kove Giveaway Winner

Drumroll please!

The winner of the highly coveted Pacific Cowl from kove handmade is:

Emily Ross!

Congratulations!!

Barefoot Contessa Giveaway Winner

Ladies & Gents, we have a winner!

Congrats Kelly Man (@glassedpickles)

You're the winner of this lovely sequin turband!

Giveaway: kove knitwear

My friends at kove knitwear want to hook you up with some warm, knitted goodness. Last week I picked up my Cypress Warmer and absolutely love it.

And now it's your turn!

kove knitwear wants to give one lucky Haus of Hybrid reader a Pacific Cowl!

The best part? It will be made to order, so you get to pick the colour you want!

photos via kove knitwear

To enter:

1) Comment on this post with: your name, email & what colour you'd want your Pacific cowl in;
2) 'Like' Haus of Hybrid & kove handmade on Facebook.

Open to all readers (including International)!

Contest closes at 11:00pm PST on December 21, 2011.

One Month Unlimited Yoga

It's almost time to start thinking about your New Year's Resolutions so why not check out Ethical Deal? For $29 you can get one month of UNLIMITED yoga at Moksha Yoga Burnaby.

This is the studio I practice at, so we can get our downward dog on together.

Wish List

In addition to Christmas being just around the corner, I also have a birthday coming up. I would happily appreciate receiving any of the following as gifts.

Also, there's still time to enter to win a earwarmer / turband from Barefoot Contessa!

This Life Lately

Candy Bar at Style Spy X GAP event

Looks styled by The Style Spy team

Purchase from the Obakki warehouse sale #1

Obakki warehouse sale purchase #2

Velvet men's blazer from H&M that I got altered

Score secondhand find - $30 Dries van Noten

Amazing

Ballin outta control

TEDxVancouver

Muffin frittatas

Rainy day sunshine

Vintage fanmail

A good reminder

Fun in Chinatown

The Anthology at the VDxBR event

I'm the It Girl at the VDxBR event

New cape from ASOS

Pretty skirt from Banana Republic - channeling my inner Blair Waldorf

TEDxSFU

Mozy19 giving his Five Hole for Food talk - Charity 2.0

The holidays are here!

Lights at work

My un-holiday holiday mani

Outfit: House Guest Media Event

I know that you're dying to know what I wore to the House Guest media event a couple weeks ago.

Not the best quality photos, but that's what happens when you take photos in the middle of an Open Bar event.

This was the first time I'd broken out the sequin jacket in Vancouver (and since NYFW!) and it was such a hit (as I knew it would be)! Although, I had a date afterwards and I excitedly asked him, "Do you like my sequins?!" He said something to the effect of, "Uh...they're...special. And sequin-y....." I replied with, "It's OK, I have a change of clothes to go out in." (Because sometimes straight guys just don't get it and get scared. And sometimes, you just shouldn't wear an awesome sequin jacket to a concert at the Commodore, no matter how awesome the sequin jacket is. Lesson: Be Prepared.)

Dress: Forever 21 Sequin Jacket: Vintage Shoes: Michael Antonio (last seen here) Bag: Le Chateau

Barefoot Contessa Holiday Picks

Yesterday I teased my Holiday 2011 picks with Barefoot Contessa (sidebar: did you enter my Barefoot Contessa giveaway yet???).

And today, here are some of what I think you should pick up for the fabulous people in your lives.

Check out Barefoot Contessa's blog over the next few days to see what else I picked!

Holiday Tweetup 2.0

I'm hosting a tweetup! See your fabulous faces there!

Barefoot Contessa Giveaway!

As part of my blogger collaboration with Vancouver boutique Barefoot Contessa, I get to do a giveaway!!

The giveaway is a sneak peak at my holiday picks from Barefoot Contessa, so check back tomorrow to see some of them.

In the meantime...

Enter to win this super awesome sequin detailed turband / earwarmer from Barefoot Contessa!

It's been balls to the walls cold in Vancouver (this is what happens when it doesn't rain) so if hats aren't your thang, then this earwarmer / turband is just the thing for you!

To enter:

1) Like both Haus of Hybrid & Barefoot Contessa on Facebook
2) For an extra entry, comment on this post with your name & email

Contest is open to North American residents and closes at 11:00pm PST on December 15.

the lip slip

Last week I told you about the new lip scrub i bought from Beauty Mark and mentioned that I really wanted to try Sara Happ's the lip slip.

One of my favourite things about Sara Happ's line is that the packaging is just so precious. I love the little boxes and ribbons. You can't really see it in this photo, but the box is a beautiful metallic pink colour...kind of the same as the Alexander Wang Fabiana.

As for the lip balm itself...it is glorious. It's thick and silky (though a little bit sticky). I don't need to apply it often (it stays on my lips forever!) and it doesn't smell or taste bad. It is extremely hydrating and I don't have that itchy lip balm addict feeling I get from other products (this is apparently due to the use of camphor in other similar products).

So all in all, I'm definitely hooked on Sara Happ.