To celebrate Shorty Stories’ half-decade as a blog (Saturday is the official Blogiversary!), we are giving away Smashbox’s Decades of Style set. This palette, which consists of eyeshadows, blushes and lipglosses, includes colours as well as a guide to put together three of the most iconic looks of the 60s, 70s and 80s. The palette […]
Right before going to the shows at Fashion Week last Wednesday, I made a pit stop to at a PR agency for a session with Essie Weingarten, founder of essie nail polish along with other fashion/beauty media in the city. Essie was involved with several Toronto Fashion Week shows, including Pink Tartan, Chloe comme Parris […]
BB creams, or blemish balm creams, originally used to protect and smooth out very sensitive skin caused by laser surgery is the latest beauty phenomenon in East Asia. Practically every line, ranging from local names to western drugstore brands like Maybelline to department store lines such as Bobbi Brown and Clinique carry them. Most formulas […]
Where have all the make-up cases gone? This was a question I tweeted to my readers a few days ago. Years ago, you could easily find them at any drug store or department store and many brands actually sold them at the cosmetics counter. Not true these days, unless you go online (and the problem […]
Boxx cosmetics, a new line of cosmetics that allow users to custom build palettes launched at an event at Sweet and Petite Tuesday evening. The Toronto-based company created by Sandra Milligan features several shades of eyeshadows, blush, lip gloss as well as powder and correcter which can all be customized in one gorgeous compact – […]
The National Women’s Show took place this past weekend in Toronto. Billing itself as the “Ultimate Girl’s Day Out,” it was truly a Brandapalooza with more than 450 exhibits ranging from “food and wine sampling, fashion shows, celebrity guests, free makeovers, health, wellness & beauty secrets, cooking demos, home renovation advice and travel ideas!” The […]
Bordeaux, burgundy or whatever you want to call it, deep reds are IT for the fall. They’re everywhere, from bags to clothes to shoes and cosmetics. I wore burgundy (and grey) every day for six years when I was at the Bishop Strachan School (BSS), and though I don’t wear them together anymore, burgundy still […]
Make-up is part of a typical North American’s beauty routine. Some own a lot of make-up, while others have tiny collections. Some have lots of different colours, while others have fewer. I’m somewhere in the middle. In any case, what a woman owns probably tells people a lot about her. Judging from my collection, you’d […]
Marketed as being inspired by “big-city sophistication”, the Limited Edition Mary Kay® Metro Chic Collection consists of 5 products in a limited number of shades. I was very drawn to the fantastic packaging of a product. The baked powder comes in a mirrored case that screws closed and is made up of three different shades: […]
We finally know what’s going into the old Feet First location on Bloor Street – nothing, really. MAC Cosmetics, which is located next door, is poised to move next month, taking over the old shoe store. According to a sales associate at MAC, it’ll give them a bit more room. As to what will take […]
