Susan Woo's Eco-Friendly RTW

Advertisement - Continue Reading BelowWhen I see the words eco-friendly or sustainable in reference to a new fashion collection, I tend to zone out. I just can't shake the association between recycled clothing—or clothing made from recycled materials—and memories from my undergrad days when the happy hemp crowd would distribute "study brownies" and literature promoting, among other things, the earth-friendly decision to adopt a barefoot lifestyle.
More From ELLEStella McCartney's collections are obviously an impressive face for what green fashion can look like when money is no object (this coat? I die.), but when it comes to the more modest price-points, only a handful of lines spring to mind, and within each, only a handful of pieces even come close to passing the critical I-would-never-have-guessed-it's-green test.
But then along came Susan Woo, and for lack of a better reaction, like whoa.
A designer whose work experience belies her young age (at only 26, she's already tenured at Louis Vuitton, Derek Lam and Chanel), Ms. Woo debuted her first environmentally conscious RTW collection this past February, and as you can see in this one dress alone, the results are chic as hell. Modern, inventive, artful—Woo's clothing is the sort you're just as likely to see on tailored socialite Olivia Palermo (unsurprisingly, she's already a fan) as you would on a risk taker like Rihanna or Rachel Bilson.
Pieces in Woo's eponymous line run the gamut from office casual to date night, with prices between $345-$1,250 (the wool-gabardine strapless dress with peekaboo navel window shown retails for $1,058). Select looks from her label will be soon be available at Kaight in NYC and H. Lorenzo in LA.



For more on Ms. Woo's works of environmentally conscious art, check out her website.
Photos: courtesy of Geordie Wood

Advertisement - Continue Reading BelowFor jewelry and handbag designer Genevieve Jones, dreaming up bold accessories is all in a day's work. Her eponymous line is all about the layering of textures and surprise touches (think diamond-encrusted safety-pin earrings). Hot on the heels of her shoot for an upcoming issue of ELLE, Jones stepped out last week wearing multiple rings and bracelets, a chunky necklace, and two-tone metallic clutch, all from her line—disproving that old less-is-more rule. To finish off the look, Jones paired her all-black Charlotte Ronson top and pants with shimmering green Christian Louboutin platforms, which she fell in love with at the shoot and just had to borrow for the evening.
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​When I first heard about the Stand Up™, a glossy pink origami triangle designed for women to stand up and pee out of—like dudes—it didn't occur to me that it was designed to be a practical thing first and foremost. I assumed it was just, like, a gimmicky thing with a somewhat funny "empowerment" purpose: to allow women to stand, tall and proud, and unleash an oh-so-masculine waterfall of urine, then exit the restroom with more swagger than usual.
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below But this assumption is actually the opposite of entrepreneur and Stanford graduate Sara "Queen Pee" Grossman's intentions. She designed the Stand Up ™ for the festival-going woman who never wants to squat over a disgusting Burning Man Port-a-Potty again. (Even if you're not a festival-goer, don't tell me you don't know what I'm talking about.) Grossman got the idea on family road trips, when her brothers had it way easier than she did at truck stop restrooms. When we squat, explains Grossman, we "feel off-balance, like we're about to fall through the stall door, or maybe like we're modern-arting a one-of-a-kind pee splatter painting for the next unlucky hopeful-sitter." So she wanted to create something to fix that. Enter the Stand Up.
More From ELLEThe product is biodegradable. It's also pink. Like for girls! (Originally, says Grossman, she'd printed four colors, but a therapist friend of hers mentioned that pink was considered especially soothing. "In the end, I realized I wanted my product to be easily recognized and communicated, so I chose just one color—pink was the obvious choice. I liked the way it looked, too, so cute and fun.") Each cute little Stand Up is one-use, but comes in multiples: There's the Purse Pack, which contains 6 individual Stand Ups, for $6; The Festival Pack (3 Purse Packs, $16), and The Super Woman Pack (6 Purse Packs, $30).
Before the Stand Up, a similar product called Pee Buddy was developed in India in order to spare women UTIs and other diseases frequently obtained from unsanitary public toilets in Delhi. Some significant differences, however: Pee Buddy, with recommendations from gynecologists and obstetricians, has much more utilitarian—and less feminine—marketing. In fact, while the product simulates male urination, the Stand Up (which Grossman emphasizes is not a device, but an accessory) is all about preserving femininity in the face of the public toilet gross-out: "I believe women can have a hygienic and dignified peeing experience if they so choose.")

Also unlike Pee Buddy, the Stand Up includes an optional subscription service—a fad that's definitely having a moment right now, from tampons (HelloFlo) to workout clothes (Ellie, Fabletics)—for the woman who finds herself on frequent road trips... or, I guess, has some other reason to spend a lot of time in truck stop bathrooms? Oh, girl.
Full disclosure: I tried the Stand Up this morning, not at Coachella, but in the comfort of my apartment. To get the full experience, I tried it first thing in the morning (after a night of maybe-possibly-OK-definitely watching Frasier reruns and drinking a bottle of rosé alone).​
It worked... surprisingly well! I'd been afraid of peeing on myself, considering I was starting from a 5-year-old boy level of standing-urination skills, but nary a drop was spilled. After you're done, you toss it out. Functionally, it's flawless. What was more important to me, however, was the inherent confidence I felt as I peed while standing, as opposed to shrinking down onto the seat like women usually do.​
Science backs me up: In her research about "power poses," Harvard Business School professor Amy Cuddy found that standing straight, with your hand on your hips and legs slightly spread, jacks up your testosterone, raising your confidence and decreasing anxiety. She calls this "The  Wonder Woman" pose. It bears a striking resemblance to dudes peeing... and to the posture I assumed to use the Stand Up. And, frankly, on my way out of the bathroom, I swaggered a little.
I don't think I'll be making the Stand Up a habit, but if my definition of roughing it went beyond "taking a $36 barre class that doesn't have a shower," I'd definitely be a subscriber. ​
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EverettDear E. Jean: My single girlfriends and I want to know why new men we meet keep sleeping over after sex instead of getting dressed and leaving like men are supposed to! We try to come up with the perfect way to get them to leave without losing them forever, but we can't find the words. Even if we really like the men, we don't want to compromise our beauty sleep to be cuddled or snored at all night. Plus we're working women, and we want to leap out of bed, drink our green smoothies, do Pilates, and go to work—not pretend that we eat eggs, bacon, and toast for breakfast.
Advertisement - Continue Reading BelowI think this is a new phenomenon. I don't remember this from when I was 22. Is it because our beds are better than theirs? Or because we can afford nice duvets? Or are we just too desirable for our own good now?—Bothered by the Pesky New-Guy-Sleepover Problem
Miss Bothered: It's not the duvets. It's the dudes. And you're right. The sleeping giant snoring and belching under your D. Porthaults is a "new phenomenon." And, worse, this may be just a hint of hideous things (soaking their delicates in our bathroom sinks, slathering our $150 eye creams on their feet) to come.
More From ELLENot to say we don't love the lads—chasing them is the highest entertainment. But according to my Ask Eeee mail (the greatest trend-spotting apparatus on earth), men have become the new women. We've hunted, called, texted, G-chatted, and FaceTimed the chaps so often that they've stopped making moves. We chase. They run. We call. They hide like Jane Eyre. And when they finally do surrender and agree to a bonk, by God, they expect to be cuddled! (And stay the night.)
It's gotten so bad, my friend and I speak about her ex-boyfriend as "the young lady in California." So of course you want a "perfect way" to get men "to leave." Follow these steps:
1. When you meet at the restaurant for dinner: Greet him with a siren kiss and say, "I can't let you keep me up too late, darling, it's a school night." (This works particularly well with guys who actually are in college, or with men who think they are.)
2. When you arrive home and reach your bedroom, as you pull off his jacket, whisper: "Since you have to leave so early tonight, I hope I can see you next Saturday." (Now he won't feel like a slut.)
3. When you send him out the door: Pop a bagel in a bag, hand it to him, and say, "Breakfast for my gangsta boy!"
It's a tough world for men. Some newer models have been pampered by hovering mothers. Thus, to work properly, they may require cuddling. And this is not the first appearance of the new-guy-sleepover fad. The great Colette wrote about it nearly a hundred years ago when she described one of the most ravishing boys in literature, Chéri, returning to his mistress because he couldn't sleep with his skinny wife. His mistress, Léa, "makes a place for him in the hollow of her comforting side like a mother animal."

