FASHION Magazine

Dear readers,As if it was not frantic enough to start a new job as the Montreal editor of FASHION (cocktail parties galore, lunch dates, an intoxication of beauty treatments, weekly trips to the hairdresser and dry cleaner), the next few weeks coming up are looking particularly intense.

By Laura Keogh

As a beauty writer, I always try to steer clear of the typical clichés that litter beauty reporting. You’ll never hear me say anything like “pretty pout” or “pretty peepers” when describing a new lipstick or eyeshadow’s effect. I cringe when I read those kinds of descriptions. However, it makes reporting on the lovely little things that flood the market for Valentine’s Day (a holiday saddled with clichés) really difficult. But I’m going to do my best with the Kiehl’s Valentine’s Day offering because it is, well, pretty.

Hillside Villas. “Morning!” Audrina chirps as she enters the kitchen. Lauren, clearly not a morning person, responds with a grunt. “I have to tell you something!” Audrina says excitedly. “Tell me,” Lauren mutters, but she perks up when she hears Audrina’s news: Spencer’s heretofore-unseen sister Stephanie told Audrina off at a club last night. “I’ve met that girl before… she’s a loony,” Lauren says. Lauren fears the “She-Pratt” more than she does Spencer: “At the end of the day, a guy can’t hit a girl. A girl can hit a girl.”