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Every week we take on your questions about makeup, skincare, hair and more and provide all the answers. This week we offer two fixes for tired eyes: one tip will ensure your undereye puffiness is no more and the other works like a charm to brighten dull eyes. And while we advocate for wearing SPF year-round, with spring just a few weeks away it’s more important that ever to add some sunscreen into your beauty routine. We suggest one product that even oily-skinned girls won’t shy away from. Have a question we haven’t answered? Email us at beautyfix@fashionmagazine.com.

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Girls is back. Girls is back! One of our most intense cultural obsessions returns with its Season 2 premiere on January 13, 2013 at 9pm on HBO Canada, and what better way to celebrate than with a look inside the beautiful bag of one of its beautiful stars, Allison Williams.

Our former cover girl was in Toronto last week to promote the new episodes as well as the release of season one on DVD and Blu-Ray (Its accompanying book of Lena Dunham’s tweets is epic, FYI) and graciously dumped the contents of her Jason Wu Daphne shoulder bag. While her stuff was being photographed, I super-fan quizzed her on the return of Booth Johnathan as well as what the next season looks like for character Marnie Michaels, who seemed to be floundering sans-boyfriend and roommate at the end of season one. “She’s having a rough go. She’s without the same comforts that she had in season one, so she’s very influx, and that is something that I know that I, and a lot of my friends can relate to,” she said. “When it rains, it really does seem to pour especially when you’re in your mid-twenties when you don’t have a lot of foundation already laid down it can just throw everything into upheaval at once—job, everything.”

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Tis the season to give and to get, and because we are selfless (and attempting to ensure that we’re on Santa’s Nice List), we’ve brought back our annual 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways contest to celebrate the holiday season. The premise of the countdown is simple. For twelve weekdays we’ll be giving away prizes starting with 12, then 11, then 10 and so on.

Kicking off on December 6, we’ll be giving away 12 copies of the first season of everybody’s favourite show Girls, and counting down towards the ultimate prize pack on December 21 with one very full swag bag from Holt Renfrew including a 3.1 Phillip Lim purse, goodies from Jo Malone, Nars and more.

Check back every day at 12:01 a.m. to enter the daily contest and cross your fashionable fingers! Have a fierce holiday season and good luck from us at FASHION.

Whether you’re heading to bed early—but forgetting to remove your makeup—or piling the makeup on to cover dark circles caused by all-nighters, your eyes are begging for a better beauty routine! While it’s easy to think that all your eyes need is a sweep of eyeshadow, there’s so much more going on. We’re talking eyebrow grooming, eyeliner creases and under-eye circles. So, if you have a question about your eyes, this week’s Beauty Fix is for you!

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For today’s bag snoop, we’re going inside the beautiful Marni bag belonging to Jennifer Daubney, Holt Renfrew’s longstanding lady behind the velvet rope (a.k.a. manager of public relations). While her daily dealings may involve some of the best names in fashion, from Tom Ford to Prada and Chanel, she is one of the most hilarious, endearing people we know. Always a class act from head to toe, this PR maven hasn’t let being seven months pregnant hold her back from being Alexander Wang-clad at all the summer’s best parties.

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By Elio Iannacci. Photographed by James White. Styled by Penny Lovell.

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You can learn a lot about an actress by the way she steps on set for a photo shoot. Some stars require the armour of an entourage; others need a personality-devoid space and monastic silence. Anna Paquin is unquestionably neither of the above. Upon arriving at L.A.’s Smashbox Studios on a scalding Saturday afternoon, the Winnipeg-born, New Zealand-raised actress introduces herself to the FASHION crew without hesitation. Serving up a warm, Kiwi-accented “Nice to meet you” to photographer James White—and his troop of all-guy assistants crushing on her—the 29-year-old talent does the rounds as if she were hosting a cocktail party. Of course, there is a reason for Paquin’s accelerated social skills. Having won an Oscar at the age of 11 for her performance in Jane Campion’s The Piano, Paquin has grown up with cameras and handshakes at every corner, starring in a mix of family pictures (Fly Away Home), blockbusters (X-Men), indie flicks (The Squid and the Whale) and, most recently, a ratings monster of a TV series called True Blood.

After changing into her favoured cover look—a Jackie Onassis-like Marc Jacobs dress trimmed with silver studs—Paquin dashes in front of the lens, occasionally cracking jokes and posing without any forced fabulousness. Her good humour remains intact long after the array of designer heels and baubles are put away and we are left alone to talk.

It’s a cliché, yes, but age is just a number. To prove it, we’ve rounded up some of the most influential women in fashion and beauty and asked them about everything from how they celebrate birthdays to the products they swear by.

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Inès de la Fressange, 54 | Liu Wen, 24 | Olivia Giacobetti, 45 | Hanaa Ben Abdesslem, 22 | Jacqueline Bisset, 67 | Jenna Hipp, 30 | Linda Rodin, 65 | Gucci Westman, 41 | Rachel Roy, 38

Guerlain’s mascara fit for a spy, Jo Malone scents inspired by British blooms, and a hair accessory that lets you roll with it.

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Whether or not the weather outside is frightful, it doesn’t feel like Christmas morning unless you’re lounging by the fire. Wearing cozy, luxe pyjamas and sipping hot cocoa while watching holiday films is the best way to relax and get in the holiday spirit. You deserve a break, after all that holiday shopping and all those holiday parties. Here’s our guide on how to make the most of your Christmas morning in style.

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We’re celebrating the 2011 holiday gift guide with our most stylish finds for the festive season, no matter who’s on your list.

8 top gift ideas bringing Betty Crocker into 2012.

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