EverettDear E. Jean: Men prefer younger women for sex—it's the way their brains are wired, I understand. But must they have younger women in the office, too? Since I've reached my thirties, my boss makes jokes about how I'm "too old for PR." He laughs and says PR is a "young person's game."
I can't help but wonder: Should I start looking for a career more suited to an "old woman"? My public-relations work is in health care, and many physicians I've worked with have told me how knowledgeable I am. But some of the men running things are egotistical jerks. Should I just give up and throw in the towel? My life feels like it's over! —Throw Me Out With the Trash
Advertisement - Continue Reading BelowMiss Throw Me, Darling: Pfffft! A woman doesn't know a damn thing till she's 30. So, pour yourself a martini and pluck yourself up by those bra straps. Auntie Eeee is about to tell you the Facts of (Office) Life:
First, you're living in a world fueled by 19-year-old MIT grad students. These kids hold more patents than Thomas Edison. (For instance, Niniane Wang, an adviser to our start-up, Tawkify, graduated from Caltech at 18, holds 30 patents granted and pending, and is one of the best-dressed women in Silicon Valley.)
More From ELLEUnfortunately, these tykes stay up all night building new technology that can replace you. If you want to keep any job today, not just one in public relations, you've got to work harder, work smarter, and acquire a new skill about every 15 minutes.
And second, if you are not inventing newer, brighter versions of yourself with upgrades every couple of weeks—you're standing still. And standing still is the same as getting "too old." And getting too old is when you stop reaching for excellence. So raise that martini, Miss Throw Me, and drink deep. Here's your handy guide:
The Nine Rules for Reinventing Yourself
1. Don't let your "assumptions" determine who you are.
2. Don't waste time yearning for flawless bosses. Every morning tell yourself: "Today I'm going to meet a dingbat, a chump, a jerkweed, a weakling, and a scoundrel, and I'm ready for them!"
3. Don't pay for a course from an "online university"—take the free online classes offered by Harvard, Duke, and Stanford on Coursera.org and EDx.org.
4. Don't crash industry cocktail parties. Crash $5,000-a-plate lunches. You'll meet a smarter bunch of people.
5. Don't stroll through a museum—run through it! You'll get swift ideas.
6. Don't jump out of a plane unless you tape your ankles first. (Trust Auntie Eeee on this one.)
7. Don't listen to your dreams. Listen to your fantasies.
8. Don't take up a new hobby unless it frightens you.
9. Don't take a pole-dancing class. You can have the same effect on men by staring into their eyes on the subway.
P.S. I just checked with Niniane Wang about the number of her patents, and she burst out with: "OMG, there are times when I feel just as daunted by societal pressures as the person who asked the question. I actually feel kind of guilty that I'm being used as an example to make other people feel daunted, when I myself sometimes feel daunted. I'd probably be daunted by me too."

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Getty ImagesAdvertisement - Continue Reading BelowCelebrity hair pro Lorri Goddard-Clark is colorist to Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Aniston, and Reese Witherspoon. She is also the author of The Hair Color Mix Book: More Than 150 Recipes for Salon-Perfect Color At Home. Here, her must-see tips for DIY hair coloring.
How do you pick the most flattering hair color for your skin tone and eyes?
If you look into your eyes you will see little flecks. If they are golden or yellow, a natural match would be warmer hair colors. If they are bluer or deep bluish black then a natural match would be neutral or cooler tones. To enhance your skin tone, never go more than two shades lighter or darker—this guarantees that you won't fade or wash away your natural beauty.
More From ELLE When is it okay to do at-home highlights and when should you go to the salon?
When you're going for a look close to your natural color—for example, you have naturally light brown hair and want some pale honey highlights—DIY kits are fine. But if you want highlights more than two or three shades lighter than your natural color you should see a professional.
What precautions should you take when doing at-home highlights?
Always wear an old button-up shirt. This way you don't risk highlighting your clothes or ruining your highlights as you pull a tee over your head. And don't forget to set a timer. It's easy to get distracted with phone calls, emails, texts, television, reading, etc. Also, after each highlight wipe your gloves off on a towel—this keeps excess product from wandering to hair pieces you don't want to highlight.
Any highlight application tips you won't find on the back of the box?
Add one teaspoon of olive oil to the highlight bleach of your choice. I do this in the salon; it won't affect the performance of the product but it will give it a smoother consistency which yields even prettier highlights.
Hair glazes are more popular than ever. How can you recreate a salon-like glaze at home?
First, choose hair color the same shade as yours—if you have dark auburn hair, choose dark auburn hair color. Next, shampoo your hair, towel-blot, and detangle. Take the developer bottle and pour out half of the developer, adding water in its place; this allows the color to become a standard deposit-only gloss. Mix the color and distribute through your hair. Leave the mixture on for three minutes then rinse, shampoo, and condition for a gorgeous, shiny finish.
What are your hair color trend forecasts for the new year?
Sun-kissed highlights are always in, but I think platinum one-process hair color has made a comeback and will continue to do so. We'll also be seeing more cyber '80s dos with touches of wild pinks, blues, greens, and black in unexpected places, as well as luxe all-over color—think richer reds, deeper browns, and glistening blacks.

