AN OPEN TO LETTER TO BRANDS AND PR COMPANIES: PAY AND RESPECT BLOGGERS AND INFLUENCERS Dear Brands or PR Companies that represent you, Before I start this open letter, I want you know that it is with great pain that I write these words as for many years, I have tried my best to keep…
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2016 is not only the Year of the Red Monkey. It is MY YEAR OF THE MONKEY. It is the Year of the Red Monkey or the Year of the Fire Monkey, under the FIRE element characterized by ambition and adventure (not to mention being irritable but hey, let’s keep it positive!). So as we…
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I wish this was a story with a happy ending. It is not. There really isn’t an ending. But, in time for #BellLetsTalk campaign, I do want to share it anyway in the hopes that aside from being able to let these thoughts and emotions out in the open, I may be able to reach…
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Before I begin this post, I wanted to ask… Have you had a chance to see Brené Brown’s powerful talk on “THE POWER OF VULNERABILITY” at TED Talks? If not, please grab yourself a warm cup of coffee or a comforting cup of tea and go see it. It may be the exact thing you…
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Obviously, it’s all about the free booze. And the amazing party… and the fabulous swag bags at the end of the night. Yes? While these are obviously sensible reasons to go to events, there are bigger and more significant reasons that I want to talk to you about. Why? Because number one, it’s a very…
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When you have the First Lady of the United States of America as your number one fan and ‘un-official’ brand ambassador, Anna Wintour as an outspoken ally and you have a CEO dubbed as the Man Who Dressed America, what could ever go wrong for you? Well, perhaps not much a few years ago when…
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“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it…
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According the most recent trend report from Twitter, the top two New Year’s Resolution for 2015 is to BE FIT and to BE HAPPY! That news comes as no surprise as this has always been how it is year after year. And just like clockwork, resolutions are made and resolutions broken but we make them…
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If you live in Canada and have a slight interest in media, you must have seen the shocking and developing story about ex-CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) radio host Jian Gomeshi’s massive fall from grace. Don’t worry, this post is not at all about that as you can search #JIANGOMESHI #GOMESHIGATE #BDSM AND #FIFTYSHADESOFGREY, you will…
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Building on what seems to be a theme here in the blog this week, let’s talk hair care especially during this time of the year – the dreadful winter. I’m typically a wash and go kind of girl and though I make efforts to change that, I truly have no skills with the brush and…
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