August 2012
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Reading List: Happy Blue Moon and Labor Day...
Two awesome things about this weekend: There are three days in it (woot woot!) and tonight kicks off the holiday break with a Blue Moon. That’s right, for the first time since December 2009, there will be a second full moon within one month. Enjoy folks!
Editrix Eva Chen is reportedly leaving her long-time post at Teen Vogue. But where will she end up? (Photo: Birchbox Magazine)
We can’t think...
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Test-Driving Miss Jessie's Enhancing Curl Cremes:...
We’re guilty of sticking with the same hair cut for years — if it’s not broke, why fix it? — but that can be a little boring. But not everyone has our issue. Paulina, one of our amazing operations associates, is always eyeing new cuts and styles. She’ll be sharing her tress inspiration and tips every other week.
Paulina (top photo left) and Sarah (right) showing off their gorgeous curls.
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Trend Alert: Ladies in their 40s, 50s and 60s Now...
British artist Daphne Guinness leads the trend in women rocking edgy hair. (Photo: ohnotheydidn’t.livejournal.com)
We’ve covered a number of crazy hairstyles on this blog, from Miley Cyrus’ asymmetrical platinum cut to Katy Perry’s orange locks on the cover of L’Officiel. But we definitely didn’t anticipate this new trend that’s hitting hair salons...
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The Crazy-Easy Cure for Flat Hair: LiQWd...
Yesterday, our amazing MBA intern, Stephanie, was suffering from a serious case of lifeless locks. Our prescription for her lackluster volume? LiQWd’s Professional Volumizing Catalyst. Formulated with high-tech moisturizers, this body-boosting spray penetrates deep into each hair shaft to make them look visibly fuller. What a difference a spritz makes! After adding the Professional Volumizing...
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Beyond Summer Whites: Mood Board
Our creative team is pretty, well, creative and they come across beautiful imagery all the time. Why not share the inspiration? Keep an eye out each Friday for their Mood Board, a collection of images they’re loving.
1. TheyAllHateUs.com 2. FashforFashion.com 3. PaperCrownsBlog.com 4. HighSnobiety.com 5. Decor8Blog.com
We’ve all heard the old tradition that bans wearing white after labor...
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Vogue Went A Little Photoshop Crazy With The Lady...
Eek, Vogue might have a full-fledged fashion disaster on its hands because of its latest cover. (Photo: refinery29.com)
We’re swooning over Proenza Schouler’s newly launched makeup bags. Sure, they might cost more than the makeup we end up storing in them, but that’s irrelevant. [Style]
It’s no shock that Vogue used some photoshop magic to enhance its September Lady...
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Game Day Makeup Tips: Guest Blogger
In honor of back to school season, we thought it would be fun to share some insights from a few of our favorite savvy students—the girls over at Dormify. This week, they’ve tapped into their legion of style advisors to give us tips on long-lasting makeup, the best way to organize your products, and how to look bright-eyed after a long night.
While we’re sad to see summer go, it also...
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My Favorite Greek Salad Recipe: Guest Blogger
Jamie Serat, the bubbly voice behind Your Beauty Junkie, is a treasure trove of makeup wisdom—from her brilliant how-to tutorials (hello, sock bun) to her in-depth product reviews. We also look to her blog for healthy-conscious, yet totally delicious, recipes and reminders on how to keep a positive attitude. This week, she shares spa secrets we can find at home, how to amp up our night-time beauty...
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Brow Trends At Birchbox HQ
Water cooler talk at Birchbox is a little out of the ordinary: we’re just as likely to have a ten minute cross-cubicle conversation about kohl liner as we are about the finer points of startup strategy. Case in point? A marketing meeting I was recently in suddenly morphed into a discussion about eyebrow grooming techniques. Here’s what I learned about a few of my fellow team members...
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3 Back to School Beauty Trends Everyone Should Try
Based in Washington D.C., Ayren Jackson-Cannady is so savvy that we wished she lived closer to NYC so that we could swap products with her. This beauty writer knows what’s up (she’s written for Fitness, Glamour, and Gloss Daily) and we’re excited to have her sharing her know-how and multi-culti beauty expertise as a contributing editor.