Jen BaumgardnerI just finished reading Selfish, Shallow and Self-Absorbed, a new anthology of essays, out today, about the decision not to have kids edited by Meghan Daum. I connected deeply with a number of the writers and the reasons they gave for foregoing parenthood. Their instincts and emotions were familiar, their stories, often mine, too.
But I have a son.
There's a strong taboo against being child-free, and it's one that works against all women—those without children and those with them, too. The maternal instinct is a spectrum, not a switch, and accepting it as such would absolve a tremendous amount of guilt for those who decide not to have children as well as throw a wrench in those straw men arguments fueling the mommy wars. (I love my work more! I love my kids more!)
Advertisement - Continue Reading BelowAnd so we brought together four women who occupy different spots on this spectrum to discuss this taboo, and what unraveling it could mean for all of us: Meghan Daum, 45 and married, who has no children and never really wanted them; Elliott Holt, 41 and unmarried, who once wanted children but now is at peace with the fact that she won't have them; ELLE.com features editor Justine Harman, 30 and married, who wants to be a mom, but is also terrified of the prospect; and me, a married woman and mom whose tremendous love for her child has not fully extinguished her ambivalence about the role. Meghan, let's start by hearing why you decided to do this book.
More From ELLEMeghan Daum: I wanted to do a book like this because I'd always wanted to read a book like this. And while there are some out there, they tend to fall back on a kind of glibness that doesn't really serve anyone. You hear a lot of "I'd rather have expensive shoes than have kids!" and "I'd rather sleep late!" You hear about "brats" and "breeders" and a lot of one-liners about strollers blocking the sidewalk. And while it can sometimes be funny, it always struck me as an avoidance mechanism.
Apparently not wanting to be a parent is such a difficult thing for people to admit to themselves that they couch their choice in these throwaway lines or call themselves "selfish." It's funny, people who choose not to have kids often accuse parents of stereotyping them, calling them materialistic or lazy or immature and so on. But I've noticed it's frequently the non-parents who put themselves in these boxes. They call themselves "selfish" almost as if it were a preemptive strike. And that's because somehow it's less of a taboo to say you're lazy and want expensive shoes than to say, "Hey, I've thought about this and it just isn't for me." I wanted to put together a book that included different kinds of voices coming from different viewpoints but all of which transcended the glibness.
Justine Harman: That's interesting to me. Because, even as a liberal child of liberal parents, I never considered the fact that not having children was an option. I want to have children, and I love my nephews and niece deeply, but I never really considered the choice element of the equation. Regardless of how progressive I may be, having kids was always a given for me.
Elissa Strauss: Elliott, did you find yourself running into these internal biases?
"I've never thought that not having kids makes me selfish."
Elliott Holt: I didn't have that particular internal bias —I've never thought that not having kids makes me selfish—but for a while, I bought into the idea that life without children was somehow less meaningful. So many of my friends talked about parenthood as a life-changing experience that I started to feel like I was missing out on a crucial rite of passage. And not having kids made me really lonely. Most of my friends are busy raising their children and hanging out with other parents. When my friends started having kids, I missed the community we all had before everyone disappeared into their nuclear families. I felt isolated, which compounded the sense that my life was less fulfilling. But then I started making more friends who, like me, don't have children. I'm still friends with the ones who have kids, but I see the friends without kids a lot more often. It's been hugely helpful to realize that I'm not alone. And it's been freeing to let go of assumptions I had about what adulthood is supposed to look like. My life is full of meaning, even though I don't have children: I love my work; I have wonderful friends and pets; I travel a lot; I'm a devoted aunt. I really believe my life has worked out the way it was supposed to.
JH: I worry about this, too. When I was 25 and single in New York City, I never anticipated that, a mere five years later, my friends and I would have difficulty finding time to grab dinner. Even when we do get together, there are furtive glances at the time, e-mails that demand to be checked, and a sliding scale of interest when it comes to getting "just one more drink." Once kids get added to the mix, I fear that I no longer will get to choose my friends—I have the lurking suspicion that my friends will choose me (and, by default, my lifestyle).
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Dean: courtesy of the Everett Collection; bottle: Steven KrauseAdvertisement - Continue Reading BelowYears of playing swoon-worthy, twinkly-eyed leading men must have taught Patrick Dempsey a thing or two about what women want. When he meets me in the sprawling penthouse of the Beverly Wilshire—yes, the Pretty Woman hotel—his first words are: "Want some champagne?" Followed by: "So, you're from North Carolina?" (Do your research, gents, and you'll have us at hello.)
Here's what Dempsey has picked up from five seasons as thwarted lovebird Derek Shepherd on Grey's Anatomy (a show, he points out, that's written by a woman, the formidable Shonda Rhimes): "Shepherd—he listens. Men have a tendency to want to get to the bottom line, but they need to be patient. I think women want to be just heard. At the end of the day, they want to be protected, nurtured, and also have a lot of freedom, too, to go off and do their own thing."
More From ELLEDempsey's sharp sense for the wants of the modern woman has come in handy in his second career: cologne magnate. After staking out a place in the men's fragrance world last year, with Avon's Unscripted, he's launching Patrick Dempsey 2, a cozy saffron-and-spicy-woods blend (women who love men's fragrances are sure to borrow this one from their boyfriends). Who does Dempsey trust to make sure these are eaux that ladies will buy, buy, buy? His uniquely qualified wife, Avon Global Creative Color Director, Jillian. "She's got to smell me, so she better like it," he says. "It all comes down to that, doesn't it?"
The men's fragrance industry—which in 2008 raked in $854 million at department stores and $204 million at mass retailers—has a rather singular mission: calibrate scents (and ad concepts, bottles, and, often, a celebrity spokesperson) to appeal to both men and the women who love them, not necessarily in that order. Yes, certain well-groomed guys want to smell good for their own sake; and of course plenty of men could care less about enticing a girl at all. But "in general, in the American market, about 50 percent of men's fragrances are bought by men, and 50 percent are bought by women for men," says Charlotta Perlangeli, the VP of global marketing for Calvin Klein fragrances. "We definitely take both into account."
Derek Jeter, Avon's other man-traction, phoned in from Seattle last summer, hours before the Yankees creamed the Mariners, to discuss the zesty new juniper, sage, and sandalwood Driven Sport, his fourth fragrance in three years. Jeter's got the guys on the team hooked—"they'll sort of make fun of me at first, and then when no one's around, they'll ask me for some"—but he says the real judge and jury consist of his mom, his sister, and his female agent (and, presumably, rumored fiancée Minka Kelly). "I think a woman's opinion on a men's fragrance means more than a man's opinion," Jeter says. "Especially at Avon, where women are the ones who sell it. If I don't sell them, they're not going to sell the fragrance." (Something tells me he has little to worry about on either count.)
The idea that the right scent will help a guy "get" the girl sounds like marketing hooey—if a man is vile enough, even holy water isn't going to help him. Yet who among us hasn't been hooked (or, equally, repelled) by that whiff of Kryptonite emerging from a beloved's T-shirt neckline? In high school, I crushed on a heavily hair-gelled heart stomper who bathed in Obsession (16-year-olds in mushroom clouds of man-scent? Blech. But boy, I'd have happily swilled the stuff back then). In my twenties, I irrationally, unhappily adored a man who wore a now-defunct Guerlain spritz; I spent most of our relationship with my nose burrowed into his throat, as if I might find a truffle there. And I'm no snob: I've recently developed an unexpected fondness for Old Spice deodorant ($2.69), which wafted its way into my life completely by accident: My boyfriend stole it from his father in a moment of desperation. Suddenly, it's the smell of masculinity, love, and hard work.
What do women want? If only it were that simple. According to one oft-cited bit of research, the one smell that's proven to arouse us is that of Good & Plenty candies. This theory might explain generations of movie theater make-out sessions (well, that and the dark room), but it has yet to result in a lady-slaying, licorice-scented cologne. Likewise, new pheromone love potions seem to pop up every few years; but without the clinical data—or a convincingly slick ad campaign—to back them up, these novelties have yet to conquer the market (or the fairer sex).
Rodrigo Flores-Roux, a veteran per­fumer who has concocted iconic scents for Tom Ford and Donna Karan, says the eaux he mixed up for John Varvatos (For Men, Artisan, Vintage, Rock Volume One) seem to be especially adept at keeping the ladies coming back, but even he struggles to specify why. "Men like them because women are the ones who point them out," he says. "Women like them because...they just have that thing that appeals to them."
Some companies go to great lengths to nail down that "thing." Based on a 13-country poll of 3,500 women ages 18 to 35, Axe determined that 70 percent of us prefer chocolate to shopping, jewelry, and even sex. The company's marketing team staged an internal ice cream party and rewatched the refrigerator scene from 9½ Weeks, then tasked a team of ultra-sophistiqué Parisian noses at fragrance firm IFF to come up with a smell that was "lickable" yet still had the "hairs and balls" of a signature Axe fragrance (an unfortunate juxtaposition of phrases, but hey, that's Axe for you). Dark Temptation—internal code name: Urge—is, frankly, delicious: spicy, warm, sexy, and not at all sugary. If Axe could engineer its nozzle to release a discreet, nonasphyxiating quantity of the stuff, I'd buy it in bulk.
Other brands seem to build on the old-fashioned-sounding notion that what a woman really wants is a rich man. Niche perfumery Bond No. 9's latest addition to its Andy Warhol series is Success is a Job in New York. Spritzing a man with something that's supposed to smell like money—eau de dough, if you will—probably won't turn him into a human ATM. It may, however, make him wonder if you're trying to tell him something.
Slightly subtler, but no less pointed, the artist known as 50 Cent has a new cologne, too. It's called Power by Fifty Cent. (Evidently, when Fitty puts on his perfumer hat, he becomes Fifty.) The day we met, the rapper's well-documented musculature was hidden beneath a pink-checked button-down, and his boyish smile could have out-dreamied McDempsey. Powerful, indeed. Fifty favors Tom Ford suits and Audemars Piguet watches—today's three-inch model was chosen for its resemblance to the cap of his fragrance bottle—and, good news, has rather open-minded taste in women: "You know how some people have a type? Not me," he says with a laugh. "I've seen things I didn't think I'd find attractive in a woman, and thought, Wow, she's beautiful."
The Five-Oh has his theories, naturally, on what women want. "Besides physical attributes, stability is attractive," he says. "It comes with being successful, and that success being publicly noted—that's power." Fifty assures me that many women find this quality appealing; he's betting those ladies also like men who smell like lemon leaves, coriander, nutmeg, and patchouli. Chances are, if women think Power will give their mate whatever Fifty has, they'll buy it.
For me, the true test of a men's scent has long been its "nuzzle-ability." I was on the verge of trademarking this useful term until Perlangeli informed me that it's part of fragrance marketing 101. Notes like vanilla, cream, and coffee, which are vaguely sweet but not at all feminine, tend to make us snuggle in for a closer sniff. The new CK Free features coffee and a creamy, soft note of suede; Flores-Roux's latest project, for the niche men's grooming brand Alford & Hoff, is equally nuzzle-y. The brand's owners, two ex-Arizona State football players with a taste for the high life, demanded "a guy's guy perfume—a manly thing. Nothing too fresh, nothing light, nothing citrusy," says Flores-Roux; one of them further specified "something that's like the good part of getting a punch in the gut." The juice he concocted contains a biting green note of avocado leaf, oakwood extract from aged wooden wine casks, and Madagascan vanilla. Does it pack a believable punch? I wouldn't know. But I concur with Flores-Roux: "It makes you want to snuggle up next to the guy. It's visceral." That is to say, it's exactly what we want.

