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How to Melt-Proof Your Makeup When It’s Hotter Than You-Know-What

22. July 2010

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If you live on the East Coast, chances are you’re looking seriously hot today. But just because we’re sweating it out in record-high temps this week (and the rest of the nation looks pretty nice and toasty as well) doesn’t mean we need to walk around looking like we just stepped out of a Bikram [...]

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Three (Unexpected) Ways To Smell Good In The Summer Heat

21. July 2010

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Finally it’s summer, summer, summertime! (Cue hit single from Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff circa 1991.) I don’t know about you guys, but we’ve been experiencing a scorcher of a summer here in New York. (I’m talking 90 degrees and up…yikes!) While I would normally love to stay in my apartment and bask in [...]

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Makeup Tricks that Make Your Eyes Look Huge and Doe-Like

19. July 2010

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While some girls out there are using special contacts to make their eyes look huge, there are a few makeup tricks that’ll get the job done, too. Let’s use this picture of The City’s Roxy Olin as an example. She’s got three eye-opening things going on here. 1) Her liner on her bottom lids is [...]

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Blow Drying Your Hair: On a Scale of 1 to 10, How Annoying Is it For You?

16. July 2010

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Hopefully I’m not the only one who feels this but, I totally look forward to my morning makeup regimen before I get ready to head out for the day. However–and I almost feel guilty for saying this, like I’ll be disappointing beauty bloggers and readers everywhere–but I hate going through the motions of blow-drying my [...]

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Strange-But-True Beauty Trend: Contact Lenses That Make Your Eyes Look Bigger

14. July 2010

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Imagine girls running around the mall with giant pink or enormous Twilight vampire eyes. That’s what the world is apparently coming to thanks to a new breed of contact lenses that makes peepers look abnormally large a la the anime-inspired eyes Lady Gaga wore in the “Bad Romance” video. According to The New York Times, [...]

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Skincare Tips: 3 Easy Ways to Get Your Skin in Shape

12. July 2010

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Record-setting temperatures mean it’s time for as little clothing as possible. Unfortunately, that also means every inch of dull skin on your body will be on display. Here, our three favorite ways to scrub it away. Just add sugar: It’s nice and gentle and it gets the job done. If you’re comfortable with raiding your [...]

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