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[bc_video video_id="6285064357001" account_id="2226196965001" player_id="rkljM4WDEg"] Small businesses across Canada need your support! Here are 5 small businesses that I love and need your support this holiday season. #1 The Fitzroy Dress Rental  The Fitzroy has hundreds of dresses that you can rent and get a gift certificate for your friends. #2 Jayne Nicole Hosiery $19.99 Jayne Nicole Hosiery is defying conventions. This is the first Canadian-black-owned hosiery brand that comes in 7 stunning colours for every shade and everyone! #3 Ryse Up Affirmation Cards $49.99 A set of 60 cards to help get you in the right mindset every day and you know I love a great mindset! #4 Knot Really Art $21.99- $30.00 [caption id="attachment_247934" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Classic Tree String Art Kit[/caption] This is the perfect gift for your creative friends who love to do DIY art. #5 The Sage Soap Company Shower Steamers $15 [caption id="attachment_247936" align="aligncenter" width="274"] Essential Oil Shower Steamers[/caption] This holiday season give yourself the gift of self-care with these shower steamers! Steamers smell great. They are perfect gifts for your friends and family, plus they have an array of products on their website.  

[bc_video video_id="6285021970001" account_id="2226196965001" player_id="rkljM4WDEg"] It’s THAT time of year again! And whether you’re buying for someone else, or treating yourself we’ve got all the hottest beauty and fragrance products for you. This theme this holiday season is “Celebration”. We made it through a difficult year. So I have some incredible holiday beauty items to show you Tracy that are guaranteed to make you smile. Cityline exclusive: Moncler Pour Homme LED bottle, $254 This is a Cityline exclusive. Luxury fashion label Moncler has just launched a men’s and women’s fragrance with a remarkable LED screen bottle. An interactive and programmable LED screen is incorporated into the flacon that connects with your smartphone. Download the app and you can instantly program any message that scrolls across the LED screen. Simply press and hold the button on the bottle featuring the iconic Moncler logo to turn on or off. The bottle comes with a charging cable and a user manual in 42 languages. Better yet, the bottle is refillable. Moncler Pour Femme is a sophisticated woody floral eau de parfum for her that pairs a lively Italian green mandarin note with a green alpine accord. It’s a fresh and uplifting first impression. The feminine heart of rare jasmine absolute with fruity undertones soon emerges balanced by the sandalwood and musk. It’s beautifully blended. Available at thebay.com and at select Hudson’s Bay stores. Sephora Holiday Vibes Makeup Palette, $48 (value of $396) This eye-popping makeup palette contains 60 eyeshadows, three eyeliners, three brow powders, six face powders, 16 lip glosses and two makeup brushes. The shadows come in a range of textures: matte, shimmer and glitter. The palette even contains a pop-up mirror. Carolina Herrera Very Good Girl, $168 Good Girl is a Cityline viewer favourite. We get huge reactions on social media whenever we show it. And there is an extra special limited edition just in time for the holidays called “Very Good Girl”. It’s a sexy fruity-floral scent for her that plays up the notes of rose and vetiver. The rose is warm and silky creating a seductive effect. And the bottle is red lacquer. Estee Lauder Blockbuster Beauty Essentials: $99 with any $150 Estee Lauder purchase at Hudson’s Bay (value of $600) This is the best beauty value of the season. It’s called a purchase-with-purchase. Make any $150 Lauder purchase in-store or online and you can buy the blockbuster for an additional $99. It is worth $600!! It contains 29 beauty essentials for the price of one Advanced Night Repair. Sulwhasoo Cult Classics Set, $241 (value of $434) Calling all skincare enthusiasts: Here is a brand you might want to try! South Korean luxury beauty brand Sulwhasoo combines Asian wisdom from traditional Korean herbal medicine with modern science to create a holistic approach to beauty. It presents a sensorial experience through beauty rituals. The star ingredient is Korean ginseng which the brand has studied for 50 years. This set contains two of the best-selling iconic products: First Care Activating Serum and Concentrated Ginseng Renewing Cream. Origins Merry Masks mini-set: $25 with a value of $44 This is a set of five of Origins’ best-loved masks to help tackle skincare concerns of pores, dullness and uneven texture. They work for all skin types. The purifying charcoal mask is particularly good. OPI Holiday ’21 Nail Lacquer Mini 25 PC Advent Calendar, $69.95 This adorable nail lacquer set contains 22 mini nail lacquers 3.75 ml including shades such as “Snow Day in LA”, “Ready Fete Go”, “I’m Really An Actress” and “Ring The Blue Year”. I can’t believe it is the 40^th anniversary of OPI. Burberry Hero Eau de Toilette, 100 ml, $124 Adam Driver, who played Ben Solo in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, stars in the ad campaign for Burberry Hero. He’s about to star in the Gucci biopic with Lady Gaga. Burberry Hero is Ricardo Tisci’s first fragrance for Burberry and it is a fresh, luminous spicy-woody scent for him with notes of bergamot, juniper, black pepper and cedarwood. John Varvatos XX Indigo, 75 ml, $94 American menswear designer John Varvatos has created a masculine amber-Fougere fragrance for him that combines notes of mint, pink pepper, lemon, Himalayan Poppy, patchouli, vetiver and musk. How many sprays will you get from this bottle? 750! The general rule is that you get 10 sprays per 1 ml of fragrance in a bottle. D&G The One, Gold, $96 to $155 The One Gold is an eau de parfum intense fruity-floral scent for her with notes of juicy gold plum, rose super essence, patchouli and white musk. The One For Men Gold is an eau de parfum intense with notes of juicy citrus, spicy ginger and rich patchouli.