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GettyNobody ever said wearing high heels was comfortable. But a new study from Stanford University found that they might make you walk like you've suddenly aged 20 years.
Researchers measured how healthy women walked while wearing shoes with different heel heights: a flat sneaker, a 1.5-inch heel, and a 3.25-inch heel. They also had each woman walk with and without a heavy vest that weighed 20% of their body weight. Researchers paid attention to how the participants' knees moved while they walked and while they stood still.
Advertisement - Continue Reading BelowThe results of the study, published in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research, were pretty scary for stiletto enthusiasts everywhere. When you walk in high heels, your knees are more likely to be bent when your feet hit the ground. That puts a lot of strain on your knees, and makes you walk in a similar way to older women or women who have arthritis. And it's even worse if you're overweight, since you put more pressure on your joints.
And all that strain on your knees can lead to trouble down the road. "High heel use, especially when combined with increased weight, may contribute to increased [osteoarthritis] risk in women," the study's authors wrote. So give your high heels a rest every so often; your knees will thank you later.

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There are actors with range, and then there's James Franco. The Oscar-nominated leading man's career has pretty much been defined by his eagerness to color outside of the lines, whether that involves going back to school—he's currently pursuing his PhD in comparative literature at Yale—directing short films for the likes of Gucci and Seven For All Mankind, teaching, writing, guesting on General Hospital, or co-hosting the Academy Awards.
More From ELLEThe latest feather to add to the Spring Breakers star's cap? An exhibit, "Psycho Nacirema," that will be running at the Pace London through July 27. Franco hasn't ventured too far from Hollywood, all but recreating the eerie Bates Motel from the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock thriller Psycho, complete with a blood-spattered bathroom.
Franco collaborated with Scottish artist Douglas Gordon, whose own 1993 work, "24 Hour Psycho," projected a slowed-down version of the Hitchcock classic lasting an entire day. The show consists of five faux hotel rooms, four of which have been drenched in gruesome red paint and outfitted with neon signs and ghostly images of a wig-clad Franco playing the part of victim Marion Crane.
As attendees sign an oversized guest book and move through the macabre setting, projections of Franco acting out scenes from the film appear on the walls, most of which are scrawled with "Psycho" over and over.
Just past a bedroom occupied by a massive teddy bear covered in paint and crudely penetrated by a foreign object comes a warning that the show may not be suitable for audiences under 18. Then you enter the notorious bathroom where you'll find a shower red-paint doused curtain printed with Franco's screaming image. A projection shows a violinist playing Bernard Herrmann's screechy score from the film.
"Film is the medium that employs all art forms, but it is contained within the screen," Franco, who celebrated the exhibit's launch with a party at The Playboy Club last week, said in a press statement. "We take this multi-form idea and pull it through the screen, so that the different forms are once again fully dimensional and a new nexus of interaction and significance is created. In this show, we go back to the original locations and images of Psycho and alter them so that once again the viewer's relationship with the material changes. One becomes an actor when interacting with this work. Film becomes raw material and is sculpted into new work."
The final room keeps with the hotel theme, but loses the Hitchcock context. A blood-soaked bed is surrounded by projection screens showing footage of Franco's interpretation of the 1921 killing of model and actress Virginia Rappe in a hotel room. Again, the films here are silent and slowed down, creating a haunting sense of haziness and foreboding. It's hardly Hitchcock, but patient visitors will be rewarded with some suitably nightmarish visions. You've been warned!
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Photo: Paris Hilton by Sofia CoppolaWhen we moved to Philadelphia after living in New York City for eight years, Baxter didn't seem too happy. We have, after all, moved five times since we arrived at 49th and 2nd that blisteringly hot day in July 2006, just two months after I made him relocate from our first home together on 40th and Pine in West Philly. We're back in the City of Brotherly Love, but after eight years of Manhattan living, he just isn't feeling Pennsylvania anymore.
Advertisement - Continue Reading BelowHe doesn't say it, exactly, but I know what he's thinking. I can tell from the way his olive-shaped eyes—dark brown, almost black, with imperceptible pupils—open and close like he's had too much to drink and the way his feet drag as we ascend the four narrow flights of stairs up to the bedroom we share, that he'd hoped we'd closed that chapter: the one in which I resent my own choices.
All of this attitude and judgment from a 9-year-old Maltese-Poodle mix.
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Like the start of so many relationships, Baxter and I met online. On an episode of the MTV reality show Newlyweds, a lovely man named Nick Lachey gave his then-wife, Jessica Simpson, a butterscotch-colored curly he had found on DivaPup.com, a since-shuttered website that specialized in hybrid breeds. And just like that, I had to have one. As a 21-year-old intern at InStyle magazine (and a rising college senior), I didn't know that nine years later I would still work in fashion glossies and that I would still have the dog that I ordered off the Internet. But I do. And together we have seen it all: six different roommates; two break-ins; two break-ups; one wedding (at which he served as a defacto bridesmaid); and seven changes of address.
Shared history aside, on any given day, Baxter's stock lands him somewhere between furniture and friend—albeit a friend that snores, requires walks, food, pricey vet visits, and these days, a lift up the stairs when his back, left hip acts up. And, occasionally, he's the bane of my existence: He's the last thing I remember when I'm about to leave for vacation—It's all, 'Shit! The dog!'—and the first one I blame when there's a puddle on the floor. He's also my favorite punch line. "Ughhhh," I've been known to say, "Baxter is the woooorst" for no other reason than he's licked a wet spot onto the duvet, his breath smells just a tiny bit like fish food flakes, or because having him means I can't be completely irresponsible. Sometimes, when I'm feeling particularly mean, I sing a song called "Baxteria," which is basically the chorus from Rihanna's "Disturbia" but with my dog being the so-called "disease of the mind that can control you."
It's not a nice song, really.
Courtesy of Justine HarmanAnyone who has a dog, or has seen the movie Marley & Me, knows that the most precious thing about having one is the tragedy of it all. In buying or adopting a pet, we agree to love someone with whom we will only share a preordained amount of time. We share our homes, our highs and lows, and all of our behind-closed-doors secrets with a living thing that can never even tell us that he or she loves us back. In no other relationship, do we agree to this cruel of a contract. It's the kind of gut-level truth that only rears its head now and again. But sometimes, like when Baxter does an actual downward dog pose and yawns an audible "oooOOOOooo," his pink tongue rolling out like a slap bracelet, my heart fills with equal parts devotion and dread.
Dogs may require an upkeep that never matures (food, walks, playtime), but they are also pretty human-like in their ethos: They just want consistency and acceptance. As I write this I am watching my aging pup sleep in a formation that I like to call "the eggplant"—all four paws bundled up at his lower belly—and I feel a pang of gratitude that he isn't human. Because if I treated a person as ambivalently as I have treated this animal, he would have left me by now.
Over the last nine years—a time during which I grew up from a 21-year-old intern who carelessly bought an animal because it was cute (and because Jessica Simpson had one) to a 30-year-old woman with a husband, a mortgage, and a sump pump—the only constant in my life has been Baxter. And despite the many times I've cursed him for being so costly, so slow on his walks, or for sitting "too close" (the guy is a leaner), he has provide me with immeasurable joy and comfort. In the midst of writing this, I go over to Whatshisface to see if, despite these confessions, he''ll present his taut, pink tummy for a pat, but then I notice the way his little eyelids are fluttering. I decide that it isn't so thoughtful to wake someone up when they're in the throes of REM and back away. See, Bax, I'm learning.
Later, as we climb those narrow steps to bed, I know he'll give me that telling look again. But this time, I'll be sure to remind myself that I'm merely projecting.
We're not sure about Philadelphia, I'll tell him.
We can't promise we won't move again.
But if we do, it will be a family decision. And that certainly includes you, Bax.

