I Love Sushi

I Love Sushi
494 Queen Street. West
Toronto, Ontario
(416) 364-8833
Deal Purchased: $20 for $40 towards Food and Drinks at I Love Sushi
Deal Site: WagJag
Date Purchased: August 7, 2012
Date Visited: February 12, 2013
Recommended: YES

Pros: Clean, delicious food, excellent service, reasonable prices, lots of variety
Cons: The front sign needs an update

Wow, I have to say when I approached this place from the outside I did not expect the fantasticness that awaited me inside.  The place looked like it was freshly painted.  It looked really nice, the seats were comfortable, and the distance between the tables was great and left enough room for my fat butt to fit between the tables without knocking over cutlery when heading to the bench.

Our server was delightful.  She was really sweet, and although she had a bit of tunnel vision and seemed to only be able to concentrate on one thing at a time, she was still really friendly and deserved the big tip that she got.

The food... well that was pretty decent for sushi in this city. There are only a few sushi places I can count that I actually would return to.  The best roll we got was the sweet potato tempura roll. It was delicious.  The sushi pizza was also very good, I don't know what it was but the sauce that was on it was delicious!  It sorta reminded me of.. you know when you order fried chicken that comes with a white peppercorn gravy.. it sorta reminded me of that delicious gravy! Yummy!  I was a little saddened by the green dragon roll only because it said it was avocado on shrimp tempura but when we got it it had crab it in as well, and I don't like crab.  They need to improve the information on their menu a bit if this is the case.  On the other hand, their menu selection was HUGE!!  It was like two restaurants in one.  They had both Japanese and Thai food.  Huge amounts of options and everything sounded really good. We got a couple of their desserts as well, the coconut sticky rice with mango which was delicious, and the fried banana with ice cream. YUM!  Now I'm gonna lie and say the food is gourmet, but honestly it was very good for a local sushi place. Oh, and another thing about the sushi that I really like was that their rice was a good temperature.  There is nothing that I hate more when ordering sushi that cold rice.  Yuck!  If I wanted cold rice sushi I would pick up sushi from the grocery store.  Ew!

Best part, the guava candies that come with your bill, which are my favourite!

Anyway, check it out!

TOTALLY RECOMMEND!

Inspired Life Health Centre

Inspired Life Health Centre
5-320 Danforth Ave.
Toronto, Ontario M4K 1N8
(416) 461-8688
Deal Purchased: $15 for One Infrared-Sauna Session at Inspired Life Health Centre ($45 Value)
Deal Site: Groupon
Date Purchased: September 22, 2010
Recommended: YES

Pros: Clean facilities, knowledgeable and helpful staff, convenient location, sauna does wonders!
Cons: Sauna is a tad on the small size, have to get dressed in order to get to shower. 

I love this place! The sauna is excellent and always clean.  The whole office in fact is spotless and nicely laid out.  Their staff are top notch and are always friendly.

I've been back many times since I purchased the deal and have used several of their practitioners too. I am really ecstatic with their service and facilities.

TOTALLY RECOMMEND!

Hair Chalk

Hair Chalk
Mungyo Soft Pastels
Deal Purchased: $14 for a Set of Hair Chalk with 24 Assorted Colours - Taxes Included ($100 Value)
Deal Site: Deal Getters
Date Purchased: October 23, 2012
Recommended: NO

Pros: The product itself is great and works really well if you follow directions from a youtube video for Hair Chalk
Cons: Go to Michael's and pick up a $5 box of chalk/soft pastels.  They are tiny. Took much longer than suggested.

This is by far the biggest rip off I have purchased from any deal site online ever.  First of all, they claim this is worth $100.  Not a chance in hell! Maybe if they shipped it in a gigantisized box overnight from China with a Jade Dragon inside the box, which they didn't obviously!  It also took much longer than the site suggested.

The pastels themselves were tiny.  They are each about 1" x 1/3" wide.  TINY!

I don't really have any complaints about the product itself other than they are advertising it as something it is not.  It works fine and it's a lot of fun, but seriously don't waste your money on purchasing it online.  I had to pay an extra $5 shipping too! Go to any art supply store and pick up a box of chalk.  It will work the same.

Definitely wear a shitty shirt when doing it, because it will all over you!

NOT A CHANCE

Rio UV Gel Nail System

Rio UV Gel Nail System
Apple Creek Products
http://applecreekproducts.com/

Deal Purchased: $56 for a Rio UV Gel Nail System from Apple Creek Products (a $112 Value)
Deal Site: WagJag
Date Purchased: October 7, 2012
Recommended: YES

Pros: Works similar to Shellac and stays on for a long time. You can use your own regular nailpolish so there are lots of colours to choosse from. Does a great job if you follow the directions properly.
Cons: Take a long time because you have to do your thumb seperately from your fingers.


I purchased this item because going to the salon to do shellac is just getting way to expensive.  I love using dark colours on my nails but I really do them myself becuase they end up chipping within two days of putting the polish on.  When I saw I could use my own polish colours with this item that is what sold me.

The item was shipping out really quickly and was in perfect condition when I received it. The only thing it doesn't have included that I would like to see is a cuticle oil.  I had my own so it wasn't a problem.

If you follow the directions properly the colour will stay on a really long time.

There are a few things to really pay attention to:
1) Don't let the top coat get too close to the sids of your fingers.  It will harden on your fingers and then it will begin to peel and also it will feel funny.
2) Make sure to put a bit of elbow greece when you use the finishing liquid to really clean off the nails at the end otherwise they feel a bit gummy.
3) Have a stop watch or something near you so you know when to do the next coat.

 RECOMMEND IT!