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Canadian Free Stuff: Sweet Libertine Mineral Cosmetics Sample

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

sweet libertine mineral make up sample

What a fantastic freebie!

Receive 2 sample packs of Sweet Libertine’s  most popular mineral eye makeup colours.

Fill out the form below and have the sample mailed to you. This offer is on a first come first serve basis so request your sample today!

Click here to get your free sample

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Jergens Canada Discount Coupon

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Take a short skin assessment survey and receive a $1.50 discount coupon towards a Jergens lotion.

I’ve used Jergens in the past before and I am curious to try the new and improved versions. It would be fantastic if Jergens came up with an organic line.

Jergens Hydration stations are being set up across the country. To get a free bottle all you have to do is to bring an old bottle of lotion from a competing brand and receive a skin consultation.

Easy freebie!

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Click here to take the survey and to get your coupon

Click here to find a Jergens Hydration Station near you (Toronto and Halifax in February 2010)

Beauty Game: Perfect Hair

Friday, December 11th, 2009

Beauty Game: Perfect Hair

This game is so addictive. You have to move quickly to serve all your customers!

Good luck. XOXO


{Inspiration} Ivanka Trump’s Make up

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

{Inspiration} Ivanka Trump’s Make up

– By Slina Asghar

Ivanka Trump’s look these days consists of a minimal amount of makeup with a youthful radiant glow. To achieve this look, the following products are recommended.

ivanka trump make up tips

Face: Apply a very sheer foundation. Ivanka’s skin is glowing especially in the highlighted areas such as the cheekbones, chin, nose and forehead. Highlighting certain areas of the face can certainly accentuate your features. To achieve this look, the following products can be used:


Step 1
Skin: MAC’s Strobe Liquid, also available in Strobe cream (recommended for those with dryer skin). This moisturizer can also be mixed in with a skin primer for maximum wear.

Step 2
Foundation: MAC’s Face and Body foundation, a sheer water-based, water-resistant foundation that provides long-lasting, natural coverage and is Ideal for all skin types. This product is best applied with a sponge as opposed to a foundation brush. Once the liquid foundation has been applied, dust off the skin with any sheer translucent powder.

Step 3
Eyes: Regardless of the look, you always want to apply a primer to the eyelid area. A Primer will not only hold the colour, it will also prevent creasing. Recommended Products: MAC’s Soft Ochre Paint Pot or Urban Decay’s Eyeshadow in Transforming Potion. This product is best applied with a stiff bristled brush.
Brow Highlight: Once the primer has been applied, with a soft bristled eye brush apply a light iridescent shimmer shadow under the eyebrows as well as a small amount in the tear duct area of the eye. Recommended colours: MAC’s Shroom or NYX’s White pearl.

Lid Colour: The next thing you want to do is apply a base colour, a mute shade that compliments your skin tone. This colour can be applied in a matte shade or one with iridescence. Try to avoid a frost or lustre consistencies. Recommended colours: MAC’s Brule-matte or Soba-Satin.
Crease Colour: With applying a contour colour, this shade should be a deep brown or grey, best applied with a small tapered brush.  The crease colour should be applied a small amount at a time as this method allows the colours to blend perfectly together. Recommended Colours: MAC’s Cork-Matte, Texture-Velvet or Woodwinked-Veluxe Pearl.

Eye Liner: Ivanka’s look consists of a Smokey eye. For this reason, the eyeshadow colours are particularly nude and the eyeliner/shadowing creates most of the attention to the eyes. To achieve this, I like to use two products: Stila’s Smudge Pot-Cobalt and MAC’s Carbon Eyeshadow-Matte. With Mac’s #266 brush, apply a small amount of Cobalt to the brush and line the eyes (on the lash line both top and bottom, inner rim of the eye). Clean off the brush, apply a small amount of Carbon shadow and go over the liner. This would omit the look of harsh liner to create a soft smokey look.

Mascara: Always be sure to curl your lashes with a good quality eyelash curler. Shiseido’s eyelash curler is highly recommended. Ivanka’s lashes are full and rich with her current look. One of my most recent favourite mascaras is L’oreal’s Collagen Mascara. The darkest colour would top off the look.

Step 4
Blush: Ivanka’s cheekbones are standing out beautifully with a peachy pink blush. We have 2
options to create this look. The first one is to apply a blushcreme with a duo fibre brush.
blushcremes are usually used to create more of a dewy look on the cheek bones and overall make the skin feel more moisturized. It is a great option for individuals with a dryer skin type. Recommended Products: MAC’s Posey Blushcreme. The second option is to apply a powder blush with a slight shimmer. Try Lancome’s Shimmer Pink.

Step 5
Lips: Since Ivanka’s eyes are smokier, they are the focus in her look. For this reason, a simple gloss should be applied to polish off the look. However, this cannot be any gloss. You would want to apply a cool tone with a high shine. I would highly recommend MAC’s Babysparks-Dazzleglass. By far a personal favourite!

This look is ideal for the fall and winter. Not only does it make your skin glow, it also has one focal point: the eyes. Ivanka is not only a fashion icon, she is an independent, hardworking business woman. Following in her footsteps can only be a good thing.

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Slina Asghar Make up artist To contact Slina please call 416-274-9279 or email her at slina.asghar@utoronto.ca



Blo’s Holiday Gift Guide

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Blo’s Holiday Gift Guide for the Deal Seeker

Blo Hair Holiday Gift Guide

Forget nice. Nice is boring. Here’s what the naughty hotties get this year:

1.   Pink Blo gift cards on cheeky Ho Ho Blo postcards mailed directly to your fave five. Purchases can be made via email, hohoblo@blomedry.com. $35.00 includes pink gift card with handprinted personal message on postcard, tax and shipping

2.  A custom emergency hair kit.  For the hair impaired, we’ve got a bevy of Blo products from conditioner to mousse volumizers to sprays. Comes wrapped. $25+

3.   Every girl likes a stocking filled with pink. Blo umbrellas, recyclable Blo bags, mini flat irons and the must-have T3 dry shampoo, to name a few. Pink is the new black, $2.50-$24.00

Short Velvet Santa’s Helper Outfits are so IN this season,

Blo xo

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