Fall Fashion Wardrobe Staples

Hello lovelies,

If you have been following my blog for a while, than you will know that Fall is my absolute favourite season and time of year. Not only am I a sucker for Pumpkin Spice lattes (call me basic), but I love the cool crisp air and of course Fall fashion! If I could wear scarves, booties and sweaters all year long, while sipping on Pumpkin Spice, I would be an even happier momma then I already am.

Speaking of Fall fashion, becoming a mom has made me focus more on investing in my wardrobe. Instead of spending money on trendy styles that only last for a season, I have started to invest in staples that will last and spending less or not even bothering when it comes to fast fashion items.

Follow below for my mom style tips on pieces worth the investment!
(Giveaway near the end of the post!!!)

A Wool Jacket/Coat

Every woman needs a wool jacket. Stick to a classic colour that you will wear year after year and not get sick of.
Beige/Black/Grey

I have a few wool jackets that I have acquired through out the years. One is a classic belted military style in black, another I call my “Gossip Girl” jacket, as it is plaid and super preppy. The final style is more of a statement jacket, but still classic and goes with everything!

(similar here)

(similar here)

A Leather Jacket 

Faux or real, invest in quality. A classic moto style will ensure that your jacket will never go out of style and trust me when I say you will wear it with everything!

(similar here)

I have had mine for roughly 6 years and purchased it from Dynamite. It was not an expensive item however, it has definitely stood the stand of time thus far.

A Suede Bootie

Suede booties go with everything and can be worn with your favourite jeans, as well as with a cute skirt or dress. Just as with a wool jacket, stick to a neutral colour like beige, brown or black.

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I purchased mine from Winners almost 8 years ago from the brand Rampage and the suede is still in amazing condition.

A Leather Belt

Belts should never be purchased just with the intent to keep your pants from falling down. A belt provides a clean polished statement to any outfit. Yes, still wear your belt with your favourite jean or trouser, but for the purpose of adding detail rather than for a poor fitted bottom.
A classic leather belt can also be used in place of a tie on a jacket and also to cinch in a loose sweater dress.
I recently purchased mine from Coach.

(same jacket from Vince here)

Faux Fur Vest

I love my faux fur vest, not only does it keep me warm, but it also adds a touch of glam to any outfit I pair it with. I like to wear mine with a loose jogger and my leather jacket It also looks great styled with a bootie and a dress for Fall.

(similar here)

I actually got mine on sale a few years ago from Dynamite and I am really impressed with the quality. It has not shed at all and still looks brand new!

A Classic Timepiece

Ever since becoming a mom I have realized more and more how fast time passes. Being able to manage and maximize my time is essential to my everyday life and ensuring that I am fully present with my kids and husband. Having a beautiful and unique watch that goes with every outfit is a must have for me and my Walnut wood & vintage rose Cassia watch from JORD is just that!
JORD watches are elegantly made with natural woods from around the world and a stunning sapphire domed face. Each piece is carefully designed to last and become an item that you will always cherish.

*GIVEAWAY*
In collaboration with this post, JORD is giving all of my readers and followers the chance to win a $100 gift certificate so, you can select a beautiful and classic wood watch for yourself or as a gift for someone special, just in time for the holiday season. All of their pieces can also be engraved, making them that much more special when gifted.

In order to enter click on the link here, fill out your name & email and select your favourite watch. All entrants will also receive a 10% off coupon code as a thank you for entering!!


Wooden Wrist Watch




What are your Fall staples that you have invested in? Comment below and share where you have purchased them from!


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Until next time...

xoxo
annpaige

CLOSED - International Giveaway with SpookyEyes

Hello lovelies,

SpookyEyes and etailPR have given me the opportunity to host another giveaway for all of you and this time it is worldwide!!!

SpookyEyes has an array of contacts with different styles and colours to choose from. They  have natural colours like blue and brown and even crazy styles like cat eyes and anything you'd want to go with your costume for Halloween. The contacts are non prescription and FDA approved, so anyone can wear them.

Contest Rules:
- Giveaway is open Tuesday Sept 23rd - Monday Sept 28th.
- Go to the SpookyEyes website and pick any two styles that you would like to win and comment below with the links anfmd your email.
- Must be 18 or older, or have permission from your parents to enter and give out your mailing address.
- You can live anywhere in the world.
- Follow my blog using GFC or bloglovin'(not mandatory, but you will be notified of upcoming posts and future giveaways!

Below are a few styles you can find on the website.

Good luck everyone!!

The winner is arianne!!! Check your email!

xoxo
annpaige

CLOSED - New Giveaway!!

Hello lovelies,

I have an amazing giveaway opportunity for you all!!!

Schick Quattro for Women is giving all annpaige readers the opportunity to win an amazing prizepack!!!