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You could say that Greta Gerwig is having an HBO Girls moment. Similar to the rise of her gal pal, Lena Dunham, Gerwig has taken the reigns of her acting career by picking up the pen to co-write her upcoming film, Frances Ha. She even cast Girls's Adam Driver in the movie. The final result is her most captivating role—and film—yet.
We've watched Gerwig lost in the conundrum of her 20s and thriving within the confines of NYC before, but this black-and-white version—deftly directed by Gerwig's rumored beau and previous Greenberg collaborator, Noah Baumbach—finds a nuanced layer.
"One of the main trajectories we were telling was her love story with Sophie [played by Mickey Sumner]," said Gerwig at the L.A. premiere last night, which was hosted by IFC Films and Flux.
"And that we'd told [this friendship] like a love story. You don't know what the last great day you're going to spend with your best friend is, until you've already had it. And then it's done."
We chatted with Gerwig, dressed in an Isabel Marant blazer over a dress she bought in France, about dating, her 30th birthday, and girl crush on Diane Keaton.
What is a Greta Gerwig dance party like?Oh, I'm really good at giving a dance party. It's one of my talents. I feel like that's one sad thing about adult life: There aren't opportunities for it, except at wedding receptions. My friends are starting to get married now, so it's really exciting because I get to dance a lot. But I'm going to turn 30 in August, and I'm having a blowout dance party.What are the necessary ingredients for a "blowout?"You need to work your way up to hardcore rap. You can't start there, because everyone will be like, "Ah, this is freaking me out. Why are you playing Kendrick Lamar right now?" But you can get there, if you introduce it through New Order, followed by Blondie rapping, and then A$AP Rocky. But you can't just go there at the beginning. So, a good DJ or a good playlist is key. And alcohol. And you need at least four people who are going for it, and then everyone else just accepts what's happening.Your character in the film spontaneously breaks into a dance sequence. Do you let yourself go when you dance in public spaces?I've been known to do it on the streets, but I don't look like a crazy person. I just look like a joyful lady. I've always given myself permission [to do that]. I've always been that kind of person.What—or who—has influenced your brand of physical comedy?Carole Lombard is probably my favorite actress of all time. The way that she walks in movies and there's something about her entrances and exits that's inherently hilarious to me. Her swiftness is very funny. And then, of course, Diane Keaton is just baked into my heart, because she's Diane Keaton. Everything she did, especially with Woody Allen, I imitated from the very first time I saw it. And, Buster Keaton. The way he is. It's a confident but shy combination that I really got into.The film popularizes the word "undateable." What is the difference between "undateable" and "unavailable?"In the beginning, and through the movie, Frances considers it almost a point of pride–a badge of honor—that she's undateable, and she wants [her best friend] Sophie to be undateable, too. She thinks, "Who the f--- is going to date us? We're so crazy." But it's actually a loss when she finds out lots of people could. She probably eventually joins the world of adults and joins up with some gentleman.Where did you pull inspiration for this film? Because, unlike Frances, you are doing what you want to do.That's true. I feel very close to Frances, although I'm not Frances. But I feel like anybody who does anything in the arts—acting, writing, dancing, music, directing—it seems like you're always close to being nothing. And you're always two decisions away from not being employed in what you want to do. And I don't think you ever forget that fear. And so, it's very accessible to me, that feeling that I'm almost not doing this.

Kendrick Lamar Has The First No. 1 Album With 'Pimp' In The Title

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - MARCH 24: Recording artist Kendrick Lamar performs at #GETPUMPED live event. Reebok And Kendrick Lamar Take Over The Streets Of Hollywood, Fusing Fitness And Music With A Ground-Breaking Event on March 24, 2015 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Chris Weeks/Getty Images for Reebok) | Chris Weeks via Getty Images There are many historical firsts in Billboard chart history, and Kendrick Lamar just notched a pretty unique landmark: "To Pimp a Butterfly" is the first No. 1 album with the word "pimp" in its title.
Billboard.com reports that the last album with "pimp" in the title that charted was Pimp C's "Pimpalation," which hit No. 3 in 2006. The site also notes that "butterfly" is a rare word for a No. 1 album, last seen in Mariah Carey's "Butterfly" and Bob Carlisle's "Butterfly Kisses (Shades of Grace)," both of which came out in 1997.
Released March 16, the acclaimed "To Pimp a Butterfly" is Lamar's first No. 1 album. 2012's "good kid, m.A.A.d city" peaked at No. 2, selling 241,000 copies. "Butterfly" debuted with 363,000 equivalent album units, which represent copies sold as well as individual tracks purchased and streamed via services like Spotify and Google Play. Lamar saw the year's second-highest debut to date, behind Drake's surprise mixtape, "If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late," which sold 495,000.

