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Weekend Project: This Awesome DIY Studded T-Shirt
Have an old T-shirt lying around that could use a makeover? Toughen up that T with this easiest of easy DIYs: all you need is a handful of rivets and a piece of chalk to map out their placement. I’d style up my studded t-shirt with cutoff jeans (always), black ballet flats, and cat eye sunglasses. Summer fashion with an edge? Yes, please! [Project 22]
We Want To Go To There: A Life-Size Replica Of Barbie’s Dreamhouse
When I was a kid, the best day of my life was the day my mom gave me her old Barbie Dreamhouse. It was made of pink cardboard, but equipped with all the swanky Malibu details you’d expect. My barbies spent many hours cooking dinner in the luxury kitchen and then retreating to the bedroom to hump each other. Good times. Today my inner child is telling me to buy a ticket to Florida, because that is where Mattel just unveiled a 10,000 square-foot replica of the Barbie Dreamhouse. The feat required 20 pounds of glitter and 100 gallons of pink paint to bring to fruition, and guests are invited to sit down at human-size versions of Barbie’s makeup counter, cook up some imaginary food on one of her three pink ovens, or play a tune on her hot pink grand piano. Check out a few more photos of this crazy piece of Barbie real estate after the jump… Keep reading »
Awesomely Affordable: 9 White Dresses Under $100
The other day, I did a post of celeb ladies wearing white, where I told y’all how I’d been indoctrinated to believe that you shouldn’t wear white before Memorial Day or after Labor Day. But then a couple readers mentioned that they thought that the no-white prohibition ended on Easter, not Memorial Day. I did a quick poll of the office and we all think it’s Memorial Day and oh my God, I’m sure you guys don’t really care. You’re like, get to the clothes already! In the event that you’d like to usher in summer more quickly, and are feeling particularly brave around snack foods, we’ve got nine white dresses — all under $100 — that will work perfectly.
10 Drop-Waist Dresses
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Miley Cyrus & 10 Other Celeb Powder Mishaps
Was Miley Cyrus twerking while her makeup team applied her glam look for the Maxim Hot 100 party? Miley is the mag’s choice for hottest woman alive, but the chalky white makeup around her mouth makes her look more like the hottest ventriloquist doll. Like, from far away, her mouth looks like it has skin-colored bandages around it. (Side story: I once hooked up with a guy who tried to cover an ENORMOUS zit on his chin with a small piece of band-aid and it had the same effect.) I suspect an overzealous approach to covering blemishes and/or beard burn around the mouth or a weird attempt at facial contouring is to blame for this makeup mishap. Or twerking, because Miley always be twerkin’.
We may think celebrities are always picture perfect, but every once in a while we see behind the curtain — especially when those bright bulbs are flashing on the red carpet. Makeup is required. More specifically, powder. But it’s a delicate balance. Too much and your favorite celeb may look like a clown, too little and they’re shinier than an oil slick. Click through to see some very unfortunate celebrity powder mishaps.
Oh My God I Love Your Hair: The Waterfall Braid
This week’s OMG-worthy hairstyle is the waterfall braid, a style so lovely and unique that I quite literally can’t stop staring at it. It’s a little more advanced than other styles I’ve posted, so hair novices like me might want to enlist a friend to help conquer it, but if you feel comfortable with french braiding I think you could pull it off on your own. Either way, the tutorial is packed with photos to guide you through it. Good luck! [Once Wed]
Girl Talk: I Don’t Know What I Weigh — The Case for Stepping Off the Scale
The June issue of Allure has the usual headlines about what beauty products to buy and how to get good hair and better skin. Also thrown into the sexy, sun-kissed mix is this tidbit of information about their cover girl: “Zoe Saldana: 115 Pounds Of Grit And Heartache.” Hey, she’s slight but this gal’s got might!
Do the editors of a beauty magazine think of a celebrity’s weight as just some random fun fact to share with their readers? No, of course they don’t. It’s aspirational. Even if the number itself is completely out of the realm of healthy possibility for most women, it reinforces a longing — that dream of ultimate thinness. It’s defining. An entire interview with Saldana and how do they describe the stand out qualities they learned about her for their cover? In pounds. But what is most insidious about that headline is that it immediately forces comparison. For many women, that comparison is likely to stoke insecurity. Even if it doesn’t, it’s still a giant waste of time and energy: Do you weigh less or more? But wait, are you big-boned or small-boned? You might weigh this much, but actually you wear this size in pants or that size in tops. You felt best about yourself when you were this weight. You’re proud of your weight and fuck anyone who says you shouldn’t be! Keep reading »
Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Gives BS Apology For “Fat” Kid Comments
- Abercrombie & Fitch’s CEO kinda sorta not really apologized for saying he didn’t want “not so cool” and “fat” kids wearing his clothes. [Huffington Post]
- What “The Office” can teach us about love. [Acculturated]
- Ben Affleck did a collaboration with TOMS shoes to raise money for his charity, the Eastern Congo Initiative. [InStyle]
- Introducing “fatkinis,” a bikini line exclusively for women sizes 10 to 24. [The Gloss]
- “Teen Mom” Catelynn Lowell is still throwing shade at Farrah Abraham over her sex tape with James Deen. [US Weekly] Keep reading »
This New Lip Gloss Ad Would Like For You To “Spread Those Sexy Lips”
Hey, do you think this lip gloss ad from Vbeauté might have anything to do with … well … vaginas? Nah. What about that dress? No vaginas there either, right? [Refinery29]
“Scandal” Might Be Getting Its Own Clothing Line
"Scandal" Makeup Tutorial
Comic Franchesca Ramsey does a makeup tutorial as Olivia Pope. Read More »
- Bellamy Young, who plays First Lady Mellie Grant on “Scandal,” let it slip in an interview that there might be a clothing line developed so fans can dress like Olivia Pope! [NYMag.com]
- Here’s what Chloe Sevigny had to say about Gwyneth Paltrow’s snooty complaints about the Met Ball. [Lainey Gossip]
- The top 20 hottest “Star Trek” villans of all time. I know what our resident Trekkie Amelia will be doing tonight… [VH1]
- Fur for kids! Yes, you read that right. Fur for kids. [Racked]
- Pug costume party! Pug costume party! Pug costume party! [Pug Costume Party] Keep reading »
