pleasant event, with snappily-dressed people enjoying tiny morsels and free-flowing wine. I watched from the balcony as the show started and, within ten minutes, was crying openly, as we were told the story of a dog who had been badly beaten by her owner. After being shown images of the poor dog, our tears turned to those of joy as a now healed and joyous pup strutted across the stage to hearty applause and whoops of joy. In addition to the silent auction being held, a live auction raised...

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