Beauty Squared Round-Up for January 4, 2015

Hello and a Happy New Year to you! How has 2015 been treating you so far?

Here's this week's round-up of beauty-ful links. 

• Let's start with some look backs at 2014 with Temptalia's favourite products of 2014 and her least favourite products of 2014.
  
• Tracey of Beauty Reflections names her favourite products of 2014.
  
• Beauty trends from 2014 that Glamour magazine are looking forward to moving on from.
  
• Beautezine's favourite product launches from 2014.
    
• Some beauty resolutions for the new year that should be easy to keep.
  
• Thinking of cutting your hair shorter in the new year? Check out the #cleartheshoulders Instagram hashtag for inspiration.
  
• No-shampoo regimes. Here's what you need to know.
  
• The latest trend in skincare is facial oils. What are they and why should you be using them?
  
• You've heard of the Clarisonic, right? No? Read on.
  
• Are you a redhead? Here's how to wear bright lipstick.
  
• Think gel eyeliner is just about the cat eye flick? Think again.
  
• Looking for a new foundation? Here are some that won't dent your bank account.
  
• Got pimples? Here are some masks and treatments that can help.
  
• The power of perfume.
  
• We've all had favourite beauty products get discontinued. We're not alone. Some women go pretty far in trying to get their favourites even after they've been discontinued.
  

Vidal Sassoon Spring 2011

 

I'm a sucker for the 1960s - the music, the culture, the movies, the makeup, the fashion and the hair. Are you kidding? The Mary Quant bob, the British Invasion, Mods, Twiggy, David Bailey, James Bond, Michael Caine, scooters, the Beatles, liquid eyeliner - come on! What's not to be obsessed with? We see it every year in the fashion trends, a designer always does mod-styling or mod-clothes and the bob haircut is never not in style.

Vidal Sassoon is known for dark, shiny, straight, sleek hair cut in geometric shapes. In 1963, he created an updated bob cut which changed the face of modern hair.

My hairstylist Matthew, who cuts hair at Parlour Salon in Toronto, was trained at Vidal Sassoon so I knew immediately when I sat down in his chair for the first time I wanted a Vidal Sassoon-style bob. I've had a slight variation on that first cut for the last year and a half. I love it.

Here's Vidal Sassoon's Spring 2011 collection. Ever-classic!

Vidal Sassoon cutting the hair of designer Mary Quant.

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