December 7, 2011
5 steps to the perfect shave for dandy gentlemen

1. PREP: Wet your face with warm water! One of the most important steps in achieving the perfect shave is to make sure you get plenty of warm water on your face, this will soften beard hair and open pores. If possible, always shave after you step out of the shower or apply a moistened hot (warm) towel to your face for a few minutes before shaving. 

2. PRE-SHAVE: Lightly rub our pre-shave formula onto your face and neck prior to applying shaving cream. This step will help protect your skin by allowing the razor to glide over your skin, reducing the chance of nicks, cuts, and razor burn.

3. LATHER UP: With a quality shaving brush or your fingers, gently massage our lubricating shave cream onto your face and neck. This step will help the beard hair to stand up away from the skin resulting in a closer more comfortable shave.

4. THE BATTLE OF THE BLADE: Always use a sharp blade, there is nothing worse than dragging a cold piece of dull steel across your face! Shave in the direction of your beard growth (with the grain) Shaving against the grain can lead to irritation and ingrown hairs. If you dare to get as smooth as possible, go for a second pass against the grain this time using light pressure and short strokes. Always rinse the blade under hot water before you start shaving, and every couple of strokes during your shave. Rinse face with cold water and pat dry, not rub dry, pat dry.

5. PROTECT: Apply our light non greasy non oily soothing after shave lotion. This lotion will nourish while protecting your newly shaven skin.

Following these 5 simple steps should help you to achieve the perfect shave. Never ever rush your shave, it’s the only face you got so take your time and enjoy this manly ritual!

 Thanks to our friends at Crown Shaving Co. for these tips. We will be carrying a limited selection of Crown Shaving Co. grooming products at our LOCO for LOCAL shop on Dec 8th-11th! So come by early to ensure all the men in your life are well groomed and looking their best for the holidays.

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Filed under: Crown Shaving Co. men grooming shaving Toronto LOCO for LOCAL holiday gentlemen dandy 
December 6, 2011

‘Happy Merry Everything’ are about the cutest and most appropriate gift cards for everyone and any holiday. Lauren Pirie is a local Toronto artist (and sometimes Muttonhead model!) who makes sweet little drawings that make both children and adults nostalgic for her mythical imagery. Not only is Lauren a talented illustrator but she is also a do-gooder too! Basically she is the kinda girl you love to hate but is too beautiful and sweet to do so.

Lauren is one of the founders of The About Face Collective, and if you are a member of our Facebook Page you may remember some photo’s I posted from their stop-motion video in the making a couple of weeks ago. The About Face is a Toronto-based grassroots arts and environmental collective. They collaborate with and connect artists, environmentalists, entrepreneurs, organizations and community members seeking to work collectively and integrate approaches to urban sustainability. 

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Filed under: Lauren Pirie Muttonhead Toronto LOCO for LOCAL pop up shop Illustration The About Face Collective holiday stop motion art environmental entrepreneurship community collective urban sustainability 
December 6, 2011

alternative LOCO for LOCAL posters… you may notice a little typo ‘sea-yes-ta’ as opposed to ‘fee-yes-ta’… so come prepared to party not sleep OK!

(Source: facebook.com)

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Filed under: Mexican LOCO for LOCAL holiday pop up shop poster Salvador Dalí 
December 4, 2011
shit’s about to get LOCO! just 4 more days till our L O C O for L O C A L wobbley POP up SHOP.  You may have been to one of our pop up’s before but this event will be like no other. We are bringing together all of our favourite things; breakdancing santa’s, chili chocolates, talented Torontonians and much more to our favourite Mexican joint, Naco Gallery - 1665 Dundas St. West.We are making limited edition sweatshirts of our best selling styles. For the babes we are making your favourite crop longsleeve sweatshirt’s and for the rest of y’all mutts we are bringing back our classic pullover hooded sweatshirt. We are bringing some new (and old) amigos to the fiesta:Marlena Zuber (illustrated maps / notebooks / cards) http://maps.marlenazuber.com/home/Crown Shaving Co. (men’s grooming products) http://crownshavingco.com/Fieldguided (tote bags / calendars) http://fieldguided.blogspot.com/Cuchara (jewels for men + women) http://www.cuchara.ca/Reunion Island Coffee (organic coffee / coffee making accessories) http://www.reunionislandcoffee.com/ChocoSol Traders (locally made chocolate) http://chocosol.posterous.com/Rose Broadbent (prints / original watercolour paintings) www.rosebroadbent.com Someone letter press printers (wrapping paper / gift tags / cards )http://someone.ca/Earthly Paradise (women’s grooming products) http://www.earthlyparadise.ca/Lauren Pirie (cards / prints / book) http://www.laurenpirie.com/Muttonhead (unisex apparel / hand-knit accessories / repurposed wood décor and one of a kind prints)We will also be giving away 3 limited edition posters donated by the new Bellwood’s Brewery. So make sure you swing by and enter your name to win! http://bellwoodsbrewery.com/* come join us for a holiday DANCE PARTY on THURSDAY December 8th from 8pm-late and watch Santa shimmy across the dance floor!!** we are having a break dancing competition (prizes will be awarded) and our #1 hombre Parasol (http://soundcloud.com/para-sol) will be laying down some funky beats. We will be serving up some festive (boozy) drinks to help you get loose. *** santa suits, festive clothing and sombreros are highly encouraged. ¡Hasta luego!