Chris Copeland Apologizes For Being Out Late The Night He Was Stabbed

PHOENIX, AZ - DECEMBER 02: Chris Copeland #22 of the Indiana Pacers shoots a free throw shot against the Indiana Pacers during the NBA game at US Airways Center on December 2, 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) | Christian Petersen via Getty Images Indiana Pacers forward Chris Copeland issued an apology on Thursday for staying out late Wednesday night at a New York nightclub, near where he was stabbed in the elbow and abdomen and his female companion was slashed.
“I want to thank all the fans, friends, teammates, coaches and the Pacers organization for their support and prayers during this time,” Copeland said in a statement. “I also want to apologize to everyone, particularly the NBA and the Pacers for my bad choice at being out at that time. I am doing as well as can be expected and I will work hard to make a full recovery.”
The Pacers organization said in an accompanying statement that the 31-year-old forward is in “stable condition” in New York City. He has already undergone surgery for the injuries he sustained during the attack. (ESPN's Chris Broussard has separately reported that Copeland has fractured his elbow during the incident.)

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Two Atlanta Hawks, Pero Antic and Thabo Sefolosha, were arrested during the incident after they allegedly impeded police procedures.

See Golden Globes Nominee Amy Adams s Most Timeless Red Carpet Looks

See All Photos Could Amy Adams s red carpet style be any more flawless? The actress is always at the top of our list when it comes to people we can t wait to see hit the red carpet, and for good reason: Though she favors the Old Hollywood glamour look, Adams is also a risk taker.
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From her red-hot Elie Saab separates at last year s Oscars luncheon (above, right) to the eye-catching shade of pink she wore to the Critics Choice Awards to the sexy strapless metallic Gucci frock she wore at the LACMA Art + Film Gala in 2013, Adams definitely isn t afraid to spice up her classic look in a bold way. In honor of her sixth Golden Globe nomination for her role in Big Eyes, we re taking a look back at Adams s most stylish red carpet moments.
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MTV Is About to Get Fancier! Iggy Azalea Named New House of Style Host

Iggy Azalea may be having the best year ever! MTV has just announced that the breakout artist has been named the new host of MTV s iconic fashion series House of Style. After years of honing her signature style on hip-hop’s underground circuit, Azalea burst onto the charts in 2014 with her smash hit Fancy  featuring Charli XCX. The song currently holds the record on the Billboard Hot 100 as the longest-leading No. 1 song by a female rapper, after it topped the chart for seven weeks.
Not only is Azalea a star in the music world—collaborating with the likes of Jennifer Lopez, T.I., and Ariana Grande—but she has hit it off with the fashion crowd as well. Azalea emerged as a sartorial star both on and off the red carpet, rocking looks by Elie Saab, John Galliano, Emilio Pucci, Roberto Cavalli, Alexander McQueen, Moschino, and more. Clearly, she will be a fitting host for House of Style, which explores the relationship between music and fashion and connects fans with celebrity style setters and designers to explore new trends.
The biggest impact that House of Style had on pop culture is its ability to make fashion fun and interesting to fans who are both diehard fashionistas or not at all, Azalea said in a statement. I am so excited to bring back this iconic show for another generation of teenagers.
On the series, the rapper will take viewers everywhere from L.A.’s best vintage stores to a music video set with Rita Ora and designer Jeremy Scott. The eight-episode digitally driven season will kick off on Aug. 4, and will culminate during the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards (in which Azalea is up for seven awards).
Want more? See what everyone wore to last year s MTV VMAs in the gallery.

Check Out Carrie Underwood s Adorable Baby Bump at the CMA Awards

Carrie Underwood is radiant on the red carpet!
Underwood—who announced via Instagram back in Semptember that she is expecting her first child with husband Mike Fisher, didn t let her pregnancy stop her from going all out at the Country Music Awards. The co-host (alongside singer Brad Paisley) and nominee for Female Vocalist of the Year, chose a shimmering golden beaded gown by Lorena Sarbu to debut on the carpet, showing off just a mere peek of a baby bump. For her hosting duties, she changed into a plethora of other gowns, proving that her pregnancy is perhaps even adding to her outfit ADD.
PHOTOS: See All the Looks From the 2014 CMA Awards
The country star, 31, and Fisher, 34, (an NHL player for the Nashville Predators) married in 2010. This will be their first child together.
PHOTOS: See Carrie Underwood’s Best Looks Ever Here

Is This Jennifer Aniston s New Signature Color?

See All Photos Move over, LBD! Jennifer Aniston has a new sartorial love—the LWD (little white dress). After an impossibly chic streak of super-glam outfits, like her sequined high-slit Saint Laurent gown at the Globes or her daring one-shoulder Antonio Berardi dress, Aniston went and did a 180 on us with a design unlike anything we ve ever seen her wear.
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At the Los Angeles premiere of Cake, our February cover girl went the girly route and stepped out in an achingly sweet (as sweet as cake!) cut-out Giambattista Valli LWD with a darling bow detail at the neckline, scalloped edges, and a floral-print skirt. For the finishing touches, she accessorized with delicate Jennifer Meyer jewelry and patent black Christian Louboutins.
Is the the beginning of the end of Aniston s LBD streak? Or was this a one-off thing? Only her next red carpet appearance will tell. Either way, can we all agree she looks exceptionally stunning?
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From Liv Tyler s Baby Bump to Willow Shields and Jennifer Lawrence s Sister Moment, See This Weekend s Best Instagrams

It was a celebration of real-life and on-screen families this weekend on Instagram! Liv Tyler captured a sweet moment with her burgeoning baby bump, while Hunger Games star Willow Shields shared a photo with her on-screen sister Jennifer Lawrence from the Mockingjay Part 1 press day in New York City.
However, they weren t the only ones to share sweet family moments. From Solange Knowles s wedding to Heidi Klum s day with her kids, we couldn t help but double-tap these cute photos. Take a look at our 10 favorite celebrity Instagrams from the weekend below!
1.  Liv Tyler

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2. Willow Shields
Mockingjay press day in NYC

Mockingjay press day in NYC

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3. January Jones
Happy belated birthday @kiernanshipka! #daughterfromanothermother

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Meet the Man Who Can Transform into Kim Kardashian

It’s official: Kim Kardashian can break the Internet without even trying.
Meet Paolo Ballesteros, the multi-talented makeup artist who uses wigs, contact lenses, and some seriously impressive contouring skills to morph into just about any female celebrity, from Miley Cyrus to Madonna and Katy Perry. His latest transformation, however? None other than Mrs. Kardashian West. Yes, the images you’re seeing above are not the real Kim.
The jaw-dropping selfies come just days after the reality star’s most recent hair change from platinum to icy blonde, and the results are perfection. Ballesteros, who’s a Filipino actor and TV host, nailed everything from Kardashian’s chiseled cheekbones to her famously pouty lips (we re not sure how, but he managed to acquire some ample cleavage, too).
Watch out, Kim! You might have some competition.
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See more of Ballesteros s shocking transformations below!
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Editor Tested: Beard Oils

