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Diet & Nutrition

What Your Cravings Are Really Telling You

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Kate Bush Like You’ve NEVER Heard Her Before

YES! The Game Of Thrones Teaser Is Out

Elizabeth And James Sneakily Teaches Us 4 Ways To Wear A Shirtdress

by Gina Marinelli

Entertainment News

Mark Wahlberg Vs. Harry Styles: It’s On!

Remember when rappers would have “beef” with each other? You know, slamming each other in verse and on the radio until it boiled over into punc

by Gabriel Bell

Erykah Badu Gets A Super-High High Top

Photo: Via Facebook. Talk about reaching new heights: Erykah Badu posted this photo to her Facebook profile documenting the creation of a beyond-rad high t

by Gabrielle Korn

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The New, Freaky-Deaky Security Tech Coming Soon

Photographed by Tracy Wang. When you think of palm-reading technology, you probably picture flying cars right alongside. But, the new innovation PalmSecure

by Vanessa Golembewski

Score Steven Alan Gear For An Extra 40% Off, & More!

Set Sale Just when you thought your credit card could take a break, Steven Alan hit us with an extra 40% off the in-house sale line plus an additional 25%

by Bobby Schuessler

True Detective Review: 8 Gripping Hours Of Existential Noir

Photo: Courtesy HBO/James Bridges. There's never been anything quite like HBO's True Detective on American television. This isn't episodic T

by Gabriel Bell

This Is What A Real-Life J.Crew Wedding Looks Like

by Gina Marinelli

Entertainment News

Laverne Cox Continues To Elegantly Spearhead The Trans* Dialogue

Photo: Courtesy of Laverne Cox. Since Laverne Cox's appearance on The Katie Show earlier this week, a dialogue surrounding trans* culture has been gai

by Hayden Manders

Perfect Match! ‘Dos & Dresses For Every Fete

by Kristin Booker

How A Hollywood Stuntwoman Survived Her Brain Tumor

Photo: Courtesy of Jill Brown; Illustrated By Ammiel Mendoza. Jill Brown’s 2013 New Year's Resolutions 1. Learn a foreign language. 2. Travel an

Ka-Ching! The Ultimate Guide To Consigning Your Furniture

Photo: Sara Story Design/Courtesy of Viyet. The decor experts behind Viyet — our go-to, online destination for buying & selling designer furnitur

Anthony Bourdain’s New Project Will Make Foodies Rejoice

Photo: Jim Smeal/BEImages. Famed chef, TV host, and ultimate food icon Anthony Bourdain has major plans for New York City. The Parts Unknown and No Reserva

The Riccardo Tisci x Nike Line Is Officially On Its Way

Riccardo Tisci is what you might call a Nike fan boy. After all, as Style.com points out, he's worn the same style of Nike kicks for the last 16 years

Wearable Tech, The World’s Answer To A Question It Never Asked

Photo: Courtesy of Nike. Apple was on to something when it released the first generation of iPods. Though there was never any need to carry around all our

by Hayden Manders

Diet & Nutrition

Quiz Time! The Best Diet For Your Personality

There's no doubt that dieting is tough — especially coming off of a season filled with cookies and cocktails. So, to make it a little bit easier

by Rebecca Taras

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If The Cast Of Girls Were American Girl Dolls

Photo: Courtesy of BuzzFeed. Raise your hand if you were obsessed with American Girl dolls as a child. Come on now, don't be shy. There's no sham

by Seija Rankin

Entertainment News

Emma Watson Has A Brand-New Oxford Boyfriend

Photo: REX USA/Matthew Impey/Wiredphotos. Boy, Emma Watson sure does have a thing for Oxford men. Just months after splitting with longtime boyfriend and O

by Daniel Barna

Technicolor Braids? Meet The Girl Who Can Pull ‘Em Off

Photo: Courtesy of Nowness. NOWNESS, a must-see destination for the culturally curious, has lived in our bookmarks tab for eons. Now, the innovative hub fo

Entertainment News

West Wing‘s Aaron Sorkin Has A New GF — Courtney L...

Photo: Erik Pendzich/REX USA; Gregory Pace/BEImages. Yep, you read that correctly. According to Page Six's pro snoopers, producer/screenwriter Aaron S

by Holly E. Thomas

D’oh! Is This The Capsule Collection Of Our Dreams?

