low luv giveaway

My friends at DesignerApparel.com were kind enough to set up an insanely cool giveaway for Chic Heroin readers, allowing one of you to win the Cross Necklace by Erin Wasson's brand LowLuv! To enter, all you have to do is comment with your name and email address, and tell me one summer fashion trend that you love. Also, since those without Google accounts can't enter via commenting, feel free to send me an email to enter as well! Sorry to my lovely International readers, but the giveaway has been restricted to readers in Canada and the USA.

The contest will be open until Thursday, July 1st (Canada Day!) and the winner will be drawn randomly and contacted on Friday.

DesignerApparel.com is a great shopping search engine that carries hundreds of brands from Prada to Armani to Burberry, and, of course LowLuv! Check it out, and BIG hugs and thank you's to the lovelies at DesignerApparel.com for letting me give away such a fantastic piece.

xo E

"one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower." -Hans Christian Anderson

As I type this post, the grey, rainy day has me wishing for the warm sun in these photos. The past few weeks have been full of nightmares and to-do lists, with intermittent rays of sunshine. With the G20 conference in Toronto this weekend, I'll be staying far, far away from my apartment downtown and (fingers crossed) sitting in the sunshine drinking lemonade in the riot-free suburbs.
As soon as I laid eyes on this Topshop romper, I knew it was mean to be mine, and since recently Topshop started shipping to Canada, I had it sitting in my closet a week later. Now, the wait time is even shorter, as Topshop has officially arrived at Toronto's Jonathan and Olivia boutique (49 Ossington Ave.). I haven't visited since the expansion, but I'd love to hear from any of you who have.

** A note on nail Minxing: I've gotten a lot of questions via email and formspring about my silver nails. Minxing is actually a sticker that is cut to fit your nail shape and then heated on to your nails, it's not a nail polish. Altogether, it cost about $50ish at Toronto's Heartbreaker Salon (889 Dundas St. W), which is, as far as I know, the only place that does Minxing (though Sephora now carries a kind of DIY Minx here.) It lasted about a week before the ends started to look worn. It looks great and was a ton of fun to have, but just as a warning, the ends are pretty rough and catch on fabrics, which is aggravating and, also, when I eventually did peel them off, my nails were pretty dead and unhappy looking, and it's taken me 2 weeks to get them back in shape. I'd get it done again, but not for a while. **

xo E

well how was I to know there was a party going on?

As promised, here are too many photos from my birthday party... Dress by Aryn K, Shoes by Jeffrey Campbell, Thrifted coat My amazing card made by the fantastic Lynsie that contained tickets to HOLE! I can't wait.

Blog regulars and best friends Syd, Zoe, Dani and Helen Best friend on the planet I got my nails minxed! They looked bionic - I felt like Lady Gaga.The back of Syd's fantastic outfit.My updo from the side, created with approximately one trillion bobbypinsAnnabelle and Lynsie

Also, since the LouLou feature came out, I've had to come clean to all my friends and family who didn't know about the blog (can you believe I've kept it under wraps this long?), so I wanted to say hello to the people in my life that are just starting to read this, and I hope you'll indulge me in my little narcissistic side project. I love you all very much.

xo E

they only want you when you're 17, when you're 21, you're no fun.

Hi Loves,

Well, I'm officially legal everywhere in the world - 21... when did that happen?! I never thought I'd get this old. First off, I want to thank all of you for the wonderful emails, tweets and formspring messages, it meant so much to hear from you guys and really made my day even more special. This weekend was such a great celebration and I was so spoiled by friends and family, I can't believe how lucky I am to be surrounded by such wonderful people in my life. I can't even conceive of sifting through the pictures taken last night for a post, so that will have to wait till tomorrow, but, in the mean time, I wanted to share something that made my birthday week even better.

This month I'm honoured to be featured in LouLou, one of my favourite Canadian fashion mags. I still can't quite believe my eyes when I flip to page 50 and see my face staring back at me. It was probably the coolest birthday present I've ever received. Thank you so much to Rosalie and LouLou for featuring me - you've made my mother a very proud lady.

(thank you dearest Heatha for the scan)

Birthday pictures coming very soon!!

xo, E