In the past, men s grooming products have been pretty limited to skincare and shaving, but what about the guys who want to let their beards grow into their full glory? Like the hair on your head, your beard also needs hydration, especially in the drying winter months, which is why beard oils are a must for any guy who wants to rock a Grizzly Adams-esque look. With his own in need of some TLC, InStyle.com Photo Editor Alex Reside took three different beard oils from Tom Ford, Beardbrand, and Prospector & Co. on a road test over the course of a week. Keep reading to find out what he thought!
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My beard was born in 2008 while studying abroad in Paris. I came back to America, wore scarves, drank red wine, used French phrases, and annoyed my friends. Luckily, I kicked most of those habits but the beard stayed. It’s filled in a lot more now: still not really Jon Hamm or George Clooney thick, but more along the lines of Matthew McConaughey’s Golden Globe look though a little more under control.
You would think that by now I would have tried more grooming tools and products, but up until last week, I just went for whatever shampoo and shaving cream was in the cabinet. I can admit now the error in my foolish ways, but let me tell you the good news: Beard oil is a real game changer.
When I first started, I began to ask questions: Do I even want my beard to smell good? Will it look gross and greasy? Will the smell be overwhelming right under my nose all the time? What does my beard smell like now? (I think the safe bet is coffee and/or buffalo chicken).
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With things like this, it’s best to just dive right in. So I dropped two drops, about dime size, of Beard Brand’s Spiced Citrus Beard Oil ($25; beardbrand.com) into the palm of my cupped hand. I then took my other hand and rubbed the oil onto my fingertips and began to massage it through my beard. Immediately, I could feel the bristles softening and absorbing the oil. The smell was really great too earthy, but bright, orange, and citrusy without smelling like a fresh can of Orange Crush.
After two days and three applications, I began to really notice the difference. My beard was way softer to the touch and the light smell was really nice throughout my day. It wasn’t overpowering like a bad spritz of cologne. It was just a hint of fragrance. I also noticed with the texture was pretty light and didn’t feel heavy or greasy at all; by day 3, I was actually applying more than the recommended dime-sized portion.
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Day three of my beard oil trial, I switched to a slightly heavier option made by Prospector Co. ($28; prospectorco.com). Smartly named after late 1800s nature essayist John Burroughs and his magnificent beard, the Prospector Co. Burroughs Beard Oil, would make its namesake proud, because this stuff is some outdoorsy, manly oil. I changed into a flannel shirt and used the dropper that comes with the bottle to place some drops into my hand and massage it into my beard. Immediately, I felt like I could chop down a tree and build a campfire if I wanted to. After just two days, I noticed that my beard was becoming softer and softer to the touch. Also, the skin around and under my beard was much less dry, which has often been a problem in New York City winters. I noticed one of the oils in Burroughs Beard Oil is organic argan oil, which is a moisturizer, and I was definitely noticing the effects.
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Finally to end my week of oil, I got to try the Cadillac of Beard Oils, Tom Ford’s Tobacco Vanille Conditioning Beard Oil ($50; tomford.com). It retails for around $50 dollars a bottle, so if you want to feel like Jay Z and “rock Tom Ford,” this might actually be the cheapest way to do so. It’s the thickest oil of all the ones I tried, but it’s surprisingly light on the beard. What really makes Tom Ford’s beard oil special is the scent. It’s based off of Tom Ford’s cologne by the same name, “Tobacco Vanille.” The difference is that it’s blended with almond, jojoba, and grapeseed oils. There s a sweetness to the scent but it s masculine at the same time, and right now it’s 7:20pm and I am bragging to my friends on G-chat that I can still smell it from my 7 am oil application this morning.
I don’t want readers to get the wrong idea about me. I’m not the annoying hipster dude who waxes his mustache into an ironic curl, or like Johnny Depp from this movie Mortdecai. I’m a simple man from the Midwest who doesn’t like shaving daily, wants to smell decent, and takes care of myself. I found the quick 20-second application each morning incredibly easy, and it also made a huge difference in my beard health and smell. I am definitely not the type who wants to add things to my morning routine, but beard oils: you are here to stay. I’m just sorry you weren’t there from day one.
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A Look Back on the Most Memorable Fashion Moments from Season 2 of Orphan Black!

See All Photos Listen up, Clone Club! After a suspenseful and action-packed season, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite fashion moments! We have been so inspired by Sarah’s hairstyles, Cosima’s signature eye makeup, and all the unique looks of each clone. Another major talking point is the outfits that set them all apart and we found out where they shop!
Click through the gallery to see our top picks!

Found It! Eva Longoria s Wow-Worthy LWD

Leave it to Eva Longoria to take a basic summer staple like a little white dress and effectively turn it on its head. The Frontera actress stole the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival when she stepped out in a crepe, chiffon, and lace long-sleeve minidress by Three Floor with contrast panels (above). The U.K. label, which counts Emma Roberts, Miranda Cosgrove, and Amanda Seyfried among its fans (remember that dress from the 2013 MTV Movie Awards?), specializes in playful, artfully tailored designs like cut-out dresses with faux leather trims, asymmetric metallic crop tops, and satin and mesh pleated skirts.
If you re heading to a formal affair but still want to keep your outfit free-spirited and fun, we suggest taking a cue from Longoria and slipping on this attention-grabbing frock. The mix of nude and sheer paneling and lace and mesh seams combine to create an amount of coverage that is neither too much, nay too little. It s really no surprise that the La Blanc dress is designer Yvonne Hoang s favorite piece from the collection. It perfectly covers what s needed and flaunts what you’ve got, she told InStyle.com. It’s the perfect mix of sexy and playful—polished but with a hint of edge.
Want Longoria s edgy look for yourself? Pick up Three Floor s La Blanc Dress at threefloorfashion.com.
Plus, check out Eva Longoria s best looks ever in our gallery!

Are You a Joan, Betty, Peggy or Megan? Try On the Mad Men Stars Best Hairstyles to Find Out!

We all have that one character on Mad Men whose 60s-era bouffant we d love to recreate (and the actresses  real-life hairstyles are just as gorgeous as the mod-era looks they rock onscreen).  To celebrate the arrival of the show s 7th and final season on Sunday, we added each star s prettiest hairstyles to our Hollywood Makeover Tool, so you can see whose red carpet look flatters you best! Simply upload your picture to start, and you ll be able to see yourself in Christina Hendricks gorgeous bob, Elisabeth Moss effortless layers, January Jones retro-inspired waves, or Jessica Pare s sleek blowout no glam squad or salon visit required. Once you re finished, you can share your Mad Men hairstyle with your friends on Facebook and Twitter to see what they think, or upload your makeover to Instagram as a Makeovergram. Keep the look handy on your smartphone next time you visit the salon. You may just be tempted to make a more permanent change! Head over to our Hollywood Makeover Tool to get started now!

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Happy Birthday, Julianne Hough! See How She s Transformed Into an International Star

See All Photos Happy Birthday, Julianne Hough! The dancer-actress-singer extraordinaire turns 26 today. The multifaceted beauty and two-time Dancing with the Stars champion rings in her birthday with some gorgeous new digs in the Hollywood Hills (housewarming party, anyone?), not to mention a wildly successful dancing tour with fellow dancer brother, Derek Hough.
After starring in flicks such as the Footloose remake, Safe Haven and Rock of Ages, the blonde bombshell is gearing up to light up the big screen yet again with her upcoming thriller Curve alongside Masters of Sex hottie Teddy Sears. Talk about a fantastic birthday year ahead!
From high-school heartbreaker to international star, see Hough s transformation through the years.