shit’s about to get LOCO! just 4 more days till our L O C O for L O C A L wobbley POP up SHOP. 

You may have been to one of our pop up’s before but this event will be like no other. We are bringing together all of our favourite things; breakdancing santa’s, chili chocolates, talented Torontonians and much more to our favourite Mexican joint, Naco Gallery - 1665 Dundas St. West.

We are making limited edition sweatshirts of our best selling styles. For the babes we are making your favourite crop longsleeve sweatshirt’s and for the rest of y’all mutts we are bringing back our classic pullover hooded sweatshirt. 

We are bringing some new (and old) amigos to the fiesta:

Marlena Zuber (illustrated maps / notebooks / cards) http://maps.marlenazuber.com/home/

Crown Shaving Co. (men’s grooming products) http://crownshavingco.com/

Fieldguided (tote bags / calendars) http://fieldguided.blogspot.com/

Cuchara (jewels for men + women) http://www.cuchara.ca/

Reunion Island Coffee (organic coffee / coffee making accessories) http://www.reunionislandcoffee.com/

ChocoSol Traders (locally made chocolate) http://chocosol.posterous.com/

Rose Broadbent (prints / original watercolour paintings) www.rosebroadbent.com 

Someone letter press printers (wrapping paper / gift tags / cards )http://someone.ca/

Earthly Paradise (women’s grooming products) http://www.earthlyparadise.ca/

Lauren Pirie (cards / prints / book) http://www.laurenpirie.com/

Muttonhead (unisex apparel / hand-knit accessories / repurposed wood décor and one of a kind prints)

We will also be giving away 3 limited edition posters donated by the new Bellwood’s Brewery. So make sure you swing by and enter your name to win! http://bellwoodsbrewery.com/

* come join us for a holiday DANCE PARTY on THURSDAY December 8th from 8pm-late and watch Santa shimmy across the dance floor!!

** we are having a break dancing competition (prizes will be awarded) and our #1 hombre Parasol (http://soundcloud.com/para-sol) will be laying down some funky beats. We will be serving up some festive (boozy) drinks to help you get loose. 

*** santa suits, festive clothing and sombreros are highly encouraged. 

¡Hasta luego!

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Filed under: LOCO for LOCAL pop up shop holiday Naco Gallery Toronto local Santa breakdancing Muttonhead holiday 2011 Marlena Zuber Crown Shaving Co. menswear womenswear Fieldguided cuchara Reunion Island coffee maps ChocoSol Traders grooming Illustration Rose Broadbent painting prints Someone letterpress printing Earthly Paradise Lauren Pirie handcrafted 
December 2, 2011

holiday wish list: Cuchara necklaces for boys and girls! As you may have noticed we have been hopping on the pop up shoppe train and at each event we love to work with our friend Woo. Why you ask?! Well she always keeps it fresh with new and exciting jewels for just about anyone, and she always brings it on the dance floor at our launch parties!

When we first started doing these pop pop shopps Woo started out making dreamcatcher necklaces, web bracelets and necklaces out of recycled teaspoons. These days she has been whipping up amazing studded bracelets, bullet necklaces and other men’s necklaces, as well as some new choker and longer stone necklaces.

Woo’s stuff always flies out the door at our events and most of her pieces are one of a kind as she crafts them all by hand. So come get some at LOCO for LOCAL!

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Filed under: Woo cuchara jewerly jewels LOCO for LOCAL men women 
December 1, 2011

ART: Rose Broadbent is a London, ON native and Toronto transplant, and she is one of the most talented up and coming multi-disciplinary artists in the city! Miss Broadbent does everything from painting, illustration, sculpture, video and design, to running her own seasonal vintage pop up sale Bridge+Bardot. Make sure you come by LOCO for LOCAL for an opportunity to purchase one of Rose’s original works of art. 

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Filed under: Rose Broadbent art multi-disciplinary Toronto water colour painting Illustration design sculpture London Bridge+Bardot LOCO for LOCAL vintage 
November 30, 2011

Attention scruffy mutts and bearded folk, it is the end of Movember so you know what that means! Time to get rid of all of that facial hair and prepare your face for some smooches under the mistletoe. 

