Friday, August 16, 2013

Beauty Nine to Five: 4 Modern Yet Timeless Wedding Hairstyles

Hot tip (hold this one close): if you use the word "wedding" in any of your pins on Pinterest, it will BLOW. UP. This is what I found when I casually pinned my latest Beauty Nine to Five article about wedding hair. The pins in question proceeded to be re-pinned in a FRENZY until reaching, currently, 136 re-pins. Dang. So here's the post in question:

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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Beauty Nine to Five: 3 DIY Hair Masks

I've never identified as a "hippie" type, but the more I get to know myself, I find that a lot of my values line up with a natural philosophy. I prefer to use all-natural cleaning products, and even my beauty routine has seen some hippie additions. DIY beauty treatments are some of my favourite things and can turn a boring Sunday afternoon into a fun spa day. Here are 3 hair treatments I like to use in the summer:

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Beauty Nine to Five: MAC All About Orange

In my latest for Beauty Nine to Five, I profiled MAC's unusual but gorgeous new line All About Orange.

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Beauty Nine to Five: 4 Beauty Products to Beat the Heat

Moving to Toronto has really made me appreciate the temperate Vancouver weather — before coming here I had no idea how much trouble the humidity would give me. Not only does it make it harder to sleep and go for jogs but it totally puts a damper on my beauty routine. In this post for Beauty Nine to Five, I profile 4 products that have helped me get through this summer: 

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Thursday, May 23, 2013

Beauty Nine to Five: Not Just a Top Bun: 3 New Must Try Styles

For a while in the spring, I was wearing way too many top buns. They got old and I needed some new hair-spiration (that's inspiration + hair, naturally) so I wrote this post for Beauty Nine to Five. Hope it helps if you're in a hair rut like I was!

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Friday, May 17, 2013

Beauty Nine to Five: Mad Men Beauty Muses

The characters of Mad Men have long been cited as fashion inspiration because of the flawless period costume design of Janie Bryant but what of their makeup and hair choices? Naturally those are flawless too and in this piece for Beauty Nine to Five I break down 3 characters with very different but equally covetable looks.

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

MTV FORA: Short Hair, Don't Care

As I'm sure many woman can relate to, I've wanted to chop off all my hair for a long time just to see how it would feel and look. But I just can't bring myself to do it! I think I'm meant to have mid-length hair because it's what suits my face shape best — but I've always envied girls with chic short hair. In my latest for FORA, I counted the many reasons to take the short hair plunge: 

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