The prizepack is valued at $185 and includes:
- two NEW Schick Quattro for Women razors Enriched with Papaya & Pearl
- a fold-over clutch
- summery scarf
- jeweled cuff bracelet
- and a $50 Visa gift card

I am so jealous of who ever wins because I want this prizepack for myself!!!

Contest Rules:
- Giveaway is open July 18th - August 1st 2014
- Must be 18 or older, or have permission from your parents to enter and give out your mailing address
- Must have a Canadian mailing address
- Follow my blog using GFC or bloglovin'(not mandatory, but you will be notified of upcoming posts and future giveaways! )
- Leave a comment below with your email address.

The winner will be contacted by email on August 2nd, 2014.

If you like this giveaway be sure to check out Schick Quattro for Women on Facebook and give them a like!

Good luck ladies!!!!

xoxo
annpaige

CLOSED - New Shick Intuition Razor & Contest!!!

Hello lovelies!!!

As you all know I have tried and reviewed the Schick Intuition razor on my blog before and I fell in love with it! Now, Schick Intuition has come out with a new Advanced Moisture razor and I had the opportunity to test it out.

The Schick Intuition razor instantly became my go to razor because it is easy to use, glides over any and all curves (perfect for legs and around the knees) and most importantly, you don't need shave gel. The cartridges are amazing and especially the new Advanced Moisture razor cartridge. Infused with Shea and ribbons of moisture, your legs will be as soft as a baby's bottom, with no razor burn or bumps!! And what girl wouldn't love a pink razor?!?!

The company that sent me the razor are also giving all of you the chance to try it too!!! The first 20 people to comment below will be sent there own razor to try and review. You will also be entered to win a $100 credit gift card!!!! Super exciting right?!?!?! The contests rules are as follows....

Contest Rules:

- The contest will be open for two weeks June 2nd - June 16th, 2014.

- You must be a follower of my blog, using GFC or Bloglovin'. Please state which you are following on and your username.

- You must be over the age of 18 or have your parents permission to give out your mailing information. (Please note that the mailing information provided to me will also be provided to the PR company, as they will be the one's sending you your razor)

- You must live in Canada, or at least have a Canadian mailing address to enter with (the gift card will be issued in CAD $)

- Leave a comment below with your email address stating that you would like to be entered into the contest. (Comments without a valid email do not count as an entry)

- All qualifying winners will be contacted by email on June 17th

- Once you have been selected and have received your razor I will then ask that you try it out and send me by email a review of your thoughts on the product.

- Once I have recieved all reviews, one winner will be chosen at random to receive the $100 credit gift card!

*All reviews sent to me will be combined into a new blog post specifically reviewing the Schick Intuition Advanced Mositure Razor(if you do not wish to have your real name or full name listed on my review blog post, please specify that in your email when you send me your review.

Good luck everyone!!!

Until next time....

xoxo
annpaige

*This is a sponsored blog post, however all views and opinions on the Schick Intuition Razor are that of my own. I was not paid to give a good review on said product*

Living on the edge (200th post!!!)

Hello lovelies,

I have finally reached my 200th post!!!!

I am so grateful for all of you and as cliché as it sounds, I wouldn't be blogging if it weren't for you!

I know I don't have hundreds of followers and that's not why I started my blog. I started my blog, because I love writing. I love fashion and make-up and sharing my looks and ideas with all of you and anyone who happens to stumble on my blog. I love reading other blogs and getting the chance to connect with people all over the world!!!

For my 200th post I thought it would only be fitting to do an outfit of the day for you all, so here it is....

Tee: H&M - men's t-shirt (I stole it from my boyfriend, when he wasn't looking :| he..he..)
Jeans: Garage
Flats: Ardene
Necklace: Rickis
Braceletes: H&M
Sunnies: Dolce & Gabbana
Purse: Guess

I have been loving wearing my distressed denim with tee's and girly-ing it up with make-up and accessories or heals lately.
I have also really been obsessed with my sunnies that I bought while on vacation in New Jersey/New York.

What look/style are you loving right now?!?!

If you have any requests on posts that you would like to see related to fashion or makeup leave them in a comment below!!!!

If you are Canadian and have not yet entered my Giveaway, click on the link here - Giveaway - and enter to win goodies from Hawaiian Tropic and a $50 visa gift card!!!!

The deadline to leave your review on the Schick razors from my last giveaway is coming soon, so be sure to leave your review so you can be entered to win Part 2!!!

Some exciting news, I can now leave the house without my splint on my wrist!!!!
If any of you are wondering the surgery went really well, it has been two months post. I was bandaged up for a month, then I had a splint for a month. I still wear my splint, but only at work, or if I am in big crowds. My wrist is still really stiff and also tender near the incisions, but it is healing really well. I start therapy in a couple of days and I am both nervous and excited!!!!

