Accessories I'm loving

It's been almost 2 months since I've purchased an article of clothing - no joke! Well, ok I dont really know I may have but I cant remember what it is so I guess it wasn't that exciting. Let's go with I haven't purcahsed anything. So the easiest way for me to jazz up all of my old fall winter and even spring peices is to add different accessories to change up the outfit and make it brand new!

Here are some of my favorite accessories as of late:
1. Lyndsey's floral ring that I will be boring soon - Chartlotte Russe
2. My arm party! Adding different textured bracelets is an exciting way to liven up an outfit - Forever 21, Club Monaco, BCBG, DIY
3. Fingerless gloves, edgy and chic which adds that extra touch - Lauren Urstadt for Club Monaco





On a side note I would like to thank the Vancouver Blogger Meetup Group for a fantastic time last night at The Network Hub. My 1 million questions were answered and the lovely ladies of the pannel gave great advice! I can't wait for the next one!


From left to right - the pannel: Tracey Rossignol (Fashion Forward 40), Erin Gee (Haus Of Hybrid), Liv Hung (A Beautiful Life), Olivia Lovenmark (Style Struck).

DIY Makeup Kit w/ Style

Monday night was our girls night in at Tamar's house and besides all the deserts, cheap television and new clothes was something far more exciting that she had to show us - her newly organized makeup kit!

Using a fabric covered box from Winners for $16.99 and plastic zip baggies from the dollar store for $1.50 each this was by far the best way to organize all of her makeup in a creative way!

This gave me ideas to organize not only my makeup but also my art and paint supplies, toiletries, jewelery supplies and even a way to pack away my accessories for a trip. (Yes, I take THAT many accessories when I travel LOL)

How do you organize your makeup? Do you have a creative way to organize them? Let me know!

Crème de la Crème Grand Wedding Showcase

The lights were dimmed, the flowers were bright and overcome with beauty...the dresses...oh my the dresses! Crème de la Crème was here! Lyndsey, Candace, Victoria from Dash of Blonde and I had a fantastic time at the wedding showcase and the swag we left with was just the topping on the 5 tier cake.


Hundreds of people shimmied and shaked their way through the many vendors that offered their services and sweets while champagne was sipped and photos taken from all angles (mine included!).

The hit of the evening – the Ooh la la fashion show courtesy of Bisou Bridal and Blush Bridal. One of a kind dresses floated down the runway including Oscar de la Renta, Marchesa and the mother of all bridal couture – Vera Wang!



It was great to see familiar faces and fell in love with a one of a kind necklace seen on neckline of The Doctor’s Closet created by Elsa Corsi – I am officially starting my Elsa Corsi collection, and you should to!

Overall it was such a special day spent with friends, tons of memories made, and tons of ideas for my wedding to be! Thank you to Countdown Events and the Crème de la Crème team for putting on such a wonderful event!

To see all of the photos from Crème de la Crème show – click HERE.

Vancouver Fashion Week: Day 3

Yesterday was another great night at VFW with another line up of creative designers! This time I was only able to stay for 2 shows but believe me, with the shows that they put on it was more than enough for the whole entire night! D.W. wowed us with a show stopping live performance with a crew of studded, ripped and acid washed denim jackets that walked down the runway - the performance stopped and a runway show began!

Di Designs gave us a wide variety of sperates, dresses and swimwear! With a colorful pallet and sparkly shoes my eyes were full from all the candy!



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Here are some of my favorite looks from the two designers:
DW - Edgy, dark and super flirty




Di Designs - Gold monokini?? I LOOOVVEEEE :)

Vancouver Fashion Week: Day 2

Yesterday Eric and I scurried over to Masik Studios in Vancouver to watch the Spring Summer 2012 runway shows for Vancouver Fashion Week. Running 5 days long with 50 designers you're sure to see a collection that you must add to your wardrobe!

I attended the shows as media not only for The-Unprecedented but also for OY&CO with live tweets and photos as the girls walk down the runway. You can follow me through the shows on their twitter account HERE.

Unfortunately I wasn't able to stay too long but was lucky enough to see the first 4 designers show their collections - I just loved the creativity they each had with color, cut and style!


(Club Monaco top, Zara skirt, H&M blazer, Charlotte Russe booties, French Connection clutch, Rings - Matt&Nat, Aldo, gifted, Belt - gifted)

Here are a few of my favorite looks from each:
Byron Abad - Geometric lines accent solid hues.


Mattea Goldstein - Neutral colors with cut out designs.


Laurie Jacouty - Classic, tailored, streamlined neutrals.


Nicole Barron - Pop color prints with a flowly elegance.



**Bare with me on these photos - I'm still figuring out my camera!!

Priorities, Priorities

As you may have noticed I've been lacking on the post front. These past 2 weeks have been super hectic for me with the holidays, getting together with friends I haven't seen in a while and moving out of my apartment. Renovating my basement suite took me 4 days just to paint it white, I've been packing up my life since Thursday and had to drive from point A to point B 12 times in 3 days!! Now I have a basement suite that's full of furniture and packed up boxes that need a home.

The icing on this gigantic cake is that I get to decorate a whole new place!! I'm going for this whole white, clean, pop of color feel with darker furniture. I don't have a theme but a lot of ideas and I'm hoping they all work together. So far I've started on putting my shoes away - check out THIS photo! I have 2 of those cabinets and they've already been filled...time for less shoes?

