By: Annelise Vintila The older I get, the more I understand the reasons behind botox. Growing up, I thought only people that had a lot of money and were afraid of aging would get botox in their face; I perceived it as a bourgeoise mindset. I used to obsess over botched celebrity botox injections and […]

By: Annelise Vintila I remember watching the 1963 movie ‘Cleopatra’ starring the eternally beautiful Elizabeth Taylor. As she commanded the screen with her presence, she also captivated audiences with her piercing blue eyes and glorious lashes. I was enthralled and quickly became addicted to her filmography to learn how to look as sexy as she […]

By: Annelise Vintila One of the best pieces of advice I have ever gotten was from my mom who bluntly said, ‘It doesn’t matter if you suck or if you’re great, you just gotta be confident’. I didn’t agree with that statement in my teens, partially because I had low confidence; I also believed that […]

  By: Annelise Vintila As I am getting more familiar with beauty trends and tendencies, I am coming across a large interest in eyebrow care. Growing up, I always had bushy eyebrows and never had to worry about colouring or growing in hair to make the shape of my eyebrows fuller. However, I have noticed […]

By: Annelise Vintila I remember transitioning from childhood into puberty very abruptly; one moment I was hairless and carefree and the next I had to shave my knees so that I could wear my school uniform without being called ‘Chewbacca’. Puberty was an unforgiving time that lead me to have increasing body hair and anxiety. […]

By: Annelise Vintila As a writer, I speak to a lot of people that don’t believe writing is a career, “Oh, is that like a hobby?”, “You actually get paid for writing?”, “When are you getting an actual job?”. I have a double major in English and Creative Writing and have written numerous blogs and […]

By: Annelise Vintila I remember watching Grease as a child and singing along to Sandy and Danny, but my favourite character was actually Sandy’s best friend Frenchy. She was gullible, open-minded, optimistic and clumsy, and I related to her immensely. Frenchy struggled through beauty school and her dream of becoming a beautician seemed unreachable and, […]

By: Annelise Vintila I am thankful every day that common fads are recycled every decade: mom jeans, corsets, pixie hair and my all time favourite, big bushy brows. I used to pick and pluck my eyebrows in my teens because it was super uncool to let them roam free, and I desperately wanted to fit […]

By: Annelise Vintila Being an avid film junkie, I love researching backgrounds on famous directors when I came across the wonderful late Nora Ephron’s essays. She was explaining how she keeps it simple when it comes to the manners of self-keeping, “I have cream for my face. I have lotion for my arms and legs. […]

By: Annelise Vintila If you have been fortunate enough to be genetically blessed with flawless skin, I hope you bask in its glory. For those who have been struggling through the acne and the oily episodes, for those who have picked and scratched at a pimple for days, for those who lotion their face and […]