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Roxymandy April 21, 2014

Toronto Spa Week with WaySpa

From April 21st – 27th WaySpa is celebrating Spa Week. It’s a bi-annual event that allows you to enjoy luxurious full-service spa treatments at spas across Canada for just $50 each.

Let me tell you why this is a big deal – some of the spa’s involved are super luxurious and usually charge much more for their services!

Holt’s Salon and Spa is offering either a Manicure and Pedicure, Facial, or their Taste of Luxury Package which includes a back massage, Booster facial, and a choice of hand or foot massage – all for $50 each!

Purebeauty Salon And Spa At The Trump International Hotel And Tower (which is an amazing spa that I have visited myself!) is offering almost identical services to what Holt’s is offering – their Taste of Luxury Package is normally worth $180.

All you need to do is purchase your Spa Week Voucher, choose your $50 spa treatments, book your appointment, and enjoy!

Check out all of the different spa options at http://www.wayspa.com/en/spaweek

All images courtesy of WaySpa.com

Roxymandy April 3, 2014

What to Do – Million Meals Movement

If you are looking for something to do on Friday, May 23rd then I’ve got some good news for you – I’ve found something not only fun for you to do, but it’s for a great cause as well!

At the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts the Inaugural Million Meals Movement is happening, featuring performances by Simple Plan, MAGIC!, Alyssa Reid & Kardinal Offishall.

The proceeds will benefit the ONEXONE and Simple Plan Foundations, and the movement will kick start the community-based initiative and journey of eventually packing one million meals for children in need across North America.

After packaging meals at INK Entertainment venue Kool Haus, the day will cap off with a star-studded concert produced by Live Nation.

The Million Meals Movement hopes to not only alleviate hunger across North America, but also spread lesser-known facts: just $1 can provide a child with a healthy breakfast, which positively impacts learning, creativity, test grades, and even attendance.

For more information on the Million Meals Movement, visit: www.millionmeals.ca

Tickets start at $49.50 and are available now at www.ticketmaster.ca. To donate to Million Meals Movement go to: www.icangowithout.com

Roxymandy March 30, 2014

The blossom lounge x bkr Beauty Water Challenge

I made it! It wasn’t easy, and there were times that I slipped, but I finally made it to the end of my challenge.

I’ve posted a few times regarding this challenge, but just to refresh you, the challenge was to drink 5 bottles of water per day from my fancy little bkr bottle provided by blossom lounge.

To recap, my previous posts are here and here

Seems easy right? Well for a non-committal water drinker like myself, this challenge started off as painful. I really had to keep my bottle with me at all times, or I would find myself at 9:00pm with 4 bottles to go!

The bottle is super light weight so I could easily throw it into my purse, yoga bag or gym bag and it didn’t feel like a heavy burden.

As I moved through the challenge it got a little easier every day. The bathroom breaks didn’t seem to lesson until the 3 week mark, but when they did it seemed like the challenge had made a real difference in my life. Having the water bottle with me at all times started to feel natural. After the first couple of weeks I changed up my meal time routine as well and had water with my breakfast, lunch and dinner instead of making myself another drink.

I have to admit that it took me a while, but drinking water started to feel less like a challenge and more like something I naturally did.

Another big difference was how I felt when I didn’t drink enough water! Before the challenge I hardly drank water at all, and it didn’t seem bother me. Once I got into this challenge I felt very dehydrated when I didn’t drink water often enough. That told me what a big part of my life my water intake had become, and how dehydrated I really was before all of this started!

I took a photo of me before the challenge started, mid-way through the challenge, and at the end of the challenge to see if there was a change in my skin. I was really skeptical about this because I had always heard that water made a huge difference in a persons complexion, but I didn’t know this to be true.

I was pretty surprised to see a difference in my skin! My face really seemed to have a lot more colour to it, and overall I looked much more awake and hydrated. I looked and felt a lot healthier than I expected! The results were strong enough that I’m definitely going to continue drinking water at this pace. The good news is that it won’t seem so much like a challenge anymore.

It’s hard to explain what a difference drinking this much water has done for me – you really need to try it yourself! I was always skeptical about the results people said that drinking water would do for them health-wise and beauty-wise until I tried it myself. I think the results would definitely vary from person to person, but the results could only be positive with this type of challenge!

My “before” photo

My progress photo

Fresh face (minus my mascara – I can never get that off!), one week after the challenge started

My “after” photo

Roxymandy March 29, 2014

Where to Shop – Grand Opening of Sweet Violet and Pineapple Street

I’ve previously blogged about Penny & Company, Whitby’s home decor and design destination owned and operated by Michael Penny.

Michael is now opening two new stores in historic Downtown Whitby this spring – Sweet Violet and Pineapple Street.

Sweet Violet (named after Michael’s daughter Violet) will carry bed, bath and baby products. Cushions, throws, quilts, luxury soaps, towels and bedding will be offered, along with mobiles, dressers, change tables stuffed animals, gliders and cribs will make up the baby product offering.

Pineapple Street will offer fresh market style flowers, vases, gifts and decor.

Both stores will have their Grand Opening on Saturday, April 5th, 2014 at 11:00 am.

You can find Pineapple Street located at 125 Brock Street South, Whitby and Sweet Violet is located at 124 Brock Street South, Whitby.

Roxymandy March 20, 2014

World MasterCard Fashion Week – Joe Fresh

The best part about Joe Fresh is you can subtly add items of clothing to your grocery bill without your husband being any wiser about it. I’m sure what was on the runway last night will be sold in the Joe Fresh standalone stores instead of my local Superstore, but the fact that the whole line is sold at affordable prices is helpful when watching looks go down the runway! There was a lot of green, camel and grey, with flashes of the brands signature orange. The theme seemed to be Canadian winter with all of the jackets featured. My favourite pieces were the coordinates that looked very comfortable and easy to wear. And there is no worry about matching your skirt to your top when they are bought as a pair – it’s so easy! Here are some shots from the show!

All images courtesy of George Pimental