Fashion Inspiration: {Azede Jean-Pierre}

{a beautifully origami-inspired, airy and sophisticated collection "in a ballerina's palette of pale blue, pink and black"... }

* Azede Jean-Pierre Spring/Summer 2011 (text in quotes  by Mademoiselle Hannahan)

Holiday Giveaway: {Beautiful Hair ~ Part 1}

{UPDATE:  THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.  GOOD LUCK!.  WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2010.

 Hello! I am utterly delighted to bring you an exciting giveaway! As some of you will know, I recently attended the Canadian Design Bloggers Meetup at the fabulous Le Germain Hotel in Toronto. One of the sponsors of the event, GKhair™ (formerly known as Global Keratin) graciously provided us with sublime products from their line, as part of our gift bags...}

{...if that was not enough, I was also one of four bloggers fortunate enough to receive a complimentary GKhair Hair Taming System™ with Juvexin™ treatment, which leaves your hair smooth and frizz-free for at least five months...}

{...I cannot tell you how pleased I am with how my hair turned out. Never have I had a problem with obtaining the most stylish cut to my taste, or color treatment, but never, never has my hair felt so soft, silky and frizz-free day-after-day...}

{...now for the fun part... enough gushing over how my hair looks and how fortunate I was to receive the GKhair treatment (valued between $250-$400, depending on the length of your hair), YOU too can get beautiful hair. Two lucky winners will be provided with an Angled Vent Brush and 
GKhair Hair Taming System with Juvexin Serum!!...}

{...to win the Angled Vent Brush and 
GKhair Hair Taming System with Juvexin Serum, the following three criteria must be met:


1.  Follow this blog and leave a comment to this post.
2. "Like" us on Facebook:  Gkhair & Simply Seductive.
3.  Follow us on Twitter: Gkhair & Simply Seductive.


* open to residents of Canada and the United States of America only.

Winners will be randomly selected and announced on this blog on Monday, December 13, 2010.


Good luck | Bonne chance!


GKhair™ "is an innovative international developer and manufacturer of advanced hair products scientifically proven to deliver healthy beautiful hair! They are the first and only company to harness the beauty benefits of Juvexin, a proprietary blend of proteins which repairs hair from the outside in and protects it from damaging environmental effects."


p.s. I received my treatment at L'Attitude, a hair salon at Toronto's Eaton Centre from Sara, a personable and fantastic hair stylist (she also layered my hair to perfection!) Thank you, Sara!...

Least but not last, this is the first of two giveaways partnered with GKhair™... the second will take place in January... follow with this one (as noted above) and you'll automatically be entered for the second - cherry on the top - giveaway!!} 

* images 1& 3, Fashion Spreads | image 2: A Golden Silence | image 4: Blue Pool Road  | image 5:  GKhair™. 

Inspiration: {Lovely Pairings} + a Giveaway

{Hello, everyone... sorry for being missing in action... have been busy Holiday Christmas shopping. Just wanted to give you a heads-up that there will be a giveaway on this blog, yay!, which will start tomorrow... hint, hint.)

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100 Dollar - Touching Story

A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.

SON: "Daddy, may I ask you a question?"
DAD: "Yeah sure, what is it?"
SON: "Daddy, how much do you make an hour?"
DAD: "That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?"
SON: "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?"
DAD: "If you must know, I make $100 an hour."
SON: "Oh! (With his head down).
SON: "Daddy, may I please borrow $50?"
The father was furious.
DAD: "If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I work hard everyday for such this childish behavior."

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.
The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?
After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think:
Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $ 50 and he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.

DAD: "Are you asleep, son?"

SON: "No daddy, I'm awake".
DAD: "I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier. It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the $50 you asked for."

The little boy sat straight up, smiling.
SON: "Oh, thank you daddy!"
Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills. The man saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father.

DAD: "Why do you want more money if you already have some?"

SON: "Because I didn't have enough, but now I do.

"Daddy, I have $100 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you."
The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little son, and he begged for his forgiveness. It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts. Do remember to share that $100 worth of your time with someone you love? If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family and friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than to our family.

Amisha Patel at Nishka Lulla fashion preview

Ameesha Patel once again shows her secy $hapes when she arrived at Nishka Lulla Fashion Preview. Amisha was one of strong contender for best actress but her personal affair with vikram bhatt has ruined her entire career. Now she is again trying to back on track but these days she seems to be happy to stay away from media. She appeared in public after sometime which is rare in todays media crazy bollywood babes.

Nokia 7705 Twist

Theb Nokia 7705 Twist is a cute swivel QWERTY phone. It comes with 3-megapixel camera, 2.4-inch, 262K TFT QVGA screen, EV-DO Rev. 0, 2.5 mm headset jack, Bluetooth, HTML browser, built-in mirror, “Post to Blogs” feature and Compatible with services including VZ NavigatorSM, V CAST Music with Rhapsody, V CAST Video, Visual Voice Mail, Mobile Broadband Connect and Corporate Email. It is available through Verizon Wireless at $99.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.

A Heart Touching Story

I was walking around in a Big Bazaar store making shopping, when I saw a Cashier talking to a boy couldn't have been more Than 5 or 6 years old. The Cashier said, 'I'm sorry, but you don't have enough money to buy this doll.

Then the little boy turned to me and asked: ''aunty, are you sure I don't have enough money?''

I counted his cash and replied: ''You know that you don't have enough money to buy the doll, my dear.'' The little boy was Still holding the doll in his hand. Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to. 'It's the Doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much. I wanted to Gift her for her BIRTHDAY. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there.' His eyes were so sad while saying this. 'My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister.

'' My heart nearly stopped. The little boy looked up at me and said: 'I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall.'

Then he showed me a very nice photo of him where he was laughing.

He then told me 'I want mommy to take my picture with her so my sister won't forget me.'

'I love my mommy and I wish she doesn't have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister...' Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly. I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. 'Suppose we check again, Just in case you do have enough money for the doll?''

'OK' he said, 'I hope I do have enough..'

I added some of my money to his with out him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money. The little boy said: 'Thank you God for giving me enough money!' Then he looked at me and added, 'I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give It to my sister. He heard me!'' 'I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn't dare to ask God for too much.
But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose. My mommy loves white roses.' I finished my shopping in a totally different state from when I started. I couldn't get the little boy out of my mind. Then I remembered a local news paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young woman and a little girl.
The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma. Was this the family of the little boy? Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.....

I couldn't stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was exposed for people to see and make last wishes before her burial. She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest. I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is still, to this day, hard to imagine. And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.