Recently, a video on YouTube showed four women getting the “celebrity” treatment of professional hair and make-up and a photo shoot. The pictures were then digitally edited to look more “ideal” in the mainstream sense. Before these pictures were done, the women commented on how they were often unsatisfied with their looks because they didn’t […]
Last week, I had went to Elle Canada’s style/meet-and-greet designers event at the Fermenting Cellar at Toronto’s Distillery District. The event, called FashionIESTA (the event was a partnership with the 2014 Ford Fiesta) featured a bit of shopping, as well as a panel where Elle Canada’s editor-in-chief featuring some of Canada’s most well-known designers – […]
I just realized that I’ve been wearing make-up for over 20 years and have noticed how much drugstore make-up has changed over the past two decades. When I first started wearing make-up, drugstores like Shoppers Drug Mart carried the classics – CoverGirl, Maybelline, Revlon and every tween/teen’s favourite, Bonne Bell. It was a dream for […]
On Saturday, SAVVY TO, a Toronto-based organization that hosts events for savvy, professional women held a shopping event at new Yorkville boutique, Pomp and Pageantry. The store, owned by Shellie Willms, opened just a few months ago at 112 Scollard Street, features brands such as Ted Baker, Cynthia Vincent as well as MM Couture and […]
On the eve of the line’s launch, Banana Republic held a party celebrating Janie Bryant’s second Mad Men collection at many stores across North America, including Toronto’s Yorkdale location. With 1960s-inspired appetizers from Daniel et Daniel and as well as cocktails, the event also featured Toronto stylist, Tammy Palmer, presenting styling tips for spring, featuring […]
Lou Lou Magazine’s Shop ‘Til You Drop held its Toronto event last night. Shoppers braved the on-and-off rain for the amazing with good discounts, delicious mini desserts at many of the stores and most of all, a great deal of fun! There were styling tips from Banana Republic and Winners (Winners had an emphasis on […]
Cynthia Cheng Mintz Everyone knows that October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Pink is everywhere and there is a great deal of literature. However, few realize that the final week of October is also cervical cancer awareness week. This cancer is preventable if the right precautions are taken, but still kills some 450 women in Canada each year. […]
