Happy New Year! I hope 2016 will bring us all good things!

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas!

Seeing the month is almost over, I finally got a few minutes during daytime to snap my room all decked for Christmas!

This year I wanted a Scandi theme, which turned out to be half Scandi and half Woodland.


This Stocking is from Dollorama!


Santa Wax Warmer: Canadian Tire
Owl Luminary: Bath & Body Works
Stag Head Candle Holder: Local Hardware Store
Wooden Tree: Local Hardware Store




Decorated Tree: Wal-Mart
Nutcraker: From my stocking!
Mercury Glass Candle Holder: Canadian Tire
Candle: Homesense
Red Star Lights: Dollarama
Dog: Victoria's Secret a few years ago
Eiffel Tower Ornament: Homesense





Do you decorate your bedroom? What theme or colours did you go for this year?

Ah candles! I don't know many girls who doesn't like them. I know I am obsessed with them! They look good, they smell yummy and they give a cozy atmosphere to the room.

On Black Friday I placed an order on Bath & Body Works website, they had a sale for their 3 wicks candles: 2 for 20$. And the Buttercream Mint was 11$. It's the second time I order from them and I can only tell good things. The only sad thing is that Canadian shipping is 20$, but since the nearest BBW is a 8 hour-drive from where I live, I can justify one order for Christmas ;)


This year I have ordered: Buttercream Mint (really nice and creamy mint, not overpowering), Vanilla Bean Noel (Vanilla and brown sugar), Red Velvet Cupcake (just like the cake!), Twited Peppermint (Peppermint, the more "potent" of the bunch) and Merry Cookie (Vanilla cream), The Cranberry Pear Bellini one and Deer candle holder are from last year.



I would say compared to other Bath & Body Works 3 wick candles I got, they are not as scented. If you think that BBW candles are too overpowering for you in general, maybe try these as I find them more subtle. The most Christmassy one is definitely Peppermint Twist.

What's your favourite holiday candle? Or your favourite one from Bath & Body Works?

OMG! Christmas is a little bit more than a week away! Aren't you excited? I am!

Following my Red Lippies post, I decided to offer you a red and festive nail ones. Maybe you're bold enough to rock both, or maybe you would prefer to keep it on your nails so you're not staining everyone you kiss on Christmas Eve... I scoured my room to find 10 festive red nail polishes, and here is what I found:


If you're more into bright reds,

OPI Dress to Impress: This is an orangy red, with tiny glitters in it. A good colour to keep for summer as well!

Lancôme Vernis Magnétique in Code Red: Red with a slight blue undertone. It has a creamy finish, for those who doesn't like glitters.

Nails Inc St James: Another blue toned red, but with the subtlest of shimmers.

Nails Inc Dean Street: Look a lot to St James, but redder. Again, a shimmery (but not glittery) polish.

Lancôme Vernis Absolu: Blind Date: This is edging on mauve, and is shimmery as well.

 And now to the deep reds:

Mavala Madras: Deep shimmery red, almost duochrome.

Essie Leading Lady: This is a clear polish packed with red glitters.  It came in last year's Christmas colllection, but I bought it this summer at TK Maxx in a set. A bloggers favourite.

Barbara Daly Envy: This is my favourite, I talked about it a lot already, it is a true shimmery red.

Deborah Lippmann Razzle Dazzle: Looks a lot like Leading Lady, but the glitters are a little bit on the purply side.

Nicole by OPI Sealed With a Kris: One of the Kardashians polishes I picked up at Dollarama for 3$! A creamy claret.

And now tell me your favourite Christmas time nail polish!

Merry Christmas to all of you! I hope you are having a good time with your familly and loved ones!

I found this cute embroided pillow at Dollarama! $2.50, a great find! The teddy is from my ex, and since the pillow has teddys I thought it would be cool to put it right besides. Plus, he has a green knit sweater, perfect for Christmas!





The tealight holders in front of the teddy are from the charity shop. The nutcraker and teddy are from my aunt. The russian doll santas I'm not sure, I got them when I was like 10!



Gingerbread lady is from a German Christmas shop!






Details from a wire Christmas tree from Dollarama!


My mum got me this cupcake decoration last year when she visited me in London.
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Feel free to link to your Christmas decor, as I've been obsessed about them lately!

Merry Christmas!

A little post to show off the shortbread cookies I made a little while ago. I took the recipe on Ricardo's website, a Quebec TV chef. My mum always says that his recipes are fool-proof!


You can find the recipe here.

Please do share your favourite Holiday recipes!

I did a similar post last year about Holiday Candles and wanted to share with you this year's stash! Who doesn't like candles? They must be crazy hahaha!

I got the Glade pack at Wal-Mart for $9.99 and it came with a cookie cutter! It was a great deal (exclusive to Wal-Mart) as one candle retails for about $7 and now you get 4 of them: Apple Cinnamon (red apple and spice), Frosted Cookies (vanilla and sugar), Nutcraker Crunch (walnut and mocha) and Shimmering Spruce (balsam fir &juniper). The one I wanted to try the most was Nutcarcker Crunch, as I loved the walnuts scent in it. It doesn't disapoint and the smell lingers a few hours after burnin. I haven't tried the other ones yet, as I think they are nothing special, except maybe the Shimmering Spruce one, it smells like a sweeter and milder version of a christmas tree.


Primark Home Xmas Spice. Obviously I got this one at Primark, for £2.50. They also got a red one, I don't remember the scent for this one thought. Now, don't get mislead by the "spice", it isn't. I think it smells like candies. Not really christmassy to me, but it smells good anyway! And then I can recycle the jar for the next chrsitmasses ;)


I picked Mistletoe at Wal-Mart as well. It was about $4 and it's from a brand called Canopy.Now, I don't really know what mistletoe is supposed to smell, but if I would put christmas in a smell, it would be this one! It smells like our christmas trees smelt when I was young!

I got more of the Old Williamsburgh candles at Dollarama. Last time I got one from this brand, the scent throw was not great and I'm looking forward to see how these will perform. I was looking everywhere for a chocolate mint candle, and the Mint Cookie one is the closest I could get (we don't have BBW here). And I also liked Gingerbread. Yumm!


I love to shop at TK Maxx and I found this Sebinini Traditional Christmas candle on sale for £2 in late January last year. To me, the scent is not what I would describe as a traditional Christmas, but it smells like chocolate truffle so I'm happy with it!

Please let me know what candles you are lighting at the moment to get you in the mood!