I’m always looking for new local designers and businesses to profile so when I found out about Runway Crush – a website that supports Canadian Designers – I couldn’t wait to learn more! Exclusively retailing Canadian fashion, jewellery and accessories designers, each retailer can create their own “boutique” inside the virtual mall. As…
Author: Elaine
Elaine Atkins is the founder of Toronto Beauty Reviews, and was editor until 2019. Even as a kid she was always fascinated with beauty and skincare and was often stealing her mom's fashion magazines to read under the covers. Read along to share in her beauty and style journey.
STYLE FIX: What to Wear for a Lunch Time Wedding
Following in the heels of my first “Beauty Fix” post I decided to try out “Style Fix” posts too! As I’m sure many of you are, I’m always looking for advice and I often turn to some stylish blogger friends for help so I thought it would be great to gather their thoughts and put…
WEARING THEN: Casual Weekends
Sometimes there’s nothing wrong with basic jeans, t-shirt and a denim jacket right? I’m not sure if I can really pull off the Canadian Tuxedo stylishly so I chose black jeans instead 😉 Jeans: Gap Legging Jeans (here) Top: Gap T-shirt (similar here) Denim Jacket: Bedo Necklace: Shop For Jayu Honestly – you guys probably…
FEATURE: Online Shopping with Gambita
I’m always open to learning about new companies and stores and I love to feature those that I think would be a good fit here at Toronto Beauty Reviews. Recently I was approached about a new online boutique geared towards petites. Of course being a shorty myself this caught my interest! Based in the US…
TESTING, TESTING: Bioré Acne Clearing Scrub
A while back (yeah…I’m sooo behind!) I had the honour of meeting up with new Bioré spokesperson: Canadian Figure Skater and Olympic Medalist Joannie Rochette!! I have to tell you, this girl is so sweet in person and she’s absolutely gorgeous! We sat down to chat about her training and her beauty routine. She credits…
BEAUTY NEWS: You could be in the next Dove "Real Beauty" Campaign
Known for casting real women and not models or actresses in their commercials Dove is once again looking for women for their next Campaign. If you a are a woman between the ages of 23 – 48 and suffer from eczema or psoriasis or have extremely dry skin (I know there are a ton of…
GIVEAWAY: Get ready for Summer with VEET (CLOSED)
Since it is now OFFICIALLY Summer the generous people of VEET have a fantastic giveaway for my readers! Last week Ashley posted her Summer beach essentials which included some VEET products so now let me tell you about some of the other products that have in their line. Just launched in Canada, this new product Precision…
Google Reader No More – Follow Me On Bloglovin’!
I’m sure you’ve heard the news that Google Reader will cease to exist by the end of this month. At first I was very upset as that was the reader I used for keeping up with my favourite reads but I have rediscovered Bloglovin’ and I have to say I love the layout and ease of…