As a long-time beauty and fashion editor, I sometimes find it hard to resist a great bargain or special pair of shoes. But recently, I’ve tried to become a more conscious consumer and developed a basic rule: if I buy something, something else has to go. So, I was psyched to try thredUP, a site that makes selling your old clothes incredibly easy. Here’s how it works…
Our city guide series continues today with Portland, Maine, a magical place known for wild blueberries, pine forests and rocky coasts speckled with lighthouses. We enlisted Maria Alexandra Vettese (known as MAV), who runs the creative goods shop More & Co., to give us a tour of her favorite places…
Clair Farley is a transgender advocate, actress and the director of economic development at the San Francisco LGBT Community Center. She loves beauty products — especially if they’re Chanel — but she won’t pass up a good drugstore buy. “My femininity isn’t tied to makeup, but with it, the world sees me the way that I see myself,” she says. Clair and her husband, Jim, who is also transgender, live in Oakland, California, with their cats, Bert and Ernie. Here, we chat about her work, the best nude lipstick and the role makeup has played in her life…
Food52’s Amanda Hesser brought these snacks on a flight. Now I’m inspired to bring much better plane picnics.
Function of Beauty lets you take a quiz to figure out the best shampoo for your hair (whether you need volume, strength or deep conditioning; whether you’d prefer the scent of cucumber mint, grapefruit hibiscus or sandalwood violet; and even which color you want). Plus, the bottles look so pretty in the shower.
Did you see Girls this week? Aidy Bryant’s scenes were beautiful and hilarious and like a cherry on top of a great season. Love-love-loved her expressions at the very end. (No spoilers!)
Mara Hoffman’s new collection of swimsuits feels fresher than ever. (This might be my favorite.)
Intuition is more powerful than intellect. (“Have you ever made a decision and immediately started to feel sick, maybe even kind of clammy? Well, that affective experience is the body’s way of informing you that the decision your analytic mind came to is at odds with your instinct.”) Trust your gut!
P.S. More fun things, including awesome podcasts and a Q&A with the costume designer of Girls.
(Dog photo by Marnie Hawson.)
This month, our food series will be all about industry experts. We’ll reveal a day in their life and tips of the trade. First up, the sisters behind the adored pie shop Four & Twenty Blackbirds share what it’s really like to be a baker (everyone’s go-to flight fantasy!)…
