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How to treat oily skin, hormonal acne and post-acne marks

Tips & Tricks

Posted on Wednesday, March 31/2010

It’s reader question time! Today I’ve got some advice for reader Giselle, who is looking for a skin care regime that treats oily skin, breakouts AND their pain-in-the-butt aftermath, post-acne marks. She writes:... > continue reading

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Editor’s picks: March

Editor's Picks

Posted on Monday, March 29/2010

Today’s editor’s picks may seem a bit random. What they have in common—aside from my endorsement—is that they’re all hitting stores this month or next. Here’s why I like each one: Cosmo’s Sexiest... > continue reading

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Best beauty gadgets: Clarisonic, Silk’n, Chi, T3 and more

Editor's Picks

Posted on Friday, March 26/2010

Last year—inspired by Hadley Freeman’s brilliant book The Meaning of Sunglasses: And a Guide to Almost All Things Fashionable—I wrote about Beauty Therapist Judgement. You know: it’s the well-meaning but mildly insulting evaluation... > continue reading

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Just for fun: Guess the celebrity

Celeb Beauty

Posted on Thursday, March 25/2010

Who doesn’t love a “guess the celebrity” game? It’s one of my favourite pages in Us Weekly—the, um, only magazine I actually still subscribe to. (Did I just admit that?) Pre-blog era, I used to read dozens of mags each month, but now—in an admittedly career-limiting move, given I still WORK in magazines—I’ve got less time to read them. And really, the gossip rags are pretty great as far as trend-watching goes.

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Paris F/W ’10: Hair and makeup trends

Fashion Week

Posted on Monday, March 22/2010

Paris Fashion Week is always my favourite—isn’t it everyone’s? The best clothes, the best models… and definitely the best hair and makeup. This is the place where all the beauty trends from New... > continue reading

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Trend alert: Lash growth products

Trend Alert

Posted on Friday, March 19/2010

You’ve heard of Latisse, yes? It’s the prescription treatment for growing your lashes longer, thicker and darker—and like most things that are awesome, not available in Canada just yet. (Health Canada is currently... > continue reading

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New makeup launches: March 2010

New Products

Posted on Wednesday, March 17/2010

Beauty junkies, hold on to your wallets! This month’s crop of new makeup products is one of the best I’ve seen. Lots of lovely things to give you a pre-summer glow, with a... > continue reading

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How-to: Side braids and side buns

Tips & Tricks

Posted on Tuesday, March 16/2010

Have you ever tried to follow the instructions magazines like to give you for putting your hair in an updo? Yeah. It’s next to impossible to follow them. (And I write the damn... > continue reading

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Milan F/W ’10 beauty trends

Fashion Week

Posted on Friday, March 12/2010

Oh, those Italians. You can always count on them to bring the sex appeal. (And the yummy pasta.) It’s the same every year: just when beauty editors everywhere are despairing for the lack... > continue reading

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Editor’s pick: Kevin Murphy

Editor's Picks

Posted on Thursday, March 11/2010

So last week I was 30 minutes late to meet the Australian hair god Kevin Murphy, after having a dyslexic moment regarding our meeting location. How embarrassing. (Ivana, please forgive?) But that’s not... > continue reading