Vervegirl was a Canadian teen magazine published by Youth Culture , based in Toronto , for young women aged 13–24. The magazine engages young women through lifestyle, global causes, fashion, entertainment, career, health and beauty.
22-485: Published 5 times per year, Vervegirl was found in over 1,100 high schools in 600 markets. Starting in 2005, they began releasing special issues exclusively through Wal-Mart Canada. Articles could also be found at its website, launched in June 2007, which serves as a social networking site for its readers. One article noted that sponsor Clinique had a "room" (group) in the site, but girls set up their own fan-run rooms for
44-412: A bookkeeper for the E. R. Squibb pharmaceutical company. While there, Arden spent hours in their lab, learning about skincare . She then worked for Eleanor Adair, an early beauty culturist, as a "treatment girl". Arden was allegedly a dedicated suffragette , and there is a story that she marched for women's rights in 1912. It is a popular fiction that she supplied the marchers with red lipstick as
66-427: A sign of solidarity, but there is little contemporary evidence supporting this. Women taking part in the 1912 march were advised to wear the same $ 7 straw hat, wear white, and to bring their children, to demonstrate their responsibility and simplicity. The use of cosmetics was never mentioned, which is hardly surprising: bold red lipstick still had tawdry associations with the theatre. Even as late as 1920 Arden herself
88-433: A special issue in 2007. In September 2009, the magazine featured Tracy Spiridakos to promote tween comedy series Majority Rules for Canadian network Teletoon . Kaaren Whitney-Vernon was a president of Youth Culture Group. Xania Khan and Amanda Bloye were the editor at different points. Vervegirl magazine was sold to Family Communications Inc. as of March 2014. Youthculture Inc. (the previous publisher) continued on in
110-776: A statutory declaration by her older brother, William Pearce Graham (1877–1959), both put the date at 1881. The property is currently home to the Vaughan Grove community. Her parents had immigrated to Canada from Cornwall , United Kingdom, in the 1870s. Her father, William Graham, was Scottish ; her mother, Susan (née Tadd), was Cornish and had arranged for a wealthy aunt in Cornwall to pay for her children's education. After dropping out of nursing school in Toronto, she joined her elder brother in Manhattan , working briefly as
132-431: A styling contest created by Ogilvy and featuring Danny Fernandes and Mia Martina . Through an app on Facebook , contestants dressed up celebrity avatars to win a chance to style the celebrity in real life. Those mentioned or featured in the magazine include Tyler Medeiros , Jaclyn Kenyon , Keshia Chanté , and Elise Estrada . Nina Dobrev and Lauren Collins of Degrassi: The Next Generation fame were featured in
154-408: A way to "connect with its readers using music" and provide "a platform for discussion on the importance of music programs in the high school curriculum." At least once, in 2007, the magazine published a supplement called Vervegirl Cause: Empower your Mind, Body and Spirit . They had a "Faces of Canada Model Search", to scout girls to pose in the magazine. Then in 2011, they teamed with Winners to host
176-517: A youthful, beautiful image. In her salons and through her marketing campaigns, she stressed teaching women how to apply makeup and pioneered such concepts as scientific formulation of cosmetics, beauty makeovers, and coordinating colors of eye, lip and facial makeup. In 1962, the French government awarded Arden the Légion d'Honneur , in recognition of her contribution to the cosmetics industry. Arden
198-485: The CBC period drama Murdoch Mysteries (October 1, 2018), portrayed by Kathryn Alexandre . A contract dispute that Arden faced with a former employee led the 1953 court case Crabtree v. Elizabeth Arden Sales Corp , which is now considered a seminal case on the application of the statute of frauds . Most law schools include this case in their required contract law course. (It is curious that "Graham's" love interest in
220-773: The Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York , under the name Elizabeth N. Graham. The musical War Paint dramatizes her rivalry with competitor Helena Rubinstein . After a successful tryout at Chicago's Goodman Theater , the show opened on Broadway at the Nederlander Theatre on April 6, 2017, earning four Tony Award nominations, including Best Actress in a Leading Role for Christine Ebersole 's portrayal of Arden, as well as for Patti Lupone for her role as Rubinstein. and closed on November 5, 2017. The comedy Lip Service by
242-643: The Australian dramatist John Misto chronicles the life and career of Helena Rubinstein and her rivalry with Elizabeth Arden and Revlon . Lip Service premiered April 26, 2017, at the Park Theatre in London, under the title Madame Rubinstein , before opening at Sydney's Ensemble Theatre in August of the same year. Elizabeth Arden, as student nurse Florence Nightingale Graham, appeared in an episode of
