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After Hours: A Speakeasy at the Spadina Museum

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I love a good party, and the Spadina Museum in Toronto is having an awesome next weekend!

Have you heard of the Spadina Museum before? Spadina Museum is one of 10 historic museums operated by the City of Toronto. It was built in 1866 and was home to four generations of the Austin family. The home has been restored to reflect how the Austin’s lived in the home in the 1920’s and 1930’s.

 

 
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On August 15th from 7:30pm and 11:00pm the Spadina Museum will be hosting a new event called After Hours: A Speakeasy.

 

 
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It’s an exclusive, jazz-era lawn party that will take place both inside the historic house and on the 6 acres of historic gardens and orchards.

Guests will enjoy 1920’s food and cocktails, dance to live jazz music with the Sugar Shakers dance troupe, watch silent films under the stars, and explore a 55-room mansion by gaslight.

Tickets are $50, and they include admission, refreshments, music, dancing and more! There will also be a cash bar available.

I am so excited for this event! It sounds like a really fun summer party with an excellent theme. Now what am I going to wear?

To purchase tickets, visit this website here! For more information on the Spadina Museum, visit their website here.

Spadina Museum is located at 245 Spadina Road, Toronto.

 

 

Mandy Furnis

 

 

Winner of the Toronto Food and Wine Festival Tickets!

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Congratulations to the winner of the Toronto Food and Wine Festival Tickets – Linda L!

Linda, we will contact you shortly to claim your prize.

Thank you to everyone who entered!

Mandy Furnis

Vichy Idealia Skin Sleep Recovery Night Gel-Balm

Vichy Idealia Skin Sleep Recovery Night Gel-Balm

 

 

I’ve tried quite a few Vichy products over the last year, and all of them have done exactly what they said they would do.

None of these products have felt as soothing, or had such a beautiful fragrance as the Vichy Idealia Skin Sleep Recovery Night Gel-Balm!

The best time to repair and replenish skin has to be at night because you can let your skincare regimen do the work for you, right?

Vichy Idealia Skin Sleep Recovery Night Gel-Balm does not need to be applied every night – instead it’s to be applied 1-3 times per week generously to the face and neck. It’s a pretty cotton candy pink, and smells yummy as well. Bonus!

It is suitable for all skin types, and is paraben-free and hypoallergenic.

It contains Hyaluronic acid to hydrate and re-plump the skin, Vitamin B3 to soothe the skin and act as an anti-inflammatory, and caffeine (amoung other ingredients) to stimulate micro-circulation, drainage and cellular energy.

 

 

Vichy Idealia Skin Sleep Recovery Night Gel-Balm

 

 

In the morning my skin felt a moisturized, and looked a bit more radiant. I can use all the help I can get in the morning, so this was a great benefit. My skin seemed a little more, well, plumper! Normally I would hate to wake up looking plumper, but skincare wise it was a good thing! As I get older I have noticed my face has a bit of more of a hollow look to it, so having a plumper look to my skin make my face look more youthful.

I had no breakouts at all from the product, and it was so soothing to apply! It has a rich gel-like texture. It’s extremely lightweight! It almost feels a little sticky when you apply it (this seems common in other balms I have used), but in a few minutes that feeling was gone because it absorbed into the skin and the moisturized feeling set in.

For a girl with a lack of sleep problem, this product worked for me. It gave my skin an extra hydrating boost, and I just looked like a better version of myself in the morning when I looked in the mirror.

Another Vichy product I was really impressed with! If you are looking to do some skincare recovery while you sleep, check out Vichy Idealia Skin Sleep Recovery Night Gel-Balm. I loved it!

For more details on this product, visit the Vichy website here.

 

 

Disclosure: This product was sent to me for review, but all opinions are fabulously my own.

 

 

Mandy Furnis

 

 

Enter the Fresh Families Back to School Giveaway!

 

 

Back to School is coming fast, and I’m teaming up with some of my favorite brands and bloggers to offer a huge back to school giveaway!

Enter this huge Back to School giveaway from some of your favorite brands and bloggers! Three winners will take home a backpack loaded with school supplies - including Boogie Wipes. Plus a mommy clutch - full of everything mom needs to make the start of the school year as easy as possible - including a $25 Target gift card, a $25 Starbucks gift card, Downy Wrinkle Releaser Plus, a Dreft To-Go Instant Stain Remover Pen and Febreze In-Wash Odor Eliminator.

Three winners will take home a backpack loaded with school supplies – including Boogie Wipes. Plus a mommy clutch – full of everything mom needs to make the start of the school year as easy as possible – including a $25 Target gift card, a $25 Starbucks gift card, Downy Wrinkle Releaser Plus, a Dreft Stain Stick and Febreze In-Wash Odor Eliminator.

Make Back to School Simple with Fresh Families Brands

Bracing yourself for the back to school sniffles that seem inevitable this time of year? Boogie Wipes to the rescue! Click here to grab a coupon, and be sure to stack your savings at Target to save an additional 5% with the Cartwheel app.

Dreading having to iron those school uniforms and T-shirts every morning? Meet your new iron – Downy Wrinkle Releaser Plus. You’re going to love it! Click here for a coupon.

Have no doubt that your kids will slop some lunch on their brand new school clothes? Arm them with the Dreft To-Go Instant Stain Remover Pen! Click here for a coupon.

Already gagging when you think about having to wash those smelly gym clothes? You’ll be shouting #BringtheStink with the new Febreze In-Wash Odor Eliminator. Click here for a $2 coupon.

Complete the form below for a chance to win all of these products – plus more!

Enter to Win!

Complete the form below to enter to win!

Giveaway ends at 11:59 pm ET on Wednesday, August 19, 2015. Entrants must be residents of the United States or Canada. Promotion is void in Quebec.

Backpacks, mommy clutch and contents will vary from those pictured.

 

 

Mandy Furnis

Winner of the Rice Krispies for a Year Contest!

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Thank you so much to everyone who entered!

The winner is Edmond Leung. Edmond, we will contact you shortly with details on how to claim your prize.

Thank you everyone!

 

 

Mandy Furnis