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I WANT To Look Oily: Beauty Ideas Inspired By 'There Will Be Blood'

There Will Be Blood is one of my favourite films, by one of my favourite directors, P.T. Anderson. If you haven't seen it (which ... why not?), the basic plotline is about a beautiful, sociopathic...

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New Aging Thing To Worry About: Your Facial Features Are Starting To Blend...

No one needs to tell you that your lines and wrinkles factor into people's perception of how old you are. I'm not going to get into some society-slamming harangue about how we've been brainwashed into...

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2 Cute DIY Bows And 6 Even Cuter Ways To Wear Them

Truth be told, I'm a pathetic crafter. I love the idea of crafts, I constantly pin craft ideas to inspiration boards on Pinterest and collect dainty craft supplies; but when it actually comes down to...

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The Hair I Try To Avoid Is Apparently Really F-ing Cool Right Now

If there was one show I was going to make it to this fashion week, it was Opening Ceremony's. Kind-of-a-big-deal-type thing, seeing as though it was the first ever for the brand and also the models...

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Hangover Face: The 2 Masks That Can Undo The Effects Of Last Night's Drunken...

I'm not a big drinker; I'll have a few ciders at bar trivia maybe thrice a month. In fact, I think I've had a hangover only once or twice in my life. So, you may be thinking, who am I to give advice...

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My Dad Passed Away, And I Think A New Hairstyle Will Help The Healing Process

When I think of hair, I immediately think Princess Leia and her buns. That’s just where my mind goes. So imagine Princess Leia appearing to you in holographic form from the depths of your droid (or...

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An Entire Country Refers To This Look As 'Best Face'

Since my last piece was all about gyaru, I figured I'd devote this piece to ulzzang, gyaru's cute Korean cousin.   While gyaru is about being an super-made-up anime princess; ulzzang is more about...

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Lotion Wipes: The $3 Alternative To Bottled Moisturizer For Lazies Who Hate...

During my freshman year of college, I lived with three other girls in a tiny dorm room. We all shared a bathroom, and I learned a lot about their beauty habits. For example, one girl liked to take the...

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Call The Midwife: Retro Beauty Inspiration From My Current TV Obsession

Do you guys ever just get so obsessed with a TV show that it starts to affect your life?That’s how I feel about Call the Midwife right now.If you guys aren’t watching it, get to Netflix right this...

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Pencil Eyeliner Before Liquid: The Technique You Finally Need To Try

Do you ever get eyeliner anxiety? You just can't seem to get your eyeliner right when you're going somewhere, but for some reason always do it perfectly when you're going nowhere? I recently realized...

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Today I Am An Amorphous Blob And I'm Training Our New Intern

These glasses make the computer screen look really weird.  I'm barely hanging on today, it's been a long weekend of after parties and oh, don't I sound so fabulous? I want all of you to know that I...

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How To Look Hot In Your Driver's License Photo

A year and three months after I moved to NYC, I figured I should go get a new ID. One of my friends from Florida was also living up here and got called for jury duty there. She couldn't get out of it...

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BEAUTY DARE: I Made My Own Lip Plumper With One Of The Hottest Chili Peppers...

I have a secret superpower. I can stand in any supermarket in the world, in the hot sauce aisle, and be able to pick out the hottest sauce there is. I admit, it’s not so much of a superpower as it is...

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My Favorite Fashion Week Beauty Look So Far: Libertine

You're going to be seeing a lot of Fashion Week beauty looks on this here internet this week, but I've been waiting. Waiting until I saw a look that wasn't just easy to reproduce (yawn); waiting until...

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DIY Vitamin C Toner: Because You're Cheap And It Works

I've been into the DIY beauty scene for years. Anytime I can utilize natural ingredients to make myself look prettier, I'm all over it; not just because it's fun and my skin/hair/nails/etc. see the...

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I Feel Like A Doll: Let's Talk About My Lash Extensions And Fake Nails

So, TIFF is currently taking place in Toronto. If you don't know, TIFF is a time when a bunch of celebrities descend on the city to do celebrity things with other celebrities, and normal people...

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Janelle Monae's New Album Dropped Today, So I Gave Myself A Pompadour

Janelle Monáe’s new album, The Electric Lady, drops today, and I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited for a CD release since *N Sync’s No Strings Attached when I was in fourth grade. I’ve been...

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Quick Question: What's The Weirdest Ingredient You've Ever Noticed In A...

A few months ago, I was hanging out with my friend Colleen while she was eating some Müller FrütUp yogurt, because we are party animals. As she was finishing up, an emboldened line at the end of the...

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The Top 10 Beauty Products Of My Life (So Far): A Birthday List

You guys. Today is my birthday. I am now officially 29, and so far it is an awesome age to be! You xoVainers helped make 28 my best year ever, and I bet that 29 is going to be even more amazing. Plus,...

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The Georgian-Era Beauty Tricks That Could Fool A Man Into Marrying You

The Georgian period spans 1714 to 1830, when all Kings of England went by the name of George. Kudos to Wills and Kate for bringing it back.   I’ve always been pretty fascinated by this period of...

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