Aileen Lalor

Vancouver

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Lifestyle Editor at Flipboard

Lifestyle Editor @flipboard, freelance writer and editor, [email protected] on @joinmastodon.

Articles

A Vancouver Shoe Brand Focuses on Women’s Running Needs

1 month ago | montecristomagazine.com | Aileen Lalor

When I tell Lindsay Housman about the time a running-shoe specialist analyzed my daughters’ feet and told them they’d inherited my unprepossessing trotters rather than my husband’s, she laughs. Hettas, the Vancouver-based shoe brand she co-founded, is predicated on the notion that women’s feet are different from men’s, and that they therefore may need different running shoes . So naturally my tween girls’ feet would be somewhat like mine. “I’m a lifelong recreational athlete.
How Important Is It to Look After Your Scalp?

2 months ago | nuvomagazine.com | Aileen Lalor

How Important Is It to Look After Your Scalp? Current Issue — Vegamour Call us cynical, but whenever we suddenly get a heap of similar-themed beauty releases at the same time, we wonder: Is this a real thing, or is it marketing?
How Dyson Designed Its New Hair Dryer

Mar 21, 2025 | nuvomagazine.com | Aileen Lalor

How Dyson Designed Its New Hair Dryer Current Issue — It’s always fascinating when a brand that has created the ultimate example of something decides to take another look.
Celebrating Canadian Beauty

Feb 18, 2025 | nuvomagazine.com | Aileen Lalor

Celebrating Canadian Beauty Current Issue — It started, as so many of the best things do, in a WhatsApp group—a chat that was set up a year or two ago by Canadian founders of indie beauty brands after a real-life get-together.
Looking for a Valentine’s Day Gift? Try These Shower Gels

Jan 31, 2025 | nuvomagazine.com | Aileen Lalor

Looking for a Valentine’s Day Gift? Try These Shower Gels Current Issue — As we all know, the greatest luxury is time. But unless someone pops another couple of hours in the day (or removes a few obligations), we won’t be getting more of that any time soon.
What’s the Big Deal About Hypochlorous Acid?

Jan 10, 2025 | nuvomagazine.com | Aileen Lalor

What’s the Big Deal About Hypochlorous Acid? Current Issue — A holy grail ingredient or just hype? Beauty folks (or brands) often seem to get bees in their bonnets about specific ingredients—here a hyaluronic acid, there a peptide, there a little retinol.
How to Pick the Right Makeup Brush

Nov 12, 2024 | montecristomagazine.com | Aileen Lalor |Joseph Saraceno

“I would rather lose all my makeup than lose my brushes,” says makeup artist Sandra Yang, noting that a good brush makes applying cosmetics “exceptionally easier.”When it comes to quality, “price is not the best indicator, but it is usually a good one,” says Larry Yeo, who has developed a line of brushes called 13LY in collaboration with Tay Yuhui, founder of Singaporean brand 13rushes.
How Hair Products Are Getting Cleaner and More Minimal

Oct 4, 2024 | nuvomagazine.com | Aileen Lalor

How Hair Products Are Getting Cleaner and More Minimal Current Issue — A few years ago, beauty writers were all talking about the “skinification” of hair—the idea that we should all be adopting a regimen of multiple high-tech haircare products, from prewashes and exfoliants to serums and polishes.
What Kind of Moisturizers Do Oily Skin Need?

Sep 13, 2024 | nuvomagazine.com | Aileen Lalor

What Kind of Moisturizers Do Oily Skin Need? Current Issue — Sulwhasoo If you have oily skin, it might feel counterintuitive to apply moisturizer to it. Actually, all skin needs moisture, it’s just that some products feel and work better for different skin types. Oily skin is caused by the overproduction of sebum, which can be genetic, hormonal or environmental. According to dermatologist Dr. Shannon Humphrey, when it’s hot outside, the sebum can flow more freely.
Can Caffeine in Beauty Products Be Good for Your Skin and Hair?

Jul 24, 2024 | nuvomagazine.com | Aileen Lalor

Can Caffeine in Beauty Products Be Good for Your Skin and Hair? Current Issue — It feels like every week we read another headline about how caffeinated drinks are either good or bad for us. But what about caffeine in beauty products?