posts by: SickaThanAverage

Skip Your Way Into Effortless Summer Style With New Keds by Oasis SS15 Footwear Collection

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Take a journey through the American film cannon or explore TV fashion history and you’ll find that, for decades, the unimposing, streamlined, sporty but minimalist design of Keds slip-on and lace-up sneakers has been considered a crowning example of laid-back all-American style — which is why it was the footwear of choice for Audrey Hepburn in  Two for the Road, Jennifer Grey in Dirty Dancing, Tiffani Thiessen in Saved by the Bell, and Alyssa Milano in Who’s The Boss (to name but a few examples).

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Have Some Lip Roarin’ Fun With New Softlips Cube Spring 2015 2-Pack

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Chapped, cracked, scaly, and flaky lips are never sexy — case in point: one of my husband’s co-workers watched every episode of The Killing on Netflix and his only takeaway was, “Why did Linden’s lips look so jacked-up all the time?

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Rebecca Minkoff Sample Sale Kicks Off Next Week In New York City, Los Angeles, AND Online

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Some people spend all year looking forward to the New York City Marathon, the Kentucky Derby, or Super Bowl Sunday — for me, that sort of anticipation is reserved for such epic events as the semi-annual Rebecca Minkoff Sample Sale, which kicks off on Monday, April 20th in New York City and Los Angeles, as well as on Tuesday, April 21st online at RebeccaMinkoff.com.

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Shoes To Be Happy — Check Out The New Black Milk Clothing x Solestruck Shoes Collection

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What happens when you combine the colorful, quirky, illustration-heavy aesthetic of Australian fashion brand Black Milk Clothing with Solestruck’s penchant for bold footwear silhouettes with audacious patterns and unexpected details?

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Read It And Leap — Celebrate National Library Week With These Out of Print Goodies For Stylish Bibliophiles

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Did you know that April 12ht through April 18th is unofficially known as National Library Day?

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The Air Up There — Climb (And Smell) Every Mountain With New CLEAN AIR Eau de Parfum

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After a decade of living in New York City, you can pinpoint a plethora of peculiar (and almost entirely unpleasant) smells: roasted peanuts that are just on the verge of being burnt, dried-up urine (it’s the unofficial smell of every subway platform), garbage rotting in the summer heat, day-old fish and sewage (a Chinatown special), horse manure (thanks to the “romantic” horse carriage rides tourists take around Central Park), cheap incense being sold on the street, car exhaust fumes, sweat and musk inside taxicabs (often made worse when the driver refuses to wear deodorant!), burnt rubber (from car, bus, and motorcycle tires), cat litter inside bodegas, and so forth.

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The Naked Truth — Dare To Go Nude With The NARS Cosmetics Spring 2015 Makeup Collection

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 NARS Cosmetics Founder and Creative Director François Nars describes the hues in his Spring 2015 makeup collection as “disrobed tones,” colors that celebrate the beauty of going au naturel without losing sight of the bravery necessary to bare it all.

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10 Stylish Raincoats Worthy of Being Showered With Praise

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April showers may lead to May flowers, but they can also wash away all hope of donning a stylish ensemble since the need to dress practically in order to avoid being soaked can often overshadow the desire to flaunt a pretty new coat or dress.

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Beauty Products That Work As You Sleep! — As Seen on Telemundo NY’s “Acceso Total”

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Like I said in my latest Telemundo NY “Acceso Total” segment, Sleeping Beauty was one sly fox!

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Make An Impression With New FREYWILLE Hommage A Claude Monet Jewelry Collection

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As a leader within the Impressionist movement, Claude Monet did more than capture the beauty of water lilies and poppy fields — he showed that great art didn’t have to consist of  hyperrealistic still life and portrait pieces, made with precise and deliberate brush strokes.

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