Doug Makes You Younger

Last week I met Doug owner of Male Esthetics Spa via Casie (thanks again missy).

Doug recently opened a spa and kindly invited me in, and scrubbed all my dead skin off.  But here’s the best part – the mini-facial.

I’ve never been a spa girl, I’ve maybe been a handful of times ever, and am just reluctant to believe any of it, but Doug changed all that because after, I swear to you, I had younger looking skin.  Especially around the eyes, that very important area.

Now Doug’s spa, Male Esthetics, is just that – specifically for males.  Neat, eh?  Like we talked about, males get the short end of the stick because the beauty and spa industry is so female-centric.

He’s changing all that, because as he said, boys have different skin, different hair patterns, different attention required.  Everyday his goal is, “to be empathatic to men because the industry caters to women”. And he will not feminize you, so no worries boys.

He was the first male ever to graduate from his school in Ottawa, writes for spa magazines and is in Vegas teaching right now.

One of his passions is feet and reflexology, which I didn’t know much about till he told me, look at this:

We have…. 72 000 nerve endings in our feet what?!

In fact, feet are much more important than we realize, and in Germany they take it so seriously that, get this, the government covers a bi-annual pedicure.

Doug did something to my feet and when we were done I said, “I feel weird and unusual, what is this?” and he replied he’d used some calming pressure points to relax me.

Women are most welcome too, and as he pointed out, “it’s kinda neat for a girl to have a guy down at her feet doing their pedicure, no?”  ;)

Off you go gentlemen, call Doug; we girls like feeling soft skin, too. 647 344 1825, Yonge and Davisville.

30 Carats of Diamonds

Remember Keith, the ‘Official Gemologist of The Canadian Explorer‘?

Ha, YES, that was the best.

Here’s Exploring Diamonds.

Here’s a close up of the 30 carats of diamonds, and at the time that photo was taken, that maybe the largest total amount of loose stones together in Canada.

You want to always face north when inspecting diamonds, because that’s where the light is best.

There’s another little video here too.

Yesterday I Woke Up With Givenchy

Because yesterday I started my day in Sephora on Bloor before they opened, how giglala is _that_.  Casie and I decided very.

Givenchy has foryaed into makeup, available exclusively at Sephora.

Few things I learned ladies:

– apply eye shadow with a sponge for better colour depth

– coral is the in colour this spring

– lip liner #3 pencil is the one you want, it’s their most neutral

All these years online and you’ve rarely seen me in makeup, never been my thing.  But mascara, that is SO my thing.  It’d be my desert island pick.

Their brush is a ball what?!  Gives a “panoramic effect”, can’t wait to try it.  Even got it in… blue yesssss.

Thank you again, Givenchy!

I'm On The Walls of Here

This is Tango, a tapas restaurant in downtown Kingston, and remember that Air Base photo shoot with Suzy?

That’s what’s on the walls, look:

Those are all little light boxes lining the walls. It is weird to see yourself displayed on walls.

Even weirder is sitting underneath larger photos of yourself. I don’t think I’d ever get used to this.

Click here to watch Trash Couture comes to Canada to see the shoot, which I edited into a video choreographed to music.