Win Your Own Super Sweet 16 Party!

Check it out: MTV and Clean & Clear are working together to give you a Super Sweet 16 party that will be broadcast on the MTV website! You can enter at www.flirtwithfame.ca to get a chance to win! Clean & Clear is also giving out $1000 every Monday for 8 weeks which means that there's even more of a chance that you could win something. Head over to the site now and enter, and good luck to all of you! Let me know if you win something! Contest ends July 20th!

Look Fab Giveaway

Today is a good day because we're doing another giveaway!

This one is in honour of the Look Fab studio that's opening downtown Toronto. If you missed it last year, Look Fab is a pop up studio that's put up by Proctor and Gamble. It gives you the chance to try all their products, at absolutely no charge to you. You can go in and have the experts help you find a foundation that works for you, a lipstick for a big night out, and what kind of moisturizer you may want to use. It's a pretty cool concept and so very helpful.

This year's Look Fab studio runs from April 15th to the 30th and is located at Bloor and Avenue in downtown Toronto. The address is 144 Bloor St. West.

For those of you who aren't able to make it, there's a lovely Look Fab gift basket to be won, full of fantastic products.

UPDATE: NO POLL. I wasn't totally happy with that feature so now it's disabled. Feel free to enter now if that was holding you back.

Update: there was one too many cleansers on this list, and actually the value of the products is about $212.
The prize includes all these fantastic products:

CoverGirl Outlast All Day Lipcolour
Crest Whitestrips Daily Multicare
Olay Definity Restorative Sleep Cream
Olay Definity Penetrating Mousse Cleanser
Olay Regenerist Fill & Seal wrinkle treatment
Venus Embrace
Venus Satin Care Alluring Avocado
Pure Divine Body Wash
Clairol Perfect 10 by Nice ‘n Easy
Pantene Restoratives Frizz Control Shampoo
Pantene Restoratives Frizz Control Conditioner
Pantene Always Smooth Serum
Pantene Sheer Volume Mousse

Good luck, everyone!

Quick Note

Next contest? Next week. Hold on to your hats, the value of the products is going to be the most I've ever given away.

Spring Giveaway!

Spring is finally here, and I can help you get ready for the warmer weather! That's right, I'm having another giveaway and this one is quite large.

Enter the contest to receive a bevy of beautiful products including:

-Coppertone Sunscreen
-Classified Cosmetics Spray on Shimmmer
-Aussi hair products
-Herbal Essences All that Shine
-Pattern Body Wash
-L'Oreal Telescopic Clean Definition Mascara
-L'Oreal HIP Eyeshadows
-SpaSensials
-Stila Lipgloss

All in an easy to carry backpack.


The total value of this prize is $150.00 so I'm letting it run for a full week. Please enter only once.

Contest Time

In honour of L'Oreal Fashion Week, you could win a L'Oreal Superior Preference Dream Blonde Hair Colour Kit. The kit is a complete care system that includes shampoo and conditioner that will last you into your colour's life so that your hair remains healthy and shiny.


The colour being given away is 8A Medium Ash Blonde, and all you have to do is enter the details in the box below. Good luck everyone! Contest ends on Friday.



Also: I will be twittering from Fashion Week! Find CanadianBeauty on twitter and follow me!

Winner of the Perfect 10 Haircolor Giveaway

...is Leanne Cobbledick! Congratulations, Leanne. I've already sent you an email asking for your mailing address so that I can send you the haircolor! I hope you like it as much as I did.

I am planning the next giveaway already.

Want to Try Perfect 10 Hair Color?

You've read my review of Clairol's Perfect 10 Hair Color and it is available at drugstores now. But would you like a free box of the stuff? Are you blonde or would you like to be blonde?

Well, I have a box of Clairol's Perfect 10 Hair Color to give away. The colour is Medium Ash Blonde, and it can be yours. All you have to do is enter your name and email address in the box below. Enter just once, please. I'll pick a winner on Friday. Good luck!

Winners of the Summer Ready Giveaway

The Summer-Ready Giveaway sponsored by Nair was a huge success - over 400 people entered to win one of the 2 gifts valued at $150.

The winners are Courtney and Sabrina! Check your email - I'm waiting for you both to claim your prize and send along your mailing addresses.

Thanks to everyone for entering - I'm having another giveaway very soon!

Instant Gratification: You Asked, I Answered

Last night I went over some of the answers that I've gotten for the contest I'm running. Thanks to everyone who entered some feedback - I like hearing about what you're enjoying reading and what you want to read about.

