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Let’s get this straight: Our fashion director has a life-changing hair experience

Posted March 16th, 2010 | 11:23 am | By Susie Sheffman | 2 Comments

Fashion director Susie Sheffman prepares for battle.

During Milan Fashion Week, I promised you I would blog about a truly miraculous and life-changing experience–getting my hair straightened with Keratin Complex Smoothing Therapy Sure, it’s not baby-saving or rocket science miraculous, but amazing nonetheless. You naturally straight-haired girls can snicker all you want, but curly haired girls know what I’m talking about: I now have hair that goes down, not up!

For the treatment, I headed up to Donato Salon + Spa (Yorkdale Shopping Centre, 3401 Dufferin St., 416-789-4332, and 4 other GTA locations, donato.ca), where senior colour technician Mary Listi been quietly smoothing frizz-balls like me with the Keratin Complex (from $375), for a while now.  Once I caught wind of this, I eagerly signed up. (Actually, I made my daughter, Molly, go first, and the results were so staggering–her drying and straightening time has shrunk from an hour and a half to only 7 minutes–that I couldn’t wait to submit and transform.)

Read about the treatment, and see the results, after the jump.

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Contest: Win an eye makeup prize pack from Cargo!

Posted March 15th, 2010 | 1:40 pm | By Jennifer Campbell | 4 Comments

Photography by Nettika Berthelot

We loved all the candy pastel eyeshadows on the Spring 2010 runways so we’re happy to say that we’ve got 10 of these “Toronto” eyeshadow palettes–filled with shimmery blue shades–to give away from Cargo Cosmetics (cargocosmetics.com). Also included in the prize pack is a tube of Cargo’s Lash Activator growth-boosting mascara. Enter here for your chance to win! Contest closes March 31.

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Make scents: Our spring fragrance report

Posted March 12th, 2010 | 10:56 am | By Jennifer Campbell | 2 Comments

Spring’s new crop of scents includes a tuberose infusion from Prada, a grassy chypre inspired by New York’s High Line park, a pomegranate Splash from Marc Jacobs and more collectible Harajuku Lovers. See all of the season’s top scents in our Spring Fragrance report. Plus, our favourites by the decade, hall of famers and our beauty director’s life-long relationship with perfume. (She has 57 favourites!)

READ: Spring Fragrance Report

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Clean up your act with our Green Beauty Guide

Posted March 9th, 2010 | 10:50 am | By Lesa Hannah | No Comments

Photography by Carlo Mendoza; Styling by Briana Mirabelli

The other day, I was called an “eco-warrior.” [Ed. note: That was me.] It seems it hasn’t gone unnoticed by my co-workers that my beauty greenness has spiked from pale lime to deep hunter in just a month. Everyone knew I was re-evaluating my personal regime, and every time I put down the phone from speaking to the owner of another green beauty line, I’d leap up to share the latest revelation.

My cosmetic eco-consciousness began when my daughter was born two and a half years ago—but as the green category has been inching its way from niche to mainstream, I’ve begun to question who is walking the talk and who is simply riding on the coattails of a market trend.

Read more about beauty editor Lesa Hannah’s education in eco-friendly beauty in our Green Beauty Guide. Plus, learn the trade-offs you’ll have to make for eco products and read up on ingredients to avoid if you’re greening your beauty regimen.

Click on the images below to see Lesa’s picks for the best in green beauty products.

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Video Beauty 101: The blowout

Posted March 8th, 2010 | 3:00 pm | By Jennifer Campbell | No Comments


In our latest how-to with hair guru Kevin Murphy, the celeb stylist shows you how do a favourite salon treat, the blowout, at home. Get tips on technique, products and more!

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Vancouver: Test driving the mani/pedis at Cambie Village’s Muse salon

Posted March 3rd, 2010 | 5:30 pm | By Stephanie Matchung | No Comments

I adore nail polish. Scratch that–I am hopelessly in love with it. I am a girl who has devotedly had polish on my fingers everyday since the eighth or ninth grade. Because of this, I consider going for a professional manicure or pedicure to be an occasional luxury. However, when I heard about Muse salon (3020 Cambie St., Vancouver, 604-876-5580, musesalon.ca) that opened at the end of January, with manicures from $20 and pedicures from $30, I couldn’t help myself. Read the rest of this entry »

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Nailed it!: Spring’s best polishes

Posted February 25th, 2010 | 10:11 am | By Jennifer Campbell | No Comments

Photography: Nail polish by Nettika Berthelot; runway by Peter Stigter

Nail polish is big beauty news, with runway shades morphing into a season’s cult beauty must-have. This spring, pastel shades, cement hues and a few juicy colours are on our shopping list. Click the links below to see our favourites, plus some runway inspiration.

Spring’s top nail polishes

Spring 2010 runway report: Nails

Plus: Get more of the season’s best beauty in our Spring Beauty Guide or check out what the nail pros were up to backstage at the Fall 2010 shows at New York Fashion Week.

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Contest: Win a basket of Nexxus hair products!

Posted February 22nd, 2010 | 11:15 am | By Jennifer Campbell | 2 Comments

Photography by Nettika Berthelot

We have a some hair product goodness to give away–courtesy of Nexxus. Just in time to start experimenting with spring’s braids, twists and waves!

Enter: NEXXUS GIVEAWAY. Contest closes March 5, 2010

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Go backstage with the beauty pros on our New York Fashion Week video channel

Posted February 22nd, 2010 | 10:30 am | By Lesa Hannah | No Comments

Beauty editor Lesa Hannah went backstage at New York Fashion Week to chat with the top hair, makeup and nail pros about the looks they created for Marc Jacobs, Alexander Wang, Narciso Rodriguez, Rodarte and more. See all her reports on our New York Fashion Week video channel. Above, she chats with makeup artist Dick Page about the all-American beauty at Michael Kors.

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Get the top hair and makeup trends in our Spring Beauty Guide!

Posted February 22nd, 2010 | 10:01 am | By Jennifer Campbell | No Comments

Lipstick by Carlo Mendoza, nail polish by Nettika Berthelot, model by Peter Stigter

Spring’s bag of beauty tricks includes blazing orange lips, soft pastels and a parade of plaits. Dig into the top hair and makeup trends and check out our favourite spring nail polishes in our Spring Beauty Guide.

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