Cynthia Cheng
Starbucks, The Second Cup and Timothy’s World Coffee aren’t the only game in town anymore.  In 2007, Toronto saw a new game in town.  Urbana Coffee, which currently has two locations in the downtown area (near Bay and Wellesley and and at Yonge, just north of Bloor) offers coffee and other drinks for a [...]

Thursday is Christmas Day. I love the holiday, but there are two things about Christmas which bug me. The first is mass commercialization.  There are so many cheesy “gimme gimme” ads, and kids are really demanding of the types of presents they want, even in this current economic climate.  In reality, Christmas has been very commercialized for decades - [...]

Keep your holiday memories alive this season with Magnique.  Founder Tova Posner launched her line of glass magnets, picture frames and bulletin boards in 2007.  The idea came to her two years prior, when she was looking for something to organize her papers.  Everything in stores seemed to be plain - nothing available was not [...]

Advertising for US Vogue has dropped significantly this year.  Many teen magazines have shut down.  Wish, Canada’s five-year-old lifestyle magazine for young, professional women recently announced that they would end their print run with their Winter 2008/2009 edition.  Is this signalling that print is on life support, at least for lifestyle and fashion publications?
Money is [...]

We Are Wedges, a line of plush toys, complete with a backstory and online comic book, was launched by creator, Benita Hsueh the spring of 2008.  Inspired by shapes, Benita created a line of wedge-shaped people and creatures, featuring Brie the Wedge, her boyfriend, Walter and a host of other characters, including their pets, Gwen and Beck, who [...]

T U Dawood

Cosmeceutical expertise comes to Yorkville with the launch of Skinovation, a 1700 square feet med spa with a luxury feel located at 114 Avenue Road.  Noah Kiani’s ten years of experience in cosmetic consulting and solutions and is determined to make the process of beautification simpler and more enjoyable for customers.
Skinovation is meant [...]

K. Lau
Webitor’s Note: This is a continuation of K. Lau’s Medieval Portugal series.
Porto has been occupied for at least 3000 years. The Romans built a harbour here at Portus, while the settlement on the south bank, where all the Port houses are, was called Cale. These two towns gave their names to the county [...]

Cynthia Cheng

L’Oreal’s latest mascara is the Double Extension Beauty Tube, a two-step product which promises to give the wearer long, luscious lashes (up to 80% longer).  The product which has wands on both ends, has a white conditioning base coat on one side and mascara on the other. According to the product description, the conditioner, [...]

Webitor’s Note:  For the upcoming holiday season, Prospere Magazine is looking at neat gift ideas beyond just fashion and accessories.

10 lipgloss shades from Balmshell
Toronto is known to be the birthplace of many cosmetics lines, including MAC and Cargo, both of which have gone on to be celeb-favourites.  But over the last couple of years, the [...]