posts by: SickaThanAverage

Feel Like A Beauty VIP With New Lipstick Queen Velvet Rope Collection

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It takes gumption and serious confidence to anoint yourself the “Lipstick Queen,” but that’s precisely what beauty entrepreneur Poppy King did — and she’s more than proven herself worthy of the title.

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Gym Class Style Heroes — Sweatshirts Get A Luxurious Makeover This Season

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Though typically associated with high school jocks, disheveled college kids, gym rats, and bummy couch potato types, sweatshirts will no longer be relegated to the bottom of the fashion pyramid.

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Moncler M by Mary Katrantzou Capsule Collection — Downy Coats with Digital Prints

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Watching London-based Greek fashion designer Mary Katrantzou rise to darling status within her milieu has been a rewarding experience in that it showed that the cream truly does rise to the top, that talented forces don’t have to live in obscurity, only to be recognized after death.

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True Brits — The Cambridge Satchel Company x Vivienne Westwood Autumn/Winter 2013 Collection

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It’s a fashion marriage made in an Anglophile heaven!

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Sniffin’ out the Good Stuff — Revlon Parfumerie Scented Nail Enamel Collection

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Back in the ’80s, practically every girl in elementary school had her very own sticker collection: cartoon-inspired numbers, holographic tidbits, fuzzy pieces and, of course, scratch ‘n ‘sniff varieties.

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Be in the Pink with Dove’s Clear Tone Pink Rosa Deodorant

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Last April, I wrote about a fantastic new innovation from Dove: the Clear Tone deodorant range.

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Space Quest — Envision the Fashion Future with this Season’s Holographic Style Trend

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Ever marveled at the three-dimensional holograms displayed in films like Star Wars and Iron Man? Have you speculated about how the Enterprise’s transporter in Star Trek managed to convert people into energy patterns, then beamed them to different locations?

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Is the VBeauté Eye Never Nourishing Repair Eye Creme a Sight for Sore Eyes?

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What woman doesn’t want to banish crow’s feet, exile those perky little lines to a dungeon somewhere?

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What I Wore: Punk Rock Chic with a Tartan Print Dress, Leather Biker Jacket, Fingerless Gloves, and More!

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Yesterday was a crazy day, one filled with deadlines, press appointments, and parenting obligations.

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Behold the Witching Hour with these Halloween-Themed LUSH Bath Treats

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Only two more days until hordes of trick-or-treaters swarm the streets in their elaborate costumes, clutching pumpkin-shaped baskets or printed totes and asking — nay, demanding — candy.

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