Men! Shoes! Sample size 9 only – if that’s not your size, head down to the Alife retail location in Gastown and check out everything else they’ve got in store.
A few weeks back Whole Foods hosted a little beauty seminar for local beauty bloggers to try out two of their natural and organic makeup lines, Gabriel and Zuii.
Heather Stieh, Whole Body Team Leader at the Cambie location, gave us a quick rundown of Whole Foods’ product line standards. Long, interesting story short (much more interesting than my face conveys in the photo below), Whole Foods takes the guesswork out of sifting through the massive array of beauty products out there on behalf of their consumers, so you can rest assured that the products you are buying are of great quality, using natural, sustainable and/or organic ingredients.
Professionals were on hand to help us pick the perfect shades:
Now, I am a girl who wears very little makeup. It’s a big day when I put eyeliner on – some powder or foundation is usually a daily regular, blush always (big fan of cream blushes), and usually some mascara. Top that off with a light gloss and I’m good to go. I first opted for the Gabriel liquid foundation, which I was told would give my skin a soft dewy look. Win. After a few weeks of testing out the the products, I’m extremely happy with everything I’ve tried. I switched to the brown mascara by Zuii for a slightly more subtle, natural look, and the pink/coral lipstick I chose is great for transitioning my wardrobe into summer hues.
Here’s what I received in exchange for swapping in my old makeup:
Thanks to the entire team for such an informative afternoon. If you’re going to put anything on your face, go natural and organic!
Yup, yup, yup.
Don’t miss it.
For the month of May, ION Magazine is opening up shop in Mount Pleasant, offering art, select vinyl from local musicians, accessories by larry. and Love Medals, t-shirts by Revolt, Some Product, and ION’s own line Limited Edit[ION].
I’ll have new spring pieces from the larry. collection in store, including the Chico horse hair necklaces, finely knit beach tunics, wraps and shawls, soy candles, postcard sets, and more.
Check out the live music schedule for the month:
Tuesday,May 3rd, from 7PM to 10PM: Grand opening party featuring custom pinatas by Meaghan Kennedy.
Thursday May 5th, 7PM-10PM: Music by Chin Injeti with Guests Sophia Danai & Omar Khan
Thursday May 12th, 7PM-10PM: Reception for the group art show. Musical guests: Topless Gay Love Tekno Party
Thursday May 19th, 7PM-10PM: Music by Adam Sabla
Thursday May 26th, 7PM-10PM: Music by Stefana Fratila
196 Kingsway (@10th)
Also, it’s ION’s 8th anniversary this month, you’d be a fool to miss their annual anniversary party, this year at an even more obscure location in Vancouver East: 888 East Cordova Street, (corner of Campbell and Cordova)- alley entrance. Pretty much everyone in the world is going, so buy your tickets early.
Saturday, May 14 at 9:30pm – May 15 at 2:00am
Either in spite of or due to my wholehearted pursuit and support of artistic initiatives, I found this installation by Toni Latour at the Brighouse Skytrain Station in Richmond personally insulting to my integrity as an artist and a writer, as well as a member of the community taking it in on an introspective level:
Did you spot it?
You reap what you sew.
Maybe she means, you rip what you sew, as in, you did a bad job lining up the pattern markers and had to start over. Drat, take better care next time. Quite literally, you can’t argue with this sentence in that if you are skilled in making clothes, you enjoy the benefits of your deft hand with fashionable new clothes every weekend.
But I’m pretty sure the idiom here should be “You reap what you sow,” as in, you will harvest the benefits of the seeds which you plant.
I thought of potential justifications: perhaps this was an angle, artist subbing homophonous words within the cliches, thereby putting a new spin on these age-old adages. But this was the sole error in the piece, so that theory was out. I consider how many stages and eyes this work must have passed through, and yet no one caught the mistake. How is this possible?
Toni Latour is a long-time artist who developed this piece, Homage to Parenthood, which reflects 100 popular cultural sayings parents often use to teach their children, as part of the Vancouver Biennale, whose mandate is to install and celebrate public art of many forms within community spaces and encourage discussion and education around those works.
…the artist edited and ordered the sayings in a poetic fashion, considering literary flow and sometimes considering narrative connection between each line. Once her list was complete, Latour entered the 100 lines of text into Photoshop and hand selected each colour to replicate the colour spectrum of a rainbow.
I once worked as a production and development assistant in film; part of my job was to read script submissions, write coverage (basically ‘grade’ them in a one page summary), and pass them on to my superiors. Nothing less than an impeccable review from me would reach their eyes. And any time I received a script with grammar, spelling, or other lazy errors it went immediately in my trash can. This is your livelihood, your dream, your passion. Take the time for a g-damn edit, people. Anything less than that is an absolute insult to the people who do.
The 2009-2011 Biennale comes to a close this week, after which wealthy art enthusiasts and investors can bid on any of the pieces within the catalogue. Monies collected from this auction will go towards funding the next Biennale – which is unarguably an integral part of our culture and community. I just hope more attentive eyes examine the work they are showcasing next time around.
A few months ago my good buddy Kim Cathers of kdon asked a few of her best girls to participate in a fashion/lifestyle installation for Guilt & Co’s weekly ‘Brick and Mortar’ show. There’s something forever memorable that happens when you mix a group of close girlfriends who have way too much fun together with a few glasses of wine and amazing clothes – and Kim decided to try and project this magical scenario on stage rather than go with a boring old fashion show.
kdon’s lifestyle installation pieces – her friends
Terri Potratz and Kim Cathers, stylist extraordinare
We were transformed into mod foxes thanks to Halstyn makeup:
Once on stage, there was no script to guide us. The plot was, we’re at one of our houses, getting ready and goofing off as we usually do. Updating on boys, laughing over text messages, helping one another find that perfect outfit while simultaneously fighting over who gets to borrow what accessories that night.
We each had a few changes throughout the show (many of which took place on stage as we fussed over scarves, accessories, and shoes), which lasted about 1o or so minutes total. It was great fun – with a finale that saw us all come out in the same dress and have a walk-off to see who gets to wear it out that night. I settled my score on stage with RPS. But true to our style, there were no losers in the end.
This was an amazing night that allowed 5 ‘normal’ girls to celebrate friendship and style, friendship in style. Had Kim not come up with this excellent idea, we surely would have embarrassed her with awkward model imitations down a runway, but this new concept of an installation really brings personality and fun into otherwise boring events. Thanks for letting us be a part of it Kimmy.
All of these amazing photographs are credited to Heather McConnell.
