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It’s Self-Tanner Time! (Kind of like Hammer Time but not really.) Here are some fab faux tanners I have known and loved…

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Posted on Wednesday, June 1/2011

One of the “neat” things about living in Canada (well, Toronto) is that someone, somewhere, flips a switch and it’s suddenly summertime. I feel like it catches me off guard every year and... > continue reading

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Hairs on your face (including that ‘stache) are best removed with thread, not wax. Or you could use this tool, which is the BOMB.

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Posted on Wednesday, May 25/2011

So I’m having a mini-crisis here, and it has to do with my eyebrows. You see, my esthetician (or as I call her, “my eyebrow lady”) is about to go on mat leave.... > continue reading

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Got fine hair? Me too—and here is where I let you in on the all-time best prodz for volumizing, thickening and root-lifting (you’re welcome!)

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Posted on Tuesday, May 24/2011

Remember the halcyon days of the late ’90s and early ’00s? For those of us born with fine, straight hair, that was our heyday. It was definitely post-”Rachel” cut, but before the advent... > continue reading

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The makeup brush I’m suddenly in love with—plus 4 more essentials that every woman should own

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Posted on Thursday, April 14/2011

You know what makes me crazy? Aside from wobbly restaurant tables and the grievous misuse of apostrophes, obviously. It’s those makeup brushes that come WITH the makeup. Blush, bronzer, eyeshadow, whatever—this practice has... > continue reading

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7 surprising drugstore beauty finds that are not only crazy cheap (under $10) but actually WORK—hooray!

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Posted on Thursday, March 31/2011

Confession: Sometimes I feel like a jerk when I pull out my Chanel lip balm. Not that it isn’t amazing—it IS—and I am exceptionally grateful to even own a $45 designer lip balm... > continue reading

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Show him (or her) some love! Here are 11 Valentine’s Day gift ideas that are not lame… I promise

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Posted on Wednesday, February 9/2011

When you ask people to tell you what was the worst Valentine’s Day gift they ever received, you hear some real doozies. A cheesy greeting card? A teddy bear? Um… a pizza cutter?... > continue reading

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Okay, peoples: It's time to stuff stockings and I've got 15 awesome, beauty editor-approved ideas—for under $10 each!

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Posted on Wednesday, December 22/2010

You know, I am the first to admit that I have expensive tastes. Ironically so—because even though editors’ salaries might be described (as Nadine Jolie infamously quipped) as janitorial, I’ve been spoiled by... > continue reading

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Even though, like most beauty editors, I could open up my own Sephora, these are the culty beauty products on my radar (and Santa's too, I hope!)

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Posted on Friday, December 17/2010

Okay, so I probably should have posted this at least a week ago, seeing as it’s already December 17th—eeks! But it just occurred to me that while I’ve posted a list of the... > continue reading

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If I were you, I'd ask Santa to deliver a few of these awesome beauty prodz for Christmas

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Posted on Thursday, December 2/2010

I don’t know about you, but I have this problem when I go Christmas shopping: I inadvertently end up buying stuff for MYSELF in addition to—or sometimes even instead of—the people on my... > continue reading

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Got wimpy, weak, splitting, peeling nails? Meet the product that has changed my life

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Posted on Thursday, November 4/2010

As a person who is genetically cursed with the softest, weakest, stupidly chip- and snag-prone nails (along with fine, straight hair and pale, short-ish eyelashes—I’m sure they all must be somehow related), I’ve... > continue reading

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