Monday, January 22, 2007

The mane event

After being loyal to the same brand of hair products for far too long, I set out to find something new. Two years later, I still haven't discovered a winner but I may have found next best thing...

I was at Costco a couple weeks ago and spotted TiGi Catwalk shampoo and conditioner. The first one to catch my eye was Fashionista (gee, wonder why?). Since I have colour treated hair (and didn't like the fragrance of Fashionista) I decided to try the oatmeal & honey variety instead.

What initially attracted me was brand recognition. What sold me after the sniff test, was the price: $13.99 for a 750 ml bottle. I've seen the 300 ml bottle in retail stores for $14.99!

Do I love it? Too soon to say. But I will tell you, it comes with quite the pedigree - created by internationally-recognized British stylists, Toni & Guy. I liked it enough to go back to Costco and snap up a bottle of conditioner too.

For more bargains, check out their website for special monthly offers. Currently, they have two freebies (provided you cough up the $9+ for shipping and handling) and some discount packages. Too bad they're not as good at providing product info. as they are promoting their brand online.

Technorati tags: bargains, hair products, Toni & Guy

Sunday, January 21, 2007

Uptown girl's downtown fashion brunch

Today, I connected with some members of the Toronto's fashion blogger community. We met at The Drake for the Toronto Fashion Bloggers' Brunch (TFBB).

There were about 20 fashion bloggers (and friends) representing the local fashion scene including:
• Anita - I want - I got, BlogTO and recent guest columnist
• Danielle - final fashion
• Bianca - a wee bit skint
• Carolyn - Toronto Fashion Incubator (TFI)
• Adrian - Fashion.Verbatim
• Truc - Deeply Superficial
• Rachel, Sonja and Tiffanie - TorontoStreetFashion.com

We spoke about everything from blogging to fashion design, pr and marketing. One of the highlights was chatting with Truc. She's worked at some places other aspiring fashionistas would only dream about.

Thanks Danielle for all your hard work organizing this event (including the great photo graphic), and to Anita for inviting me.

Technorati tags: blogging, fashion, TFBB

Saturday, January 20, 2007

Myth or fact: the best things in life are free

I had seen ads for Alyson Schafer's parenting courses around my my neighbourhood. So when I saw her post on One Degree, I was curious to say the least.

Alyson provided a detailed account of her journey into blogging as a marketing strategy for her practice. Her blog, Alyson Schafer - Principles, Rules and Tools for Parenting put her on the map. People found her who never would have heard of her before: parents, journalists, commercial websites, and her publisher...

Read more...


Technorati tags: Alyson Schafer, blogging, books, marketing, parenting

Savings for my long and leggy friends

There are a lot more of you long and leggy gals stopping by. This one's for you...

Long Legs final clearance sale is on now through January 31 (save an extra $20 on purchases of $300 or more):

Technorati tags: fashion, sales, shopping, tall women

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