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Our First Annual Holiday Gift Guide starts today!

Wednesday, December 6, 2006

We've decided to interupt regular programming over the next few weeks to bring you our first holiday gift guide. That's right, you've just realized it's already December and you've yet to make your list let alone check it twice and would you prefer to give to those who've been naughty or those who've been nice? It's not quite the 12 days of Christmas but starting with today's Girls-a-Making-up we're bringing you the freshest gifts for 2006.

Girls-a-Making-up

For the girls you've got to get for, we’ve taken the guessing out of gift buying. Whether it’s the latest in cosmetics and girlie gift sets, or the hottest tights, we've got gems guaranteed to make you the most popular Santa ever.

Carissima Collection 4 piece set ($28) – Who doesn’t want to be an Urban princess?  From the clever (and local!) gals at Principessa, this gift set contains travel size tubes of Cattiva Diva Hand Cream, Dolce Dream Body Cream and Fresh Fiore Shower Cream, plus a Shower Pouf – and in gorgeous packaging, with a pink bow, no less.  Pick it up at Beautymark.

Tight-End Footless Tights & Leggings ($36) – These leggings from Spanx have an adjustable leg band so you can wear them at the length that most flatters, but the biggest bonus is that they make you look a whole size smaller!  This latest figure flattering trend is all the rage in the celeb world – Jessica Alba, Michelle Trachtenberg and Ashlee Simpson wouldn’t be caught dead without them.  Don them with a skirt or long tunic and a strappy pair of heels and get ready to heat up the room.  Also at Beautymark.

Special Occasion Make-up Application ($40) – We just love Bloom, and even more now that Jenna, their latest Bloom girl, is a pro at making us look gorgeous just in time for all our holiday bashes!  Jenna is a makeup artist extraordinaire, and with the assistance of Bloom’s in-house makeup line “be”, she'll make you look and feel like a whole new woman.  Knock ‘em dead at whatever party is lucky enough to have you.  Call 604.736.8960 to book.

Best of Benefit ($42) – This hot cosmetics line out of San Francisco is sure to solve beauty dilemmas everywhere.  The Best of Benefit gift pack includes dandelion, 'perk-me-up' pink powder. Dust it on for instant radiance and youthful glow; benetint, rosy sheer lip and cheek tint; and BADgal lash – no joke, mascara so serious, it’s like a set of false eyelashes.  At a $72 value, this is a best seller.  They sold out at the Bay in 4 days, but you can still find ‘em if you click here.

Beautymark, 1120 Hamilton Street #103, 604-642-2294, www.beautymark.ca
Bloom Essentials, 3-1854 W 1st Ave, 604-736-8960, www.bloomessentials.com
Benefit, www.benefitcosmetics.com

Tune in tomorrow for Cooks-a-Cooking, our cookware gift guide!