New York Fashion Week may be over but the roundups are still in full effect. We’ll be clicking through them all weekend. Catch a few of our favorites below, as well as a poll about your at-home beauty routine and a fun new way to send a note.
- If you’re like us, you probably attempt at-home beauty treatments fairly frequently. But, like us, you might not be trying them at the best times. Whether it’s after one too many cocktails or before an important event at work, we’re sure there are more responsible ways to get pretty quickly. Take the poll to find out when most of us decide to tackle beauty treatments. [The Gloss]
- After an exhausting New York Fashion Week, we’re ready to get back to our regular schedule for the next six months or so. But, we couldn’t close the week without at least a few more roundups. We love this one of the prettiest pictures from the week. [Refinery 29]
- On the same note, this roundup of the most outrageous moments of the week has us wondering how we could have missed all these happenings! [Stylelist]
- Chanel’s awesome blog, Chanel Makeup Confidential debuted a new feature this week called Love Letters. Visit the site to create your own notes, built with Chanel makeup of course, and share them with anyone you like via email. [Chanel Makeup Confidential]
- London Fashion Week is taking a stand against tanning. There are 11 UK model agencies supporting a No Sunbed Policy for their models this fashion week. [Daily Mail]
- Trendy new content + commerce site Lifestyle Mirror finally launched this week. We’re swooning over all the amazing content. [Lifestyle Mirror]
—Lorelei
Pick up a pick-me-up from the Birchbox Shop over this long weekend.
TheGloss is one of our daily must-reads (right up there with the NY Times). We love the site’s witty approach to style and its smart and irreverent voice. We like the writing so much, in fact, that we’ll be featuring one of their posts each week here on the Birchbox blog.
“Model and aspiring singer” Amber Rose appears to have gotten a face tattoo. Let’s take our time to savor that: Face. Tattoo. She was photographed sporting the regrettable decision in Miami over the weekend, alongside boyfriend Wiz Khalifa. Since Rose is famous at this point (essentially) for stunts like this, we’re thinking there’s a 50% chance the tattoo is real.
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Some other links from TheGloss you might like:
Confirmed: Will and Kate a Puppy
Kim Kardashian Tweets Flimsy Excuse To Show Her Breasts
TheGloss is one daily must-reads (right up there with the NY Times). We love the site’s witty approach to style and its smart and irreverent voice. We like the writing so much, in fact, that we’ll be featuring one of their posts each week here on the Birchbox blog.
Fun fact, I really only know how to do 2 hairstyles! When I don’t hot-roll my hair I generally braid it and twist it up. Sometimes because I want to look nice for a party, sometimes because I do not have 10 spare minutes in the morning. Man, since we’re doing this all week, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are really going to suck. But on the upside, if you only know how to do these two hairstyles, people will think you know a lot about hair and ask you questions.
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Some other links from TheGloss you might like:
DIY Hair: Hot Rollers
DIY Ombre Hair In 4 Easy Steps
TheGloss is one daily must-reads (right up there with the NY Times). We love the site’s witty approach to style and its smart and irreverent voice. We like the writing so much, in fact, that we’ll be featuring one of their posts each week here on the Birchbox blog.
Michelle Obama turns 48 today, so first off, happy birthday! On account of the First Lady having such a bold, unique and refreshing sense of style, we went to the trouble of selecting her 10 best looks. This was a challenge! Let us know what we forgot. In looks from Alexander McQueen, Jason Wu, Thakoon, Rodarte, Lanvin and more.
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Some other links from TheGloss you might like:
Gallery: The Top 25 Best Red Carpet Looks Of 2011
Gallery: Vanity Fair Looks Back On Its Best Nude Portraits
Red Carpet Rundown: Charlene Wittstock’s Best Armani Looks
TheGloss is one daily must-reads (right up there with the NY Times). We love the site’s witty approach to style and its smart and irreverent voice. We like the writing so much, in fact, that we’ll be featuring one of their posts each week here on the Birchbox blog.
You know how celebrities love to spill their beauty secrets, even when they have no idea what they’re talking about? Scarlett Johansson is the latest famous to engage in this particular kind of PR, telling Style.com that one of her favorite things to do for her skin is an all-natural honey facial.
