From the monthly archives:

August 2008

F is for Fast Fix: Clinique Moisture Surge Face and Eye Masks

29 August 2008

Is stress and lack of sleep bullying your skin? Complexion’s drawn and dehydrated? Eye area seems more tired than usual, darker — and good God, are those more wrinkles? And you have to look radiant tonight for a shindig?

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Skin-Clearing Matte Moisture: Vichy Laboratoires Normaderm Anti-Imperfection Hydrating Care

27 August 2008

According to Vichy Laboratoires research, breakout-prone skin has more nerve endings connected to its sebaceous glands than clear skin. The increased number of nerve endings over-stimulate and irritate those glands, which results in excess sebum, inflammation, and another dismayed gaze in the mirror.

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Meet Me at the Fountain: The Soda Fountain Lip Shine and Shower Fun by Philosophy

26 August 2008

I have a new sugar fix: a trio of soda flavours that won’t make me burp! (My mum’ll be horrified when she finds out I wrote that — don’t tell. “No decorum,” she’ll say. *grin*)

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Hair Therapy: Late-Summer TLC at Vidal Sassoon

25 August 2008

If my hair is the barometer of warm-weather fun, clearly I’ve got to step the fun up. My hair is too damn healthy.
If you’re having a summer of poolside, beachside or picnic fun, I need to be your friend. But — and don’t take this the wrong way — your hair may need some TLC.

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F is for Fantastic: That is, MR. Fantastic, Robert Muraine in Toronto

22 August 2008

This is actually a Geeking OUT post — my friend Alexis and I just watched freaky-fantastic popper Robert Muraine (and a lesser-known-to-me breaker named Garvin Tran, a.k.a. Gyroe) perform on Front St. in downtown Toronto.

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F is for Flat Rate: Canada Post E-Bay Boxes

22 August 2008

Isn’t it nice when someone makes the way you do business just a little easier? A few months ago, Canada Post introduced flat-rate E-Bay boxes so you have less math to worry about when it comes to shipping your beauty or fashion merch. Now they’ve done an amusing promotional YouTube video that ought to elicit [...]

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More on Mascara: 17+ Brands Hit the Fringes — and What's Your Opinion?

21 August 2008

One of the cool things about being an in-house beauty editor was the easy access to a willing pool of on-location testers for beauty products. Turns out mascara is a cosmetic folks will line-up to test.
The decision to test a whack of mascaras came from an epiphany I had at Canadian Living magazine — one [...]

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Maybelline Great Lash Mascara? Well, I Choose Define-A-Lash Instead.

20 August 2008

Okay folks, here’s the thing. Just because pro makeup artists love a particular product for photoshoots (where they’re on-set for as many touch-ups as the job requires) doesn’t mean you’ll love it for all-day wear. For instance, has anyone managed to rock Vaseline on the eyelids for more than 20 minutes?

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Beauty Tips from Brooke Shield's Crew

19 August 2008

We beauty geeks are always on the hunt for pro advice on how to live better and look better, and of course the simpler the advice, the… better. Quick and easy looking-good tips are what Stacey Griffith, Dr. Michele Dozier and Jeanne Yang (above) are all about. These three women make up Colgate Total’s Healthy [...]

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F is for Fo' Yo' Mama: Mama Mio Deluxe Skincare for Supermamas

15 August 2008

I’m not a mama, super or otherwise, but I love O-Mega Body Oil from Mama Mio, a line of skincare “for supermamas.” A blend of jojoba, sweet almond, argan and safflower oils, O-Mega Body Oil ($37 CAN/$35 US) is rich in Omega 3, 6 and 9 to improve skin’s strength and elasticity, and entirely synthetics-free. [...]

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F is for For Your Country: Stila Rock the Vote Red Lip Color

15 August 2008

I rather like the idea of a cosmetics company encouraging folks to vote. That’s what Stila is doing stateside. In partnership with Rock the Vote, Stila is offering a limited-edition pink-red shade of lip colour called Rock the Vote Red ($17 US) to inspire American women to vote in the country’s Presidental Election on November [...]

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Geeking Out: beautygeeks-in-the-media THANK YOUs

14 August 2008

Before striking out on my own, I hadn’t given much thought to how it feels to put yourself out there. I just knew there were things I wanted to do. Suddenly though, in my first few press meetings without the security of a big publication surrounding me, I felt and absorbed things differently, on a [...]

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Think Inside the Box: Home Hair Colour Tips on besthealthmag.com

11 August 2008

My friend Deborah has been colouring her hair a glossy, vibrant auburn for years. It’s okay, she won’t mind my telling you. A salon stylist/colourist once gushed over her hair during a cut consult: “Omigodwhodoesyourcolour? It’s fabulous!”
Her delighted answer was, “Feria!”
Few professional colourists love the idea of home colouring.

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Geeking Out: I Need Season 4 of So You Think You Can Dance on DVD

7 August 2008

Is it too late to declare 2008 the Year of the So-You-Think-You-Can-Dance? Of course, I came late-ish to the coffee table (surprise) with a chunk of episodes in season three (I missed last few and the finale). This time, though, I was hooked the second I happened upon one of the first episodes of this [...]

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