With reports showing Canadian participation in Earth Hour is waning, I help you make everyday a little more Earth friendly with three painless ways to reduce your carbon footprint.
Tag Archives: March 2016
Indian-Canadians say “Sorry” for Overshadowing Justin Bieber.
Justin Bieber’s dancehall-inspired hit “Sorry” was one of the biggest songs of 2015, with the track having spent seven weeks at number one on the Canadian top 100 and the lyric video having amassed almost 200 million hits on Bieber’s vevo channel. Its success has been overshadowed by choreographer Shereen Ladha and producer J Raj Music. See the music video and an in-depth analysis below.
an Evening at the Museum.
Spring weekends are usually reserved for picnics, scenic walks, and other outdoor activities, but unfortunately the recent turn of weather might delay any possible garden parties until May. With the long weekend coming up, you don’t want to go stir crazy, so get out of the house. I round up some of the best ways to spend your spring weekends without braving the rain.
Celebrities’ Holi Celebrations.
While many Canadians celebrate spring with colourful Easter eggs, people all over the world are celebrating a different colourful spring tradition with Holi. Celebrated during Phalguna at the end of February or the beginning of March, the Hindu tradition is an ancient holiday marking the arrival of spring. I round up the best Holi celebrations thrown by celebrities around the globe.
TFW Thinks Outside the Box with Beauty.
Toronto Fashion Week took David Pecaut Square by storm last month, bringing Canada’s most fashionable to the downtown core. With the reputation of being one of the most diverse cities in the world, Toronto embraced it’s multiculturalism with a diverse cast of models and designers.
Brussels Under Attack.
The Belgian capital was shaken this year when two bombs exploded in the Zaventem airport and at a Metro Station in Brussels’ downtown core. With casualties at the time estimated at 34 and more than 230 injured, the attacks were been confirmed as the work of ISIS. SHE Magazine looks at the consequences and the parallel attacks happening worldwide.
From Bags to Britches: Hillary Taymour of Collina Strada.
For most, the “effortlessly cool” aesthetic is a goal. For California native Hillary Taymour, it is a way of life and a business model. Even after taking a brief look behind the scenes, revealing all the effort that has gone into making Collina Strada an indie powerhouse, it’s safe to say Hillary Taymour is still effortlessly cool.
Plagiarism at PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week.
Feeha Jamshed returned to Pakistan’s runway at the recently concluded PFDC Pakistan Fashion Week with “Bomb Squad” after a two year hiatus. While taking time away from her own label, she spent her years working with Mahira Khan of Ho Mann Jahaan and Bin Roye. Despite the debut of an eye catching collection, Jamshed’s return was sullied when her cornerstone Bomb Squad prints got the designer accused of plagiarism. What do you think?
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy at the United Nations.
The Commission on the Status of Women is celebrating their 60th year by investigating women in Pakistan, especially those effected by (or who have the threat of being effected by) honour killings. To educate the audience and contextualize honour killings within Pakistan, the commission hosted a screening of Canadian director Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy’s Academy Award winning short documentary “a Girl in the River: the Price of Forgiveness”.
SHE Picks: Microbead Free Exfoliants.
We all know plastic is bad for the environment, that’s why we recycle. What most of us don’t know is the environmental impact our beauty regime is having, with some of our most coveted exfoliators containing one of the most environmentally unfriendly plastics out there: microbeads. I help you prepare for the upcoming legislative banishment of microbeads by rounding up my top five favourite microbead free beauty products.
Lindsay Cooper 