It’s been quite some time since I’ve...
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Revamp Your Makeup Storage: Guest Blogger
In honor of back to school season, we thought it would be fun to share some insights from a few of our favorite savvy students—the girls over at Dormify. This week, they’ve tapped into their legion of style advisors to give us tips on long-lasting makeup, the best way to organize your products, and how to look bright-eyed after a long night.
At a certain point, instead of just keeping...
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A First Look At Carine Roitfeld's Collection for...
We’ve been waiting with bated breath for this haute cosmetics collection by the former EIC of Vogue Paris. (Photo: stylecaster.com)
Details and images of Carine Roitfeld’s collaboration with MAC have finally surfaced! [Beauty High]
Botox, yup that Botox, is the hottest new acne-fighting tool. [Medical Daily]
Racked compiled a list of the most frequently featured faces...
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Totally Crushing On: Essie's Fall Polishes
Loving the six shades in Essie’s latest collection.
Fall is my absolute favorite season—all the pretty foliage!—so even though we’re still in summer, my mind is already firmly entrenched in autumn. Essie’s new fall collection just landed on my desk and, seriously guys, I have a huge crush on these gorgeous colors.
[[MORE]]The set includes six on-trend shades including: Miss...
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Natural Spa-Treatments You Can Find in Your...
Jamie Serat, the bubbly voice behind Your Beauty Junkie, is a treasure trove of makeup wisdom—from her brilliant how-to tutorials (hello, sock bun) to her in-depth product reviews. We also look to her blog for healthy-conscious, yet totally delicious, recipes and reminders on how to keep a positive attitude. This week, she shares spa secrets we can find at home, how to amp up our night-time beauty...
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Birchbox Man On The Best Cure For a Wine Hangover
We love sharing our desk space with Birchbox Man since he brings his sharp, hilarious wit to every conversation and makes us some mighty cocktails. Gary Vaynerchuk, an irreverent blogger and wine aficionado, is the newest Birchbox Man who shared his vino expertise with us in this hilarious video. In between his, err, colorful musings about hustling and his barber (who also happens to be...
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Birchbox + Dormify Pin To Win Giveaway!
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4 Swimwear Designers' Beach-Ready Beauty...
We fell hard for Natalie Alcala last fall, when the LA-based writer and blogger spent a week guest blogging for us. In fact, we loved her posts so much that we asked her to be a contributing editor. In addition to blogging for us once a week, she’ll also be writing for the Birchbox Magazine and keeping us up to speed on all things fashion, beauty, and fun.
Now that we’re in the final...
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Two Blushes Are Better Than One
Blush and I have always been buddies. The brighter, the better. I still remember playing with my mom’s demure rose-colored shade when I was in middle school and thinking, ‘This is it?’ It’s no wonder that Bobbi Brown’s Apricot was my favorite shade for a good ten years.
[[MORE]]Nowadays, I have a different blush for every day of the month (not joking) and none of...
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Laura Mercier's Tinted Moisturizer Crème Compact:...
As a lady who’s constantly on-the-go, I often have very little time for my morning beauty routine. Some days I run from home to the gym to work, and more than once I’ve forgotten a staple product in my regimen: a tube of tinted moisturizer. But now I’ve found a convenient way to tote around my favorite item— Laura Mercier’s new purse-friendly compact.[[MORE]]
Slated for...
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In Hollywood, Bare Legs Are The New Cleavage
Lately, red carpets have been all about long legs. (Photos: nextgenjournal.com, onsugar.com, mtv.com)
Trend alert: celebs like Mindy Kaling and Sophia Bush have recently been spotted sporting half-straight, half-wavy hairstyles—we’re digging their dual-texture looks! [BellaSugar]
Avant garde fashion labels can have notoriously tricky names. Here’s a lesson in fashion phonetics...
