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I can easily recall the old Herbal Essences commercials: the loud and lusty bombshell completely overwhelmed with her hair-washing experience. I always figured it was the lathering, foamy wash that was so exciting. For the last four years, I’ve been pretty clean and green with my beauty routine. Finding products that contained ingredients I was […]

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One of the most common complaints on the green beauty front is the struggle to find natural hair care products that work as well as their non-natural counterparts. Natural beauty aficionados are keen to toss away their conventional skincare and stock up on organic makeup, but that light fluffy feeling of freshly washed hair isn’t easy to concede. Though some green beauty converts opt for the baking soda wash and apple cider vinegar rinse and swear by it, not everyone can be expected to go to the same lengths for clean locks. No worries, there are green solutions out there for soft and silky strands—no kitchen concoctions required.

Long weekends can throw some beauty curveballs. (What do you mean there’s no running water in the cottage?) Hair can be the biggest challenge, because, yes, you want your go-to products with you, but not if it means dragging around a hockey bag’s worth of them that makes you look like Guido Palau ready for a day on set. We’ve found some pint-sized versions made for summer travel so you can covertly deal with everything from frizz to flatness.

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From perfume and mascara to sunscreen and shampoo, we reveal your favourite beauty products. Plus, after a decade of divulging what you can’t live without, we introduce FASHION’s Beauty Hall of Fame to pay special tribute to your most-loved products from the past 10 years.

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By Lesa Hannah and Sarah Daniel

One doesn’t own a brush, the other relishes the pain inflicted by bristles. Lesa Hannah and and Sarah Daniel on why they hate/love blowouts.

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By Poonam Kaur Billing

Ever taken a gamble on a new shampoo that didn’t uh… perform as well as you thought? Well, this weekend you have a chance to rid yourself of buyer’s remorse. This Saturday, August 6, Holt Renfrew and Frédéric Fekkai are teaming up to host a one-day-only shampoo swap! Yeah, like the get-free-things kind of swap.

You spilled the contents of your makeup bag and medicine cabinet to divulge your obsessions. Check out the winning polishes, products and beauty must-haves as chosen by you.

Illustrations by Coco, cocopit.biz

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