Until my next post....

I hope you all have an amazing day/night!!!

xoxo
annpaige

Hawaiian Tropic Review and Giveaway- Closed

Hello lovelies,

I have another giveaway for you all!!!

Recently I was sent the new Hawaiian Tropic Sunscreen Lotion and After Sun Moisturizer. I am loving both of these.

The Sunscreen Lotion has SPF 30 and 12 hour moisturization with hydrating ribbons. When applied you are left with silky soft skin that smells amazing. The sunscreen smells like yummy coconut (it reminds me of Banana Boats tanning oil spray) and I love it!!! Who doesn't like smelling like food mmmm.

The After Sun Moisturizer also has ribbons of moisturizer as well as aloe gel that's lasts 24 hours. The scent is coconut and papaya and I cannot get enough. Lately I have been using this as just a moisturizer all over my body and it lasts forever. This After Sun moisturizer is however meant to be applied after being out in the sun all day and it is meant to soothe and relax your skin. This is perfect for healing any burnt/red skin. When applied the lotion leaves a nice cooling sensation and it smells soOo good. 

The PR company that sent me these goodies also wants to give all of you ( Canadians only) the chance to try out these products too!!!

Similar to my last giveaway there will be two parts. Part one is to try and Review both the Hawaiian Tropic Silk Hydration Sunscreen Lotion with 12hr moisturization and the Hawaiian Tropic Silk Hydration Aftersun Moisturizer with aloe and 24hr Moisturization. Part two is winning a $50CAD Visa gift card!!!!

Part One -Try & Review
- you must be following my blog by either GFC or bloglovin (both links on right hand side)
- leave a comment below with your email telling me that you would like to enter.
- Up to 25 readers will win the chance to try and test out the new Hawaiian Tropic Silk Hydration Sunscreen Lotion with SPF 30 and the Hawaiian Tropic Silk Hydration After Sun Moisturizer.

Part Two - Visa Gift Card
- If you are a selected winner I will need your mailing info. that I will pass along to the company in order for you to recieve your Hawaiian Tropic goodies!!!
- Once received and reviewed come back to this post and leave a second comment below telling me your thoughts on both products and this will enter you into the draw for the $50 Visa giftcard!!!! (That once again will be sent by the company). I will also do a post with everyone's reviews, once they are all received
- Please ensure that you are over 18 years of age or that you have parental consent to give out your address.

Contest deadlines:
- Part One of this contest will end on August 4th 11:59pm EST and I will contact each winner on August 5th (for the Hawaiian Tropic goodies) by the email you provide in the comments(please check your junk mail and/or save annpaigefashion(at)yahoo(.)ca to your safe sender list). I will also do a blog post on the 5th announcing all winners.
- Part Two All reviews (comments) need to be posted below by August 19th to ensure your entry for the $50 Visa giftcard.

Good luck everyone!!!!

xoxo
annpaige

Review and Giveaway - CLOSED

Hello lovelies,

I was recently contacted by a PR company to review a new product and they also wanted to give all of you the opportunity to try out this product too!!!

As you all know I love Schick razors!!! I recently did a post featuring my Schick Intuition razor and how much I love it, so I was really excited to host this contest for you all. 10 of you will have the chance to win a pack of the new Schick Hydro Silk disposable razors plus the chance to win a $50 Visa giftcard!!!!

As I said above I did try out this razor and I love it!! The razor comes with 5 blades, for an extremely close shave. The handle is the perfect shape making it easy to grip and control. When shaving the razors fits perfectly into all of my curves and it moves so smooth and effortlessly. I also love that when the razor gets wet it has a moisturizing serum to help glide the razor on my skin, so I don't cut myself. I am going on vacation next week and you better believe I am bringing this razor with me. It's portable and reliable!!

Contest Rules:
(Open to Canadians only since the Visa Card will be in Canadian dollars)
There are two parts to this contest.
Part One - Razor Try & Review
- you must be following my blog by either GFC or bloglovin (both links on right hand side)
- leave a comment below with your email telling me that you would like to enter.
- 10 readers will win the chance to try and test out the new Schick Hydro Silk disposable razors
Part Two - Visa Gift Card
- If you are a selected winner I will need your mailing info. that I will pass along to the company in order for you to recieve your Schick Hydro Silk razor.
- Once received and reviewed come back to this post and leave a second comment below telling me your thoughts on the razor and this will enter you into the draw for the $50 Visa giftcard!!!! (That once again will be sent by the company).
- Please ensure that you are over 18 years of age or that you have parental consent to give out your address.