To that end, I decided to address some of the feedback that's been left and answer your questions.

Someone wanted me to write about mascara. You know I've tagged the posts, right? You can read every mascara review I've written (28 of them!) by clicking on the mascara tag. Most of them are still on the market too.

A girl asked me about skin fixing powders and potions. I will say this much for now: they all work on the surface of the skin and that's what you want. Anything else could cause damage and why go for that? Once again, it's always a good idea to stay away from products that have alcohol in them. It's just too drying for any kind of skin.

As for covering the Nars line: I know that I don't do a lot of this, so I'll cover more in the future - I actually have a lot of Nars products so I will be writing about them soon.

Moisturizers for cold weather: here's a start! I tagged all the products that are excellent for helping you combat dry Canadian winters.

Oh, and if you ever want to know where you can purchase a product or where I got mine, just ask me in the comments section. If something looks obscure, it probably is, but that doesn't mean that it's impossible for you to find, and you can get almost every single brand online now.

And drugstore brands: these fascinate even me and there are many good products to be bought at the drugstore. Here are the ones I've written about.

As for some of the other queries: I'm working on them! As always, if you have a specific question just email me.

Another Week, Another Fabulous Giveaway

This time I'm giving away 2 prizepacks which means that your chances of winning are even greater. It's not summer yet, but you can still be thinking of getting ready for summer, and this prize, sponsored by Nair, is to help get you there.

The prize packs contain:
- A beach towel
- Sunscreen
- A beachy fragrance
- Lip balm with SPF
- Soothing Wax Kit
- Nair Shower Power for Dry Skin
- Nair Shower Power for Coarse Hair
- Nair Cire Divine/additional Nair products
- Flip flops
- Sunglasses
- Summery Beach tote

You can start posting your entries now. All I want to know is what topics, products, or brands you'd like to see covered on this blog. I know I talk about almost everything so if you want, just tell me what you like reading. Winners will be chosen randomly and of course, your email address is kept private.

Contest ends 12 pm on Monday February the 28th. Good luck and thanks for entering!



I forgot to add: please just enter once!

Also: try to keep your suggestions relevant. Thanks.

Winner of John Frieda Gift Basket

.. is Chris who listed Nexxus Color Ensure Replenisher as the favourite hair product. Congratulations - I've sent you an email about the prize!

The rest of you - don't worry, I'm having another big giveaway next week! Stay tuned...

Thanks so much to the 900 or so people who entered. This has been the best contest yet!

If you're here looking for the free products...

...here you go:



You're welcome!

Want John Frieda Products?

Just a wee reminder that this giveaway is still ongoing! Just fill out the box, and a bevy of lovely John Frieda hair products could be all yours.

And Now for Some Free Stuff

I have to interrupt all this fashion week coverage to have a giveaway which I've been meaning to post about for a while.

This week's giveaway is the biggest and best yet! It is a gift basket stuffed with John Frieda products and has a value of over $100! The basket contains some of my favourite products such as the John Frieda 100% Shine Glossing Mist. Here is the full list of products:

Frizz-Ease® Curl Around™ Style-Enhancing Shampoo and Conditioner
Frizz-Ease® Thermal Protection Hair Serum
Frizz-Ease® Dream Curls® Curl perfecter
Frizz-Ease® Secret Weapon® Flawless Finishing creme
Frizz-Ease® 100% Shine Glossing mist
Brilliant Brunette™ Shine Release™ Naturalising Shampoo and Conditioner with Light Enhancers™
Brilliant Brunette™ Runway Straight™ smoothing milk
Brilliant Brunette™ Starlit Waves™ wave enhancing spray
Brilliant Brunette™ Shining Holdä Maximum Hold Hair Spray
Sheer Blonde Highlight Activating Moisturising Shampoo and Conditioner with Light Enhancers™
Sheer Blonde Blonde Ambition Mousse
Sheer Blonde Spun Gold shaping & highlighting balm
Luminous Colour Glaze™ Hazelnut to Espresso

as well as shampoos, conditioners, and other styling treatments!

Just fill out the form below. The contest closes on February 14th at 12am.

Good Luck!

L'Oreal Lipstick Contest Winners

On Friday, I had said that I would be giving something away to people who joined the Canadian Beauty Facebook group.

