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glitter girl

October 23rd, 2006
After-work events are starting to ramp up, and we’ve found the perfect way to transform yourself from Cubicle Connie to office vixen in fewer than 30 seconds.Montreal model-turned-mogul Lise Watier's best-selling Eye Glitter Liner ($16.50) is a liquid eyeliner that’s easy to use, stays put, and adds a subtle sparkle to your upper lash line. We love the brand new shade “Midnight St ...

drink to your health

October 20th, 2006
Leave the Red Bull to Ashton and Demi. You’ll drink cough syrup before choking back that sticky stuff. But we all need a little kick start some nights (and some mornings) and we’ve got just the thing. A collective of entrepreneurial, artistic (and dare we say punishingly handsome?) young Vancouver men has launched M-13, an all-natural, caffeine-free energy drink that actually tastes good ...

fall for montreal

October 19th, 2006
The leaves are turning, and we’re returning, to Canada’s petite Paris. shopAppartement 51 contains all of the favourite things of the beautiful and itinerant wife of the founder of Cirque du Soleil, such as well-priced tweed coats by Spoon, large-scale charcoal nude portraits, chandeliers, extravagant jewellery, a rainbow of cashmere sweaters and lots of bohemian tunics and wraps. 51 ...

your dream job

October 18th, 2006
This is your office: A corner in your living room, with a tangle of wires threatening to strangle your dog who is yapping at your feet, a laptop atop a pile of magazines that are begging to be read, five feet from a couch that really needs to be flopped on. No wonder you’re still writing chapter one of the next Giller prize winner. Now, this could be your office: An airy 5,000 square-f ...

fast fashion

October 17th, 2006
Your friends have been flaunting chocolate brown cardi-wraps, cute military jackets and long-sleeved dresses for weeks now. You’re shivering in your late-summer tunic top, but hey — you just haven’t had time to shop. But before you buckle at Banana Republic, we have a better option. The adorable Vancouver-based fashion e-tailer Teeny Pig has all the beyond-basic styles you ...

mirror, mirror

October 16th, 2006
You’re the fairest of them all. But you could be even more lovely after having a face-lifting massage. Excuse me? If you don’t believe us, ask the esthetician at Spruce Body Lab to show you a mirror after she’s massaged just one side of your face, and you’ll wonder if Halloween arrived early this year. On the left, a more defined jaw line, better bone structure, and tighter, brighte ...

happy snappies

October 14th, 2006
So Annie Leibowitz was busy with baby Suri when you tried to book her for your family photos. Next time. But you needn’t schlep to the department store either for dark and grainy portraits that won’t make it onto the fridge, let alone into

freaky friday

October 13th, 2006
Wouldn’t it be fun to switch roles with your significant for just one day, and watch him panic and flounder as he tries to scrounge up a meal from the scraps in the fridge on a Friday night? Well, funny maybe until you had to eat it. Suggest you meet up after work for some cheap eats—and what do you know, we’ve found just the place. The new

announcement

October 12th, 2006
Are you already getting the cold sweats about walking into Toys ‘R’ Us at Christmas time to look for the one toy your 4-year-old nephew doesn’t have and won’t break in two seconds? We say, don’t sweat the small stuff (or the big stuff either). In celebration of our second anniversary, we are launching a bonus Saturday daily dose for people with kids in their lives. ...

it's for you

October 11th, 2006
Here’s a new-to-DVD Canadian documentary that does the impossible: makes you smile at telemarketers. Filmed at night in the modern call centres in India, Bombay Calling follows bright young university grads with polished English accents as they abandon career dreams for lush call centre salaries. With an uplifting DJ spun soundtrack and lots of late-night silliness, the doc com ...

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