22. July 2010

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Meet the New Girl: Charlene Almarvez, Queens Fan and Would-be Volleyball Pro

Most of the top Asian models working today come from South Korea (Hyoni Kang), China (Liu Wen), and Japan (Tao Okamoto); the Southeast Asian sector has always been heavily underrepresented in the industry. Enter Filipino newbie Charlene Almarvez, a 16-year-old who has been charming editors with her sweet personality and doll-like features. Almarvez’s major breakthrough [...]

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22. July 2010

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

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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21. July 2010

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

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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21. July 2010

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New Fashion Must-Have: Toilet Seat Covers?

If you thought running in heels was hard, try squatting in them. Apparently, there’s a growing number of women who are so fed up with it — that is, the act of going to a sketchy dive bar, having to use the sketchy bathroom after a few too many vodka tonics, and, in the process, [...]

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19. July 2010

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

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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16. July 2010

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

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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