“I use Manuka honey,” she said. “You just warm your face so that your pores are open (you can steam your face right after getting out of the shower), and then you just take a spoon and apply the honey directly to your face and leave it for 10 to 15 minutes. It really adds an amazing glow and your skin is so soft afterwards. It pulls out the impurities.”
Well – if it’s good enough for Scarlett, it’s good enough for me.
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Some other links from TheGloss you might like:
Mix Up Your Makeup With Monthly Beauty Sample Deliveries From Birchbox
Beauty Treatments For Hippies: Oatmeal Facial Scrub
Snooki’s New Tattoo is Horrible
TheGloss is one of our daily must-reads (right up there with the NY Times). We love the site’s witty approach to style and its smart and irreverent voice. We like the writing so much, in fact, that we’ll be featuring one of their posts each week here on the Birchbox blog.
Men hate it when you run around trying to diet and lose weight after New Year’s right? We can just go eat an entire pizza now? And continue doing so for all of 2012? Right? Right? We investigate!
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Happy New Year’s Eve Eve! 2011 was so awesome that we can hardly wait to see what the New Year will bring. Not surprisingly, this week has been all about “Best of 2011” lists and resolutions for the coming year. Read up on the things we’ll miss next year, and the resolutions we’ll probably forget.
Photo: Fashionista
- Beauty resolutions for the New Year that we can get behind. Instead of attempting some radical life change, why not try out a few small beauty tricks that make a big difference? [Refinery29]
- We couldn’t get enough of nail art this year and we weren’t the only ones. Check out this roundup of the best celebrity nail art from the year. [Fashionista]
- Most celebrities probably make impressive resolutions and stick to them— I mean, they’re good at everything else, why not? But it’s more fun to make up some for them! Click through to see what The Gloss thinks Lady Gaga, Jessica Simpson, and (swoon) Ryan Gosling should be focusing on next year. [The Gloss]
- This was a big year for beauty, from the royal wedding to of course, nail art and lots of celebrity fragrances. Look back at all the biggest headlines from the year. [BellaSugar]
- We asked a few of our favorite beauty insiders what their resolutions are this year. Catch up if you missed their posts this week! [Birchbox]
— Lorelei
See you next year! If your New Year’s resolution is to get better skin, try new makeup, or just treat yourself more, you know where to go!
TheGloss is one daily must-reads (right up there with the NY Times). We love the site’s witty approach to style and its smart and irreverent voice. We like the writing so much, in fact, that we’ll be featuring one of their posts each week here on the Birchbox blog.
What happens when you wear nail polish on your lips? Besides looking pretty, obviously?
After Daphne Guinness “experimented” by applying her new MAC nail polish to her lips, celebrity make-up artist Rachel Wood noted, ‘As far as nail polish goes…I’m not sold on using it for the lips. First of all most polishes contain fomaldehyde, not a substance I would suggest to ingest.’
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Phew, we made it to Friday! This week we’ve been working extra hard to get all of our new December articles up (Find them here!) but we did have a little bit of time to get in some reading. See our favorite picks from the week below.
- Old Spice just released their new holiday wish list campaign featuring Isaiah Mustafa as “Manta Claus.” The campaign is hilarious and a good reminder of last year’s Sesame Street parody commercial starring Grover. We could watch them both for hours. [Glamour]
- We can’t get enough of gift inspiration this week. Equinox pulled together the wishlists of editors, restaurateurs, and the most fit people we’ve ever seen. [Q By Equinox]
- In just a few weeks we’ll be inundated with “Best of 2011” lists but for now we’re happily clicking through any that we find. We love this Top 10 Biggest Fashion Trends of 2011. [The Gloss]
- December isn’t just great because we get presents, it also means wearing fun (read: sparkly!) makeup at all times. Click through for some of the prettiest. [Fashionista]
- Pantone announced the 2012 Color of the Year this week and it’s…Tangerine Tango. We can’t wait to rock the bright color on our lips, eyes, and cheeks, anywhere! [bellasugar]
— Lorelei
Still finishing your own gift lists? Find our favorite picks in our gift guide.
