ABOUT A BEAUTY GEEK

My name is Janine Falcon and I’m a beauty geek.

A beauty geek is anyone who loves how feeling good about yourself can make a whole day seem shiny. (Whether or not you accept it, how you think you look is big part of how you feel). I’m a geek about beauty learning — ingredients, how they work, who they work for, how to use them — details. And I’m a geek about bursting into beauty-song  with just about anyone, anywhere, anytime. Sheesh.

I’m the first former magazine beauty editor in Canada to have established a beauty blog (award-winning thanks to an unexpected P&G Beauty Award for Best Beauty or Fashion Blog). My 10 years on the beauty beat includes seven years as a style editor at Canadian Living and Homemakers mags, a stint as a plus model, and a longtime, successful side gig as a freelance makeup artist with a freshest-looking-you lifestyle approach.

Other fun stuff:

•  the ’08 season of “Canadian Idol,” talking grooming with the guys (here, peek at Part One — sorry, sound’s wonked — and Part Two)

• “Canada AM”, “Steven and Chris,” “ET Canada” and “E! Weekend”

•  story bylines in Canadian Living, Homemakers, FASHION magazine, Chatelaine magazine, Metro News, CanadianLiving.com, Homemakers.com, Best Health Magazine, BestHealthMag.ca, Sharp Magazine and Glow magazine

• mentions in Best Health Magazine, Canadian Living Magazine, CanadianLiving.com, Chatelaine Magazine, Chatelaine.com, Hello, Canada!, The Toronto Star, National Post and 24 Hours

• landing in Shinan Govani’s 2010 Worthy 30 listing in the National Post

While I love a new lipgloss as much as the next girl, really I’m all about solution-oriented beauty for all ages, stuff that delivers glowing skin, glossy hair, foolproof fresh-faced beauty, and compliment-attracting style whether you’re a teen, in your 20s or swingin’ 60. Kind of a geek, see?

Well, you will. *grin*

You can reach me at j9falcon (at) gmail (dot) com, by the way. I’d love to hear from you.

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P.S. Yes, just as I did as a magazine beauty editor, I receive samples and services from companies who would like me to evaluate their product and perhaps include mention of them here and in the freelance features I write. I’d not have the breadth of product knowledge and experience for my job without them. But I do not mention items because they are sent or offered to me without charge. I write about and recommend only the items or services I think deliver good results and best suit the audience I’m addressing.