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#1732776275825264-588: The Lauder family, created the Clinique brand name and developed its line of products. Lauder worked as the training director for Clinique. She was the first person to wear the trademark white lab coat , now worn by Clinique Consultants worldwide. Clinique was the third brand that was "born" from the Lauder Group after Estée Lauder and Aramis . In 2008, Clinique announced a partnership with Allergan ,
286-739: The brand ambassador of Clinique. In 2022, Clinique launched in the Metaverse and released a new NFT campaign. In 2024, Clinique formed a partnership with New York’s Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to establish a research dermatology centre. In 2019, Clinique was "awarded Best Ecommerce Experience at the inaugural Glossy Awards Europe." In 2020, Clinique publicly announced British actress Emilia Clarke as their first Global Ambassador. [REDACTED] Media related to Clinique Laboratories, LLC at Wikimedia Commons Elizabeth Arden Elizabeth Arden (December 31, 1881 – October 18, 1966), also known as Elizabeth N. Graham ,
308-433: The maker of Botox and former cosmeceutical partner of Elizabeth Arden , with the result being a new line called Clinique Medical. The line is only available in physician's offices. The five-product set is designed for pre- and post-operation skin care, and targets complications such as redness, tightness, burning, irritation, discoloration, among others that "slow the healing process." In January 2020, Emilia Clarke became
330-470: The same brand. The article noted how apprehensive brands were, to participate in a shift in the power dynamic between marketer and consumer. The Toronto-based magazine launched Vervegirl Toronto , a digest-sized, city-specific publication marketed to a previously-untapped teen audience in March 2006. On March 5, 2007, the magazine announced a tour of eight Canadian high schools with Keshia Chanté , designed as
352-561: The significance of a skin-care routine. Evelyn Lauder , daughter-in-law of Estée Lauder, read the article and brought it to Estée's attention. Both Carol Phillips and Orentreich were recruited to help create the brand, and in April 1968, Clinique premiered as the world's first allergy tested, dermatologist-driven line at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York , US, launched with 117 products. Evelyn Lauder, an executive at Estée Lauder and member of
374-669: The trade name "Elizabeth Arden" was formed. From there, Arden founded the Red Door salon in New York in 1910, which has remained synonymous with her name ever since (see under Elizabeth Arden, Inc. ). In 1912, Arden traveled to France to learn beauty and facial massage techniques used in the Parisian beauty salons . She returned with a collection of rouges and tinted powders that she had created. She began expanding her international operations in 1915 and started opening salons across
396-611: The world. In 1934, she opened the Maine Chance residential spa in Rome, Maine , the first destination beauty spa in the United States. It operated until 1970. Arden was largely responsible for establishing makeup as proper and appropriate, even necessary, for a ladylike image; previously makeup had often been associated with lower classes and prostitutes. She targeted middle-aged and plain women for whom beauty products promised
418-727: The youth field creating " shift2 " a digital agency working with brands on YouTube. Clinique Clinique Laboratories, LLC ( / k l ɪ ˈ n iː k / ) is an American manufacturer of skincare, cosmetics, toiletries and fragrances, usually sold in high-end department stores. It is a subsidiary of the Estée Lauder Companies . As of 2019, Clinique has over 22,000 customer consultants worldwide. In 1967, American Vogue magazine published an article called "Can Great Skin Be Created?", written by beauty editor Carol Phillips with Norman Orentreich , discussing
440-683: Was a Canadian-American businesswoman who founded what is now Elizabeth Arden, Inc. , and built a cosmetics empire in the United States. By 1929, she owned 150 salons in Europe and the United States. Her 1,000 products were being sold in 22 countries. She was the sole owner, and at the peak of her career, she was one of the wealthiest women in the world. She was born Florence Nightingale Graham on her family's farm in Woodbridge , Ontario , Canada. She played with her birth date, but although her birth record seems to have disappeared, census records and
462-401: Was dismissive of "powder and rouge ... so obvious in their artifice that their use was considered in questionable taste". In 1909, Arden formed a partnership with Elizabeth Hubbard, another culturist. The business relationship dissolved in 1910. Wanting to have a trade name , she used "Elizabeth" to save money on her salon signs. She chose the last name, "Arden", from a nearby farm. Thus
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#1732776275825484-407: Was involved in the sport of Thoroughbred racing for many years. Her stable, Maine Chance Farm (named for her spa), owned – among other stakes winners – the 1947 Kentucky Derby winner Jet Pilot . Arden was married to Thomas Jenkins Lewis and to Prince Michael Evlanov . Both times, she divorced them. Arden died at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan on October 18, 1966. She was interred in
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