A Little Make-Up Goes A Long Way

At work this week one of the managers has been doing interviews for her department (not mine thank goodness cause I hate change).  One thing that I noticed is that some women were coming in for interviews without any make-up one(one in a hoodie, but can't go there).  For something as important as a job interview you would think that one would want to look as polished as possible.  Now I hate to admit that I rarely wear make-up to working, being as I start at 7am and love sleeping more than pretty.  But I definitely wore some to my interview, even I knew better at 21.

To look polished and professional you don't have to be a make-up artist (I'm def not), and a little goes a long way.  Sorry if I scare you but to show the difference I am giving you one picture without (yikes) and one with simple classic make-up.

I used:
-Mac Mineralize foundation
-Mac bare study paint pot
-Que brow focus in brunette
-Mac eye kohl in phone number
-Dior black mascara
-Lorac lip 3D lip gloss
-Benefit dandelion blush


Ok So here is a split screen of the difference:

No Make-Up

With Make-Up

I pulled my hair back and wore a tube top so you could concentrate only on the make-up look.  But I have to admit I'm a side bangs girl and without them its not my best look.  You can really see the difference in my skin, I have a much smoother complexion and blush on with foundation .  I personally never wear make-up without filling in my eyebrows with powder, I think its really important to frame the face.  This look took only 7min to complete, most of the time spend on mascara I like it think and clumpy.  I hope this shows that even a little make-up helps you look your best.  Lets be honest if it made us look worse it wouldn't be a billion dollar industry.


 Moral of the story please show up for interviews well dresses and looking polished!

Love Kaydee

I'm Lucky To Live In Canada!

With everything that has been happening around the world (riots, shark bites, etc...)  I can look around me at my life and be truly glad to live in Canada.  I know that I am safe to be who I am and safe to walk out my door.

I'm glad to live in Canada because:

I get to experience all four seasons:  Even thought I complain a lot about winter, no Christmas would be complete without the fluffy snowflakes falling from the sky.  Plus without our ever changing weather what would we small talk to strangers about?

I can walk to a great Poutine spot:  Who doesn't love fry's gravy and cheese all in one dish YUMM

Health Care: As much as our system has its flaws (name one that doesn't) I know that everyone is treated the same regardless of income and stature. That our health care professions have the best training and give the best care to whom ever enters their facility (being as I am one of those awesome care givers)

Our Multiculturalism:  We are known for being a "melting pot" of cultures, blending together to make one country.  Plus that means that I get to eat all the yummy foods from around the world. 

The Nature:  We have a beautiful landscape, with mountains, rolling hills, parries and costs.  Also we have great animals, polar bears, whales and moose to name a few.  We have more than enough fresh air and water to go around.  You can feel the vast space just outside any city, enough to stretch you proverbial legs.

Tim Horton's:  Even as a non coffee drink I love this place, they have great food and low prices.  Plus there is pretty much always one within walking distance of you. 


I have so many reasons to love this country, and have no desire to ever live elsewhere.  I absolutely have the travel bug and want to see the world, but this is where I will always call home.  Here is a great article on reasons to love, I would love to hear some of you own.

Go Canada, Go Go Canada

Love Kaydee

Nail Art: Fade Black To Red

While browsing my fav blogs last night I can across a post for gradating nails.  I had to try them right away, and love the result I got.

Using instructions from this tutorial from All Lacquered Up, my fav nail swatch blog.

I used My Private Jet and a mini from the Burlesques series both by OPI.  I think glitter polish gives for leeway for mistakes, but it is hard to capture the sparkle in picture.

I love my vampy nails, great for a Saturday night out!

Love Kaydee

Where Is The Hand Book?

Why is it that life doesn't come with a hand book, where is "Are you there god, its me Margaret" for grown ups.  Why hasn't someone realized that some of us have a slower learning curve and its harder for us.  Is it that some people are just natural at life, while the rest of us are flailing our way through it. 

I'm having one of those days that I feel like I have to learn every lesson the hard way.  I'm feeling over whelmed with the tasks of everyday life, from finances, to cleaning, to feeling like a bad friend.  I'm wishing someone would set out rules for me and I could follow them.  You know its a bad day when work seemed easier then being at home.

I find having a three story house overwhelming, like it is a never ending cycle of cleaning and picking up.  I found it so overwhelming that it was just easier to not do anything.  If I just stayed on the couch and ignored everything it would all go away.  Now I know there are no fairies or elves that are going to come and do all the work for me.  I know that ignoring everything is not the answer, but sometimes it just feels so right.  I know its not fair to those around me when I get in one of these funks, but its hard to jump over those mental hurdles.

I have decided to clean just one thing a day, I can handle one thing a day that's not too much.  Not the everyday stuff, but the extra stuff like bathrooms and dusting.  And to my surprise I ended up doing two things today, both the tub and the shower.  I feel like that a good start...