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Three More Days to Help Us Build a School
There are only three days left in August, and with every purchase you make from the Birchbox Shop until the end of the month, you’re helping us build a school. We’re donating fifteen percent of proceeds (from the sale of full-size products) to Pencils of Promise, which is a great non-profit promoting education in developing countries. Shopping for yourself and simultaneously helping...
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Debating Classic vs. Trendy Style: Guest Blogger
Jamie Serat, the bubbly voice behind Your Beauty Junkie, is a treasure trove of makeup wisdom—from her brilliant how-to tutorials (hello, sock bun) to her in-depth product reviews. We also look to her blog for healthy-conscious, yet totally delicious, recipes and reminders on how to keep a positive attitude. This week, she shares spa secrets we can find at home, how to amp up our night-time beauty...
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How J.Lo's Makeup Artist Created Her Signature...
Notable Quotables is a weekly series featuring a great quote. Whether it’s the founder of a beloved beauty brand, an eccentric makeup artist making headlines, or even a super-stylish celebrity, our favorite tastemakers always have something worth sharing.
One thing we’ll never get sick of is hearing how our favorite beauty products were conceived. Whether they were a product of necessity,...
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Make A Small Space Feel Bigger With Mirrors: Guest...
In honor of back to school season, we thought it would be fun to share some insights from a few of our favorite savvy students—the girls over at Dormify. This week, they’ve tapped into their legion of style advisors to give us tips on long-lasting makeup, the best way to organize your products, and how to look bright-eyed after a long night.
Mirrors are a great way to inject style into...
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Rescue Summer-Ravaged Feet with a DIY Pedicure
I’ve spent the past few months prancing around in my slimmest sandals. While all this prancing has been wonderful for parading around my sandal collection, the constant exposure to the elements left my feet in bad shape. To cure my rough callouses, dry skin, and aching arches, I decided to try an at-home pedicure. Here’s my guide to treating your tootsies to a little TLC.
1. Get...
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What Does Your Hair Color Say About You?
We’re calling it the Mad Men Joan effect—redheads are taking over the beauty world. (Photo: 15minutebeauty.com)
We’ve always wondered if blondes really do have more fun, and a recent L’Oréal Paris survey has answered our ponderings. The beauty brand polled 1,000 respondents on Facebook to dig into the nitty-gritty of what our hair shades—blonde, red, and brunette—say about us,...
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Interview-Appropriate Makeup and More Office...
Etiquette guru Anna Post has flawless professional style. (Photo: WTS International)
We’ve all experienced the pre-interview jitters. The only thing worse than scrutinizing our resumes for the umpteenth time? Worrying about how we look. Since fall marks the start of recruiting and job-hunting season, we sat down with etiquette expert Anna Post (who happens to be the...
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Searching For Sonny Lands in New York!
Over the past two years, we’ve created almost 140 Birchbox videos—and that doesn’t even include our new Birchbox Man videos! Every single one of those fun tutorials and sneak peeks has been produced by the brilliant Greg Beauchamp. (And yes, he happens to be the husband of our own Katia Beauchamp.) Today, we’re extremely psyched because Beauchamp’s first feature film,...
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Katy Perry Is Almost Unrecognizable on Cover of...
Katy Perry channels Grace Coddington on the cover of L’Officiel Paris this month. (Photo: Huffington Post)
Are you as addicted to Instagram as we are? Next year, you’ll be able to own a ‘physical’ Instagram camera. [Design Taxi]
How different does Katy Perry look with orange hair on the September cover of L’Officiel Paris? [Huffington Post]
When a show has as much awkward sex as...
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Long-lasting Makeup Tips from College Girls Who...
In honor of back to school season, we thought it would be fun to share some insights from a few of our favorite savvy students—the girls over at Dormify. This week, they’ve tapped into their legion of style advisors to give us tips on long-lasting makeup, the best way to organize your products, and how to look bright-eyed after a long night.
With school back in session, a lot of college...