MAC Is Collaborating With The Osbourne Women On Something Mysterious

Breaking: A trail of clues on the Internet seems to confirm a forthcoming MAC collaboration with Kelly and Sharon Osbourne. The first piece of evidence? Ke

by Gabrielle Korn

5 Cool-Girl Puffer Outfits That Are Actually Flattering

We're convinced there's little worse than looking like a human marshmallow on your morning commute. In fact, even though we're not entirely

by Ellen Hoffman

A Surefire Way To Crack The Secret To A Best-Selling Novel

Photo: Courtesy of Barnes and Noble. Another day, another computer program is waiting to take our jobs. This time, it's a bookish algorithm that claim

by Colleen Barrett

The Weirdest Gadgets Of CES

by Matthew Zuras

The Prices On This Wedding Venue Site Will Scare You Out Of Getti...

Photo: Courtesy of The Hitch. Okay, so we know that weddings are expensive. That fact is not new to us. But, that doesn't mean we don't get stick

by Seija Rankin

UPDATED: Gay Marriage In Utah Screeches To A Halt

Photo: REX USA/Patsy Lynch. UPDATE: Good news for the 1,300 same-sex couples who were married during the brief period when a ban on the controversial pract

by Gabriel Bell

New York’s Newest Zoo Babies Will Thaw Your Frozen Heart

Photo: Mike Walker/Rex USA. Fact: The Polar Vortex owned us. We wore layers upon layers of clothing. We tested the varied uses of hair dryers. And, as we w

by Vanessa Golembewski

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Celebrity Style

Michelle Dockery Channels A Super-Chic Captain Kirk

Photo: Courtesy of LoveGold. For a woman who spends her day job in delicate gowns and opera-length gloves, we can't exactly blame Michelle Dockery for

by Leeann Duggan

This Magic Product Will Always Have A Place In Our Hearts (& Bags)

We know, we know. We're really easily distracted by shiny new makeup. So, we thought we'd take a moment to talk about a classic that belongs in e

by Gabrielle Korn

Entertainment News

David Beckham Wants To Style Your Kid

Photo: David Fisher/REX USA. David Beckham is many things: an adorably doting dad; an international soccer star; an underwear model; and now, a children�

by Erin Fitzpatrick

Tobacco Laws Have Saved 8 Million Lives — Is Food Legislation Next?

Photo: Rex USA. When we think of positive forces behind public health, the U.S. government doesn't immediately come to mind. The recent ban on trans f

by Justin Sedor

Target Gets All Fancy-Pants With New Skin Care Offerings

Looks like Target is majorly stepping up their skin-care game. According to WWD , the retail giant will be stocking its shelves with seven new skin-care li

Our 15 Favorite Hotel Bars In The World

by Kristy Alpert

Here’s What HBO Has Planned For You in 2014

photo: HBO. Be prepared. Sunday's long-awaited Season 3 premiere of Girls will, for the duration of the next four months, dominate pretty much every c

by Daniel Barna

Steven Alan x West Elm Is A Dream Come True

by Annie Georgia Gre...

Hump, Marry, Kill: Parks and Rec Reaches A Huge Milestone

Photo: Courtesy of Matthew Welch/MTV; Danny Feld/NBC; Katrina Marcinowski/IFC. Hump: Scoff all you want, but MTV’s version of Teen Wolf is dark, camp

by Lauren Le Vine

Haircut Hats: The Weirdest Way To Stay Warm

by Leeann Duggan

An App That’s Like Snapchat For Texts? It’s Here!

Photo: Via Confide. Think all one-on-one sharing applications are for covertly sending snaps of your booty? Not anymore. This fresh-on-the-scene program fo

by Jessica Velez

This Makeup Trick Will Transform Your Face

Photo: MCV/Firstview. So, here's a thing we've started doing that we're really excited about: wearing eyeshadow on the inner corners of our

by Gabrielle Korn

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Muslim Countries Disagree On How Women Should Dress

Photo: Via Pew Research Center/Slate. Burkas, hijabs, niqabs — these conservative garments all come to mind when Westerners think of how Muslim women

by Erin Donnelly

Men’s Lingerie? You Have To See This Video To Believe It

What looks like a sketch from Saturday Night Life is actually no joke at all. The Frisky brings our attention to an Australian-based men's lingerie (u

by Rebecca Taras

Arianna Huffington’s Stories (& Pics!) From When She Was A ...

