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With a daybook filled with appointments from sun up to way past sun down, planning a holiday seems like a fleeting dream. Check out these three destinations and you’ll be moving book a flight/make a hotel reservation to the top of the to-do list.

Beach escape – Florida
Located on a sweet strip of creamy coloured sand in north Miami Beach, Acqualina is a welcome retreat from your daily rat race. Spacious rooms feature dream-inducing beds, huge bathrooms and plenty of space to stash your wardrobe (and new additions!). Take your pick from the beach area with its mini red cabanas or one of three pool areas, and benefit from attentive staff who regularly bestow you with offers of complimentary sunscreen, water and fresh fruit. Take time to indulge at Espa, a lavish spa retreat with plenty of stress-reducing treatments and side benefits such as the Crystal steam room with colour therapy lights, Finnish sauna and private pool. Bring your appetite and indulge your tastebuds with dinner at NYC fave resto Il Mulino and if you need to know the recipe, Executive Chef Michele Mazza hosts cooking classes to learn the secrets of his Italian kitchen. Not far from the glamour of South Beach for a night’s indulgence and a short hop to credit card worthy Bal Harbour Shops, Acqualina Resort is a perfect spot to recharge.

Acqualina Resort and Spa on the Beach
www.acqualinaresort.com

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Lipstick Powder n Paint wants you to be beautiful­ ‑ inside and out ‑ and the best way to do that is to make sure you have all your questions answered by true beauty experts. We’re super excited about our panel of experts who will answer a question a week, starting October, about skincare, makeup, hair and oral health and we can’t wait to read your questions, so send them in by September 24^th, so we can get started!

Located in the trendy Liberty Village in Toronto, we know Salon Tocci is dedicated to the urban professionals who grace its front doors, so we’re thrilled salon owner Antonio Tocci, who has worked on the tresses of song birds Eva Avila and Chantel Kreviazuk, will take the time out of his hectic schedule styling fashion shoots and working on photo shoots to answer our everyday hair dilemmas.

Melanie Hutchinson, National Training Manager for Benefit Cosmetics Canada will be giving us the benefit (heehee!) of all her knowledge when it comes to her 12 years of experience in the beauty industry. Melanie will take you from a casual, work-appropriate look to glamour girl with a swoop of her makeup brush.

Sara Whittaker, National Director of Education for Clinique Canada guides the national team of Clinique skincare and makeup experts to deliver the highest level of beauty knowledge and service to women across Canada. With more than 25 years of experience, Sara will give us what we need to know to get glowing and radiant skin.

Your smile says it all, so let Dr. Lee Gause DDS, the head of Smile Design Manhattan, New York’s premiere state-of-the-art dental facility, and a member of various dental associations including the ADA, American Academy of Cosmetic Dentists, International College of Oral Implantologists and New York Invisalign Study Group care for your pearly whites. Open wide because Dr. Gause will answer all your questions (even the embarrassing ones, you may be too shy to ask your regular dentist) about how to get and keep the perfect smile.

Email any and all your questions to experts@lipstickpowdernpaint.com by September 24^th and check back often for our experts’ advice.

Since this week is all about looking red carpet ready – due to the Toronto International Film Festival, we thought it was the perfect time to ask a beauty expert for their tips for looking hot on the red carpet. Greg Wencel, COVERGIRL Makeup-Pro, answers our questions. (more…)

For the fifth year, rock-it promotions, inc., turned one of the Intercontinental Hotel Toronto Yorkville’s suites into the Tastemakers Lounge, a celebrity gifting suite. Talent and VIPs in town for the Toronto International Film Festival were gifted with cosmetics from Joe Fresh Beauty, board games from Mattel, tasty treats from Sexy Gourmet Food Co., apparel from local eco-label Guats, totes from Vancouver-based Bring Your Own Bag (BYOB), gift certificates from Didier, prestige fragrance for men and women from D&G and more. Celebs were even able to get camera-ready hair for the red carpet with the assistance from Yorkville salon Chiggy’s Touch.

Photojournalist Rosie Levine, also joined the Tastemakers Lounge, inviting guests to participate in her forthcoming book, Celebrity Encounters of the Peace-ful Kind. For the past few years, she’s been photographing numerous celebrities casually and candidly flashing the peace sign, including Katie Couric, Morgan Freeman and Justin Timberlake. Proceeds from the book will be donated to War Child.

Lipstick Powder N Paint were onsite with our trusty Flip video camera to see what was happening in this fabulous lounge.