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Nothing like a dash of kirakira (spakaru) in your life.

Sephora offers: Lorac’s Day and Night BEJEWELED Box of Beauty that doubles as a jewelry box when the shades and shadows have moved on…..

And, of course–a perennial favourite (especially with British FANS) Estee Lauder springs forth her annual holiday treat—her purchase with purchase offer–this year: The Color Stylist–$57.50 for $340 worth o goodies WITH a Lauder fragrance purchase. (See Macy’s, etc.)

Of course, our personal yyc fave was the days of yore (circa 1991/92) when CHANEL (yep, really) CHANEL used to offer a choice of fragrance (Chanel #5 or COCO) and earrings as a holiday gift set. Sublime (Sublimage!)

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Yeah, the people that brought you all that FIG Fragrance that was ‘The RAGE’ several years ago….well, they’re b-a-a-a-c-k.
without the Figs.

It was originally named ‘Extrait de songes’ in 2005, but the name was changed to prevent confusion with a fragrance from Annick Goutal.

I had a dear friend really (REALLY) “into” fragrance–I’ve never truly understood the zeal behind new scents.

Clean and Soapy works just fine for me, but alas.

Often, I’ve seen collecting perfume as a trend for women (aka “gals”) over a certain age, size, etc., who use them as substitutes for wearing the latest fashion (and hence they also collect shoes, scarves and handbags). Not so nice, but often true.

This offering: ‘Gentle Summer’ is a rather inoffensive (yeah, that makes it worth $140) waft of: orange blossom water, green hay, white musk.

“L’Eté en Douce is all about purity and light. It is quiet and soft, the scent of clean white sheets drying in a garden rich with orange blossom and shimmering dewy grass.”

Well, whatever it is is wearable enough.

YYC FORMER FAVOURITE (AND MAYBE STILL CHAMPION) ANTONIA’S FLOWERS.

(I discovered it in high school……when I was a ‘gal’)

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When in doubt, don’t.

That means that tattoo of a zodiac crab splayed across your lower back….you really don’t want to see how Mr. Moody ages over the ebb and flow of your years back there.

Well, you won’t have to (unless besides having incredibly poor taste you also are a contortionist) but….well, in the interests of actually keeping your own options open, PLAY IT SAFE.

Good Grooming (that statement that harkens a mental image of June Cleaver and Emily Post) is really the foundation of all fashion. It’s a structure that you can possess even if your facial architecture appears to be composed of Play Doh.

This nail pencil (which is becoming increasingly difficult to find….as is overall good grooming, we might add) is a handy way to look like you haven’t been planting zucchini all day in your garden. Whip it out and spiff up those nails at the traffic light (it sure beats tweezing if a cop is behind you). One end has that handy clean under the nail doo dad (let’s not dwell on that too much) and the other end sports a white pencil to brighten the white of your natural pink/white set.

Voila. And, Hey Dudes can use it too!

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