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Quick Question: Do You Wear Cutesy Hair Accessories?
Anna, our parent company's social media strategist and grown-up version of Janis Ian from Mean Girls, is in from San Fran this week. YAY! Also yay-worthy: her adorable green pear hair clip barrette...
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How To Get The Hot Look I've Dubbed 'Rich Mid-90s Mean Girl'
I tend to go with themes when I have somewhere to go. I like to have a very concise vision of the look I'm going for, and if I feel I'm executing it properly, then my confidence skyrockets. I was...
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Hungover At The Office? Keep These Products In Your Desk To Fake That 'Alive'...
I work in an office. It’s in a creative field, but the beige walls and slate carpet are dead giveaways that this is a corporate environment nonetheless. Normally, I’m pretty good about showing up...
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Dotty: Nail Art Inspired By Yayoi Kusama
I love Yayoi Kusama so much. She’s like a wise, eccentric grandma who is obsessed with cross-stitch. Except Yayoi Kusama doesn’t cross-stitch; she makes amazing contemporary art. She’s been part of...
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Don't Not Put Tiny Dinosaurs In Your Braid
*Heads up: brain not functioning.* I used to pull chunks of my hair through those Hard Candy nail polish rings because I thought it was really cute and innovative. Eye of the beholder, I guess? I...
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4 Underrated Beauty Benefits Of Being Underemployed
Since entering this current and hopefully brief period of underemployment, I’ve had good days, not so good days, and, frankly, totally low and awful days. But one truly excellent realization I had...
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4 Golden Products To Make You Shimmer All Summer
I LOVE GOOOOOOLD! Am I totally dating myself with that Austin Powers reference? How about now: That sequel came out the summer between my sophomore and junior years of high school. I remember everyone...
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5 Pretty Things On The Internet: Game Of Thrones Braids Edition
The coolest beauty-ish things I found this week: Refinery29 highlights nine great beauty blogs worth bookmarking. It's super-meta of me to include this in a link round up, I know, I know. It's a...
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Don’t Try This At Home: Making 'Tinted Moisturizer' With Chocolate And Lotion
A few weeks ago, Caroline wrote a great article about the virtues of using cocoa powder as a bronzer for pale skin. It struck me as a perfect eco-friendly alternative to store-bought bronzers, and for...
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I'm Stuck In A Neutral Nail Rut
I keep my nails bare most of the time and, instead, admire other people’s pretty nail colors. We’ve already established that I am incapable of painting my own, but even when I get my nails done, I...
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Animated Beauty Muse: Yzma From The Emperor's New Groove
Brace yourselves, xoVain readers. This is going to be a weird one. It started when I was trying out some new false eyelashes the other day. It’s my latest beauty obsession, despite the fact that...
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Argan Oil: I Jumped On The Bandwagon And Have No Plans To Fall Off
The argan oil revolution has swept me into its army of devotees. My hair really gets run through the ringer. I'm always bouncing from dry to drier to driest environment, with a respite here and...
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I Have Beauty-Routine OCD
The other day, I stepped in the shower and belatedly realized I had forgotten to wash my face. Not a big deal, you’re probably thinking. After all, I was about to shower, which kind of implies I’d be...
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Quick Question: How Do You Feel About Tan Lines?
My body has been one uniform pale color for years. The last time I was in a bathing suit outdoors was seven years ago. (Damn, I just realized how crazy that sounds.) Needless to say, not spending a...
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The Awesome Coconut Water Cheek Gel That Can Make Even ME Seem Sun-Kissed
You know that rosy look you get after being at the beach a bit too long, or "forgetting" to reapply sunscreen (I know, I’m terrible)? It’s what sets apart a natural sun tan from a fake one. The...
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I Refuse To Work Out Unless I'm Wearing Makeup And Perfume
The other day, standing in front of the bathroom mirror before my evening jog, I heard my husband incredulously shouting from the living room, "Are you putting makeup on before working out?!" Yes....
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My Dad Taught Me Everything I Need To Know About Beauty By Playing Catch With Me
If my dad had boys, he likely would have been their hockey, baseball or soccer coach, or at least general manager. He’s a born sportsman. The man played competitive hockey until his mid 50s. Alas,...
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My Signature Scent Is A Discontinued Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen Teen Perfume
My signature scent bears the name of the house of Olsen. Before I submitted this piece, I bought two more bottles. You see, my perfume, Mary-Kate and Ashley Coast to Coast LA, is discontinued. It...
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Self-Tanner: My Favorite Formats
In my 26 years of existence, I have realized one thing: People either love sunless tanner or they are completely afraid to touch it. Maybe it’s the flashbacks of applying Hawaiian Tropic Extra Dark in...
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Look To Try This Weekend: Disco Bitch
Is Anjelica Huston not the sexiest in this photo? Or just in general? Shot by Ara Gallant, 1976. I DIE for disco, as you may already know. Not necessarily the music, but just the idea that it used to...
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