Nothing livens up a winter-parched pout quite like a swipe of saturated colour⎯one for each day of the week! ($8 each, joe.ca)
NYFW backstage beauty: The Chinese military meets ’40s Hollywood at Jason Wu
NYFW style snaps: We’re at Peter Som and Jason Wu, and so are Grace Coddington, Kate Lanphear, and Olivia Palermo
NYFW diary: The dispatch from day one including Jason Wu’s updated Mao jacket, Rag & Bone’s granny mishmash, and Suno’s sweet, sweet garden print
They said/We said: Kate Moss battles good and evil (like, really evil!) in a new W photoshoot
NYFW style snaps: We spy many fur coats, lots of studded leather, and is that Waris Ahluwalia?
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Shopping » Daily steal
Daily steal: Anti-aging cream, $19
Looking for a 40-second facelift that will erase signs of aging? Who the heck isn’t? Nanoblur, a nano-optical correction cream, apparently does the trick, and at this price, we’re totally game. ($19, indeedlabs.com)
Beauty » Backstage Beauty
Best of NYFW: Standout beauty
By Lesa Hannah and Sarah Daniel
With only New York done, it’s a little premature to pinpoint the key beauty trends for fall. That said, we’re definitely putting our money on metallics, thanks to some backstage intel from makeup artist Tom Pecheux who predicts they’ll be a major trend come fall. While we wait for the dispatches from London, Paris and Milan, we’ve picked some of the standouts from the city that kicked it all off.
Fashion
Red hot Valentine’s Day beauty
By Rebecca Perrin
We’re helping you swap red hands for red cheeks with our top picks for the hottest beauty products around.
Photography by Sabrina Rossi.
ALL OVER BEAUTY
Bobbi Brown, the queen of enhancing natural beauty, designed her Pretty Powerful Face Palette ($75 at Holt Renfrew and Murale) to flatter all and celebrate “what’s real” in every woman. Chaka Khan!
Beauty
Montreal beauty pick: Bleu Blow Dry Bar
Photography by Jane Heller
First there was Rouge Nail Bar, and now there is Bleu Blow Dry Bar (65 Fairmount Ave. W., 514-507-3003, bleudrybar.com), which has just moved in next door to the Mile End location. Who says you need a wedding or a fancy event to get a blowout? Have a hot date or important meeting, or just need a little pick-me-up? Choose from six styles, ranging from a Jackie O. pouf to Hollywood curls. Blowouts start at $30 (and vary depending on your hair), and include a shampoo that’s more like a relaxing head massage.
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Vancouver: Washing up naturally at Lavan
By Caroline Gault
Shanie Bar Oz is itching to soften your skin. The co-founder of Lavan (840 Granville St., Vancouver, 604-568-8807, lavanlavan.ca), which means “white” in Hebrew, sources all her store’s natural, hypoallergenic, paraben-free products from the Israeli countryside. Read more »
Beauty
Announcing: The winners of our 9th Annual Readers’ Choice Beauty Awards
Illustration by Coco
You spilled the contents of your makeup bag and medicine cabinet to divulge your obsessions. Check out the winning polishes, products and beauty must-haves as chosen by you.
Illustrations by Coco, cocopit.biz
Shopping » Daily steal
The daily steal: Mini brow kit, $14
Photography by Sabrina Rossi
By Rebecca Perrin
Tend to your brows with Mark’s Just Tweezing Hook Up Tweezer and their Brow Factor Hook Up Clear Brow Gel ($7 each, avon.ca). A little connector–free when you buy two pieces from the Hook Up range–combines the two elements to produce a brow kit that fits conveniently in your purse for grooming on the go.
