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I'm Still Upset That John Frieda Discontinued Beach Blonde Ocean Waves

Woe is me.  I have tried every single salt spray on the market, but none compares to the heavenly scent and dreamy waves left behind by the now-discontinued John Frieda product Beach Blonde Ocean...

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The Primer That Keeps My Acne Scars Covered And Makeup In Place All Damn Day

I wear a lot of face makeup. I do not leave the housewithout foundation and concealer. This is because I have godawful acne scarringthat, no matter what I do, just refuses to go away. I don’t pick my...

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The 99-Cent Cream Everyone Can Find At Least One Use For

Nivea Creme is a moisturizer I will forever be in love with.The thick texture, the fresh smell, the adorable tiny blue tins they sell atthe pharmacy for a 99 cents. Not even a dollar! I can buy one for...

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Radiant Orchid: It's The Colour Of The Year, So It Might As Well Be The...

Fun fact: I used to work as an associate editor for a trend-forecasting company. One part of my job included sitting in on a Pantone colour group meeting, where colour experts from around the world...

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I've Been 'Triple Conditioning' My Hair And People Are Noticing

Look at how healthy!I'm forever on the quest for healthier hair, especially since I sort of beat my hair up with the occasional color treatment and incessant use of styling tools; not to mention I live...

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How To Really, Truly, Perfectly Cleanse Your Skin

Whether you’re one of those people who arescowling at your friends doing the whole “new year, new you”resolutions, or you’ve actually found yourself at the gym multiple times sincethe year started, I...

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You Asked: How Do You Get Your Lipstick So Perfect?

Have I mentioned lately how I great I think you all are? Because I do. The last time I made a video, I asked you if you wanted me to make more in the future. And overwhelmingly, you said YES.So, by...

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How To Not Freak Out When You Don't Immediately Love A Major Hair Change

I don’t know how it happened, but somehow I’ve become “that girlwho’s always changing her hair.” This was my hair on the last day of 2013. Over it.I’ve had three different hair colors in thepast three...

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6 Beauty Lessons To Take From Vancouverites

I’m from Vancouver, but I’ve lived in Toronto for the past fiveyears (most of my adult life), so I consider myself a bit of a mix at thispoint. I know Toronto roads, restaurants, shops and transit...

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Let's Get Weird: Mismatched Eyeshadow Because Making Decisions Is Hard

I haven’t created any actual content in a while. I’ve beenlanguishing and luxuriating in frothy, lavender-scented tubs of self-pity forthe better part of two months. But those days are dunzo as I open...

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4 Genetic Hair Disorders You May Not Even Know You Have

We know that heat and chemicals cause damage, and that protein and moisture help keep these fibers of keratin supple, soft, and on your head. But did you know that sometimes you are just BORN with a...

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DIY Lip And Cheek Stain: How To Customize A Sheer Color For Your Unique...

I remember the very first time I fell in love.With makeup. It was the era of butterfly clips and stackable glitter pots(which broke and never quite screwed back together correctly). I walked over...

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Start Shaving Your Legs Like A Fancy Gentleman

For the last few years, I've mainly removed hair from my legs via waxing or epilating. It just seemed the most effective route as a dark-haired, fair-skinned, Scottish-gened lass. But, as I might have...

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The Blackest Black Eyeliner You Can Find In Your Drugstore

When your skin is a stunning shade of Nutella like mine, you tendto be very picky about the black eyeliners you put on yourself. You want theblackest black there is. Not a mediocre grayish black, which...

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The Wear-Around-The-House Buns That Create Heat-Free Mermaid Waves

So, I already mentioned this trick in my salon article, but it hasbecome such an important part of my hairstyling routine that I figured itdeserved a more detailed explanation. I know I said braiding...

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I'm Going To Convince You To Spend $22 On Deodorant

Deodorant isn’t the most glam product in the world, butchances are it’s one you use every day. If you don’t, that’s cool, too; areyou my brother? I keep telling him that someone who does a lot of hard...

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Voluminous Waves On Shorter Hair: It Can Be Done!

One of the biggest challenges of having shorter hair has been figuring out how to style it. For a long time, I thought I was out of luck when it came to looser, wavy styles, because all I could figure...

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Miley Cyrus Serves Up Androgynous Angst In The New Marc Jacobs Ad, And You...

I’m sure that by now most of you have seen the new Marc Jacobs Spring 2014 ad featuring Miley Cyrus. In case you haven’t, it shows Mileysitting on a dark beach, staring sullenly into the distance while...

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Put A Bow On It... And By 'It' I Mean Your Fingernail

If someone walked up to me on the street and asked me to pigeon-hole my style sense, I'd probably say something like, "It's 'grown up' with a quirky twist." Many of my garments are basics that I then...

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Glitter Brows: Two Ways To Make Your Facial Expressions More Sparkly

As if by magic, with more velocity than ever before, glitterseems to be taking over the faces, heads and bodies of the world. Everywhere Iturn, there are more sparkles, more shimmering glimmer. The...

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4 Vaguely French Ways To Style Your Bangs While They're Growing Out

I’m always either in a state of havingbangs or growing out bangs. When my bangs are growing out, I have to be firmwith myself to NOT CUT THEM and let them GROW. When I do cut them, I regret itand long...

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7 Pretty Things On The Internet: The Fanciest Drugstore Mascara And A Beach...

CB I Hate Perfume At The Beach 1966$85.00More InfoThis perfume really does smell like a day at the beach. I've been keeping my sample of it at my desk and work, and huffing it intermittently through...

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