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Every chick needs a battle station. A fortress of solitude where you get ready to face the day, store all your precious pieces, and can sit back and spend some quiet time alone. In this case, we're talking about your makeup vanity. 

A proper vanity doesn't usually come cheap and can be hard to find. So when we recently stumbled upon a super duper nifty DIY option for a vanity made from...
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It's a new week but it's the same old here at ChickAdvisor because we're back yet again with two amazing contests and two glorious prize packs! While we can't tell you what's in each prize pack, we can tell you that each one is worth about C$40.00. Pretty sweet, eh?

So, if you'd like to snag one of these prize packs all you've got to do is enter in our weekly...
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Nail polish is one the easiest ways to take your look to the next level. It's a splash of colour that adds a little somethin' somethin' and it's so easy to change it up everyday! Plus, with all the nail art styles that are popping up, nail polish has become one of the most versatile and popular beauty products out there!

With that in mind, it's important to get the most bang for...
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I've been compiling shopping lists of new and amazing beauty products for you to try every week, and I've been following my own advice. With all the new products that I've been trying lately, I'll admit that I've been a bad makeup owner. A lot of my beauty products that may be oldies but goodies have been long forgotten. It's definitely easy to get caught up in what's...
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I love Fridays because it means that the weekend is just moments away. However, every Friday without fail, I'm stuck with one of the toughest questions one can ask themselves: 'What am I going I do?'. 

Well, I have a plan for this Friday. I found 5 ideas for weekend fun times and there's something here for everyone. Whether you're looking to eat, drink, watch, do, or make...
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When comfortable pieces of clothing become fashionable, I'm happy. I'm still secretly awaiting the time when 90's baggy overalls come back in style. 

So when designers like Jeremy Scott, Kenzo for Opening Ceremony and Balenciaga all showed sweatshirts in their fall/winter 2012 collections, I was on board. It helped that these weren't your run of the mill,...
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I don't know about you, but my experience in spas has pretty much been limited to two chair massages and one body massage where I spent the entire time terrified that I was, at any moment, going to flash my butt cheek (or worse). 

That doesn't mean, however, that I don't know how to pamper myself. Whenever my skin needs a bit of a pick me up and I don't have the time or funds...
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Brown bagging it this week to work? Me too. Usually bringing a lunch to work brings disappointment. Blergh- yet another pb+j? Boo. However, brown bagging it doesn't have to mean boring. We found 5 recipes for innovative and delicious sandwiches. It's oh-so-good-you'll-never-pay-for-lunch-again! 
 
Monday: Spicy Crab Sandwich 


Combine crab meat with sesame oil. Chop...
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Not too long ago, we gave you advice on how to find the perfect lipstick for any occasion. As we put it, your lipstick is the icing on the cake - the final piece of your outfit that brings it all together. 

But, what about the actual cake? All the outfit that goes on before the lipstick? You can't exactly show up to a friend's party wearing your birthday suit, even if have the...
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New York Fashion Week has once again come and gone in a whirlwind and left us with a heck of a lot of exhausted models and a ton of gorgeous beauty trends to inspire us. 

In fact, so many gorgeous trends that to go through every single one would probably leave us with a strong desire to never look at another eyeliner again. And that would be a shame (though maybe not for our wallets). So...
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