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If April showers bring May flowers, then June brings balmy days, hot summer nights, and even hotter manicures. As temperatures rise, we’ve got a high dose of tropical tips, mermaidcore-inspired nails, and sunset-shaded polish on the forecast this season. With Instagram as our guide, we’ve sourced the brightest and boldest manicures sure to inspire your […]

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We’re sure we don’t need to fill you in on the gory details of last night’s third (and final! we made it!) presidential debate, so we’re going to skip to Twitter being on its A-game and turning Trump’s “bad hombres” (ugh) comment into the best joke of the night: bad ombré. Browse our picks of […]

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A lot can happen in seven days. That’s why every Friday, we’re going to take time to look at three beauty moments we had feelings about that week, and discuss them accordingly. 1. Jared Leto cut and dyed his hair and there’s nothing you can do about it Just when you thought he was Mister […]

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A new year brings with it the promise of new trends, new looks, and a new Drake album (although that’s a post for another day). But in order to make room for the aforementioned splendour, a few former beauty go-tos need to clear out. It’s true: there just isn’t enough room for all beauty trends […]

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See our picks for best beauty moments of 2014 » 2015 is mere days away, and while this year might have provided us with some pretty annoying moments, it did also offer us ten great beauty moments that we’re still talking about. From the shocking news of Peter Philips‘ move from Chanel to Dior, to […]

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It’s been a few years since ombre hair exploded onto the scene, and it show no signs of slowing down, but who’s to argue with dye jobs that let us go more than 8 weeks between salon appointments? Everyone in the celebrity world has adopted their own version of the trend—including Jared Leto’s perfectly faded out […]

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New York Fashion Week officially kicked off the Spring 2013 show season yesterday with a full day of fashion shows around town. As shows from BCBG Max Azria, Tadashi Shoji and home-grown label Kaelen took place inside Lincoln Center, our street style photographer extraordinaire Stefania Yarhi was busy snapping Advanced Style favourite Rita Hammer in her signature circular glasses, PR dynamo Kelly Cutrone in head-to-toe black and gussied up Nylon editor Michelle Reneau sporting new bangs. While the A-list scooted inside, Yarhi snapped an awesome gent in the most awesome red suit (the red hat!) and even a little baby fashion show attendee. (Diaper changes are the new street style shtick.)

While the change of seasons often inspires a turn to darker hair colours, both Jessica Alba and Kim Kardashian added blonde ombré highlights over the weekend. Last Thursday, Alba tweeted “bye bye brown hair” before spending two days in the salon to perfectly lighten the ends of her naturally dark hair.

From candy colours to the oh-so-hot-right-now ombré to Poision Ivy red, the sky seems to be the limit with hair dye jobs as of late, and Toronto’s most fashionable inhabitants seem to be embracing the trend  that we saw on the runways and the streets of fashion week full stop. Need proof? Just feast your eyes on the recent shots Lewis Mirrett snapped of the zaniest dos in and around the Toronto streets.

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There were so many things that we loved about Chanel‘s Cruise 2013 show, not least of which being its royal presentation on the Versailles grounds, but one thing we can’t seem to stop thinking about were the ombré sunhats that were toted alongside the Rococo-style confections. While the hats won’t land in-store until January of next year (and will arguably exceed our sunhat budget), we came up with a super simple and inexpensive DIY version.

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The single-nail style of gradient manicure has been making the rounds on nail blogs recently—thanks in part to its simple application method (I swear!) and its endless colour possibilities. It’s also a favourite of L.A.-based nail artist Madeline Poole, whose cheery sunset-ish designs will convince anyone to make this her next manicure. And when it comes to translating spring’s underwater trend into nail art, what could be better than a deep blue to foamy white gradient? Peter Pilotto’s aquatic print—as well as the illustration that accompanied it in our March issue—served as the perfect Nail Corner inspiration. Time to break out a makeup sponge and find out how to do this manicure!

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Okay, we’re sorta kidding with this one. Jim Carrey, who turns 50 today, rocks a mean set of blonde ombré extensions on the set of his new film, Burt Wonderstone. (According to the Daily Mail, he’s playing a Vegas magician.)

All jokes aside—has the hairstyle of the moment has finally travelled full loop on the trend circle? Meaning, ombré has gone from “um, it looks like you haven’t dyed your roots?” to “OMG everyone’s doing it!” and back again. Carrey’s character doesn’t have hair like Audrina because it’s fashionable. At the same time, the trend has so many variations that it’s almost easier to argue that a grown-out dye job shouldn’t even be considered part of it. What do you think? Does this costume signal the end or are we too quick to call any tone-on-tone dye job ombré?