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Lessons from a DIY Advent Calendar
The holiday season is about creating memories with your family and friends. Your time spent with loved ones won’t be ruined if your tree isn’t perfectly colour-coordinated, or your DIY advent calendar looks a little off (in fact, I like to think it adds character).More
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The holiday season is about creating memories with your family and friends. Your time spent with loved ones won’t be ruined if your tree isn’t perfectly colour-coordinated, or your DIY advent calendar looks a little off (in fact, I like to think it adds character).More
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Let Your Light Shine: LUXmas is here!
Holiday season is the best of the best for a beauty junkie; with exclusive releases from our favourite lines and multiple occasions to get glammed-up for - what could be better?! More
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Holiday season is the best of the best for a beauty junkie; with exclusive releases from our favourite lines and multiple occasions to get glammed-up for - what could be better?! More
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What's in your Bag? - Amanda
Amanda's best beauty advice is, "Have a lipstick in your bag that you can throw on at any moment and feel great in. And by one lipstick, I mean 10."More
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Amanda's best beauty advice is, "Have a lipstick in your bag that you can throw on at any moment and feel great in. And by one lipstick, I mean 10."More
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Beauty Battle: Brushes vs Beautyblender
All it takes is your first quality brush to make you realize that having the right tools is just as important as the products we use when creating your work of makeup artistry. We don't often consider the power these 'accessories' have in transforming a once-difficult task into a swift and easy f...
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All it takes is your first quality brush to make you realize that having the right tools is just as important as the products we use when creating your work of makeup artistry. We don't often consider the power these 'accessories' have in transforming a once-difficult task into a swift and easy f...
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Danse Macabre Makeup Tutorial
As our Instagram feeds fill with pumpkins, our daydreams turn to the jaw-dropping Halloween costumes and over the top makeup. It's wonderfully easy to get swept up in the Halloween possibilities. More
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As our Instagram feeds fill with pumpkins, our daydreams turn to the jaw-dropping Halloween costumes and over the top makeup. It's wonderfully easy to get swept up in the Halloween possibilities. More
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Best of the Best: Our Beauty Must Haves
Asking a self-identified beauty junkie to pick their top three favourite products is like asking them to choose their favourite child. It's a nearly impossible task, but we are thrilled to make those hard choices and share what products we just can't live without.More
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Asking a self-identified beauty junkie to pick their top three favourite products is like asking them to choose their favourite child. It's a nearly impossible task, but we are thrilled to make those hard choices and share what products we just can't live without.More
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LUX Walking Tours: Downtown Core
And, when it comes to the ultimate of urban chic, who better to lead the way than Janis Galloway, Agency Director of Publicity Room. With leaves crunching beneath our feet, she and I set out to explore the newly revitalized Edmonton downtown core in the mid-morning light.More
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And, when it comes to the ultimate of urban chic, who better to lead the way than Janis Galloway, Agency Director of Publicity Room. With leaves crunching beneath our feet, she and I set out to explore the newly revitalized Edmonton downtown core in the mid-morning light.More
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Wine Lips, Wine Tasting
Now, we know what you might be thinking: dark lipstick can be kind of daunting, especially if you are an everyday nude wearer. But my first recommendation when looking for a wine-coloured lip is to try them on, and try multiples.More
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Now, we know what you might be thinking: dark lipstick can be kind of daunting, especially if you are an everyday nude wearer. But my first recommendation when looking for a wine-coloured lip is to try them on, and try multiples.More
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Lessons from a Renovation
Our new store being constructed as we speak, and we have become all too familiar with navigating a space that has been torn up, sanded down and waiting to be revealed to the world. We spoke to the lovely Justine from the blog With Justine about lessons from living in a renovation.More
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Our new store being constructed as we speak, and we have become all too familiar with navigating a space that has been torn up, sanded down and waiting to be revealed to the world. We spoke to the lovely Justine from the blog With Justine about lessons from living in a renovation.More
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All-Natural Fall Beauty Ritual
For many of us, the transition into autumn is a fresh start to the year. The new school year begins, the booties come out from the back of the closet, and all the fresh produce from our well tended gardens is brought in and transformed into delicious meals. Our routines are all switched up, so it...
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For many of us, the transition into autumn is a fresh start to the year. The new school year begins, the booties come out from the back of the closet, and all the fresh produce from our well tended gardens is brought in and transformed into delicious meals. Our routines are all switched up, so it...
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Multi-Tasking Multi-Masking
What are you waiting for? Round up your gals and have a face-mapping, multi-masking girls night in!More
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What are you waiting for? Round up your gals and have a face-mapping, multi-masking girls night in!More
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The LUX To Do List: September
The snap in the air and softly turning foliage is one of my favourite markers of time. The change of season heralds in new scents, culinary treats, pastimes and ultimately beginnings.More
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The snap in the air and softly turning foliage is one of my favourite markers of time. The change of season heralds in new scents, culinary treats, pastimes and ultimately beginnings.More
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Lessons from Finishing School
If I say the words ‘finishing school’, what pops into your head? Pictures of women learning to walk with books on their heads so they can meet the man of their dreams, get married and live happily ever after? That was my first thought about finishing schools too, until I went to one. I attended t...
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If I say the words ‘finishing school’, what pops into your head? Pictures of women learning to walk with books on their heads so they can meet the man of their dreams, get married and live happily ever after? That was my first thought about finishing schools too, until I went to one. I attended t...
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Confessions of (not) a Beauty Junkie
For me, the beauty journey was not an easy one. Acquiring the tools and products (and worse, knowing how to use them) seemed intimidating and out of reach. For years, I barely understood makeup and my hair was a poofy mess. There was a naiveté about my routine leaving me feeling more imposter tha...
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For me, the beauty journey was not an easy one. Acquiring the tools and products (and worse, knowing how to use them) seemed intimidating and out of reach. For years, I barely understood makeup and my hair was a poofy mess. There was a naiveté about my routine leaving me feeling more imposter tha...
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What's in Your Bag?: Danielle and Monica
Even though they are always here, you may be hard-pressed to actually see them at LUX. They are our Buyer and Boutique Leader. Monica and Danielle are the glue that keeps our falsies on; a team of two that ensure things run impeccably smooth. On any given weekday you may find them both toiling a...
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Even though they are always here, you may be hard-pressed to actually see them at LUX. They are our Buyer and Boutique Leader. Monica and Danielle are the glue that keeps our falsies on; a team of two that ensure things run impeccably smooth. On any given weekday you may find them both toiling a...
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