Contest deadlines:
- Part One of this contest will end on July 15th 11:59pm EST and I will contact each winner on July 16th (for the razors) by the email you provide in the comments.
- Part Two
All reviews (comments) need to be posted below by August 2nd to ensure your entry for the $50 Visa giftcard.

I am so excited to be hosting this giveaway for you all. Please comnent below to enter and good luck everyone!!!!

*This is not a sponsored giveaway. I am not getting paid to host this giveaway. All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own!!!

xoxo
annpaige

LEGAL DISCLAIMER: I understand that my text/materials transmitted on this blog will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary, and may be re-published in any form of media, without my further consent or compensation from Schick.

Myths about girls - and 1st giveaway-CLOSED

Hello lovelies,

Being a part of Vervegirl's Vrep program I was asked by Kotex to participate in their Generation Know program. If you don't know what Generation Know is it is a community of women all around the world breaking myths about everything to do with our bodies.

There are four different projects that you can take part in:

Break the Silence
Bust a Myth
Change the Message &
Spread the Word

Being a female in my 20's I think that is so0o important for all of us to know everything we can about ourselves, right down to the things that we are too scared or nervous to talk about(even with our own doctors). Personally I hate going to the doctors for that yearly uncomfortable appointment. But it is time that we as women gather together and help one another. There are so many outrageous myths out there that you really would laugh or giggle if you heard some of them, but sadly enough most girls can't distinguish between the facts and myths.

For example some myths include...

Can you get an STD from a toilet seat?
- Although public toilets are pretty nasty this has never happened before.
Will you get attacked by a shark if you swim on your period?
- Sharks don't care if and when we are on our periods.
Is coffee good for fighting PMS?
- No coffee can actually make cramps worse. This I find to be a total catch 22, because caffeine helps to get rid of bloating, but then I have to suffer with horrible cramps afterwards, boo!! :(

One myth that I always thought was true while growing up is that you can't get pregnant during that time of the month, but that 'aint true, says the doctor!

One thing that I also never knew is that bananas are one fruit that can actually help fight away those self loathing monthly blues!!! YAY!! This makes me super happy because I love bananas and they taste so good in breakfast smoothies!!


What myths did you and your friends grow up with?

Myths such as the ones mentioned above exist because we don't talk about them enough. Why are we always so scared to talk to one another? I mean we are all girls and we have and/or are all going through the same things right? Even though it may be difficult (I still squirm sometimes) when we work together to tear down myths like these we raise girls' confidence and when we are fearless we teach girls not to be ashamed about their bodies. So let's talk more!!

As a part of the Generation Know program for each girl who joins Generation Know, U by Kotex will donate to Girls For a Change, a national non-profit organization that empowers girls to lead social change within their communities, up to $500,000.

Being a part of this program U by Kotex sent me a package in the mail, with a bunch of these "i know" bracelets. Wearing one of these bracelets symbolizes that you are in the know and that you support Generation Know. I think that it is so important for women and especially ones such as ourselves who have an audience of girls that look up to us to help make a change. With that being said I wanted to do a giveaway!!!!



There will be 4 winners for this giveaway and each winner will receive two of these "i know" bracelets, one for you and one that you can give to a friend. The bracelets are so cute and colourful and they would look great stacked with other bracelets. One of the four winners will also win something extra!!! Two of my favourite lipsticks from Rimmel's moisture renew line. I have raved about this line before as it is one of the only lipstick brands I have ever tried that do not dry out my lips. The two colours include 700 nude delight and 320 funtime fuchsia. (The fuchsia swatch is not the exact same colour it is a little bit brighter than funtime fuchsia; I swatched my 340 lily extase as it is very similar and I don't currently own funtime fuchsia. Also in the stick the camera is not doing the colour justice at all, it really is much more pink than red in person.)




This giveaway is open to all of my North American readers (sorry to everyone outside of North America, but I promise to do an international giveaway at some point!!).


Rules of the giveaway:
1. You must live in Canada or the US.
2. You have to be a follower of my blog on GFC and/or bloglovin'.
3. Comment below that you would like to be entered and also leave your email address, so I can contact you if you win.
4. You must be over the age of 18 or have your parents permission to give me your mailing address to send you your prize should you win.
6. Extra entry - Follow me on twitter @annpaige and tweet me with the hashtag #annpaigeiknow. You can do this once a day.

The contest will be open for three weeks starting today March 25th and it will end on April 14th at 11:59pm EST.

Good luck to everyone and let's all speak up and be a catalyst for change!!!

To find out more info about Generation Know go to their website generationknow and you can also check out ubykotex.com.

Thank you so much to Vervegirl and Generation Know for this amazing opportunity to be a part of such an awesome community!!!



xoxo
annpaige