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(English) Oakley Activewear: Chic to be fit

It’s been two months now that I’ve been putting Oakley’s new women’s training collection to the test by jogging, golfing, yoga posturing and CrossFit training. No matter what the activity, I had the proper attire for it. My favourite piece from the collection, without hesitation, is the Resistance Hoodie which has become my new best ...

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(English) Urbana bikes: From A to B with U

For the past two months I’ve been testing a hot pink (Sangria) three-speed commuter bike from Urbana Bikes that I nicknamed Zurbana. She and I have been going to a lot of events and cocktail parties and have become quite close. Zurbana has a lot of great qualities – her step-through frame is practical for ...

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(English) Glossy vs. Glymm: Battle of the beauty boxes

After a deluge of local group saving sites comes the flood of luxury beauty sample mailings. Recently I received the media versions of these (recently launched in Canada) monthly beauty box samples: Glymm and GlossyBox. In order to do a comparison – here are my pro’s and cons:PackagingGlymm: The shiny pink box made me think ...

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(English) Sephora and Pantone Universe: It takes two to tango!

Beauty mecca Sephora and master of colour Pantone Universe™ team up to bring us some very hot ticket items this spring. Although I don’t see myself wearing it on my lips, cheeks and eyelids, I instantly jumped on the tangerine tango (official “it” colour of 2012) train when I discovered these two items at the ...

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