Life & Style news

• US regulators warn that some Claire's makeup has asbestos

  05-03-2019 23:35 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - U.S. regulators on Tuesday warned people not to use certain Claire's makeup products because tests confirmed they contained asbestos.The Food and Drug Administration said Claire's refused to ......
  
  Read more

• First lady asks public to see opioid crisis as 'human story'

  05-03-2019 22:28 via winnipegfreepress.com
  LAS VEGAS - First lady Melania Trump is asking the public to look beyond the raw numbers and to see the opioid crisis as a "human story."Mrs. Trump says that ...
  
  Read more

• Chanel runway in the sky: VIPs weep at Lagerfeld's last show

  05-03-2019 20:59 via winnipegfreepress.com
  PARIS - It was Karl Lagerfeld's final curtain — even though he wasn't there.Celebrities, models and fashion industry peers who had gathered at Chanel's catwalk show Tuesday held a minute's ...
  
  Read more

• Travel-related measles case confirmed in Toronto, others may have been exposed

  05-03-2019 20:53 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Toronto Public Health is investigating a confirmed case of measles and warning that some people may have been exposed to the highly contagious virus.Associate medical officer of health Dr. Vinita ......
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Chanel bids farewell to Karl Lagerfeld in last glitzy show

  05-03-2019 20:51
  Karl Lagerfeld's last collection for Chanel opened with a minute's silence for the late designer on Tuesday, as friends, collaborators and fans turned out in Paris to remember his 35 years as the...
  
  Read more

• Michelin to debut restaurant guide for California in June

  05-03-2019 20:29
  Restaurant rating guide Michelin said on Tuesday it will launch a publication for California in early June, expanding its current coverage for eateries in San Francisco and the surrounding...
  
  Read more

• Teen tells Senate why he defied his mom to get vaccinated

  05-03-2019 20:14 via winnipegfreepress.com
  WASHINGTON - An Ohio teen defied his mother's anti-vaccine beliefs and started getting his shots when he turned 18 — and told Congress on Tuesday that it's crucial to counter ...
  
  Read more

• Prefab Homes: Pros and Cons

  05-03-2019 19:00
  The tiny house movement has had a positive effect on another type of residence: prefabricated homes. As millennials and empty nesters alike look for smaller scale, more affordable housing, prefab homes are getting their time in the sun. Once perceived as low quality and hard to sell, today’s prefab homes are nothing like their shoddy predecessors. In fact, you might be surprised at the stylish and well-built newest generation of prefabricated homes.
  If you’re considering a no muss, n
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Well done, Virgin Atlantic – now all companies must ditch their makeup rules for women | Zoe Williams

  05-03-2019 18:51
  Requiring flight attendants to wear makeup forced them to do two jobs at once – actually look after passengers and play at being stereotypical air-hostessesYou always knew that Virgin Atlantic must have required its female flight attendants to wear makeup. They always looked so polished that any other explanation just wouldn’t have made sense. But it never really registered until this week, when the airline ditched the rule.Where once cabin crew were reprimanded if their lipstick did
  
  Read more

• UK town battens down the hatches for crazy 'royal' football game

  05-03-2019 18:37
  Hundreds of people descended on the town of Ashbourne in central England on Tuesday to play a traditional football game in which the rules are hazy and the goals three miles apart.
  
  Read more

• Advice on salt, hidden in an array of foods, gets specific

  05-03-2019 17:20 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - It can be hidden in bread, pizza, soup and other packaged foods and restaurant meals. Now, advice to watch out for salt is coming with a more ......
  
  Read more

• London man is 2nd patient to be free of HIV after transplant

  05-03-2019 17:08 via winnipegfreepress.com
  SEATTLE - A London man appears to be free of the AIDS virus after a stem cell transplant, the second success including the "Berlin patient," doctors reported.The therapy had an ...
  
  Read more

• Tears, moment's silence at Lagerfeld's final Chanel show

  05-03-2019 16:29 via winnipegfreepress.com
  PARIS - It was Karl Lagerfeld's final curtain — even though he was missing.Celebrities, supermodels and the fashion industry gathered at Chanel's catwalk show Tuesday to bid adieu to the ......
  
  Read more

• Queen marks 50th anniversary of investiture of son Charles as Prince of Wales

  05-03-2019 15:25
  Britain's Queen Elizabeth held a reception at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday to mark the 50th anniversary of the investiture of her oldest son Charles as Prince of Wales.
  
  Read more

• A small but social spot: trends in front-porch decorating

  05-03-2019 15:23 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Back in the days before TV and air conditioning lured people indoors, Americans often hung out on front porches, enjoying the fresh air and socializing with neighbours.In later decades, when ...
  
  Read more

• Welcome the end of winter with a new spring wreath

  05-03-2019 15:17 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Christmas wreaths on the front door are a tradition, but there are also wreaths that celebrate the arrival of warmer weather.You can put up spring wreaths with an assortment of ...
  
  Read more

• What makes a dwelling a home? The answer is changing

  05-03-2019 15:09 via winnipegfreepress.com
  What makes a house or an apartment a home?For some of us, home is a walk-up apartment that we share with a roommate or two. For others, it might be ...
  
  Read more

• Lavender: all-purpose 'Swiss army knife' of fragrant herbs

  05-03-2019 14:33 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Lavender is a species with a Mediterranean ancestry, but it has been hybridized to such an extent than it can survive Toronto winters. This perennial evergreen shrub is a prized ......
  