Yesterday, I told you about L'Oreal Color Riche Made for Me Naturals (which will be in your drugstores soon, if they aren't already) and I have a few of these to give away to 2 lucky readers!

I randomly chose two winners from the group and they are: Heather and Alexa!

Congrats you two! I will be contacting you via Facebook for your addresses.

Stay tuned for the next contest!

Upcoming Giveaway

I'm going to be having a giveaway on Monday and I'll pick a winner for the product from the Canadian Beauty Facebook group - just to change things up a little. If you haven't joined the group yet, get to it!

The group is the place where you can talk about your favourite products, ask me questions, watch videos, and be notified of interesting and important news.

Just search for Canadian Beauty blog and you'll find it!

The Nutrisystem Challenge

Many people wrote that they want to lose weight this year. Well, my friend, the Bargainista, is offering one lucky reader the chance to go on the Nutrisystem diet with her. Head over there and leave her a comment or an email about why you should be chosen to go on the weight loss challenge with her - winners get 3 months' supply of food as well as online and phone support from Nutrisystem. Good luck!

Winners of the lipbalm giveaway

Thanks so much to all my readers who entered the contest - I found the entries to be so inspiring, and I hope that everyone is able to keep their new years resolutions (at least for the month of January!).

One of you asked me what my new years resolutions were, and ironically, one of them is to spend less time in front of the computer, and more time reading! I actually started doing this before the new year, and every night before I go to bed, I spend at least 30 minutes reading a magazine (like the New Yorker, which I love) or a book. Right now, I'm working my way through Dickens' Great Expectations (which is a dense read but very good) and I'm almost done!

I'm also going to try to eat less junk food (I seem to make this resolution weekly).

In any case, without further ado, the winners are:

Abbey (who said that she's "resolving to try to be healthier this year - physically, mentally, and finacially")
Bargainista (who's going to lose weight)
Bodil (who wrote: My resolution is to do all the stuff i really WANT to do. Learn how to snowboard, start taking french classes, get my drivers license, travel... And hopefully see alot more of my boyfriend in Canada!! All this will keep me happy and give me the courage and self confidence to reach all my goals)

Congratulations! I am going to email you to get your addresses, so make sure you check your junk folders for my email.

Stay tuned, another contest is coming up soon!

Lipbalm Giveaway

Here is a great way to start the new year - you (yes you!) can get your own set of 8 Pin Up Balms!"Pin Up Balms is a sensational treat for the lips and a feast for the eyes. Made with all natural ingredients, these lip balms are a pleasure to use, and the tins are made to be seen! Cruelty free and not tested on animals, these balms are formulated to help soothe tender lip skin, and come in a convenient slide top tin. Available in 8 fabulous flavors that you and your clients are sure to love!"

Flavours include:

Raspberry Rapture, Love that Lemonade!, The Boys Love Coconut, Voluptuos Vanilla, Gimme Grape, Peppermint Twist - our Holiday Flavor, Mocha Loca Chocolata, & Citrus Punch.

Ingredients: Avocado Oil, Beeswax, Apricot Kernal Oil, Vitamin E and Flavor.

I have a Pin Up balm in the Lemonade flavour and it is indeed soothing to the lips. There is no taste to these balms, but they smell yummy and go on smooth!

Want your own 8 pack?

Leave me a comment telling me what your new years' resolution is. Don't forget to leave your email address so that I can get in touch with you if you win. 3 winners will be picked at random, so tell all your friends to enter too! Contest ends on Monday.

MAC Originals Contest

Here's some information about a contest that MAC is having right now:


National Contest – How to Enter?

To enter the “Are You A M·A·C Original?” contest on a national level, consumers can visit http://www.maccosmetics.com/ beginning December 26th to submit a picture of themselves wearing their favorite M·A·C products, along with 50 words on what makes them a M·A·C Original. The winner will be determined by votes online. The winner will receive a $1,000 M·A·C gift card and the complete Originals collection.

Regional Contest – How to Enter?On a regional level, M·A·C will hold the “Are You A M·A·C Original” Contest in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Las Vegas, San Francisco and Houston on the weekend of January 4th-6th. M·A·C customers can visit designated M·A·C locations for a complimentary makeup application and get a professional photograph taken. Customers can then enter to be the MAC Original winner of the city and will also be automatically entered into the national contest. The regional winner will receive a $250 M·A·C gift card, the complete Originals collection and a story in a local publication. For contest rules and regulations, please visit http://www.maccosmetics.com/.