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After 10 years with Biologique Recherche Canada, including eight with Living Beauty Inc., it’s safe to say that Veronika Gueorguieva is someone we really can’t live without.

Randi Bergman looks at how our first experiences with beauty shape our identities for life.

Wherever you’re headed, we’ve got everything you need to maintain your beauty routines—all in carry-on-approved sizes!

I think that as much as we’re looking for escapism, sometimes there’s something that pulls us back into how it translates in our own life,” says Dowds. “I think it touches us each of us personally in a different way. And so we hang on to that.

From skincare to hair care and nail care, here are some of our all-time favourite products to admire.

The new novel Sunshine Nails tells the story of the Tran family, first- and second-generation Vietnamese-Canadians who run a nail salon in Toronto. When a pricey American mani-pedi chain opens up across the street from their salon and rent goes up in their rapidly gentrifying neighbourhood, daughter Jessica steps in to help keep their business afloat.

Gaëlle Lebrat Personnaz, the Paris-based founder and CEO of Manucurist, is revolutionizing how we care for our hands. Here, she shares how her family business and her career in the fashion industry led her to launch a green beauty nail-care brand without compromising on results.

As an aesthetic choice, manicure preferences vary from place to place. Not just that—they’re a democratic form of personal expression. Nails allow everyone to make a statement, express their individuality and fit all people.