Beauty Nine to Five: Great Gatsby Beauty

With Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation of The Great Gatsby coming out, I combed through Youtube to find the best 1920's-inspired makeup and hair tutorials. I'm obsessed with the faux bob tutorial I found and am planning on getting a few more layers cut in my hair just so I can recreate it.

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Beauty Nine to Five: Cherry Blossom Beauty

My favorite season (that I didn't know existed before moving from Winnipeg to Vancouver) is when the cherry blossom trees bloom and full city blocks are covered in pink petals. I believe in taking inspiration from everything around you so I looked for beauty products inspired by the cherry blossom.

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MTV FORA: Heatless Hairstyling - Curls Without The Consequence

Hot rollers, curling irons, and straighteners can give you picture perfect curls in a hurry but totally do damage to your hair over the long run which is why I wanted to explore heatless curling methods in my latest for MTV FORA. In this piece I profile four ways to get voluminous curls without heat! My fave is the bantu buns but they all work well.

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Beauty Nine to Five: Discover Flower, Drew Barrymore’s New Makeup Line

Drew Barrymore is many things (actor, philanthropist, hippie) but I never thought she'd become the owner of her own makeup line. Thankfully I was wrong because her new line Flower is cute, natural-looking and affordable. One highlight of this piece: she makes a convertible mascara wand that looks like something out of Transformers and it's sooooo cool.

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MTV FORA: A Comprehensive Guide To Dressing Like You're In A Sofia Coppola Movie

Sofia Coppola is one of my favourite filmmakers. She has a way of making her movies feel like dollhouses you want to live in, snapshots of times and places that feel nostalgic to you even if you've never experienced them. For MTV FORA, I decided to write about how to put yourself in some of her best movies through fashion and style: 

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Beauty Nine to Five: 4 Easy Runway and Celebrity-Inspired Nail Looks

I'm a total clutz when it comes to nail art: it's frustrating when my nails never come out looking like the tutorial I'm copying! For other clumsy girls or guys out there, I decided to gather up some easy, foolproof nail looks that look impressive but actually require minimal effort and dexterity! 

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MetroLyrics: Miguel Interview

This was a dream come true: my first real celebrity interview! We met up with Miguel while he was in Vancouver on tour with Alicia Keys and interviewed him about his lyrics and songwriting.

Something cool about working for MetroLyrics is that we try to look at music through the lens of songwriting and lyrics, and artists aren't often asked about those things. In turn, lots of the people we've talked to (not myself first-hand, as this was my first) have been really excited and appreciative of the chance to discuss songwriting. Miguel was one of those people and he gave us some really insightful answers:

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