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Pre-Summer Checklist

Remember hot sand sifting between your toes? An inviting aroma wafting from a backyard barbecue? The cool refreshment of a sticky popsicle? Oh, summer! How we have missed you!

Healthy Holidays Survival Guide

I always felt that the short-lived pleasure I gained from tucking into my arch nemesis, the Quarter Pounder with Cheese (or, Royale with Cheese en Francais) must be akin to the thrill a man feels when hunkering down at a table in a strip club.

Survive Toronto Fashion Week

There’s no eating, no sleeping, and no time to breathe: Fashion Week (Toronto Fashion Week begins October 19 2009) is the pivotal time of the year and where next season’s looks are revealed (in Fall, Spring and Summer looks are revealed and in Spring, Fall and Winter looks come out).

Survive a Walk Down the Beauty Aisle

I am a beauty product expert and addict (check out my perfume collection featured on HGTV.ca’s decorating blog). And while I love many products, there’s a select group that actually live up to the glamorous promise inherent in cosmetic marketing. Today, I’m going to share my list of must-haves, some of which are literally life changing!

Green Your Beauty Routine

Now we all know that going green is better for the planet, but with what seems like a million different certifications and terms like “biodynamic” and “organic” versus “natural”, shopping green beauty products is enough to make any beauty junkie want to ditch her regime and go au naturel.

Pack It In

While travelling Europe as a young(er) scholar, the first thing I learned was, “You will not look good when you travel.” And, after careful inspection of digital video of me in Germany, I can attest that I did not, in fact, look good. I’ve since changed my travel philosophy to, “Look good, but be smart about it.”

Hot Summer Hair

Last week, while discreetly gazing at my reflection in the mirrored elevator in my building, I noticed something disturbing: split ends! If you look closely, under the right light, you can actually see dry, split ends in the section of hair I flat iron the most! Horror of horrors!

Shop It Till It’s Hot

For those of us who have jobs, kids, and a bunch of other commitments, staying on top of current trends might be at the bottom of our lists of things to do. That’s why the demand for personal shoppers across Canada has increased significantly over the past few years.

Fashion Sampler

If you’re not familiar with sample sales, you’re missing out on a wonderful world of discounted designer clothes, shoes and accessories. A sample sale is held either by a designer or a clothing distributor. The merchandise sold is either a production sample or last season’s overstock.

Dating Dress Code

Many of you ladies might think won’t need help primping for a first date, as you’re already impeccably dressed and would never think of committing any fashion crimes. But when it comes to impressing someone you’re sweet on, even the most stylish among us can lose our way.

Skin Myths Revealed

Every time you open a magazine, you’re apt to read yet another “great secret” for perfect skin. From crèmes to vitamins to drinking water, there’s so much advice—but what really works?

Classy vs. Trashy Dressing

A recent water cooler debate at my office revolved around underwear trends for 2007. I was cruising the American Apparel website hunting for briefs and boy shorts to dress some models for a photo shoot...

Deciphering Dress Codes

Nothing beats the giddy feeling of opening up your mailbox and spotting an envelope that’s too small to be a phone bill, too sparkly to be a belated birthday card and, therefore, must be a party invitation. You rip it open as your brain swims with thoughts of your awesome popularity. You fantasize about getting sloshed, ending up with another invitee’s tongue down your throat and recounting the tale of your night’s conquest to your buds around the brunch table the next day.

Look Fab Even When You're Not Feeling It

So that after-work martini turned into a few too many and you didn’t fall into bed until 2 am. Unlucky you, it’s a school-night, and you have to be at the office, primed and ready for a first-thing meeting at 9...

Bathing Suit Shopping

You have to be in a bathing suit in two weeks and you’d rather get a mammogram than see your pasty, dimpled bum under fluorescent lights. At least that flesh-squeezing...

 
 
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