Leah is a beauty columnist for Refinery29 Canada, the I Tried It columnist for The Kit and has written beauty stories for The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, Best Health, Elle and FASHION.
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Here’s How to Make Your Lips Look Younger (The Kit)
In the I Tried It series, I test-drive the latest and buzziest cosmetic procedures. This time around, I seeks to rejuvenate my lips—without looking like an aquatic bird.
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March’s Buzziest Beauty Launches You Need to Know About (Best Health)
From skincare-infused foundation to a long-lasting luxury lipliner, here are our favourite new beauty products we can’t keep secret.
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The Best Products For Pumping Up Your Weak-Ass Fine Hair (Refinery29)
“Her super-fine locks of hair hang limply, holding pretty much no style ever as they droop past her sad little ears. Her hair is so stoopid, she kind of looks like a baby.”
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My teen queens (Fashion Magazine)
The shared girlhood obsessions and intense friendships that form while you’re discovering makeup are unlike any other.
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See spot run (The Kit)
I spent my childhood obsessed with the horror that was my freckles. I was convinced they were the key to my (imagined) hideousness, and I pressed every grownup about when, exactly, they would go away.
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Bye-bye, belly
In our I Tried It series, columnist Leah Rumack test-drives the latest and buzziest cosmetic procedures. This time around, she battles the bulge sans surgery.
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Halloween Beauty Ideas For When You Can’t Even With A Costume
If you’re the type who just can’t be bothered with being super extra when it comes to dressing up for Halloween parties (it me!) these Halloween-themed beauty goodies will at least make it seem like you tried.
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In living colour
I dabble in pinks and oranges, I have a box full of berries and I own eyeliners of every shade. But my—may I say iconic?—look is caked-on red lipstick and enough mascara to make Tammy Faye weep.
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Chin chin
A new in-office treatment promises to dissolve chin fat without the downtime of surgery. Writer Leah Rumack sticks her neck out for a beauty adventure.
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Rock-a-bye baby
After years of running a serious sleep deficit, Leah Rumack tries a new tack.
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Are you muff enough?
A Brazilian backlash is blooming. In the name of research, Leah Rumack prepares to let her grass grow.