I still wish that there was a book telling me what to do, so when I feel overwhelmed I can use it as a reference guide.  Maybe this book will have pop out Xanax for those really bad days, would I be rich if I wrote such a book?

Well at least my shower is milldew free... for now

Love Kaydee

It's My Turn To Pay It Forward....

I had the most incredible thing happen today at work, something that truly made this a great day...

It all started yesterday very early in the morning, I was compliment a patient on her boots, well actually her fake Uggs.  They were grey Bailey Button knock offs and looked super cute with her outfit.  She told me that she got them at Giant Tiger for ten bucks, we continued to talk about what a great deal that was.  At the end of our conversation she said that she was going back there tonight and would pick me up a pair.  I said to call is she got them so I could make sure that I had cash on me (I'm more of a plastic kinda girl), so I could pay her for the boots.  Well low and behold she showed up today with the boots, but said that they were her treat.  How nice is that right, what make it even nicer is that I am virtually a stranger to this women having only met her four or five times.  She used her time and money just to do something nice for me, and I don't think she will ever know what that means to me.  As a society we are not givers to strangers, I like my shirts I would probably not give it to you off my back.  She showed that some people are just kind for the sake of being kind. 

A Friend of mine and her husband has just decided to split up when someone paid it forward to her in a huge way.  This was someone who had been helped before when needed and wanted to pass it along.  My friend was given around 250 dollars and grocery and gas gift certificates with a card that says you'll know when you meet someone who you can pay this gift forward too.  My friend was starting a new life with very little, and knowing that she had someone like that meant the world to her.  When she was telling me the story today I could see in her eyes what it meant to her and that she has every intention of finding someone in her life time to give a similar gift too.


What struck me about my gift today is the fact that I am just someone who gave this women a service, she met me four or five times for around ten minutes each time.  I know that one day I will run into a stranger who's day I can make a little bit better with a small treat .  Do you get the same banker each time you go in, or that girl at the coffee shop who looks like she has a lot on her mind.  Is there someone, somewhere that's day could be brightened up with a small gesture, a small token that says hey your great and I can tell even from that small amount of time I have known you.

Every time I wear my new brown boots I am going to have a spring in my step knowing that someone felt that way about me!

Love Kaydee

Book Club: Woman In Red

From New York Times bestselling author Eileen Goudge comes Woman in Red, a powerful story of love and redemption and what one woman will do to overcome the buried secrets of her past.

Alice Kessler spent nine years in prison for the attempted murder of the drunk driver who killed her son. Now she’s returned home to Gray’s Island to reconnect with the son she left behind. Her boy, Jeremy, now a sullen teenager, is wrongly accused of rape, and mother and son are thrown together in a desperate attempt to prove his innocence.

She’s aided by Colin McGinty, a recovering alcoholic and 9/11 widower, also recently returned to the island in the aftermath of his grandfather’s death. Colin’s grandfather, a famous artist, is best known for his haunting portrait, “Woman in Red,” which happens to be of Alice’s grandmother.

In a tale that weaves the past with the present, we come to know the story behind the portrait, of the forbidden wartime romance between William McGinty and Eleanor Styles, and the deadly secret that bound them more tightly than even their love for each other. A secret that, more than half a century later, is about to be unburied, as Alice and Colin are drawn into a fragile romance of their own and the ghost of an enemy from long ago surfaces in the form of his grandson, the very man responsible for sending Alice to prison.

Or so the back of the book says: 

But here is what I think.  This was a book that I couldn't put down, I look forward to my breaks at work just so I can read.  I loved how that author intertwined the characters and time periods effortlessly.  It was smooth, enticing and made you think.  I loved this book so much that I couldn't wait to share it, El already has it for her trip down south.  If anyone asked me for a book to recommend to them, this would be my number one pick.  One thing I did find is the tittle was odd, although the Women in red was a character, I would call her a secondary character.  I wish that her story was more in depth being as she was one of my favourite characters.

Love Kaydee

Grown Up Hot Chocolate

With the huge impending storm outside El and I decided to have a winter feast with a delicious desert.  So after our huge helpings of meat loaf, mash potatoes and green beans we each made hot cocoa our way with a little twist.

I like to make mine in a pot with equal parts milk and water and lots of hot chocolate powder.  El likes to mix the powder with her milk and add boiling water from the kettle.  I think you always like the way you had it growing up, but the one think we agreed on was the twist, our cocoa needed booze.  We made a special trip to the liquor store to pick out some cream liquors.  I had really wanted to try a Chai liquor but it was discontinued, so I settled with Banana Chocolate and a vanilla cream cooler.






This was the perfect desert for a cold winter day, so perfect that we each had two.  I'm sure if our bellies could have taken it we would have had three.

Hope everyone in my area stays safe and warm during the blizzard, maybe make some grown up hot chocolate of your own





Love Kaydee