I have my first of many holiday parties tonight and with the abundance of appetizers that await over the next 25 days, let's be honest - things are gonna get a little loose around the middle. I'm not alone - we're all faced with bad food and no time for workouts during the holiday season - and yet it's the time of year we are most subjected to tight clothes and tall shoes.

A few weeks ago, my hairdresser was feeling restless and decided I needed bangs. No, I told her, knowing full-well that they don't suit me. Just a little, she assured, "for that sexy bombshell look", and with a snip, the bomb went off. I hated them instantly and continue to hate them to this day. You see, they are not actually bangs, it's more like a fresh layer of awkward fringe—as though I intentionally submitted myself to the worst stage of bang grow-out possible. You know what I mean? Well Kate Middleton knows what I mean, because the Duchess, too, has fallen victim to a no-fringe fringe layer of weirdness.

George Kotsiopoulos, Kristin Ess, Amy Nadine

Yesterday, I had the chance to go to Unilever’s Be Groomed, Be Gorgeous event and got the inside scoop on the latest beauty products and trends, and also learned a few tricks of the trade. The panel of experts included The Beauty Department’s Kristin Ess and Amy Nadine and E!’s Fashion Police co-host, George Kotsiopoulos.

Here are a few highlights from the event:

The top complaints I hear over the month of No(Mo)member come not from the men who grow their moustaches in the name of charity, but from their partners—you know, the ones who have to endure scratchy kisses. I can't blame them, really - who wants to make out with a caterpillar? - but I do find it hard to believe that, with facial hair trending so heavily in men's grooming over the past few years, this Movember crew hasn't yet figured out that it is possible to grow a fine looking 'stache. 

I hit up Dustin Granofsky, Senior Barber at Garrison's by the park Barbershop, for a few tips on how to grow a moustache your partner will love well beyond November 30th.

Snooki, Jersey Shore's wild child-turned-mother-of-one, has released a new fragrance. It's called Snooki Couture. Yes, you read that correctly: the words Snooki and couture are now sitting side by side.

First of all, what is that even supposed to mean? How can a perfume be couture? Are the bottles stuffed with hand-sewn gowns? Did a couturier custom fit the fragrance particles into the packaging?

A friend posted a picture of Justin Bieber shaking hands with Stephen Harper this weekend and, since said friend is a Photoshop junkie, I immediately assumed it was a joke. There was Biebs in a white shirt, unbuckled overalls, and backwards cap with our PM in his usual boring suit. Then later I come to find out - no Photoshop here - joke's on Canada. (And no, I don't mean Harper.)

"I met the Canadian Prime Minister in overalls lol" the 18-year-old pop star later Instragammed to the world. (The pic was taken after he accepted a Diamond Jubilee medal.) "Hahahahah" responded @randowm_gal2001, "Pimp" said @kaiguy123, "Lol overalls haha" summed up @gissel_castro.

Women really can do it all—including male modelling. The latest addition to Ford Models' men's division is Casey Legler, a retired Olympic swimmer and artist who also happens to be a woman.

Time magazine exposed Casey's story in an interview filmed at her New York studio. As Casey tells it, a photographer friend was short a model for a spread in Muse magazine and cast Casey in the role. The rest is literally history, as no other female has ever modelled exclusively as a man.

This week, we had the privilege of previewing Nine West’s gorgeous spring summer 2013 collection – and it did not disappoint. The colourful palettes, vivid prints, and bold texture combinations have us wishing that we could just skip winter and head straight to spring!

If you've been avoiding online shopping for lack of a change room, you may soon be in luck. Remember Bodymetrics? Well they have teamed up with The London College of Fashion to develop a body scanner that takes their in-store body mapping concept online.

While visiting with friends over the weekend, someone brought up the fact that Zara CEO Amancio Ortega has eclipsed Warren Buffett to become the third richest man in the world. They were shocked. I shrugged.

Fast fashion is easily one of the most lucrative businesses, particularly when executed similarly to the Zara model. They manufacture highly coveted runway knock-offs for cheap, while monitoring sales to push only the top items and pull any poor performers back to the warehouse. Zara also redefines fast, bringing designer rip-offs into stores before the originals ever make it to their respected sales floors. What's more, they sell it at a reasonable price, although a new Greenpeace campaign posits the question: at what cost?