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Exclusive Rachel Roy Event in Toronto

Toronto guest blogger Eva Tsang recently hit up The Bay in Toronto to attend an exclusive Rachel Roy event.

On March 25th, Rachel Roy launched her Spring 2010 collections in person, at The Bay on Queen Street in Toronto. This event was in celebration of the cross-country launch of her three collections: Rachel Roy New York, Rachel Roy Signature, and RACHEL Rachel Roy. These three lines are exclusive to The Bay in Canada. The event featured live models, hor d’oeuvres and Rachel Roy herself, autographing look books.

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Spring Makeup Look

As a MAC cosmetics addict, I frequently troll the MAC website looking for inspiration for my next purchase or makeup looks I want to try. This look was inspired by the runway look MAC created for the Mary Katranzou Spring/Summer 2010 London show, featuring two big spring make-up colors: purple and coral. NARS and MAC are just two brands out of many that featured these colors in recent collections (NARS Kuala Lumpur eyeshadow duo and MAC Spring Color Forecast 2 are some of my top picks!).

To create a wearable version of the Mary Katranzou Spring/Summer runway look, I used MAC’s Expensive Pink eyeshadow, a peachy-pink shimmer on the centre of  the lid flanked by Fig.1, a matte eggplant purple shade on either side. Instead of the tribal-inspired heavy black eye liner used at the runway show, I opted to go with a more day-friendly approach, smudging dark navy blue liner into the base of my lashes. Peach-colored lips were another staple featured on many Spring/Summer 2010 runways. Here, I layered MAC’s Mouth Off coral lipliner with Shy Girl cremesheen lipstick and a quick slick of Love Nectar lustreglass on top.

Random Inspiration & Recent Purchases

So far my March purchases have kinda been inspired by the Vancouver scenery these days — grey with random spots of colour (cherry blossom trees are already blooming here!). Sick of the boots I had been wearing all winter, I went on a quest to find a pair that could transition to spring. I found these grey Zara combat boots, which match all the ideal traits I was looking for in a boot: Not overly heavy or masculine looking (I wear a size 9!) and just enough style and subtle embellishment to make them stand out, but not obnoxiously.

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