Fora Team
Leeor Wild
editor
Leeor is an avid collector of hats, fancy pants, and exotic Japanese Kit Kat flavours. Her surname is, in fact, Wild.
Twitter: @leeorwild
Ron Ruiz
creative director
There since its inception, Ron Ruiz has guided the brand from the very beginning through its many transitions.
Besides keeping the brand consistent, he also produces videos, directs shoots, loves typography, and documents fashion week.
Twitter: @ronvssquid
Lucky Bromhead
mtv makeup artist
Lucky (yes that's her real name!) has been painting faces for about 20 years and is the head of makeup for MTV Canada.
Lucky's client list includes Zooey Deschanel. Jared Leto, Jeff Goldblum, M.I.A., Cyndi Lauper, Elvis Costello, U2, Kanye West, Austra, and our amazing MTV hosts.
Twitter: @luckymakeup
Abby Ho
Contributor
Abby is in a serious relationship with movies, style, cosmetics, and Christian Bale. When she’s not working away for the television show Degrassi as their Digital and Social Media strategist, contributing to urbanebloc.com and comedy blog Bite Daily, you can always find her tuning into the Toronto entertainment pulse, well…or shopping.
Twitter: abbyho
Alice Kim
CONTRIBUTOR
Fashion Communications student who loves travel, food, and fashion.
Twitter: @alice_kim
Andrew Chipman
Contributor
Andrew is a style blogger living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Best known for his DIY projects, outfit posts, and thrifty ways, Andrew brings his own personal spin to menswear trends.
Twitter: @pullteeth
Brittney Mackinnon
Contributor
Freelance makeup artist, lover of fashion and all things beauty related. She's always testing out new products and making personalized recommendations. The only things she loves more are good music and her unhealthy obsession with cats.
Twitter: @briittneyamber
Carley Gallagher
Contributor
Partially Parisian, vintage junkie, mildly obsessed with anything gilded and luxurious, constantly carrying a Nikon to capture inspiration, wishes she had Anna Dello Russo's swag.
Twitter: @thegilded_youth
Danielle Roche
Graphic design student with an affinity for impractical shoes, stupid pants, and fun hair. Free time is mostly dedicated to style blogging or working on kastorandpollux.com, but perusing cat memes in large and awkward doses happens frequently as well.
Twitter: @daniesque
Farah Balolia
Contributor
Farah is no stranger to the world of beauty as a professional makeup artist or writing as an avid blogger. You can find her chatting about everything from beauty to DIY projects to life as a newlywed.
Twitter: @FacesByFarah
Gloria Chik
Contributor
Savvy with style. Fan of fashion and taken with technology – Gloria Chik runs urbanebloc.com, a website rich with city culture and sweet with finds. A style hound and technology reviewer, girl on the go.
Twitter: @urbanebloc
Ishra Sharif
Contributor
Sharing her take on style in life by melting her obsession with clothes and shoes with business — Ishra is a fashion writing and marketing machine. She believes in high heels, hot beaches, hip hop and good people.
Twitter: @IshraSharif
Jean-François Casselman-Dupont
Jean-François is a Canadian self-taught makeup artist. He began posting videos on YouTube four years ago and has been growing ever since. His motivation is to help people find confidence in themselves and let their inner beauty shine.
Twitter: @jeanfrancoiscd
Jessica Di Clemente
Contributor
Jessica Di Clemente is a fashion & lifestyle blogger living in Toronto. She’s an admitted gossip, glue gun enthusiast, and is gutlessly sassy.
Twitter: @jdiclemente
Kendra Hagerman
Contributor
Kendra Hagerman is a freelance fashion writer and contributor for MTV FORA, Tyra Banks’ typeF, Golden Girl Finance, and frockOn.com. She has worked with MuchMusic, Flare, Lucky, Yahoo! Finance, Elle, and CBC Radio Vancouver. Her fashion website, Van City Pretty, is fuelled on thrift store scores, and is the perfect place to find everything pretty.
Twitter: @vancitypretty
Lauren Festa
Editorial Assistant
Good at spelling, bad at scrabble. Will stain you with red wine or red lipstick. Sometimes both. Black is always the new black. Would take her Persian kitten with her in that desert island scenario.
Twitter: @L_Festa
Lauren Luxenberg
Contributor
Twitter: @laurenluxenberg
Linda Yahya
Contributor
Linda Yahya is a PR maven with a penchant for big rings and airplane rides. She wrote her first writing assignment on dolphins in elementary school and received three gold stars. Elated, she’s kept at it since then.
Twitter: @lindayahya
Lisamarie Wilson
There is some debate as to which half of the Beauty Crazed team Lisamarie comprises - we'll let you be the judge. Lisamarie enjoys participating in police lineups, picking the tomato out of salsa and googling pictures of celebrity celulite.
Twitter: @beautycrazedcan
Max Kopanygin
Photographer / Videographer
Max Kopanygin is a photographer, videographer and film editor. A soon-to-be graduate of Ryerson’s Radio and Television program, his greatest gift to mankind is creating succulent and memorable visual content. He lives for cinema and dies for fashion.
Twitter: @maximkop
Niki Blasina
Contributor
Niki is the creator and writer of A Haute Mess, an internationally acclaimed fashion blog and personal style diary with a good dose of humor and fun. She’s a fashion, style, music, travel and pop culture enthusiast, a beach bum, a Vancouver Canucks fan and a professional Wii athlete.
Twitter: @AHauteMess
Sarah Mitchell
Contributor
Sarah Mitchell started, “StellsandCo” out of her passion for fashion design, beauty and decor. She has been involved in the beauty industry for the past 10 years and is currently working as an Advanced Hairstylist at Civello Salon in Toronto.
Twitter: @stellsandco
