Natalie Ho

When it comes to face moisturizers, creams, and gels, there isn’t one specific product that I stick to. I believe that depending on the season, my surrounding environment, mood, or age, my skin behaves differently, and, therefore, it will require different products to suit its immediate needs. In addition to not relying on only one brand or type of product, I also never stick to only one price point. Cheaper doesn’t mean worse, and pricey doesn’t mean better. When it comes to selecting the right product for me, I look for something that fights the immediate challenge I’m faced with.

The beauty? I get to experiment and try many products without feeling guilty!

With Summer fast approaching, I’m looking forward to hosting friends and family for afternoon and evening get togethers. Aside from summer BBQs, I love a good tea party, but tea parties don’t always have to involve mini sandwiches, english breakfast and pinkies up! You can certainly modernize your tea parties with many tea options! On this fine Saturday, I’m here to share a couple of DIY Tea Party ideas with Alokozay Tea that is sure to wow your guests.

Read further to two options for a great DIY tea party: Earl Grey Macaron Tea Party and Iced Peach Mango Tea Party.

Hey family and friends! A little shopping fun to share with you going into this long weekend! From May 14 to May 18, 2015, Bench Canada is hosting a Family and Friends Event offering 40% off the entire store including sale merchandise as well!

I paid a visit to my favourite Bench store at the Eaton Center and shopped a few must have looks for this summer. You already know I’m a big fan of Bench’s assortment of hoodies and jackets, but I’m also obsessing over their S/S collection with many pieces that doubles as activewear and fashion wear.

My recommendations for you are the HANK ERCHIEF SKIRT which can be converted from long to short (worn below), DROPTOP HOODY that is incredibly soft and perfect for travel, SURIAH CROP RACER VEST and matching CAPRI PAINTERLY CAPRI, also worn in this post.

Keep reading to see how you can get an extra 5% off!

A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned my recent collaboration with the Neutrogena Canada team. I am so excited to finally share the A Tale of Transitions video series with you! The entire Neutrogena Canada and Mode Media Canada team did such a tremendous job on this, I loved the way they turned out! This was the first time I got a glimpse of these videos and of course you’re the first I want to share them with. I am also so privileged to have worked alongside Ania, Alicia, Katelyn and Vanessa on these videos, they stories were all full of humor and inspiration.

No need to say more, keep reading and click the Neutrogena videos to watch these short clips!

Hello! I had the best low key birthday weekend and much of the day shooting our beach themed engagement photos in Jordan. I don’t want to give too much away but here are a few photos we snapped using my phone. These are not to be mistaken as the actual photos shot by our talented photographers, Afterglow Images, the actual photos to come in a few weeks! I can’t wait to share them with you then! Oh, also, did I mention how happy I was with my beach inspired outfit?!

In the meantime, enjoy these few taken with my phone and have a wonderful start to your week!

Tomorrow I celebrate my 32nd birthday. You heard right, 32! I’ve already collected some of the best memories stepping into my thirties, and I can’t wait to see what the next couple of years have to offer. I honestly have to say I’ve never felt better and so accomplished in my life (despite the experiencing harsh hangovers and running off to bed at 10:30 a.m.!).

Just coming back from Miami with the girls and with May being an incredibly busy month due to our upcoming wedding, this year, I’m opting for a simple birthday. Despite a low key celebration, the best kind of birthdays are those that come with sparkle.

A special thanks to the team at Michael Hill for my first birthday gift this year. I am smitten by this geometric ring dressed with delicate diamonds in sterling silver. I’ve been reluctant to treat myself lately as we’ve been budgeting tightly for our wedding, so I’m incredibly thankful for this beautiful birthday surprise.

Mother’s Day is coming up, what do you have planned this year? I find moms appreciate all things hand-made (remember those drawings all over the fridge?!), therefore decided to tackle a DIY with some help from my friends at Chapters Indigo.

Chapters Indigo recently released a collection of DIY Craft Kits that are sure to turn you into a DIY queen. All kits contains everything you need and also step by step instructions. The collection includes an array of selection including DIY Vase Painting Kit, DIY Pillow Making Kit and DIY Mason Jar Painting Kit. For my Mother’s Day DIY, I decided to choose the DIY Lavender Pocket Kit (on sale for $13.50) that is sure to leave to a beautiful scent behind. Each kit comes with materials to make three Lavender Pockets and they smell delicious! These guys are perfect to tuck away in closets and drawers to make clothes (and shoes!) smell fresh of Spring.

It’s incredible how quickly time flies, isn’t it?! We are now officially stepping into the last two months until our big day and holy smokes, I’ve still got lots to do! The good news is, we managed to check many items off the list since I provided a detailed update in my last post, and I’m happy to once again share with you our progress. We definitely accomplished some big tasks in the last few weeks, and though there’s more to go, I’m also feeling relieved!

Keep reading further to see my list of accomplishments and some tips to keep you on track on your wedding planning!

For Mother’s Day this year, I want to celebrate and pay special tribute to my older sister. Rufina and I are five years apart and at a young age, I’ve always looked up to her, and observed all her life experiences. Like most siblings, we played, we talked, and we argued and fought. It is safe to say that, during my teenage, rebellion years, I didn’t see eye to eye with her.

As I grew and matured into my twenties, I had the pleasure of observing her grow from my sister to a mother. Having not yet started a family of my own, I’ve learned first-hand from her that being a mother is not easy. It requires love, care, patience, endurance, perseverance, and selflessness, all characteristics my sister has come to be an expert at since motherhood. I have so much respect for her and this Mother’s Day, I’d like to celebrate not only our mom, but especially her.

To showcase the many wonderful qualities and features my sister exudes, I decided to create something fun for her this Mother’s Day. The mother is always the one behind the camera, so this year I curated a handful of photos of her and produced this DIY photo wrapping paper using the BLACKS website.

Ladies and gents! Some exciting news to share with you today! I’ve been asked to join the Neutrogena Canada Team alongside seven other fierce Canadian bloggers to partake in their Hydro Boost product launch.

We were asked to reveal our transitional tales through several short video clips and I can’t begin to tell you what a blast I had spending two days with such a talented and beautiful group of people. We got to learn so much about each other and also shared a few laughs remembering our funny but major fail moments from our adolescent and teenage years.