One thing that's been racking my mind is that I haven't been able to settle my nail polish addiction because they're PACKED AWAY IN A BOX AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE!!! My nails look shitty. So, instead of "window" shopping I'm going to have you all join me in "screen" shopping for some holiday party polishes. Enjoy this long list of Deborah Lippmann colors!!

Look back soon for a post on my brand new pad!




1. Like A Virgin
2. Bring On The Bling
3. Today Was A Fairytale
4. Icicle
5. Lady Sings The Blues
6. Shake Your Groove Thing
7. Superstar
8. Do You Think I'm Sexy
9. Ruby Red
10. My Old Flame
11. Happy Birthday
12. Billionaire
13. Stormy Weather

A spoOooOoOOky weekend!

(From left to right - Our apartment lit with glow sticks / A moment of hilarity right before we all fell backwards through the door and onto our butts!)

This was by far - the.longest.Halloween.weekend.EVER!! But it was also the best Halloween I've ever had :). I spent a ton of time with my friends, dressed up and ate way too much candy (no such thing as too much).

Thursday - Double date night at Fright Night @ the PNE - If you haven't gone let me warn you now that it will be the most terrifying night of your life! The highlight of everyone's night was of course the dead man with the chainsaw coming after me and watching me run off into the crowds screaming bloody murder!!

Friday - Rave house party at our apartment - We turned off every light and covered our place in spider webs and glow sticks - the entire area was illuminated like a video game, it was pretty epic. Needless to say I had a rough morning on Saturday.

Saturday - Moxie's Halloween party - I clearly did not learn my lesson from the previous night because history repeated itself but had the best time with my girlfriends.

Sunday - Ghost Train at Bear Creek park - Double date night spending 2 hours in a line up for a 12 minute train ride that was more funy than it was scary, but the few screams that came out of me made it all worth it!

AND TONIGHT IS HALLOWEEN!!!! I don't really have anything planned except fixing up my new place, but the night is still young.

BOO! I hope you all have a kick ass spooky adventure tonight :)


1. No food, just booze
2. Spider webs cover the entire apartment
3. Enough treats for everyone
4. Glow sticks for the party
5. Our apartment with the glow sticks
6. Black candles to set the mood
7. The girls and I at Sharksclub
8. Eric dressed as one of the DJ's from Daft Punk - he made the helmet himself!
9. Me dressed as Olive Oyl - waaaaayyyy to short of a dress, never again!

Happy Halloween Weekend Likes

Happy Halloween weekend everyone!!! I hope you all have fun events going on this weekend. Eric and I are throwing a "rad" (his words, not mine) costume party tonight for all of our friends and they MUST dress up or they'll be denied entry LOL. I'm going as Olive Oyl - you know, Popeye's gf? I wanted to be Deadmau5 but didn't have enough time to make the head.

We're decorating the apartment tonight and covering it with glow sticks so that they light up the whole area - I'll post photos of it after!

Anyhoo, here are my favorite things from this week that I hope you can enjoy this weekend :)


1. Olive green knit scarf
2. Pumpkin carving - Deadmau5 ofcourse!
3. Jacqueline Conoir / Jac SS12 show
4. Getting dressed up for the show
5. Sally Hansen - Strobe Light
6. Rainy day movies
7. Finally putting on the fireplace
8. Moving day
9. Fright night ferris wheel


Sally Hansen - Strobe Light

OK, to start off let me just say "My name is Randa and I have a problem". Why can't I stop purchasing nail polish?? It's like crack for my nails - does anyone else find applying it be extremely therapeutic? I swear this will be last nail polish buy for this month (thank goodness there's only 3 days left in it).

So let me justify to all of you why I purchased it. Because it's pretty and sparkly! it works for spring summer and fall winter. It adds a bit of sparkle for when I lounge around the pad, adds a touch of girlyness (I just decided that's a word) for my darker fall outfits during the day and is the perfect accessory for my outfits when I go out at night!

There, now can I keep it? THANKS!!!

I would also like to take a moment and obsess over my friend's lovely accessories that I wish I purchased before them. Join me.


Tessa from Belle Epoque's leopard booties!


Lyndsey's H&M pastel pink clutch!

Jacqueline Conoir / Jac SS 12

Tuesday night Lyndsey, Tessa (from Belle Epoque) and I, saw the first look at the Spring Summer 2012 collection for Jacqueline Conoir & the contemperary line, Jac. Rozemerie Cuevas, the designer of both lines did such a great job designing looks that all types of women can wear, from a series of structured suits, bold pops of purple and pinks and even an array of prints from animal to watercolor. Jac was more my type of collection, it carried more of an edge, creative cuts and a neutral pallete.

I'm surprised I didn't get whiplash from rapidly turning my head towards the girls to say "I LOVE THAT" or "I NEED WANT THAT",

My giftcard will definetly be well spent! A big thank you to all of the ladies that put the show together! (more photos to come :) )

Here are my favorite looks from the Jacqueline Conoir collection:

Here are my favorite looks from the Jac collection:

What I'm wearing: Club Monaco tank, pants and necklace, Le Chateau vest, H&M clutch, Kenneth Cole heels

and so they say

1. Theyskens' Theory Tedard faded leopard-print silk top $295
2. Stella McCartney Oval two-tone plexiglass clutch $2,315
3. Yves Saint Laurent Arty Too gold-plated Swarovski crystal ring $295
4. Maison Martin Margiela Stretch jersey-paneled leather pants $1,110
5. Michael Kors Block-heeled leather sandals $995

Don't forget - today's the last day to enter to win a Club Monaco bracelet! I'll be choosing the winner at 5pm today so enter enter enter!!!! HERE!