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Today I nearly lit my head on fire thanks to the Conair Infinity blowdryer (pictured).
This the second blowdryer I've purchased in the last 6 months from Conair. The first was a nearly identical model that just stopped about a month after purchase. The lovely people at Shopper's Drug Mart agreed to exchange it since I had purchased it from their store. I had hoped that the new one,...
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Ellen is a CoverGirl!

Ellen DeGeneres gears up for her first ad shoot with CoverGirl Cosmetics. Ads for her first campaign with the brand will appear in January 2009.

CoverGirl Cosmetics has officially announced their partnership with Ellen DeGeneres.

Quoting their press release:

"Toronto (ON) — September 16, 2008 — Beauty giant CoverGirl cosmetics confirms today that the Brand is partnering with...
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Our friend at Canadian Beauty is having a contest for a free photo shoot!

Enter to win:

* approximately one hour on-location photo shoot
* up to three wardrobe changes
* email-quality proofs of the entire shoot for selection purposes
* final CD with three retouched, print-quality digital files

The value of the shoot is about $150.00 and because the photographer lives in Toronto, this photoshoot is...

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The phrase "back to school" will either excite you or fill you with dread. For me it was always the latter. I always preferred "the real world" to the bubble of being in school. For starters, not being in school allows you to work a 'real' job rather than a part time gig, enjoy the weekends instead of toiling over papers on mundane topics, and no longer relying on lazy classmates for group...
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We've launched our new design!
Two years ago today, we flipped the switch on ChickAdvisor.com. It was 5 am and we had just pulled an all nighter. Our tiny condo living room was lit up with computer screens and though we were all deliriously tired, we couldn't wait to see the world's reaction. We stood up, shook each other's hands and passed out. Today marks our 2nd anniversary and...
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Last week we attended the launch of Almost Naked, a new skivvies and swimwear store on the trendy West Queen West strip. Thumping music, nearly naked models, and local media mingled in the 1400 square foot two story boutique.

Owners Dan Sutcliffe and Jeff Axelrod wanted to bring Canadian and International brands together for a specialty retail store offering the latest in underwear, swimsuits,...
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It seems to be website makeover madness these days. Our friends at Twenty Something TV just got a new skin, iwant-igot had a little overhaul, Lipstick Powder n' Paint had a dramatic change and added a new sister site, Lipstick Lifestyle and now... the new ChickAdvisor is about to be revealed. Literally. Today. Finally!

What you'll notice:

*Forums
Our popular ChickChat section is no longer...
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Normally we recommend something you can rent and watch at home, but The Dark Knight is just too good not to experience in theaters. Health Ledger is phenomenal. He's so good, it's therapeutic. It will make you cry that we lost him all over again. I would buy anything Aaron Eckhart is selling and I still want to be best friends with Maggie Gyllenhaal. Christian Bale is the Hotness. He's...
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Husband and I bought a new bed frame a couple of weeks ago. This bed frame rendered our box spring useless since it couldn't fit on the bed.

We had purchased a beautiful (expensive!) Queen sized mattress and a low profile split Queen sized box spring 4 years ago. The Sleep Country salesman convinced us that this box spring would make our lives because it would make our mattress last like, "10...
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Update: Thanks so much to those of you Pretties who emailed us about the broken survey link. We are patiently waiting or icontact to fix it since the problem is on their end and there's nothing we can do about it. But, don't worry, we won't be selecting reviewers for the Exuberance Organic Skincare until that link is back up and running.

In the mean time this is a great opportunity for...
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