My son Liam loves to make movies with his friends. On a playdate they will ask to borrow my camera and start shooting some (usually ridiculous) storyline (that often ends in a massive wrestling scene).That's Liam on the left shooting his brother skating at the ACC last month. Putting him in charge … [Read more...]
Clean and Clear
Well, we're well into December and into the official Holiday Party Season! Katie has given us all some great style suggestions, but have you considered what goes under your best party frocks to keep you feeling your best? I'm not talking lingerie, I'm talking deodorant. A girl only feels as … [Read more...]
Semi-Homemade
It wasn't until I read about it in one of my favourite online periodicals People that I identified "semi-homemade" as a trend. However, if it's good enough for Saint Angelina, than it's good enough for the rest of us urbanmoms! If you're too lazy to click through, it turns out that for the … [Read more...]
Give the Gift Twice!
I see trends as being very wave-like. By the time that wave has crested, often the trend is so far mainstream that it's pretty well "jumped the shark". As your resident trend watcher, I see my job to write about the trends that are further out on the horizon preparing to crash into our daily lives … [Read more...]
Some Beauty Products Never Go Out of Style
Botox. Restylane. Collagen. It's hard to keep track of all the new beauty products being launched first in cosmetic surgeons offices, and often making their way to our drugstore aisles. If you tried to keep pace with the new innovations, your own bathroom could start looking more like a mad … [Read more...]
Where Do You Shop?
A number of news releases clutter my in-box cross my desk on any given day, but this subject line caught my eye."Canadian Consumers Flock to Online U.S. Retailers as Canadian Dollar Strengthens"The survey was conducted by Wishabi.ca, a social shopping service that provides intelligent shopping … [Read more...]
Halloweenie!
Aaaah Halloween. Time to encourage our children to dress up in questionably safe masks, act like ghouls, wander the neighbourhood after dark, demand food from strangers and eat sugar with abandon. So what to do when our very sensitive four-year old balks at all of these normally shunned-upon … [Read more...]
Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Stronger Bones
Do you, or someone you love, make up part of the 70% of women over the age of 50 who are not getting enough calcium?Are you a breastfeeding mother who needs to increase her calcium intake from 1100 to 1500 mg per day?Did you know that in the first five years after menopause women lose 25% of their … [Read more...]
Grow Up!
Invention is the motherhood of necessity, and mothers are all about invention! Some new products come across my desk and I know that they have to have been invented by a mom. Who else would know the frustration of finding dozens of too-small socks in the sock basket (am I the only one who has this … [Read more...]
Otterbottle Family Pack Giveaway!
By now you've all read the news....Sigg, the Swiss hero we were all heralding when we turned our BPA plastic water bottles in and turned to stainless steel canteens, has voluntarily recalled its bottles as it turns out that trace amounts of BPA have been found in the lining. Sigh....what's a girl to … [Read more...]
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