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VIDEO: Stila's Bold Autumn Eye Shadow Tutorial
Even though it’s technically still summer, we’re getting ready to transition our makeup routine into fall. Luckily, we convinced stila’s celebrity makeup artist and Fashion Week superstar, Sarah Lucero, to show us a matte eyeshadow look to wear throughout the season. Don’t be intimidated by the orange shade, it’s surprisingly flattering and more wearable than you...
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Share Your Fave Instagram Filter and Win a PIXI...
The only time our social media-obsessed staffers needs a little encouragement in the sharing department is before their second cup of coffee.
Luckily, we’re teaming up with Pixi on a sweepstakes to find out which Instagram filter is the best for looking bright eyed and bushy tailed—even if we haven’t had our morning caffeine fix yet. For our super busy staff, a full eight hours of sleep...
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Totally Mind-Blowing: Jeremy Renner, Action Hero...
How jazzed would you be to have this guy give you a smoky eye before a big night out? (photo: guardian.co.uk)
We’re used to seeing Jeremy Renner playing tough guy action parts in movies like The Bourne Legacy, The Hurt Locker, and The Avengers. Little did we know that before he achieved mainstream success, the actor supported himself as a makeup artist. Renner revealed his former job to Access...
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My 3 Biggest Makeup Don’ts: Guest Blogger
Jamie Serat, the bubbly voice behind Your Beauty Junkie, is a treasure trove of makeup wisdom—from her brilliant how-to tutorials (hello, sock bun) to her in-depth product reviews. We also look to her blog for healthy-conscious, yet totally delicious, recipes and reminders on how to keep a positive attitude. This week, she shares spa secrets we can find at home, how to amp up our night-time beauty...
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Our Birchbloggers Are Lip Product Addicts
Last week we asked our community to tweet photos of the lip products in their purses, along with the number of products, using the hashtag #InMyPurse for a chance to win a bag of lip goodies! (We’ll be contacting the winner directly today).
We also extended the challenge to our Birchbloggers and asked them to take it one step further: blog about all the lip products in their purse and tell...
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5 Nail Colors You Need This Fall: Mani Monday
As much as we love nail art, we’re better at admiring designs than coming up with them ourselves. That’s why we’ve enlisted Anna Norman, the smarty pants behind Glitter, She Wrote, to be a regular contributor. Every Monday, she’ll be sharing her latest lacquer inspiration—you won’t be satisfied with plain ol’ polish again.
As the seasons change and you begin reaching for sweaters and boots...
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Azealia Banks Teams Up with M.A.C to Create a Bold...
Even if you can’t spit rhymes you can still rock this daring, deep purple hue. (Photo: rap-up.com)
Indie rapper Azealia Banks collaborated with M.A.C on a semi-matte, plum lippie inspired by her alter-ego, Yung Rapunxel. [The Cut]
A trend with no end in sight? Ombre locks! Jessica Alba is the latest to jump on the multi-toned bandwagon, tweeting a pic of her newly dyed ‘do last...
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Reading List: Anthropologie Lipstick, The Most...
(Photo: attackedastoria)
Anthropologie is launching a six piece lipstick collection later this month! The name, Albeit, and packaging is just as cute as we’d expect from them. [Glamour]
What happens when you take the phrase “nail art” literally? Some awesome, art-inspired manicures. Our favorite’s a tie between the Roy Lichtenstein and Van Gogh’s Starry Night....
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What's On the Birchbox Staffer's Desk: Ops...
If you call our customer service team, there’s a good chance the friendly voice on the line belongs to Ops superstar Kimiko. This California native and proud techie showed us the desk essentials that help her power through phone calls and emails with amazing grace.
1. Cards, gifts, and mementos from friends: My favorite things on my desk are pictures, cards, and knickknacks from my best...
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To The Moon: Mood Board
Our creative team is pretty, well, creative and they come across beautiful imagery all the time. Why not share the inspiration? Keep an eye out each Friday for their Mood Board, a collection of images they’re loving.
We love sparkly things and what’s more twinkly than a sky full of stars? We’re loving new prints (and nail art designs) that take—let’s say—a universal approach....
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Team Intros: Meet Tammy!
