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Confession Time: I am a Coco fan.

This week's return of Conan O'Brien to late night has been hotly anticipated, and with the expected jabs at NBC now hopefully done with, I'm looking forward to more of his signature antics and an answer to my burning question: which hair product is he using to get that fabulous volume?

Here's a vid from his opening:



Will you be watching Conan's...

Our blog friends dish on hot trends and beauty tips:

Geekigirl's eye candy of the week features graphic prints and saturated colours...

...while Couture Carrie takes a look at the love-it-or-leave-it fur accessory trend.

I Am Style-ish's pinstriped Look Of The Day is anything but smug.

Beauty Editor's humourous post on the downside to Botox might have you thinking twice about going under...

I don’t need to tell you that what goes around comes around, but that’s exactly what I am going to tell you. 

I realized this the other week while I fielded that awkward, uncomfortable phone call where someone on the other line is fumbling through a series of sentences that essentially say this: I know we went on a few dates and it seemed like we liked each other, but I thought about it...

What would you if you won an $11.2 Million jackpot? 

image credit: Atlantic Lottery

Violet and Allen Large of Lower Truro, Nova Scotia gave almost all of the lottery prize away to charity.  Their numbers came up during a particularly tough time in their lives: Violet, 78, is battling cancer and had recently undergone surgery and chemotherapy.

But instead of using the money to pay their own...

It’s ChickAdvisor’s 4th birthday, but we want to wish YOU many Happy Returns!  Together with our sponsors, we have a prize pack worth $725 to give away to one lucky winner. 

Here’s what’s all included…

(1) TimeWise Even Complexion Mask, (2) TimeWise Microdermabrasion Set (2-pc), (3) Eye Makeup Remover, (4) Liquid Lip Color, (5) MK Brush Collection, (6) TimeWise Trial Miracle Set...

As grown-ups, we see the meaning of important events change over the years. Christmas becomes less about receiving and more about giving.  The end of summer is less about back to school and more about the September Vogue. Halloween is less about candy and more about dressing up as a sexy version of something decidedly unsexy.

Perhaps a sexy Polar Bear? You’ll look hot even as you tear a...

Sometimes it doesn't go quite according to plan...

We have far too much fun putting together these little Pose Offs and while you may assume we look glamorous and photo-ready 24/7, yes - even we have our awkward little posing moments.

Hafsa's working the Lipstick Pose, while Ali is dodging pidgeon poop apparently.

Jen's a giggler...

... and Kellie's a blinker

I guess Cathy is both...

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This weekend, my Grandmother ("Oma") was in town for a visit.  By that statement, you may have guessed that she's German and by default, so am I.  It is a universal truth that Germans like a clean house; and by clean, I mean thoroughly, impeccably, eat off the ground clean. And if you're going to 'eat off the ground' it's crucial that the cleaning products...

They say that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.  The way to a woman's heart?  Our blog friends dish on a few of our (new) favourite things:

Gifted is crazy for Love Fresh Wild Ginger and Cinnamon Body Lotion.  Anything that smells like fresh baking automatically tops our wish list, too.

Iwantigot loves these barbed wire bracelets by Parisian jewelry designer Luc...

Dear Readers:

Strap in, because our new Midwest correspondent is on the scene and she is a firecracker.


Nora McInerny recently relocated back to her hometown of Minneapolis from the Big Apple, and we asked her a few "Get to Know Ya" questions:

ChickAdvisor:  This is often telling, so we always ask it first.  What is your nickname and how did you get it?

Nora McInerny:  Nicknames are...