Five Questions Featuring Amal Abi Farah from Suite 13 Hair Design
#amalified was an expression I came up with several years ago when I would leave the salon after Amal Abi Farah would blow dry my hair. On a recent visit to Suite 13 Hair Design I took the opportunity to ask Amal the following 5 questions for this feature: 1- Is...
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Family Fun In Mont Tremblant, Quebec
Family has been front and center this last week! As I mentioned in my last blog post F-words 4 August we were looking forward to a family vacay. Mont Tremblant ,Quebec is a popular year-round destination and it fit our criteria: Car ride max 2 hours (Are we here yet...
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Fortunate….YOU?
Are you going to be the fortunate one to win this fabulous summer essential , this Capelet in Black? It's easy all you need to do to enter is one of the following: Share and like this blog on your FB page Follow me on twitter and Retweet Or follow me on Instagram and...
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F-words 4 August
Most people in Ottawa eagerly await our summer season. It is relatively short and before you know it , it will be September with Fall just around the corner. So for the remainder of August, my 4 featured F-words will be: Fitness, Food, Family and Focus Fitness at...
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Fashion Finds ….Focus on Ottawa
Fashion Finds – Focus on Ottawa This weekend marks the midpoint of Summer 2016. In Ontario and 5 other provinces (AB, BC, SK, NB, NV) Monday, August 1st is a Civic Holiday which means a long weekend for many of us. Whether you are about to embark on a staycation or...
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Focus on Face….how to get a fabulous headshot
Recently, I have been working as a stylist for an Ottawa Law Firm. This firm is in the process of updating their website. In this day and age, they understand the importance of image not only the individual images of the lawyers but the overall image of the firm as...
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Five Questions about EyeLash Extensions
Have you ever wondered why some women have the most beautiful looking natural eyelashes? Is it genetics? luck? mascara? Latisse ?or are they Eyelash extensions? The eyes are a focal point of the face. Some say that our eyes are the windows to our souls. Studies show...
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Football….hey it’s an F-Word!
Football…..hey it’s an F- Word! I would never have imagined, I mean ever, writing a post with the word Football in it but there is a reason why this blog is called the F-word Paradox! Friday, July 8th will be the home opener for the Ottawa Redblacks. Many fans will...
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Festive Wear
Festive Wear…. For many Canadians July 1st is the start of summer. For those who are lucky enough to live in Ottawa, there are lots of things to do and celebrate Canada’s 149th Birthday. Downtown Ottawa is party central and the activities last all day ending with the...
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Feeling the Frames
Feeling the Frames Tara Shields, from Ottawa, is the lucky winner of the Fabulous Oakley Feedback Sunglasses. Many thanks to all who entered and now follow The F-Word Paradox. We are building our subscription base one fabulous reader at a time and your support is a...
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Father’s Day
Father’s Day is today! A day to celebrate the men, who have taught us so much, stood beside us and loved us unconditionally. For me, there are 2 important men in my life, my dad Felix (yes another fabulous F-word) and Bernie-awesome dad to our daughter Isabelle, and...
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Frame your Summer
Frame your Summer I truly love Sunglasses; always have and probably always will. Very rarely will you ever find me not wearing a pair, regardless of which season we are in or whether it is cloudy or sunny outside. I love sunglasses as an accessory; in fact they maybe...
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Following Fashion & Food…Blogs to visit
Sometimes it takes reading other blogs to provide you with some inspiration or motivation to start your own blog or write a new blog post. This past week I felt like I hit a wall, a blog block (love this term) if you will, lots of ideas swirling around but I could not...
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When Life gives you lemons make Lemon Slush…..
Family has a way of affecting you unexpectedly, sometimes it’s positive other times its negative…. as people like to say you can’t pick your family but you can pick your friends! In recent days my heart and head have been in another place, which makes it difficult to...
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Forever Friends
Forever Friends Fitness is what brought us together over 20 years ago. Our friendships are still strong, loving, supportive and fun. I am a firm believer that we are meant to enjoy our friendships, we did then and we do now. We were all young moms at that time and...
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Flash Sale for BCBGMAXAZRIA Fans @ Les Promenades de l’Outaouais
The BCBG Store is closing on April 24th and relocating to a new store in the mall. Today's Flash Sale was take an additional 50% off everything! Included all garments, shoes, accessories and handbags. The store carries the BCBGeneration line in addition to...
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Fashionable Thinking….Designer Eileen Fisher speaks in NYC
Fashionable Thinking Eileen Fisher, NYC fashion designer spoke to a small group of people via a Meet up hosted by Fashionista (source for the latest fashion news) at Space 530 in NYC with spring in the air. I was happy to attend this intimate evening to listen to...
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Footwear …DSW (Designer Shoe Warehouse comes to Ottawa
Footwear…. DSW (Designer Shoe Warehouse) comes to Ottawa Trainyards Women have been having a love affair with shoes forever. Proof is the numbers of pairs most of us have in our closets and/ or under beds, on shelves, in spare closets and even in shoeboxes awaiting...
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Ottawa’a Fashion Footprint is Changing
Ottawa’s Fashion Footprint With the recent opening of Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th in the Tanger outlets , fashionistas and those looking for designer wear at off the rack prices have a new option. Winners and Marshall’s have been the dominant player in this discount...
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New Article in Ottawa Home about AQ On Your Mark Images
Check out "Living In Style" with AQ On Your Mark Images in Ottawa Home...
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