FASHION

It’s in the gift bag

This festive mini tote will add some holiday cheer to any outfit while making you celebration-ready. It boasts two lip treats (one neutral, one bolder) a blush, contour and highlighter palette, Revitalizing Supreme + cream and a mini night repair.

$60 | The Bay, esteélauder.ca

Festive florals

This year Fresh expanded its ultramoisturizing rose collection with the Rose Deep Hydration face cream which delivers 72 hours of moisture thanks to two hyaluronic acids and Damask rose extract. This full size, value-priced set includes the rose cream, moisturizing rose toner and Petal Soft rose lip cream.

$52| Nordstrom, nordstrom.ca

Holiday glow

Snag this set for yourself or drop it in someone’s Christmas stocking. This golden-toned BB cream and soft nude gloss are perfectly paired to create a glowy look for any occasion but perfect for the holiday season.

$19.99 | London Drugs, londondrugs.com

Fragrant luxury

Zafferano is the latest addition to Valmont’s Storie Veneziane opulent fragrance collection. The Swiss luxury cosmetics and skincare brand describes the scent as inspired by the Venetians’ trading relationship with the Moors, the first merchants to arrive in Venice from the East. A spicy, floriental (a fusion of floral and oriental notes) scent, Zafferano is formulated with notes of saffron, Bigaradier flower, and woody oud essence.

$700 | Holt Renfrew, holtrenfrew. com, lamaisonvalmont.com

On the first day of Christmas…

Celebrate the 12 days of Christmas with Benefit’s 12 Merry Days of Makeup gift set— one full-size Benefit makeup treat for each day. The set includes Roller Liner Eyeliner, four mascaras, three brow stylers, Dandelion brightening blush, two primers and Hoola Bronzer. Benefit, a brand that embraces the holiday hoopla big time, makes the gift boxes at value price. The Merry Days box is a $190 value that retails for $88.

$88 | Sephora, sephora.com

New year, new you

Start the new year off with a new approach to fighting age-related skin issues. RoC, the anti-aging skincare brand, returned to the Canadian market this year bringing its ultra-effective, yet economically-priced, retinol treatments. The Retinol Correxion line smoothing collection—daily serum, hydration cream, nighttime capsules, deep wrinkle cream and eye cream— is gentle yet results can be noticeable almost immediately with appearance of plumper, more hydrated skin. Weeks later pores appear smaller and skin smoother.

$40-$44 | London Drugs, londondrugs.com

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Hot hued glamour

Barbie lovers of any age will be charmed by this limitededition collaboration with L’Oréal Professionnel’s Steampod. This styling tool uses a combination of heat and steam to create any style—curly, wavy or straight— that Barbie and her posse of gal pals would want but with 78 per cent less damage than with a conventional straightening iron.

$350 | Kerastase.ca

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Much like a garden after the process of seeding—soaking its sun and water. Each sapling takes its own sweet time to produce flowers. “ And the clothes, emerging out of a different verse of the same poem, each tell a different part of the same story.”

Imagining his bride to be someone who appreciates art, heritage and craftsmanship, couturier Rahul Mishra has curated one of the most dreamy and mesmerizing bridal collections — Kamkhab, which is a reflection of deep emotions, love, beauty and intricate artistry. Explaining the thought behind naming the collection Kamkhab, the internationally acclaimed designer says, “‘Kam’ translates to ‘less’ and ‘khaab’ refers to a ‘nap’— ‘Kamkhab’ is a sequence of dreams woven together like a garland of artistic musing, of emotions and of instances that we’ve subconsciously lived through, multiple times in our minds. Like an emotion of personalised artistry, it is the hand painting of frescos on the walls of a family home. The vision of its inhabitants adorned on its lime plaster surfaces with vegetable and stone dyes, immortalised in craft and beauty. Similar to love poems, hand-embroidered on a piece of clothing, delicately holding together dreams and reality.” Known to have mastered the art of marrying traditional elements with contemporary flair, Mishra’s Kamkhab collection is a perfect amalgamation of old love charm and the lightness of new beginnings. Framing his thoughts behind this line, Rahul Mishra, who is also the first Indian designer to showcase at the Paris Haute Couture Week, tells us, “Putting together Kamkhab had been like creating a bouquet — with the beauty of old love and the lightness of new beginnings. It is a collection of garments developed at our atelier over two lockdowns, through the breaking and rebuilding of hope, resilience and a fluctuating strength of love. When sometimes, a khaat (embroidery frame) would be abandoned for months to remain and be resumed later by a different person. Much like a garden after the process of seeding—soaking its sun and water. Each sapling takes its own sweet time to produce flowers. And the clothes, emerging out of a different verse of the same poem, each tell a different part of the same story.”

He continues, “The collection was filmed in a century-old haveli in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan that was reopened after, over eight decades of being shut. Much like intricate adornments on the walls of these homes, the garments envisage the love one pours into building their home. Taking months and years to paint their stories and reside amidst them so as to never forget. Kamkhab borrows from the limitlessness of craft, the volume of skill that contributes to its immortality. And the strong passion that enables it to be brought to realisation.”

The exquisite bridal edit, like Mishra’s previous collections, continues to push the envelope with easy and clean silhouettes that are timeless and borrow from heritage and traditional crafts. The pieces are weaved in fabrics such as silk organza, georgette, crêpe and tissue along with Banarasi cutwork and Chanderi silk textiles. Furthermore, bringing out the resilient spirit of the collection is its eclectic colour palette. Kamkhab navigates through a range of pastel hues and Mishra’s signature ivory and gold. It also features garments with bright multicolour embroideries over an ivory base, along with some statement hues such as royal blue, yellow and maroon.

What further makes each piece in this collection magnificent and a standout is the use of an age-old technique of hand embroidery, which despite the intricate detailing makes the couture weightless and an ideal option for the forwardthinking bride who wants to make heads turn on her big day.