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Reviewers' Choice Awards: Top-Rated Products of 2012

Award season is upon us (psst--Golden Globes are coming up this Sunday!), and since it neatly coincides with the start of a fresh new year we're getting in the mood to give away a few shiny Awards ourselves.

And so without further ado, we present our annual ChickAdvisor Reviewers' Choice Awards: a list of the products that received the most praise from our members during the 2012 calendar...

10 Jaw Dropping Halloween Makeup Tutorials

The Internet is a wonderful place, is it not? I love it. One of my favourite sites is, of course, YouTube. Nora wrote a great article a while back on all the things she's learned via YouTube and it comes to mind whenever I stumble upon some amazing new factoid via the web. When Halloween rolls around, YouTube becomes my go-to place for ideas and tutorials. If you do a bit of digging,...

Chicks' Pick: Dove® Beauty Bar (plus Enter to Win 1 of 10 Prize Packs!)

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Earlier this year I told you about 2 of the greatest loves of my life: Christian Slater (a girlhood crush which has since transferred to hottie Christian 'Batman' Bale... can you blame me?) and the classic Dove® Beauty Bar.

We followed my confession sesh with a huge Product Review Club offer and gave away boatloads of Dove® Beauty Bars to our members - a mix of beauty bar newbies...

10 Cult Beauty Product Favourites To Try

I used to solely be a fashion girl. I was obsessed with the latest collaborations between designer and merchandiser, I lived and breathed fashion magazines and my internet activities consisted of looking at photos on Style.com. Now, I still love me some Gucci and Prada but I've come to realize that the world of beauty might even be more interesting (blasphemy, I know). 

Once you get into...

Staff Picks: Mandy's Fave Spring Beauty Items

Mandy, our resident beauty guru has been collecting some of her favourite products for the past month or so. These are the items currently stashed in her makeup bag that she recommends that you try as well! These products are perfect for the warmer spring weather.  They're all light, moisturizing and long lasting! 
 

1. Beauty So Clean Cosmetics Sanitizer Mist (C$20.00)
This...

Spring/Summer 2012 Makeup Trends

Fall may be known for dramatic makeup, but spring is when you can really play with colours and textures.  This spring has a lot to offer for gals who like to glam it up.  Here are a few notable trends that caught our attention:


Don't even get me started on bright nail polish.  I love to wear yellows, oranges, bright blue or pink on my nails.  It's just so fun and can...

ChickAdvisor Reviewers' Choice Awards 2011 Part 1

Length or Volume? Cream or powder? Matte or Shine? These are the pressing beauty questions that keep us up at night.

Luckily, we're here to make your decisions a little easier by giving well deserved shout-outs to the top beauty products on ChickAdvisor as reviewed by you - our members! It's the ChickAdvisor Reviewers' Choice Awards, and this special Beauty Edition features the...

Best 11 Body Lotions of 2011

There's nothing quite like the feeling of silky-soft skin, especially during this time of the year.  Add in the tropical scents many body lotions feature, and you have a mini exotic getaway in a tube.

Here are the Best 11 Body Lotions & Butters of 2011 as rated by our ChickAdvisor members-- 10 runners-up followed by our overall top pick:


Body Lotions are ideal for everyday maintenance...

Best 11 Lip Glosses of 2011

Let me tell you: I'm loyal to my mascaras, utterly devoted to my favourite foundation, but a complete sampling fiend when it comes to lip glosses. I know you all are agreeing with me right now...

This article was as much a pleasure to write as it will soon be to personally verify for "Quality Control purposes" at my very next opportunity. We present the Best 11 Lip Glosses of 2011 as voted by...

Best Mascaras of 2011

Mascara is a girl's best friend, so we're taking a moment to look back on 2011 and see which mascaras got your highest marks (and ours).

We start with the runners-up:


The Under-$10 category was definitely the most hotly contested.  Runner-up shout-outs go to:

#1 - Maybelline New York Colossal Volum' Express
#2 - Maybelline New York Lash Stiletto
#3 - L'Oréal Paris Voluminous
#4 -