Showing posts with label Rowenta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rowenta. Show all posts

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Rowenta Versa Style & Chambray

When I attended World MasterCard Fashion Week (WMCFW) my favourite booth was easily the one sponsored by Rowenta Beauty. Now I know about Rowenta because I own one of their garment steamers. I keep it in my bedroom next to my bed and I've owned it for 8 years and bought one for my mother for Christmas. When asked by The Kit what my favourite fashion tool was I said my garment steamer by Rowenta. Well now there is a tool tie. I have fallen for the Rowenta Versa Style. I was lucky enough to have my hair styled three times during that week by Rowenta stylists and each time the stylists used the Versa Style - I had my hair flipped, curled and straightened. Three different styles all done with the help of one tool (when my hair was curled the top pieces were curled with the Rowenta Curl Active my next tool purchase). My hair looked amazing with each style and I walked a bit taller because we all know I need those extra inches. 

I needed a new hair tool. Mine was 10 years old and when I used it to straighten my hair it pulled my hair and was burning my ends. I payed good money 10 years ago and was willing to spend again. The nice people at Rowenta Beauty sent me the Versa Style and I haven't looked back. I love the fact that it locks closed, is all push button and comes with a case and instructions. My only wish was that it could remember the temperature you liked and kept that set for future uses. The first style I tried was straightening my hair, nice and smooth. I've been straightening my hair for a decade so I got that down pat. I decided to try something different, the Flip - this was my intro to the Versa Style during WMCFW. I was a little worried because hair tools scare me. I love to get my hair done and I give stylists lots of creative judgement,  I'm just not very adventurous when it comes to me doing it myself. Just check my blog for the lack of creative hair ideas. I used the attached style booklet and followed the easy instructions and ta da! I think my first attempt was a success. My friends were impressed and told me how much they liked my new style. It took the same amount of time to flip out my hair as it does to straighten, my youngest was using me as a jungle gym and I think I did a pretty good job. 

My next style tries are the wave and the curl. I've got tool confidence now and will be show casing my attempts in the next week or two. In the words of Icona Pop "I Love It" and recommend it. 





The Rowenta Beauty Versa Style retails for $239.00 and is sold exclusively in salons. 

Now to the outfit...


On Tuesday I was meeting a few friends for lunch and decided to usher in spring with some colour and my new favourite shirt - chambray! Taking pictures proved trying because it was so windy.





I have to say my flip weathered the wind pretty good - I dare say it even looks better.



Chambray Shirt - The Gap
Skirt & Necklace - Banana Republic
Shoes - Prada

Thursday, March 28, 2013

#WMCFW - My Final Look

I didn't get many outfit shots during the first half of Fashion Week. I was busy working, enjoying myself and taking photos of the event. That all changed on Friday (yup, the final day) with the help of some blogging friends - Jane from Toronto Shopoholic and Jenny from Crazy Style Love. We all received the Cobalt Blue Memo the night before and dressed accordingly...just joking...we couldn't have planned it if we tried.

One thing that surprised many people was my height, Jane and Jenny had seen me on The Marilyn Denis Show and read my posts where I complain about not being able to find clothes that fit properly so knew to look up. It is funny hearing people saying "I never knew you were so tall".

My final thoughts of World MasterCard Fashion Week can be found in today's (Insert City Here) Sun in the Life section. That's right folks I'm going National and I'm more shocked then you are. I enjoyed working with Victoria, Monique, Natalia and the rest of the team from QMI Agency. They helped me navigate the craziness of the week and I came out counting the days till October and the Spring/Summer preview.






Dress - Nicole Miller
Belt - BCBG
Purse - Rebecca Minkoff
Shoes - Christian Louboutin
Hair -  Rowenta (big thank you Jessica)