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The Secret: Look Into the Light to get a Good Profile Pic

16 February 2010

Yup, I’m a bit of a numbnuts. You’d think that with a little modelling in my career past that I’d know enough to look into the light rather than into the reflector when having a headshot taken at the recent Estée Lauder makeup-and-profile-pic event. But no.

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How-To Vids: Wide-Awake Eyes and Makeup for Glasses by Michelle Phan

27 January 2010

Thanks, Wynne Huerta, for reminding me about Michelle Phan, another YouTube how-to success. Michelle, a trained artist — as in paint and illustration — is such a success her tutorials have been hit more than 50 million times and, as of October 2009, she’s represented by prestigious NYC agency Jed Root, who reps makeup-artist superstars [...]

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Ginnifer Goodwin: Glam with Short Hair and Simple Makeup

19 January 2010

Sure there was a lot of gorgeous at Sunday’s Golden Globes: Penelope Cruz’s shining sculpted ’do, Rose Byrne’s simple, pretty waves and hair clip, Carey Mulligan’s gamine cut and slender headband, Meryl Streep’s bright orange-red lipstick, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s RM by Roland Mouret dress, glowing Amy Adams, always-stunning Helen Mirren…. But the pretty that stuck with [...]

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Last-Minute New Year’s Eve Beauty: Speedy Smoky Eyes with CoverGirl Smoky ShadowBlast Eye Colour Stick

31 December 2009

Actually, seems that last minute is about all you’ll need to get a smoky-eye effect similar to Drew’s with CoverGirl’s new shimmery Smoky ShadowBlast Eye Colour stick ($8.99 CAN). Here’s the quickie breakdown:

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New Year’s Eve Shine: How to Wear Shimmer and Glitter

30 December 2009

You don’t need sequins to claim your glitterati spotlight on the year’s-end party circuit. Strategic use of this season’s sparkle and shimmer cosmetics will do the beauty trick.
Of the two, shimmer is more wearable for faces of all ages.

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New Year’s Eve Kiss-met: Lip Stains as Base for Bold Lipstick or Gloss

30 December 2009

Celeb makeup artist Joanna Schlip, spokesperson for Physician’s Formula, loves the idea of shimmery gold eye makeup (or copper or bronze if you have medium or dark skin) paired with bold-hued lips. And the key to those deep red or deep berry lips, says Schlip,

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Book Now: Happy and a Mascara Tip from Sephora Beauty Pro Adi Lando

23 December 2009

Adi Lando made me feel pretty. On a frumpy, grumpy, so-not-happy-with-myself day, Adi, a well-known makeup artist you may have seen on “CityLine” and “Superstar Hair Challenge,” made me very glad I hadn’t played hermit at home like I’d really, really wanted to.

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Glove Love: Hand Dry Hair Glove for Curly and Wavy Hair

17 December 2009

Canada’s hair guru Michael Victor and his wife Patti Coyne, of Delineation Hair & Skin Essentials in Toronto, are giving curly-haired folk a helping hand. A big, fluffy, soft, super-absorbent, muppety microfibre hand.

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Perfume Etiquette: Three Rules for Wearing Party Scents

17 December 2009

If in the corporate elevator up to your office this morning your sinuses shrieked in reaction to someone’s strong, sexy perfume, your lift companion is guilty of practicing poor perfume etiquette. According to Marian Bendeth, fragrance expert of global renown, advisor and owner of a consulting business called Sixth Scents, there are a few rules [...]

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Enter to Win: A Go Canada! Palette Gift from Vasanti Cosmetics

15 December 2009

How about a makeup rah-rah for our Olympic athletes? Vasanti Cosmetics is all about that with their newest makeup palette, Go Canada! ($40), which gleams with metallic gold, silver, and bronze shadows, a white higlighter and sheer red lip colour. Gargi Patel, head makeup artist for the Canadian company, says to layer

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Party Look: Tsumori Chisato for Shu Uemura Planet Cat Palette How-To

7 December 2009

Staff’s uncertain about this post today because I’ve already included the Tsumori Chisato for Shu Uemura Planet Cat palette ($85 CAN/$65 US) in Friday’s “5 Ways to Pick a Palette” post. Whatevs — that was a different kind of how-to, and this is such a fresh, pretty evening look.

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F is for Five: 5 Ways to Pick a Palette

4 December 2009

Few of us girls can resist the lure of a little box full of pretty squares of colourful cosmetics, especially because they’re priced so well. But when faced with the dazzling array of multi-hued makeup kits in stores today, how do you choose?

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Skincare 201: Neostrata.ca Offers Tips on How to Layer Your Skincare

3 December 2009

Used to be working a skincare regimen was easy. Wash face. Dry face. Moisturize. But as the skincare market, anti-aging in particular, expands with hot new ingredients, new formulations and new ways to improve the delivery of said ingredients beneath the skin’s very top layer, the more complicated skincare becomes. Wash-dry-moisturize doesn’t seem to cut [...]

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Twist’n'Clip: Lowe’s Simple Twisty Hair Fix

26 November 2009

There’s one big reason I like hair-style how-to vids in which the subject demos the technique on herself: you can see how to position your hands, how to navigate the steps your own hot self, without a handy stylist available to do the tricky parts for you. This is Eva, a.k.a Lowe of Coco&Lowe.com, demonstrating [...]

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