[bc_video video_id="6284728453001" account_id="2226196965001" player_id="rkljM4WDEg"] Whether you are a minimalist or a maximalist with your holiday décor it is always nice to add a personal touch. Here is a stylish DIY to affordably customize your decorations this year. What I love most about this DIY is that you can work with what your holiday décor is currently and introduce whatever colour scheme works best for you. For this DIY I've gone with untraditional metallics and blended them in with this wood garland to create a wood beaded garland. To hang the garland on your mantle I like using semi-permanent hooks and hanging the garland on the top surface. Semi-permanent hooks also makes it easy to layer different garlands, especially in this DIY without adding nails into your mantle. I also created another beaded décor piece using the same beads but instead, I also added birch pieces and painted them with chalk paint to make it a chalkboard. To make the beaded garland I bought big bags of wooden beads, and the thought of painting them all individually was too much. To help you paint your beads in only a short amount of time I have an awesome hack. You will need:

• Wooden beads
• Wooden barbeque skewers
• Cardboard box
• Spray paint colours of choice
• Mask
• Pair of latex gloves
• Twine

Step one:

• Start with a wooden barbeque skewer.
• You are going to put your beads onto it leaving a few inches on each end.
• Use any size bead you want.

Step two:

• Second, we are going to place the skewers inside a cardboard box.
• I pre-punctured some holes so that it's easy to slide them through.
• Make sure you are using a cardboard box that is a few inches narrower than your skewers so that you have handles on either side.

Step three:

• Now we are going to paint the beads.
• I have chalk paint that comes in spray paint to give the beads a matte look.
• Put your mask on because the spray paint scent is quite strong
• Spray the paint into the box to cover the beads, rotate them from the sides to get them fully covered.

Step four:

• Once they are covered in paid and left to dry, grab one end of the skewer and pull
• All of the beads will fall into the box
• Thread all of the beads onto the twine

You can also use this technique to create gift tags to match gift wrapping!  

[bc_video video_id="6284556279001" account_id="2226196965001" player_id="rkljM4WDEg"] There are so many fun toys out this holiday season. Here is my list of the hottest toys for the holiday season. For Babies and Toddlers 1. Cry Babies Kiss Me collection by IMC Toys [caption id="attachment_247448" align="aligncenter" width="209"] Cry Babies Kiss Me[/caption]

• Dolls are dressed in trendy, removable outfits and shoes that allow kids to mix and match for added fun and imaginative play.
• Cry Babies Kiss Me cry real tears and makes realistic baby sounds.
• Give them their pacifier or feed them with their personalized baby bottle and they magically stop crying.
• When kids give their Cry Baby Little Kisses a sweet kiss on the cheek, she’ll stop crying and her cheeks will blush.
• Ages: 18 MOS+

For 5-Year-Olds: 2. Akedo by Moose Toys [caption id="attachment_247449" align="aligncenter" width="180"] Akedo[/caption]

• Akedo takes a retro gaming look and combines it with kids playing one-on-one battles with small ninja, wizards and warrior figures using skill, force, weapons and shields.
• Players’ skills, weapons and strategies increase as players move from common to rare and ultra-rare characters.
• The Arcade Attack Arena brings the world of Akedo to life that emulates an old-school arcade game.
• Ages: 5+

For Young Scientists: 3. Young Scientists Club Adventure Packs by Horizon Group [caption id="attachment_247450" align="aligncenter" width="216"] Young Scientists Club Adventure Packs[/caption]

• Kids can experience the ultimate scientific exploration with the Young Scientists Adventure Backpacks.
• Explore various themed activities including Space Adventures, Dinosaur Adventures, and Nature Adventures.
• This hands-on educational activity is sure to keep kids engaged and excited about the amazing things that exist in the world around them.
• Ages: 6+
• MSRP: $24.99

For 8-Year-Old Gamers 4. Digimon X by Bandai America  [caption id="attachment_247456" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Digimon X- Black and Red[/caption]

• Based on the original Digivice that started it all, this new device is back and equipped with tons of new features.
• Kids can now hatch, raise, feed, and train their digital monsters.
• Kids can connect any two Digivices in their collection with a friend’s for a victorious battle.
• Ages: 8+

5. Gamebud Talking Tom by Huge! Play [caption id="attachment_247451" align="aligncenter" width="291"] Talking Tom[/caption]

• GameBud Talking Tom is the world’s first talking-animatronic streamer that live-connects to mobile games.
• Entering the homes of families everywhere, this physical streamer will bring never-before-seen, two-way interactions to kids’ favourite gameplay.
• The GameBud Talking Tom features a unique soundboard to puppet the gaming buddy, with countless two-way experiences to discover in-and-out of the game.
• Ages: 8+

6. Koosh Double Paddle Set by Playmonster  [caption id="attachment_247453" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Koosh Double Paddle Set[/caption]

• Kids swing into action with the Koosh Paddle Play Set!
• With two paddles for twice the fun, the Paddle Play Set works for individual or partner games.
• Kids can see how high they can bounce the Koosh ball on their own or try and bounce it back and forth with a friend for as long as they can.
• Ages: 6+

7. HEXMOD Pro Series Elite 

• Kids can build a racecar with thousands of combinations.
• A flexible track to configure the track any way they want.
• Car goes up to 18 MPH.
• Ages: 14 +

[caption id="attachment_247660" align="aligncenter" width="300"] HEXMOD Pro Series[/caption] All of our product suggestions are independently researched and sourced by Cityline. However, if you purchase something through cityline.tv, we may earn commission. Thanks for visiting us!