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¢ New West Craft Fall Market review
¢ Caring for coloured hair

¢ Phillip Green suffers blowback from
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..and more!

Beauty on a Budget: NYX Can't Stop
Wont Stop Full Coverage Foundation

» This 42-shade
foundation line delivers
on its promises

Lauren Kelly
Graphics Manager

 

n my hunt for the perfect foundation,

I’ve run through many brands:
Maybelline, Covergirl , Deciem, and
NYX. One of my biggest foundation
disappointments was NYX’s Total Control
Drop Foundation—a runny, low-coverage
mess that was half empty within a couple
of weeks of testing. However, since I usually
love NYX’s products, I decided to give them
another shot with the release of the Can't
Stop Won't Stop Full Coverage Foundation

The foundation comes in a range
of 42 colours, although stores that carry
NYX products such as Shoppers Drug
Mart and London Drugs will have a more
limited range than Metrotown’s NYX
store does. The display at the NYX store
includes undertone information as well
as photographs of models wearing each
colour to give you a better idea of how the
foundation will match your skin. I would
recommend getting colour matched at the
NYX store, as opposed to a drugstore. I was
matched with Vanilla, which has yellow
undertones, and it matches my skin pretty
closely even though it’s a bit too dark.

My only struggle with this comes from
the fact that Vanilla is the second lightest
foundation with a yellow undertone—the
first being Pale, the lightest shade in the
line and one that is far too light for me.
However, it’s overall pretty close to my
natural skin tone, which is a struggle to
match at all, so I’m pretty happy with it.
Talso really like the wear of this
product. It goes on full coverage as
promised, with any of my redness or
blemishes being completely covered while
still not looking too caked on or fake. I also
don't get as oily as I have with foundations
such as the Fit Me line by Maybelline
or the Deciem The Ordinary Coverage

A few words to
the numbers

» Chimalhuacan

Professor Juan Gonzalez Benitez
Contributor

 

Translated from the original Spanish .

[ is very select and limited the group
of people who can see the wonders

of Chimalhuacan. This place that is
shown to so few is in Mexico, but far
from it in terms of justice and kindness.
Chimalhuacan is far away, but*very close
to everything that the vast majority of
people want to get away from.

The statistics use the word “poor” to
name those who live here. The poor are
the ones who do not have. Yes,.prejudice
and statistics call “poor”those who
cannot become consumers» However,
there is a greater truth, a truth that
cannot be told in the numbers. Inthe
streets and corners of this place we can
find death, but in those same streets and
corners we can find children playing.
Here, it is easy to be a child.

Here nobody is a foreigner. This
place is so noble that it usually gives
shelter, food, work, entertainment, and a
good conversation with those who offend
and those who judge it. It may be that in
Chimalhuacan, there are the last reserves
of authentic human kindness.

Chimalhuacan knows that its
value is in its love and not on television
or social networks. Media is deceitful,
thus it cannot speak of the truth of this
place|because in what other part of the
world is the ingrate so well received? In
the Jardines de Acuitlapilco there are no
pretty flowers, but what in Chimalhuacan
grows doesnot wither.

This land is fertile. Only here
can such words be given to overcome
fear as: “Fear is kicked, stabbed and
overpowered.”

I grew up in Chimalhuacan and |
wish the numbers would tell the other
part of the truth; but what the numbers
cannot say, my words will reveal.

 

Foundation, which is a huge bonus as well.
It holds up well throughout the day and I
don't notice much in the way of it wearing
off by the end of it. Overall, I’m very happy
with how it looks on my skin and how well
it stays on.

The product comes ina glass bottle
with a pump, so it’s easy to get the amount
of product that you need out of the bottle
with little mess. As I’ve yet to empty a
bottle, I can’t say how easy it'll be to get out
every drop, but so far I’m satisfied with the
packaging. Some drugstore foundations
don't come with a pump at all, making
rationing the right amount very difficult, so
I appreciate this inclusion.

Image via NYX Cosmetics

I would recommend this foundation to
anyone who has struggled finding the right
match for their skin just based on how wide
the range of shades is, as well as to people
with oily skin or who prefer a full coverage
foundation. If you're unsure about whether
you will like it, get matched at the NYX
store but purchase your shade at a different
retailer if it’s available, since drugstores
will often allow returns where NYX only
allows exchanges. However, if you can only
get your shade through them, I think it’s
still worth a try—at $18 per bottle, this is a
relatively low investment for the quality of
the product.

Unas palabras a
los numeros

» Chimalhuacan

Profesor Juan Gonzalez Benitez
Colaborador

 

s muy selecto y reducido el grupo

de personas que pueden ver las
maravillas de Chimalhuacan, este
lugar que se muestra a pocos, esta en
México pero muy lejos de él ya la misma
distancia esta de la justicia y de muchas
otras “bondades”. Chimalhuacan esta
lejos, y muy cerca de todo aquello de lo
que la gran mayoria desea alejarse.

La eStadistica usa la palabra “pobre”
para nombrar a los que viven aqui. Los
pobres son los que no tienen. Si, el
prejuicio y la estadistica le dice Spobre”
aquel que no puede convertirse en un
consumidor. Pero hay una verdad mas
grande, una verdad que no pueden decir
los numeros; en las calles y esquinas de
este lugar, se puede encontrar a la muerte
y en esas mismas calles y esquinas,
podemos hallar a nifios jugando. Si,
Chimalhuacan conserva las ultimas calles
y esquinas, en el mundo, para ser un nifio.

Aqui nadie es extranjero, este
lugar es tan noble que suele dar cobijo,
alimento, trabajo, fiesta y una buena
charla al que lo ofende y al que lo
juzga. Puede ser que en Chimalhuacan
se encuentren las ultimas reservas
de la auténtica bondad humana.
Chimalhuacan sabe que su verdad esta
en suamory no en television, ni en redes
sociales, instrumentositan engafiosos no
pueden hablar de la verdad de este lugar
pues, jen qué otra parte del mundo el
ingrato es tan bien recibido?

En los Jardines de Acuitlapilco
no hay flores bonitas, pero lo que en
Chimalhuacan florece- no marchita.

Esta tierra es fértil, solo aqui pueden
darse las palabras para vencer el miedo
como: “Al miedo, se le patea, se le apufiala
y sele domina”.

Crecijen Chimalhuacan y ojala
los numeros dijeranta.otra_parte de la
verdad; que no solo se carece de servicios
sino también de miedo:peroto-que los
numeros no puedan decir lo diran mis
palabras.