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Christmas is 12 weeks away. That’s approximately 87 sleeps! This year, I’ve decided that I’m going to the annoying mom/auntie/sister-from-another-mister you never wanted, because I’m officially going to start bugging you to start your gift shopping MEOW. Don’t wait till the last minute, babe. It’s so much less stressful for you (and me) this way! Anyway, I’ve been doing some initial canvassing for stocking stuffers lately, and here’s a couple of cool things I’ve found… Tattly Temporary Tattoos I happened upon these temporary tattoos (made by real artists!) from Tattly a few weeks ago, and even though I’m not a...

The 2015 Ig Nobel awards have been as comical as usual.Image re-composed in Gimp from the official poster (PDF).All have been very well-deserved recipients, but my favorites are:MATHEMATICS PRIZE — Elisabeth Oberzaucher [AUSTRIA, GERMANY, UK] and Karl Grammer [AUSTRIA, GERMANY], for trying to use mathematical techniques to determine whether and how Moulay Ismael the Bloodthirsty, the Sharifian Emperor of Morocco, managed, during the years from 1697 through 1727, to father 888 children.REFERENCE: “The Case of Moulay Ismael-Fact or Fancy?” Elisabeth Oberzaucher and Karl Grammer, PLOS ONE, vol. 9, no. 2, 2014, e85292.–BIOLOGY PRIZE — Bruno Grossi, Omar Larach, Mauricio Canals,...

Do yourself a solid, you sensational señorita, and tap a little MAC Velvet Teddy lipstick on the apples of your cheeks as an impromptu cream blush. Don’t mind me; I’ll wait [waiting]… It’s one those tried-and-true multitasking tricks many MAC addicts (myself included) like doing. Also up there? Using lippies like Heroine and Ruby Woo as eyeshadows or even eyeliner! Which brings me to this: The new MAC in Monochrome collection, which is available now. It takes what MAC fiends have already been doing for ages — re-purposing products — and makes it…official. Going beyond lipstick Six cult-classic MAC Lipsticks...

Remember how hot bliss spa was back in the day? Flashback to 1999… There I was, stomp-walking down the windy streets of downtown SF, where I worked as a legal assistant. Wherever I went, I left a trail of spicy white pepper and blood orange in my wake, thanks to bliss, and the brand just got a makeover. The products, some of which are classics that stuck around, and some of which are newbies, are now available at Target with new packaging, new formulas and lower prices. They’re also cruelty-free and sans parabens, phthalates, SLS and SLES. Here are some...

You know how when you get a new haircut, it takes a while for it to “settle in”? (I make it sound like moving into a new neighborhood or starting a new job, hahaha.) But you know how there’s usually that period right after a new cut when you and the new hair are getting to know each other better on your way to eventually figuring each other out? Well, mine’s finally settled in, and I love it. It feels so great having hair graze my shoulders again and not feel like it’s just in the way. It’s also really...