Nothing kills date night like showing up to dinner looking like you’ve got the herp. Cover your cold sore with our tips and tricks, gloss up, and wow your friday nighter. Keep reading »
Sliding Scale: Plaid Sundresses & Star Necklaces
It’s a plaid, plaid, plaid, plaid world! Or at least, it is for us when we see cute sundresses made hip by the preppy print. Go girly by accessorizing with a thick headband and pearls (so “Gossip Girl”), or make the look boho chic with some feather jewelry and braided sandals. “Check out” our cool picks…
1. Poofy sleeves and a collar make this dress super sweet. [$435, See by Chloe, ShopBop.com]
2. Wear this boyish shift alone or over pants.[$128, Modern Amusement, Saks.com]
3. The drawstring on this scoopneck can be worn loose or tight for several body types. [$58, Kimchi Blue, Urbanoutfitters.com]
4. This triple-button dress makes us want to go on a picnic. [$44.50, Delia's, Delias.com] Keep reading »
French Elle’s No-Makeup Issue
Magazine editors seem to have noticed (at last!) that women need to see models and actresses in a truer form, without the work of makeup artists and retouchers to mask their pores, cellulite, and wrinkles. The upcoming issue of French Elle, which hits newsstands this weekend, features Eva Herzigova, Monica Bellucci, Sophie Marceau, Charlotte Rampling, and four other females sans fards, which is a French idiom that literally means “without rouge/makeup,” but implies “openness.”
We’re totally psyched to see beautiful women in a more natural, albeit still extremely flattering light. Photographer Peter Lindbergh snapped the women, so they’re not anything like the horribly unattractive candids our friends take of us around 1 a.m. after we’ve ingested a few cocktails, but they’re the closest a fashion magazine is going to get. Keep reading »
Crave: Bath & Body Works Japanese Cherry Blossom Eau De Toilette
We discovered the Japanese Cherry Blossom shower gel back in December and were instantly hooked. So we’re totally psyched that Bath & Body Works now offers the scent, a combo of Asian pear, mimosa petals, Kyoto rose and Himalayan cedarwood, in an eau de toilette. The scent lingers on the skin, but isn’t overpowering. At a cost of less than $30, we’ll be able to pick up the perfume along with the lotion and some more shower gel. [$26.50, Bath & Body Works] Keep reading »
Quick Pic: The Wedding Dress For The Woman Who Has A Bottomless Bank Account
Wedding season is starting up, and this peacock wedding dress made its debut last month at the Wedding Culture Expo in China’s Jiangsu province. Made of 2009 peacock tail feathers and 60 Hetian jades, the dress costs about $1.4 million. While it certainly is an interesting departure from the usual whites, off-whites, and ecrus, we always thought that peacocks were considered narcissistic creatures. Wouldn’t wedding guests leave with a negative opinion of a bride who wore such an ostentatious (and expensive) dress? Keep reading »
The Most Orange, Crispy Tanning Horror Stories You’ll Ever Read
Dear Dr. Derm, forgive me for what I’m about to say.
So, yeah, “tan me” is way hotter than “pasty-and-pale me.” (And by way hotter, I’m not intimating that I’m incredibly good-looking—or even a little good-looking—it’s about that little bit of bronze that balances out my sometimes ruddy skin, makes my hair look blonder without the $250 highlighting bill and let’s me walk out of the house with some Aquaphor on as lip gloss and nothing else). But, since tanning is universally known to cause bad stuff (hi, cancer), I refrain and instead hit the bottle.
Either way you go, the bottle tan or the UV-ray real thing, getting bronzed often produces the most brutal (and totally hilar) stories. To wit…
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Crave: TweeCards
Life is full of moments when you just don’t know what to say. Like when a friend loses her job (or gets one), ages another year, or saves your ass at a work meeting. In these and plenty of other instances, an email saying, “Happy birthday!” or “You rock!!!!” doesn’t cut it, no matter how many exclamation marks you use. If you’re a good person, you’ll send a witty note from TweeCards. We’re pretty sure clever is the new thoughtful. [$3.50 each, TweeCards.com]
We’re giving five readers three TweeCards each, but you have to work if you want your friends to think you’re the most thoughtful/clever person they know. The five best commenters for this coming week — from today, Friday, April 10 through Thursday, April 16 — will be awarded with a set of three. So, be as clever, smart, and original as you can! Click HERE to read the official rules. NOTE: To be eligible you must include in your profile the state and country where you live! Keep reading »
Beauty How-To: Chose Makeup Brushes
Buying the right makeup is only half the battle. Buy the best tools to apply it with is what makes the difference on your face. Here’s what to look for in makeup brushes from blush to shadow. Keep reading »
Get A Whiff Of Le Whif Chocolate
Some women like their chocolate milky. Some like it dark. Some like it nutty. And now some women will like their chocolate inhaled. At least that’s what the makers of Le Whif inhaled chocolate hope. Instead of eating the chocolate, you inhale it. “Over the centuries we’ve been eating smaller and smaller quantities at shorter and shorter intervals,” said lead inventor David Edwards. “It seemed to us that eating was tending toward breathing, so, with a mix of culinary art and aerosol science, we’ve helped move eating habits to their logical conclusion. We call it whiffing.” Le Whif comes in four flavors: mint, mango, raspberry and plain. And it’s zero calories. And seemingly zero fun because part of enjoying chocolate is savoring the taste and rolling it around your tongue. You can get 24 Whifs for a little less than $60. I guess that’s a small price to pay if you have an extreme chocolate addiction, but if not, just eat regular chocolate. [Le Whif] Keep reading »
Crave: Jenny Owen Youngs’ “Led To The Sea”
We don’t develop girl crushes on many women. In fact, we’re kind of picky about who gets our admiration, because not many possess smarts, looks, spunk, and silliness in one package. Jenny Owen Youngs meets our criteria, and we can’t wait for her album Transmitter Failure to come out next month. We snuck a listen, and the songs are fun without being fluffy, with witty lines we wish we’d said ourselves.
Download Jenny Owen Youngs’ song “Led to the Sea,” FOR FREE! The Led to the Sea EP is out now, and Jenny’s album Transmitter Failure hits stores May 26.
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