Try something different with your makeup this holiday season, starting with Green eye shadows. More than merely a Christmas colour, greens are fresh, bold, and pair perfectly with dark eyes. 

Alicia Keys, Katy Perry, Leighton Meester

Alicia's look is more subtle, and she matches her shadow to her green dress. Katy (being Katy) boldly blended green with grey and brown, and completed the...

Winter's coming but we ain't skeered.  In fact, we're in the mood to have a little fun with it, posing this week in our frost-friendly frocks:

Jen pairs patterned tights with this cozy knit evergreen dress, keeping things playful with eye-catching stacked bangles.

Cathy's sunshine-yellow belt over sheer shirtdress draws flattering attention to her slender waistline.

Hafsa's

The David Crowder Band is making me nostalgic. 

After 2150 total man hours requiring 83 friends and 148 pizzas, they created a stop-motion video for their song 'Shine' using the once-upon-a-time favourite Lite Brite.

It's a beautiful song and incredibly creative idea, guaranteed to generate warm fuzzies that'll last all day long.



I'm putting a Lite Brite on my Christmas wish...

It's that time of year again: we're in the hunt for gorgeous holiday dresses and glamourous accessories (otherwise known as our Favourite Time of the Year). We showed you how Gold Brocade is translating into holiday fashion, and now we're talking luxurious Velvet.

Emma Watson, Ginnifer Goodwin, Diane Kruger

Love it or Hate it, there's no denying that velvet is on trend this year....

Just because the iPods, Wii consoles and Estee Lauder gift sets have been bought and wrapped, you are far from finished your holiday shopping. Now come the finishing touches, starting with the all-important Stuffers for the Stockings "hung by the chimney with care"...

For Her
(1) Body Tape keeps bra straps, blouse fronts, and hemlines in place: C$9.99/US$9.99
(2) YSL Volume Effect Faux Cils Mascara...

We thought it a bit odd seeing shorts bearing an unfortunate resemblance to the dreaded Granny Panty on trend-conscious celebs...

Sienna Miller, Rihanna, Katy Perry

...and we dismissed it as a Gaga-esque trend we hoped we'd never see again-- that is, until we spotted the shorts on models walking the catwalk during the Spring/Summer 2011 Fashion Week!

Elie Tahari, Jeremy Scott, Project...

Chelsea and I met at my favorite dive bar, the kind of place where the smell of stale beer and tater tots punches you in the face as soon as you walk in.  We’d been texting and Facebooking for weeks before we finally agreed to meet in person, and we both had a blind-date exit strategy just in case the evening didn’t go as planned.

This isn’t a typical love story: This is the story of my...

...in which Claire learns that The End Justifies The Means


A friend tipped me off to the delicious cookie recipes on the Gay Lea website, and I immediately wanted to try the Candy Cane Shortbread with my kids.

Now, Baking With Children is fun and brings back warm memories of my own childhood... but it is easier to get fuddled up and bomb the recipe as I was about to learn.  Here is how it...

Need some shopping ideas for the holiday parties and events coming up? Go glam with gold!

Fall 2010 RTW saw gold brocade and embellishments by Balmain, Jason Wu, and Moschino ...
...and carried over even glitzier and more intricate for S/S 2011 at Rodarte, Alexander McQueen, and Davod Koma

Golden celeb style on Megan Fox, Hilary Swank, Kristen StewartBusy Phillips, Emma Watson, Drew Barrymore 

Little Black Dress can't go anywhere without her mandatory companion, the Little Black Pump.  We combed the stores for our favourite "LBP" picks:

Keep it classic, with basic styles like (1) Aldo 'Hoxworth' US$90, (2) Burberry Patent Pump US$450, (3) Chinese Laundry 'Night' US$69, (4) Cole Haan 'Stephanie' US$298, or (5) Giuseppe Zanotti Pleated Pump US$550

Play off...