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Stila Aqua Glow Serum Concealer with Swatches

Stila’s Aqua Glow Serum Concealer is a wonder product. Offering a your-skin-but-better finish, this concealer is light but buildable.  It comes in skin-true colours, and effectively highlights or conceals and in some cases, it can even correct. Below are swatches … Continue reading

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Kerastase Hairsprays: Laque Couture and Laque Noire

Kerastase has to be one of my favourite brands for styling, and so I turned to it for hair spray.  If we’re talking strictly hairspray, there are two kinds to choose from: Laque Couture and Laque Noire.  Couture has lighter … Continue reading

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Avene Makes The Best Mineral Sunscreen

Mineral sunscreens.  I feel as if they’re all that anyone is talking about right now and they’re definitely not for everyone because a lot of times they include a high concentration of zinc oxide which goes on very white. But … Continue reading

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Beautycounter’s Vitamin C Oil Brightens Your Skin

I recommend some kind of oil to almost everyone I meet. Ok, maybe it’s because I live in a very dry climate and meet a lot of people with topical dryness, and maybe it’s because my friends are of “an … Continue reading

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Rocky Mountain Soap Company Hydrating Outdoor Spray

Summers for me include heading to a cottage out in Muskoka, and while we love being out and about while we’re there, the mosquitos don’t leave us alone. We’ve stocked up on our DEET, but you wonder about spraying that … Continue reading

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Mornings Made Easier with Coffee Scrub

Literally, whatever you’ve been using as a scrub won’t be as good as this one unless it already smells like a Vanilla Latte… which is what you get when you use this Lovefresh Coffee Sugar Scrub.  The one that I have … Continue reading

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Would You Pay $99 For This Moisturizer?

Last year, I wrote about this moisturizer, which is supposed to have all the bells and whistles when it comes to making your skin healthier but it also has sunscreen in it, so that’s primarily what I’m using it for…. … Continue reading

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Anew Vitale Day Lotion SPF 25

The sunscreen that I’m using on my face right now is this Anew Vitale Day Lotion in SPF 25.  It’s so smooth that the first time I used it on my kids, even they said they liked the cream because … Continue reading

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New Givenchy for Summer 2017

Givenchy’s Summer 2017 products are a mix of luxury and trendiness, with packaging that feature real leather casing, and formulas that are long-lasting and interesting. Definitely the coolest product to come out of this collection is Le Rouge Sculpt ($45), … Continue reading

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L’Occitane Adds to its Peony Collection

L’Occitane is known for its shea butter skincare products for the body, but it also has great face care products including their Peony line which smells amazing. Now, the Peony collection includes the Peony Petal Cleansing Oil ($40), and their … Continue reading

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