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I Love Christmas Movies!!! During Christmas time, watching Christmas movies always put me festive mood. I like a lot of Christmas movies; but these are the ones that I find myself watching every year. I will not place them in any particular order, because I Love them all equally. The Holiday I absolutely LOVE this movie!! Starring Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law & Jack Black; this is my Ultimate feel-good romantic comedy! I always watch it at around Christmas time. If you have never seen it; I highly recommend it! ELF Elf is absolutely hilarious and heart warming! I watched it about 3 times so far this year. This star studded cast includes: Will Ferell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, and Zooey Deschanel. I love this movies; and every time I watch it I am instantly put into the Christmas Spirit! Home Alone This is probably the first ever Christmas movie I remember watching. Starring Macaulay Culkin, Daniel Stern, John Pesci & Catherine O...

So, Saturday I attended my work Christmas party! It was so much fun! I thought I would show you what I did for my makeup and what my outfit was. Makeup For my makeup look; I did a dark purple smokey eye look with a bold winged liner and a nice deep pink lip color. The products I used to achieve this look were: Concealer : Rimmel Wake Me Up Concealer Foundation(s) : Lise Watier Teint Lumière Oil free foundation & Covergirl Ready Set Gorgeous Oil free foundation (since I am in between colors at the moment...) Powder : Covergirl Clean Pressed powder for sensitive skin Brows : Gimme Brow Gel by Benefit Eye Shadow base : Personelle Eternal cream shadow in Elegance Eye Shadows : Maybelline Eye Studio Palette in Pink Persuasion & Annabelle single shadow in Violish Liquid Eye Liner : Lise Watier Feline Liner HD in Noir Mascaras : Too Faced Better than Sex mascara & Maybelline Lash Sensational mascara And here is the finished makeup look! It might seem qu...

During the Fall and Winter months, I love to bake cookies and brownies mostly. I found a recipe in a baking magazine; and I am going to change up a few ingredients. My favorite flavour of cake happens to be Chocolate! These cookies look and sound so festive and I am very excited to make these cookies to share with you. This recipe makes about 24 cookies. Ingredients 1 oz Milk Chocolate 1 oz White Chocolate 1¼ cups Flour 2 tbsp Cocoa Powder ½ tsp Cinnamon 1 tsp Baking Powder ¼ tsp Salt 2 large Eggs 3 tbsp Vegetable Oil ½ tsp Vanilla Extract ¾ cup Sugar 1 cup Icing Sugar Directions 1. Put the White and Milk Chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl to microwave for 30 seconds or until it is all melted and stir together well. 2. In a medium-sized bowl, whisk the Flour, Cocoa Powder, Cinnamon, Baking Powder, and Salt; set aside. 3. In a large bowl, whisk the Eggs, Vegetable oil, and Vanilla. Add in the Sugar and the Chocolate mixture and whisk it all together unti...

I Love Christmas Music!!! Since it is now December, I have started listening to Christmas music. So, I thought I would share which Christmas Albums I Love.     Michael Bublé Christmas I Love Michael Bublé! I Love his music and when his Christmas Album came out, I was so excited! Every year since his album release, he has done a TV Special '' The Michael Bublé Christmas Special''; and it has featured music stars like Ariana Grande, Mary J Blige, Mariah Carey and many more. My favorite songs on the album are ''Santa Baby'' and ''I'll be Home for Christmas''.   Kelly Clarkson Wrapped in Red I bought this album for my mother two year ago when it came out; and she loves it so much as I do. Kelly Clarkson has a very unique voice and her songs are so perfect. My favorite songs on the Album are ''Underneath the Tree'', ''Baby It's Cold Outside'', and ''White Christmas''...