Linganore WineCellars

This weekend I celebrated V-Day a little early with family and friends at Linganore WineCellars. I have never been to a wine tasting before and have always wanted to try it out and get into it, so I finally got my chance and had a great time. It cost $8 per person (must be 21 of course), you get to sample about 12 different wines, get a variety of chocolates (9 peices) and a tour of the winery (all included in the $8!). You can also purchase the wine which ranges in price from $10.38-$33.02 a bottle.

My favorite wine was the Steeple Chase Red which is a "soft semi-sweet red wine with a rich cherry background that is accentuated when served with chocolate; 6% residual sugar", however to me this still has a nice earthy grape flavor, smooth texture and it is also a mix of red and white ($10.38/bottle). My other top wine favorites they had...the Abisso, Bacioni and Terrapin White (in that order). My Dad seemed to prefer the White Raven and Abisso, however he bought the most popular wine of theirs called SkipJack. My mom and I both liked the Steeple Chase Red best but she also enjoyed the Sangria.

Our tour guide was a bit humourous at times as he told us in order to keep the deer out of the vineyard they would play NPR, who can blame the deer for being scared? haha. I also learned that in order to keep the birds out of the vineyard they would have speakers setup to play bird distress calls every five minutes...only problem was the birds were too smart and would fly right back after it was done playing. However, if you place a plastic bag over the speakers it keeps the birds away all the time ;)

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I loved the orange cream chocolate that was in the variety of chocolates we got but it didn't seem as though they actually sold any of the chocolates, which we thought was rather odd since we were eatting the chocolates that went with our wine during the taste testing. All in all, this is a really great deal and I do plan on going back again later this year, hopefully to try out some seasonal wines and such.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Valentines Day this year and MUCH love to my Readers, Subscribers and Friends! XoX

Flowers for my Mom <3

DollyWink Polish Dupes

Here are some DollyWink nail polish dupes I found, I can't guarantee how close of a dupe they really are but you can see how they match up from the photo's below. If I find better dupes then I will add/replace those to this list. Also, if/when I find dupes for the DW glitter polish's I'll post those up as well!

Cover Girl in Red Revolution

China Glaze in White Out

OPI in Hopelessly in Love

Rimmel in Black Satin

Essie in Funny Face

China Glaze in IV

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Lively Lilac
(this has some shimmer to it, maybe slightly more vibrant)

OPI in What's with the Cattitude?

Barry M in Mint Green
(not sure how exact this is or isn't)

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Lightening
(slightly more of a orange-yellow)

Make do with your Make-up

As I grabbed my makeup bag in a hurry to run out the door to work (in the dark no-less) I realized I really didn't have much in my bag to create a nice colorful eye look. However, once I got to work and dumped out my bag to see what I could come up with, I realized I did have some things on hand to play with and I probably could have created several different looks...just goes to show, you don't need many eye-shadows to be inventive with what you have. So, here's my eye look and a quick tutorial...

Step 1: Apply Loreal De-Crease, over upper eye area and lower.
Step 2: NYX Jumbo Pencil in Iced Mocha, outer lid (cat-eye affect) and 1/3 lower lid.
Step 3: WnW in Sugar, under-brow highlight and inner lid.
Step 4: WnW in Brulee, crease and lower lid.
Step 5: Glamour Doll Eyes in Bare Naked, crease overtop the WnW Brulee.
Step 6: Glamour Doll Eyes in Fabulous!, over entire lid and over the top portion of the NYX Iced Mocha.
Step 7: Glamour Doll Eyes in Chocoholic, over all the NYX Iced Mocha areas.
Step 8: Rimmel Liquid Eyeliner in Ebony Black, liner upper lid 1/3 on the outer side(slight cat-eye affect out).
Step 9: Curl top lashes.
Step 10: Neutrogena Healthy Lengths Mascara in Carbon Black, 3 coats on top lashes.

P.S. Happy Groundhog Day!