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Beauty news: February 2013
Cold wind, heated buildings, low humidity: It’s a recipe for dull-looking, dry, itchy skin. But we’ve got the tips to keep you glowing through the season.
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Beauty Makeovers
Canadian Health & Lifestyle teamed up with beauty leaders Sandy Gold (makeup) and Eric Del Monaco (hair style and colour) to give winning looks to: Taryn, who lost 85 pounds in one year; Jennifer, a cancer survivor who received support from Gilda's Club, where Adrienne interned for a year.
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Caring solutions for sensitive skin
The Eczema Society of Canada estimates 15 to 20% of Canadians suffer from eczema, a skin condition marked by itchiness, dryness, redness, inflammation and recurrent “flares” that may be triggered by stress, as well as by common items such as wool clothing.
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SUNLESS BRONZING
Fresh-off-the-beach look
Wearing bronzer is like going to the beach every morning: it’s like sunshine in a compact – without the harmful rays! When applied properly, a good bronzer will become your new best friend. It will instantly liven up your complexion, warm up your skin tone and give you a gorgeous, youthful, sun-kissed glow in seconds.
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Summer lovin’ skin
While our love affair with the sun is short and sweet in Canada, it is nonetheless irresistible. Make love for your skin #1 and don’t get burned: sun damage leads to wrinkles, age spots, sagging skin and cancer.
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Sexy, healthy
summer-ready hair
Put the sexy back into your hair! Fight follicle-frizzing humidity and
moisture-zapping, hair colour-dulling, summer UV rays.
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Nail it!
Nails are full of energy this Spring. Have fun playing up your nails with new fun colours; they will instantly brighten your mood.
Just Beautiful
Well-known to Canadians for her work on television, best-selling author Gillian Deacon continues to generate a lot of buzz with her book,
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Ask Sandy Gold, Beauty Expert:
“Can everyone wear bright makeup colours?”
Yes! Yes! And Yes! There are many easy ways to incorporate pops of colour into your makeup routine. The key to wearing bright makeup colours is to highlight one feature at a time. So, choose either your eyes, lips or cheeks, and keep the rest of your makeup neutral and minimal.
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Just Beautiful
you dont need lead in your lipstick to be beautiful
The beauty aisle beckons us to choose products based on price, packaging and marketing. Danger to our well-being doesnt cross our minds. Canadians believe personal care products and cosmetics are safe, however, a shocking number contain cancer-causing, endocrine-disrupting, allergy-inducing compounds. Of more than 100,000 chemicals in use in the Canadian marketplace, less than 15% have been tested for their impact on human health. Safety testing is not required by law.
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2012 Beauty Resolution
You know that blush you’ve been hanging on to, the one you bought before your first ever full-time job? It has gotta go, as do those products you’ve been stashing and not using. Like people, cosmetics change with age.
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2012 Hot Trends
Looking into a crystal ball for 2012, there are big things ahead in beauty circles. Enhance your natural beauty with these fabulous, every day products.
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Go-for-BOLD
The latest beauty products have a common feature – a go-for-bold attitude – from eye shadow to lips + dewy skin. We’ve scoured the beauty counter for stand-out shades and double-duty basics, ready to create your own fall look.
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Transition time
As leaves turn deep red, amber and mahogany, this fall’s cosmetics follow suit with richer, bolder tones. This change of season is an invitation to add more colour to your look with an intense, gorgeous palette.
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Beauty news
Hair today, gone tomorrow
Tweezerman Slant Tweezer
Aveeno Positively Smooth Shave Gel
Schick Quattro For Women TrimStyle Razor and Bikini Trimmer in 1
Dove Ultimate VisiblySmooth Anti-perspirant
Rexall Triple Blade Disposable Razor
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Beauty sizzlers
hot off the shelf
This summer think light and airy; sheer and soft whether you’re on the beach, in the boardroom, or both, you’ll shift into Canada’s favourite
season with style.
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Sensitive skin beauty secrets
With the plethora of reasons for women having sensitive skin, one of the most exciting and life changing is having a baby. Some moms-to-be score the beauty lottery during pregnancy; their locks grow thick and luxurious, nails grow quicker and stronger and then there’s the famous ‘glow.’ With others, the news isn’t as bright and normally great skin becomes oily and acne-prone.
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Fixes & tricks:
skin-perfecting beauty solutions for now and then
What do you see when you look in the mirror – is it imperfections: lines and wrinkles, stretch marks and scars? We often have a unique beauty ideal, and sometimes a minor change can make you feel better.
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14 Skintastic Tips – splurge VS save
Put your money where it counts – cheap thrills and luxe-to-the-max beauty boosters
Consult the ‘Cosmetics Cop’. Paula Begoun, author of Don’t Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me (eighth edition), has studied beauty products of every description for more than a decade, from high-tech anti-aging creams to waterproof mascara.
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Summer lovin’ beauty essentials
A complete beauty guide
Canadians live for the summer – lazy weekends at the cottage, backyard barbecues, sunshine and sandals. But intense UV rays, humidity and pollution can take their toll.
No worries, we’ve got you covered with summer essentials from head to toe.
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Green scene
Editor’s top picks +
The new millennium ushered in a new consumer eco-awareness. Now the beauty world answers the call of consumers by introducing products that use environmentally friendly packaging and contain ethically sourced ingredients.
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Sleeping beauty
Healthier skin while you sleep. Say hello to the latest batch of beauty boosters.
As winter arrives and darkness sets in earlier, it's the perfect time to tune-up your nightly beauty regime. You may be tired and just want to head to bed, but a smart beauty strategy is to end the day with products designed to thoroughly clean skin and help repair daytime damage.
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Natural beauty at any age
No matter what cream, serum, lotion or potion we smear on our skin, the hands of time march on. The wrinkles and creases will come. They’re part of life. Fortunately, attitudes are switching the focus from fighting the aging process to feeling your best at any age. That translates into new cosmetic procedures and beauty products designed to enhance your natural looks.
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Hair envy
Avoid the top 5 deadly haircare sins
Does your hair look dull, lifeless and unmanageable? Does it have an annoying habit of losing its style by 3 p.m.? If so, you are not alone.
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Sensitivity Training
How to deal with reactive, misbehaving, finicky skin. As Canadians, we have learned to tolerate winter, but not necessarily what it does to our skin. Brisk, cold winds, sub-zero temperatures, and over-heated indoor spaces can take a toll on even the healthiest looking faces. Dry air coupled with environmental factors can turn normal skin into misbehaving, highly-reactive, sensitive skin.
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Top 10 new beauty boosters for fall
’Tis the season for a fresh crop of beauty products to hit the store shelves. Which ones should you buy? What are the new star ingredients popping up? Which will help you make it through the chilly winds and cool temperatures of the fall with healthy looking skin? To find out, we road-tested a slew of new beauty boosters and compiled this list of favourites.
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Pretty Sweet
Spring beauty trends
Sun-kissed cheeks, sheer pastel shaded eyes and glossy lips are the fresh spring beauty forecast. Runway faces from Calvin to Gucci define spring’s beauty looks as clean, golden bronzed, and pretty. Back for another season, pink is still chic.
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Smooth Moves
New anti-aging products promise to turn back time
There’s no stopping the passage of time, but with some new high-tech anti-aging treatments, you now have the ability to press the pause button as far as the effects of aging on skin are concerned
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