|Beauty| #GayIsOk

Can you imagine a world where loving someone could be illegal?  Well this is true in 76 countries, because it’s a crime to be gay, including 10 countries where it’s punishable by death.  And in no country in the world, do lesbian, gay, bi or trans people have full equality.  As a huge supporter of the LGBTQ community and a human being I think this is unacceptable! 

#GayIsOk is the new campaign from LUSH, which launched on June 25th and will run until July 4th.  During this time LUSH will be selling the Love Soap, which is a fun and deliciously scented gold bar soap with all proceeds going to support grassroots LGBTQ equality groups all around the world!  The idea is to share the love by using social media to snap a picture of customers with their Love Soap and to let the world know why they think #GayIsOkay.  The funds raised will be granted to the groups through the All Out website.  

Help spread the word and support those that need our help to have the same basic rights to love that you have.  Everyone should be allowed to love, because no one has the right to take love away from anyone else.  Being gay should not be seen as a crime, and it’s time the world woke up to that fact.  I think #GayIsOk and I hope you will show your support by making the $5.95 donation to All Out and smelling fantastic as a result!  The Love Soap will be available in LUSH stores everywhere and online.   

Everyone deserves love!  

p.s Happy PRIDE Week to everyone in Toronto!

|Style| White With A Hint Of Lime

The sun is out and I’m feeling fresh and colourful.  This outfit of the day is my take on minimal.

I fell in love with this white vest the moment I saw it.  Unfortunately at the time it wasn’t available in my size.  One day, on a restless wait for the bf to call me back before heading home from the day job, I stumbled upon the white vest again...only one...in...my..size!  It was meant to be (at least that’s how I’m justifying my spending...this time around anyways)!

vest - forever 21+ | tank top - Torrid | pants - Addition Elle | shoes - Call It Spring | bag - Urban Outfitters | necklace and earrings - forever 21

Wanting to keep the look very clean and minimalistic, I opted to go simple with just a splash of colour.  I picked up this great reversible bag on sale and knew that it would be the perfect burst of colour against the white of my vest and the army green of the pants.

|Style| COLLECTiON By PRiMAALA Spring/Summer 2015

COLLECTiON by PRiMAALA, is the new in-house label offered by owner and designer, Rachel Holt.  Matching the high-end labels PRiMAALA is known for, the new collection is simple, yet refined.  You can see the thought process of a creator that knows the elements of design, but at the same time, curated with elegant details and taste.  This is just the first season of COLLECTiON by PRiMAALA, with more coming for Fall.

Wearing Asher Tee and Carly Blazer (with silver chain - also comes with gold and gunmetal)

As you know by now, Rachel and I have been friends for a long time.  I’ve been fortunate enough to see the development of the line from it’s inception.  I was excited to check out the collection in person and finally have the chance to try on a few pieces.  Unfortunately for me the collection has been very successful, so not all the wares were available for me to try on.  So if you like what you see, I strongly suggest checking it out in store immediately.

Wearing Sara Dress

|Beauty| Life's A Beach

Unless you’ve been living in an unfortunate hole in the ground, you would have heard about all the damage that microbeads have been causing.  Microbeads, the teeny tiny bites of plastic that come in common everyday items like scrubs and toothpaste are too small to be filtered out by water filtration systems.  These harmful little things have been collecting up and polluting our waterways, and in turn, poisoning marine life.  

The good news is that LUSH has come up with a wonderfully scented solution.  I was lucky enough to get a first look at Life’s A Beach, the limited edition body scrub, with natural scrubbers - no damaging plastics here!  

Life’s A Beach Body Scrub offers scrubbing sand and fine sea salt, to gently exfoliate the skin.  Both are easy on the skin and perfect for the environment!  Not only does your skin feel silky soft, it smells delicious.  It wouldn’t be an amazing LUSH product without an intoxicating scent, and the sweet vanilla-caramel does not disappoint!  It’s sweet, but not too sweet, and it leaves a delicate lingering on the skin well after use.  

If all that wasn’t amazing enough, 100% of the sale price goes to good use.  The $6.95 from each 3.3oz pot, goes to grassroots organizations working towards putting an end to microplastic pollution.  A luxurious, natural scrub that makes your skin and heart feel good?  100% of the sales going to help the cause?  YAS KWEEN!  

Get your hands on this beautiful new and limited product, Friday June 5th, both online and in store! 

|Events| Consign Your Curves 2015 - Part 2

Over the past weekend I was in my hometown of Guelph, selling my closet at the 3rd annual Consign Your Curves event.  It was a jam packed Saturday, full of meet and greets, new and old friends, great deals and lots of body positivity! 

I spent the day organizing my rack and chatting with shoppers about the pieces I had for sale and different ways to wear things.  Being a veteran of sales like this, I knew what pieces would be popular.  It was no surprise that my edge to edge rack was almost sold out be the end of the sale, leaving behind only a small assortment of random things.  

With founder of CYC Carlie

I wanted to give a big shout out to Carlie, the organizer and founder of Consign Your Curves.  It was such an amazing success!  The turn out was bigger both in sellers (40!) and shoppers than ever before!  The day saw some awful weather (rain storm anyone?), and it did get a little hot in the venue, but nothing could keep a plus size girl from a killer deal!  I even snapped up a great pair of black leather on black suede boots, that had never been worn for only $20!   

I want to send out a huge thank you to everyone that shopped my closet!  I’m so happy my pieces, both from retailers and a few Jessica Biffi originals, went to fabulous homes and will have a new fashionable life!  

Look out for events like this in your area.  It’s a great way to connect to your local plus size community and who among us doesn’t love to shop at a sweet discount?!    

top - Forever 21+ | onesie - Mendocino | necklace - Aldo Accessories | shoes - Forever 21

Knowing the day would be busy, physical and hot, I opted to wear something very comfortable, but still chic.  I am so completely obsessed over this onesie!  It’s the perfect combination of function and fashion!  Here I paired it with a sheer panel and crochet top, for light layering.  Keep an eye out for another post coming shortly featuring this piece in another colour (obviously I got more than one!) and different ways to wear it.