A native of Silicon Valley, Tammy spent her very first day in NYC at the Birchbox HQ. The newest addition to our Tech Team, Tammy came to her field by accident—after finishing her college pre-med coursework early (who does that?!), she occupied her time by enrolling in a computer science class. The rest, as they say, is history. Here in New York, Tammy is anxious to satisfy her coffee addiction by...
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Lady Gaga's New Perfume Hits the Shelves!
A blend of apricot, honey, jasmine samac notes, Lady Gaga’s debut perfume will be wafting through the aisle of a retailer near you. (Photo: Sephora)
In true Gaga style, the singer’s new avant garde scent looks inky black in the vile but sprays on clear. [Sephora]
Our favorite Mad Men actress, Elisabeth Moss, just ditched her long brown locks in favor of a daring platinum blond...
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How to: Messy Fishtail Braid
This week we have a special treat in store for all of our blog readers: a guest vlogger! Our latest video star is none other than YouTube whiz Rachel Martino. A Brooklyn resident, she excels at hair, makeup, all things personal style, and, oh, French, too. (Fun fact: she has a separate YouTube channel en Francais!) Check back each day this week for more from this multitalented fashion and beauty...
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Yes To Carrots’ New Haircare Line Gets Tingly
We’re big fans of the Yes To™ line of veggie packed skincare. Their Yes To Blueberries Brightening Facial Towelettes have saved us many late nights when we were dreadfully close to sleeping in our makeup. Now the brand has come out with a line of natural haircare that is certain to brighten up the shampoo and conditioner selection at your local store.
The new hair care collection includes Yes...
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How To: Spice Up Your Nail Wraps
Earlier this week, I commented to fellow operations associate Alexandra that her neutral manicure looked great. She told me that she just had nail wraps applied at a salon. For those of you who are looking to strengthen your nails without the damaging side effects of acrylics, nail wraps might be a future favorite for you. Nail wraps look much more natural than acrylic nails and can make your...
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Birchbloggers: How Many Lip Products Are in Your...
Yesterday we shared the results from our Beauty Pulse Survey, which reported that more than half the women surveyed had 3+ lip products in their purse at all times! Naturally, we decided to ask Birchbox staffers how many products they carried around, and we weren’t so shocked with what we found: some of our ladies had up to 22 lip products in their bags!
Next, we turned the question to...
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Check Out the Birchbox Shop's Product Recommender!
You may remember that last month, Birchbox co-founders Hayley and Katia wrote a letter to the Birchbox community explaining why we have a shop and asking for feedback on how to build the best beauty ecommerce site in the business. You spoke, and we listened! We are thrilled to unveil a new feature which shows you what products people who purchased an item also bought. We hope this will make...
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My Favorite Lipsticks for Fall: Guest Blogger
This week we have a special treat in store for all of our blog readers: a guest vlogger! Our latest video star is none other than YouTube whiz Rachel Martino. A Brooklyn resident, she excels at hair, makeup, all things personal style, and, oh, French, too. (Fun fact: she has a separate YouTube channel en Francais!) Check back each day this week for more from this multitalented fashion and beauty...
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Gabby Douglas and Jordyn Wieber Match Their Eye...
Olympic gold medalists Jordyn Wieber and Gabby Douglas posing at Self Magazine.
Olympic gold medalists Gabby Douglas and Jordyn Wieber talk makeup-leotard color coordination and healthy snacks with Self Mag. [Self]
Chanel’s latest video for their Rouge Allure lipstick is a nod to Dadaist photographer Erwin Blumenfeld. [Fashionista]
Birchbox favorite Baggu is now selling surf slings,...
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LA's Fashion Elite Reveal Their Summer Beauty...
We fell hard for Natalie Alcala last fall, when the LA-based writer and blogger spent a week guest blogging for us. In fact, we loved her posts so much that we asked her to be a contributing editor. In addition to blogging for us once a week, she’ll also be writing for the Birchbox Magazine and keeping us up to speed on all things fashion, beauty, and fun.
Greetings from Las Vegas! I’m one...