Perhaps we're big softies for a success story, or maybe we can blame it on our overwhelming need to understand more about a person than what can be se

by Gina Marinelli

Outkast Will Headline Governors Ball

Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/BEImages. Does it feel like you haven't shaken it like a salt shaker in like seven years? Well, that's because it's

by Vanessa Golembewski

4 Major Up-&-Comers Pose For Miu Miu

by Farhana Nazir

ABC’s New Leading Lady Shares Her Fave NYC Eats

Photo: Courtesy of The New Potato. On a quest for the next big thing in the food industry, sisters Danielle and Laura Kosann have begun the journey with Th

by The New Potato

Azealia Banks Remixed Beyoncé’s “Partition,” Th...

It's comforting to know that Azealia Banks hasn't fallen off the face of the planet. She's been here, there, and everywhere from music festi

by Hayden Manders

Kate Upton Is Out Of This World — Literally

Photo: Gregory Pace/BEImages. “That's one small step for man, one giant leap for swimsuit models.” We hope that was the joke Kate Upt

by Daniel Barna

Fitness Failures: This Is Why You Give Up

Photographed By Aaron Richter. Anyone who has ever tried to lose a significant amount of weight will tell you that it's one of the hardest things they

by Justin Sedor

Lea Michele’s “Cannonball” Video Is (Thankfully...

It's refreshing to note that there is nary a cannonball in Lea Michele's newly released music video for “Cannonball.” Unlike some oth

by Hayden Manders

Kate Mara Dyes Her Hair Lemon-Frosting Blonde

Photo: All Access Photo/Corbis. Who says blonde hair is exclusively a summer thing? Answer: no one, after seeing Kate Mara's brand-new dye job. Her bo

by Gabrielle Korn

N°21’s Tropical Sweatshirt Is The Ultimate Winter-Blues Remedy

As the creative force behind contemporary cool-girl brand N°21, Italian designer Alessandro Dell'Acqua knows a thing or two about millennial women

by Ellen Hoffman

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Kim Kardashian & Nicole Richie Star In The Most Epic #TBT Pic Of ...

Image: Via @kimkardashian. Call it celebrity schadenfreude or just plain pettiness, but we sometimes can't help but take comfort in seeing stars look

by Erin Donnelly

Alexander Wang’s Spring Ads Take Place In Your H.S. Bathroom

Photo: Courtesy of Alexander Wang. If anyone can remember their high school girl's bathroom with the “troublemaker” in the corner smoking

by Gina Marinelli

Entertainment News

Over Here, Over Here! R29’s Red-Carpet Destination Rolls Out

Photo: Rex USA/David Fisher. It’s the (second) most wonderful time of the year — awards season is upon us! Forget the actual flicks, TV shows,

Celebrity Beauty

ScarJo Makes Retro Look Seriously Foxy On Letterman

Photo: MediaPunch Inc/REX USA. We're guessing that Scarlett Johansson actually is one of those few women who roll out of bed looking impossibly sexy (

Budget Bride? How This Girl Nailed It

by Stone Fox Bride

Meet Him, The Necessary Her Parody

Life is a series of contrasts: black/white, hot/cold, love/hate, him/her. It was only a matter of time before some clever mind out there whipped up the yan

by Hayden Manders

14 Awesome Reasons To Head To Big Bear THIS Weekend

by Erin Fitzpatrick

23 Slick Coats To Keep You Dry — The Stylish Way

by Michaela d'Artois

11 Fashion Brands Set To Blow Up In 2014

Broke-Girl Beauty: 27 Bargain Buys To Try

by Megan McIntyre

1 Piece, 3 Ways: The Menswear Blazer

We've said it before, but it bears repeating: Every woman needs a great blazer in her wardrobe. So, after months of Pinning one effortlessly cool jack

by Holly E. Thomas

5 Things To Know This AM — Jan 10 2014

Polar Vortex be gone! Shop like you're on a beach resort at Calypso St. Barth's sample sale. (Calypso St. Barth) Jasmine Solano has a new gig as

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The Ultimate LBD Shopping Guide

by Annie Georgia Gre...

Celebrity Style

Meet The Actresses Ripping Up The Red-Carpet Rulebook

by Emily London

5 Things To Know This AM — Jan 10 2014

Naomi Campbell isn't going to let all the birthday attention on Kate Moss dim her super shine. (Fashion Gone Rogue) Well, the personal development sem

by Hayden Manders

Entertainment News

Kanye West Is Not Amused By Coinye West (But We Are)

Cryptocurrency, or Bitcoin as you might know it, has been gaining traction for some time now. But, it seems a certain monied rapper isn't impressed by

by Farhana Nazir

Found: London’s Most Dapper Gents

by Emily London