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Madame Bouffant
1130 S.W. Alder St.
A trip to Madame Bouffant is like entering a drag
queen’s closet. This glamorous shop sells custom wigs,
beaded bags, tiaras and all things glittered. It has an
expressly gay clientele and the distinction of designing
wigs for the Portland performance troupe Sissyboy.
This season, be mistletoe-readv with Lip Injection,
a powerful lip gloss by Too Faced cosmetics, with
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plumping and fullness unmatched by anything but the
needle of a plastic surgeon. The $19 lip-expanding
product is guaranteed to outlast your new year’s peck,
with three hours of staying power.
by Jaymee R. Cuti
“The tingle means it’s working!” says Stefanie
Plump up your puckers for some mistletoe action with
Lip Injection. No needles involved!
Pinniger. who opened the shop two years ago.
For more information, call 503-219-9447 or visit
DAVIS
www.madame-bouffant.com .
Escential Oils offers its most popular scent, Egyptian
Musk, along with 130 other delectable smells to mix
into your favorite toiletry.
Kim models one of the more popular helmets at North Portland Bike Works.
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Healthy Pets Northwest
Escential Lotions and Oils
1402 S.E. 39th Ave. #2A and 2224 N.E. Alberta St.
3638 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd.
safe cycLiNg
North Portland BikeWorks
If it’s good enough for Julie Cantonwine’s pooch, it’s good
Custom-blending a fragrance makes perfume a personal
Radical riders and pedal dabblers alike are at home
enough for yours, (^antonwine, owner of Healthy Pets Northwest,
present. Escential Lotions and Oils has been providing custom
in North Portland BikeWorks. This queer- and female­
is giving her dog, Brodie, a stocking stuffer from the indestructi­
scenting for more than 20 years.
Portland’s blossoming
ble Tïiffies line of soft dog toys. Made with three layers of materi­
This year’s hot seller is Egyptian Musk fragrance oil,
Mississippi Avenue is a nonprofit organization that
al, Tuffies' Sea Creatures squeak, float and can handle a machine
a clean, musky scent that can be worn alone or added to the
repairs bikes, sells used bikes, holds mechanics class­
wash. They’re also great for training and won’t hurt pooches’
store’s line of unscented products such as shampoo, lotion,
es and sponsors Woman and Trans night. Mechanic and
teeth. Wrap up an octopus, starfish or alligator, ranging in price
massage oil and bubble bath. Smelling like an Egyptian is cost-
teacher Tori Bortman says helmets are flying off racks
from $9 99 to $18.99, and make your canine the happiest on the
effective at $6 for a quarter-ounce bottle and $8 for a third-
block come Christmas morning. The store supplies an oasis of
ounce roller.
3951 N. Mississippi Ave.
friendly staple on
North
this time of year. They’re safe, colorful and affordable at
between $20 and $25 a head. Add a political biking
Radical patches make
good stocking staffers.
green-minded pet food and supplies free from chemicals, pesti -
patch for a buck and you’re a rider with smarts and
cides and byproducts, ideal for the progressive pet in your home.
sass. For more information, call 503-287-1098 or visit
For more information, call 503-236-8036 (Southeast) or
503-249-6571 (Northeast) orvisitwww.healthypetsnw.com.
www.npdxbikeworks.org.
For that painter on the go, try this Marquis
Desk Easel.
And if Egyptian Musk clashes with your natural pheromones,
try one of the shop’s 130 other blends and fragrances.
For more information, call 503-236-7976 or visit
www.escentialonline.com.
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Muse Art + Design
Lux
4224 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd.
1333 N.W. Glisan St.
Gay-owned Muse Art + Design deceptively appears
Treat your honey to countless nights of candlelight
to be an average art supply store. But ask a question
with romantic Sophia (small) or Isabella (large) light­
about product or technique and you’ll quickly see how
ing fixtures designed to simulate candlelight. The
customer attention is at the core of owner Peter
sophisticated torpedo-shaped lights range in price from
Rossing’s plan. The store offers supplies to artists of all
$85 to $125, although you might want to add an easy-
levels with a staff that knows what you need. Check out
to-install Credenza dimmer for $20. This mock candle­
the Marquis Desk Easel—a steal at $30—which
light design is safer than an open flame and free from
includes acrylic paint, brushes, putty' knifes and high-
allergens sometimes emitted from the smoke and wax
quality canvas to get the painter going. Best of all, the
of burning candles.
well-crafted easel is portable and ready to take to the
Give yourself time to browse this Pearl District spe­
park, the coast or wherever the muse leads The store
cialty' shop, which provides lighting ranging from func­
regularly shows the work of Portland artists and has a
tional to artistic, garish to understated, modem to retro.
lending
library.
For
more
information,
call
503-231-8704 or visit www.mustartanddesign.com.
For more information, call 503-299-6754 or visit
Candlelight without the mess of wax
from the selection at Lux.
www.luxlights.com.