We will be selling a limited quantity of Crown Shaving Co. Supreme Grooming Products, shaving brushes as well as a few (new) old school style razors at LOCO for LOCAL.

So lady friends, girlfriends and potential lovers make sure the men in your life don’t embarrass you in December with their old Movember left-overs and get them cleaned up!

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Filed under: Crown Shaving Co. LOCO for LOCAL Movember Muttonhead grooming holiday pop up shop shaving brushes razors 
November 30, 2011

ART: Marlena Zuber is a Toronto-based multi-disciplinary artist who makes illustrated maps, books and magazines.

We are very excited to be selling Marlena’s printed and framed maps at our holiday pop up shop LOCO for LOCAL on Dec 8th-11th!  All of her maps are illustrated from a flaneur’s perspective and feature an assortment of Toronto neighbourhoods such as: Dundas West, Trinity Bellwood’s, Kensington Market, Parkdale, Dovercourt and many more. 

To find out more info about Marlena check out her website or her map website.


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Filed under: LOCO for LOCAL pop up shop Dundas Square trinity bellwoods park Kensington Market Parkdale Dovercourt Toronto map Illustration Marlena Zuber art holiday 
November 28, 2011

What’s fermenting over at 124 Ossington, well a brand new brewery is taking local craft-brewed beer to a new level.

With the help of some volunteers Bellwood’s Brewery planted hops in 8 separate locations within Toronto to test the viability of growing hops right in the city. By exploring the use of different settings, greening urban spaces and creating local partnerships with the rest of the community Bellwood’s Brewery is literally growing their business one roof at a time. To learn more about the City Hops project check out the Global Toronto video. 

Bellwood’s Brewery is a new venture that not only promises to bring local brews to the neighbourhood they will also have a picnic-style cafe and retail shop (that will be open 364 days a year!). Not only will you be able to nosh on delish dishes made in collaboration with local chefs but… next Canada Day when the brews run dry, you can bike on down to Bellwood’s and return a hero with cold beers in hand!

We are very excited to announce that the fellow’s over at Bellwood’s will be donating 3 limited edition posters to be given away at our holiday pop up shop. The letterpress posters were made in collaboration with Trip Press Print. Make sure you come by LOCO for LOCAL on December 8th-11th and enter your name for a chance to win a little piece of Bloordale history! The paper was found in the bottom of the original press so it is at least 60 years old.

Bellwood’s Brewery 124 Ossington Ave, Toronto, ON —> opening January/February 2012


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Filed under: beer Locally Made Locally manufactured Local print shop Toronto trinity bellwoods park Brewery urban green space community garden Bellwood's Brewery pop up shop LOCO for LOCAL letterpress printing poster Global Toronto video 
November 25, 2011

ChocoSol Traders is about “community, social enterprise, and traditional methods.”

On Wednesday we were invited to spend the day wrapping chocolates at and learning about the sustainable and slow philosophy. 

The proprietor Michael first learned about the qualities of various native cacao beans and traditional processes of grinding and preparation while in Mexico. ChocoSol uses those same methods, including stone-grinding its fair trade beans and also harnessing pedal-power.

ChocoSol’s chocolate bars and hot chocolate are available to purchase direct from their kitchen, from local farmer’s markets and on Dec 8-11th at our L O C O for L O C A L (holiday pop up shop) at Naco Gallery.

The team at ChocoSol tries to be as environmentally friendly as possible, all of their packaging is 100% biodegradable and they are striving to create the greenest kitchen in the city. They are attempting to create a zero-waste kitchen which also produces other products such as tortillas and other baked goods.


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Filed under: chocolate ChocoSol Traders biodegradable cacao beans Mexico environmental pedal power stone-grinding zero-waste green kitchen farmer's markets Naco Gallery pop up shop Loco for Local holiday 
November 23, 2011
Cacaco beans that will soon be ground down (via pedal power) into chocolate! Yum. (Taken with Instagram at ChocoSol Traders ) Head over to our L O C O for L O C A L event page on facebook to see the rest of the vendor’s involved in our next holiday pop up shoppe on Dec 8-11th.

Cacaco beans that will soon be ground down (via pedal power) into chocolate! Yum.

(Taken with Instagram at ChocoSol Traders )

Head over to our L O C O for L O C A L event page on facebook to see the rest of the vendor’s involved in our next holiday pop up shoppe on Dec 8-11th.

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Filed under: Facebook ChocoSol Traders Local sustainable Coaco beans solar power pedal power pop up shop Loco for Local holiday slow food instagram chocolate 
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