  Read more

• The cheese challenge: why people need to stop throwing cheese slices at babies' faces

  05-03-2019 13:50
  The latest internet meme involves a significant waste of cheese – and may not be entirely welcomed by the world’s baby communityName: The cheese challenge.Age: Five days. Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• Kylie Jenner's makeup makes her the world's youngest billionaire

  05-03-2019 13:48
  Youngest of the Kardashian-Jenner reality TV family tops Mark Zuckerberg by two yearsKylie Jenner, the youngest member of the Kardashian-Jenner American reality TV family, has become the world’s youngest billionaire at the age of just 21.Jenner, who grew up under the watch of TV cameras filming Keeping Up with the Kardashians, was on Tuesday admitted to the “nine-zero” fortune club by Forbes. The business magazine ranked Jenner as the world’s 2,057th richest person. She b
  
  Read more

• Sajid Javid opts for ‘buddy’ – but what should you call someone whose name you’ve forgotten?

  05-03-2019 13:43
  Whether it’s pal, mate, chum or the home secretary’s favoured term, is there anything more annoying than lazy overfamiliarity from people you barely know?For the past decade, I have harboured a long and powerful resentment against a man I used to work with. His crime? Calling me “buddy”.In a pub after work, two hands came crashing down on my shoulders. “Hi buddy!” the man said, making it instantly clear that he didn’t have the first clue who I was. And w
  
  Read more

• Were the Pantone Colors of the Year for 2020 Accidentally Announced?

  05-03-2019 13:00
  Laurie Pressman, Vice President of the Pantone Color Institute, just let us in on a little secret well in advance of Pantone’s official annual announcement. A Footwear News article reveals she spoke to an audience at the fashion trade show Sourcing at Magic in Las Vegas, and said that the Pantone Colors of the Year for 2020 are inspired by the sea.
  Blue will take center stage, while “Browns are important across the gamut and are inspired by dried seaweed and driftwood,” sh
  
  Read more

• Spiced mushroom rice | Nigel Slater

  05-03-2019 13:00
  A comforting, rib-sticking meal of steamed rice that’s then fried with a nutty curry paste, spinach and mushroomsPut 190g of sushi rice in a medium-sized saucepan and pour 300ml of warm water over it. Set aside for 30 minutes. Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• Palestinian wedding hall preserves treasures of its cinematic past

  05-03-2019 12:45
  Posters of classic movies are scattered on the upper floor of Abdel-Rahim Hanoun's wedding hall, signs of the building's past life as one of the few cinemas in the West Bank.
  
  Read more

• Could robots make us better humans?

  05-03-2019 11:00
  Machines can already write music and beat us at games like chess and Go. But the rise of artificial intelligence should inspire hope as well as fear, says Marcus du SautoyAs Marcus du Sautoy greets me at the entrance to New College, Oxford, his appearance is a quiet riot of colour. His clothes rather suggest someone who ran into White Stuff or Fat Face and frantically grabbed anything he could find – in this case, a salmon zip-up top, multihued check trousers and shoes that are a headache-
  
  Read more

• Granny Jela draws millions in Serbia with online cooking

  05-03-2019 10:18 via winnipegfreepress.com
  JAGODINA, Serbia - What to cook today?Serbs looking for ideas are increasingly turning to the Balkan country's 69-year-old hit chef Granny Jela, who has put her life-long experience to good ......
  
  Read more

• Hotels at centre of rape allegations promoted on TripAdvisor

  05-03-2019 09:37
  Woman told by website to leave ‘first person’ review detailing sexual assaultHotels around the world at the centre of sexual assault allegations are continuing to be promoted on TripAdvisor, despite some complainants contacting the travel company to warn them of alleged attacks by staff members.TripAdvisor is the largest travel site in the world, with 456 million people visiting the site every month to search for accommodation and other hospitality sites ranked according user reviews
  
  Read more

• Waitrose’s delivery service has failed to go the distance

  05-03-2019 08:00
  The supermarket has suspended my regular delivery slot and won’t confirm it will reinstate itMy local Waitrose in Lincoln (along with Ipswich, I understand) is running what was supposed to be a four-week trial whereby only a proportion of the usual online shopping slots are available. However, my usual Saturday morning slot – which I have used for at least the last seven years – is unavailable into early May at least. This suggests that a decision to extend or make the trial pe
  
  Read more

• A purr-fect place for feline friendship

  05-03-2019 07:35 via winnipegfreepress.com
  WASHINGTON — To mark the first anniversary of her favourite cat’s death, Amber Smigiel took a few days off from her job at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum to grieve ...
  
  Read more

• Immersive Van Gogh show opens in Paris – in pictures

  05-03-2019 07:30
  Digital art museum L’Atelier des Lumières brings Vincent van Gogh’s paintings to life, projecting them on the walls of a former foundry to the accompaniment of a poignant playlist Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• Report finds few seniors are getting routine memory checkups

  05-03-2019 06:44 via winnipegfreepress.com
  WASHINGTON - Few seniors get their thinking and memory abilities regularly tested during check-ups, according to a new report from the Alzheimer's Association that raises questions about how best to ......
  
  Read more

• Second man seems to be free of AIDS virus after transplant

  05-03-2019 02:38 via winnipegfreepress.com
  SEATTLE - A London man appears to be free of the AIDS virus after a stem cell transplant, the second success including the "Berlin patient," doctors reported.The therapy had an ......
  
  Read more

• Sudoku 4,311 medium

  05-03-2019 01:01
  Click here to access the print version.Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9. Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• Quick crossword No 15,233

  05-03-2019 01:00
  Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• Proposed order on campus speech follows wave of complaints

  05-03-2019 01:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's proposed executive order to protect free speech on college campuses follows a growing chorus of complaints from conservatives that the nation's universities are attempting to ......
  
  Read more

• Cryptic crossword No 27,760

  05-03-2019 01:00
  Continue reading...
  
  Read more

Follow @NL_LifeAndStyle on Twitter!