I was first introduced to brown butter when I created sticky toffee pudding at Gordon Ramsay’s Steak restaurant in Las Vegas and paired it with brown butter ice cream. Since then, I have made brown butter ice cream at home but then I began to wonder what else I could make with brown butter. I … Continued
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Earlier this week, Donald Trump and the reigning Miss USA Erin Brady announced that Miss USA 2014 would be held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on June 8. For the past six years, the Miss USA pageant has been held in Las Vegas, Nevada, which is where I was crowned in June 2011. While the location … Continued
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What To Pack When You Go To Miss USA
There comes a time once a year where everyone dresses up in green, attends parades, and begins to drink shortly after the sun comes up – Saint Patrick’s Day! This year, Saint Patrick’s Day falls on a weekday so drinking at work could be highly frowned upon but why not put a little Bailey’s in … Continued
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Bailey’s Cookies for St. Paddy’s Day
Last night I discovered a cool app on my phone that features all your favorite blogs in one place – Bloglovin! I am constantly on the go, so logging online to read some of my favorite blog posts can be a bit of a hassle. But I soon realized that with this app, all of … Continued
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Bloglovin
As some of you know, I recently tore my plantar fasciitis in my right foot (the main ligament that stretches from your toes to your heel). Wearing heels is a big no-no for several more weeks as it continues to heal. 90% of my shoe closet consists of heels, thanks to my years as a … Continued
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New Flats For Spring/Summer
I think it’s important everyone has their own little space, whether it be a man’s man cave or a woman’s outdoor garden retreat. For me, it’s my desk space. In both my homes in Los Angeles and Toronto, I have always made sure there was room for my little space. I always need to have … Continued
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My Own Little Space
My favorite go-to look is – primer, concealer, brows, mascara. One of my most frequently asked questions is: “What kind of mascara do you use?” So here is a list of all the eyeliners and the only mascara I swear by. Tarte Gifted Amazonian Clay Smart Mascara – I finally found a mascara that does not … Continued
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What’s In My Makeup Bag?
I’m not sure if many of you know that when you rock denim on denim it’s called a “Canadian Tuxedo.” Before I started dating a Canadian, I had no idea! In my freshman year of high school I thought rocking denim jeans with a denim jacket (in the same washed out color) was super cool. … Continued
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How to Rock the Canadian Tuxedo
Boy do I love apps. And if I see I have an update available for one of my downloaded apps? I may or may not do a little giddy dance. I admit that I find myself relying on apps quite a bit each day but hey that’s kind of what they were invented for! This … Continued
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My Favorite Apps This Week
This past Tuesday was National Pancake Day, the day where IHOP (International House of Pancakes) serves free pancakes all day. But I currently live in Toronto where there are no IHOPs (gasp!). I live for pancakes. 9 times out of 10, if I see chocolate chip pancakes on a menu, that’s what I will order. But … Continued
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The Best Blueberry Pancakes
So you may have noticed on my Instagram pics a link with the hashtag #liketkit. LikeToKnow:It is a new feature connected with Instagram that enables you to get the look of your favorite Instagram posters! I constantly admire a lot of the fashion or makeup styles of the people I follow on Instagram, and now I … Continued
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Castles. Gowns. Knights. Balls. Thrones. Queens. Crowns. Romance. Even though only 0.1% of people in the world today are actual royalty and it’s the year 2014, who says we can’t bring a bit of European Renaissance and the Stuart era into the twenty-first century and be our own royalty? (Did you think I wasn’t going … Continued
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