Happy 34th Birthday, Jessica Simpson! See the Star s Best Beauty Moments

See All Photos It s a big day for Jessica Simpson! The birthday girl, who recently got hitched to former NFL player Eric Johnson, turns 34 today. For years, we ve watched Simpson come into her own, climbing up the music charts and trying her hand at acting. Now, the blond bombshell is a happily married mother of two adorable kids: daughter Maxwell, 2, and son Ace, 1. In honor of her birthday, take a look back at Jessica Simpson s best beauty moments through the years, starting with this high school snapshot.

Shop the Banana Republic Marimekko Collection Now!

See All Photos The Banana Republic Marimekko Collection hits shelves today! Announced back in January, Marimekko—a Finnish fashion and design house known for its bold textiles—has created a 25-piece line for the retailer using a unique color palette and popping patterns. The print-happy collaboration has already been spotted on celebrities like Jamie Chung and Olivia Palermo (above, in the line s cropped polkadot pants).
The limited-edition women s capsule collection combines Banana Republic s iconic styles with Marimekko s signature textile designs and includes printed separates, tunics, maxidresses, a romper, and accessories like zippered clutches, ballet flats, and sandals. All are perfectly suited for the summer days ahead! Some of our favorites are the black and white polka-dot midi skirt, flowing blue maxidress, bright floral tailored shorts, and wear-with-everything ankle-strap leather sandals.
With fun prints and sleek styles, this line is sure to please lovers of both Banana Republic and Marimekko alike. Look for the full collection ($39 to $149) now in select Banana Republic stores and on bananarepublic.com.
See all the looks from the Banana Republic Marimekko collection in our gallery!

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Spring Beauty Preview: Matchy-Matchy Makeup

From deliberately glam lips and tips at Zac Posen to a similar (albeit softer) bronze twinset at Giorgio Armani, doubling up was big on the catwalk. Many of the makeup looks coordinated not only with one another but also with a key shade in spring fashions. Hairstylist Kevin Ryan, for example, used leftover trim from all the cobalt pieces in the collection for hair ties that synched with equally bold blue nails at Reed Krakoff (below). For a similar look, wrap colored leather trim from a crafts store (try M&J Trimming s stitched leather cord $7/yard; mjtrim.com), around a ponytail loop. Knot it tight, and resist any impulse to tie a bow. You don t want it to look too precious, says Ryan.
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You Won’t Want to Miss the 2014 H&M Design Award Winner’s First Collection

If you want to be one of the early wearers of one of the next big names in fashion, here s your chance. Starting next month, you can scoop up pieces from the first collection by 2014 H&M Design Award winner Eddy Anemian.
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Anemian, a 24-year-old fourth-year student from La Cambre school in Brussels, Belgium, showed his collection along with seven other contestants at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Stockholm in January. A panel of judges that included fashion designer Erdem, actress Michelle Dockery, and H&M s head of design, Ann-Sofie Johansson, chose him as the winner.
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All of the judges fell in love with Eddy’s collection, both the romance of how it looks when it is worn, and the extraordinary skill of his work seen up close. He is a worthy winner, and a bright new star for fashion’s future, Johansson said. Anemian s 10-piece collection is made mostly of strips of fabrics, in many cases floral print, that have been sewn together into strong, structural pieces that appear to have the effect of marble. It is called They Can Cut All the Flowers, They Cannot Keep Spring from Coming, and was inspired by Tilda Swinton’s role in the movie I Am Love as well as French painter Ingres.
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In addition to selling pieces from his collection at H&M, Anemian also won €50,000, a welcome prize for the soon-to-be grad who dreams of one day having his own label. Anemian s collection will be available starting Oct. 23 at select H&M stores and on hm.com and will range from $30 to $349.
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Margot Robbie Debuts a New Do On the Oscars Red Carpet

See All Photos She rolled in to the 2014 ceremony as a brunette, but for this year s Academy Awards, Margot Robbie has got a brand new bob! To complement her daring Saint Laurent Paris number, the star chopped her long layers into a shoulder-skimming lob. The star has been keeping her hairstylist busy over the past year not long after she went solid brunette, she shifted to a warm auburn hue over the summer, only to return to her trademark blonde. Paired with her statement red lip, we can t help but feel the Monroe-esque vibes, and if there s any event the star should channel her inner Marilyn, it s the Oscars!
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Plus, let us know what you think of Robbie s new do by voting in the poll below.

Watch Miss America Get Crowned Tonight!

When it comes to real pageantry (pun intended), few shows beat the Miss America competition. Expect plenty of gowns and performances for this 2015 edition, hosted by Chris Harrison (host of The Bachelor ) and Lara Spencer from Good Morning America.
Though we ll be playing backseat judge from the comfort of our living rooms, the contestants will have to impress this panel: television producer and writer Marc Cherry; Super Bowl Champion and former Green Bay Packer Donald Driver; designer and former model Kathy Ireland; U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist Shawn Johnson; West Point graduate and senior Army aviator General Anne Macdonald; former Miss America Lee Meriwether, and CEO and author Gary Vaynerchuk.
Tune in at 8 PM ET tonight on ABC to see who wins!

Zendaya Can’t Stop Changing Her Hair! See Her Latest Style

Zendaya’s hair experiments continue! In what may be her coolest look yet, the 18-year-old sported faux dreadlocks for her first-ever Oscars appearance.
While the super long twists, which she paired with a stunning Vivienne Westwood gown and radiant makeup, were definitely an interesting choice for the big night, it’s not the only statement she’s made this awards season. In fact, the rising style star has been making us stop and stare all February long.

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First, the Disney darling debuted a fierce pixie at the 2015 Grammys and while we thought she looked fabulous, the cropped cut was only a temporary change. “I always wanted to cut my hair but I didn’t want to actually cut my hair, so we found this beautiful little thing here,” she told InStyle on the wig she wore on music’s biggest night. “So it’s basically like I got a haircut, but I get to take it off at the end of the day.”
Just days later, she was rocking sleek, Rapunzel-worthy strands for the Go Red For Women Red Dress Collection show during NYFW. We can t wait to see which hairstyle the versatile star will try next!
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Get Ready for Keira Knightley This Awards Season! The Imitation Game Wins People s Choice at TIFF 2014

The buzz is on for The Imitation Game! This weekend, the Toronto International Film Festival handed out Grolsch People’s Choice award—the most prestigious prize of the fest—to the title starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, and Matthew Goode. It’s important because the honor is not decided on by a jury but voted on by the thousands of festival-goers, which implies how much audiences love it and also that more awards could be in the future (read: Oscars). History’s proof: Previous winners of the prize include last year’s 12 Years a Slave, as well as Silver Linings Playbook (2012), The King’s Speech (2010), Precious (2009), and Slumdog Millionaire (2008).
When we caught up with the stars of the film at InStyle and Forevermark’s pop-up portrait lounge, their focus was on telling the story right, and doing it justice. “I think everybody felt that it was an important story to get out and to be a part of it,” Knightley told us. She plays Joan Clarke, the fiancée of genius Brit mathematician Alan Turing (Cumberbatch), who together worked on the team that cracked Nazi codes to bring an end to World War II. The tragedy is that later in Turing’s life, the British government prosecuted him for being gay.
“This is a film about celebrating people’s differences, and the devastation that can happen when you allow prejudice into government policy,” Knightley added. “I think it’s more about discrimination that it is necessarily about a love story.”
For Cumberbatch, he researched the role by “scavenging books and getting any kind of personal testimony from anyone he knew who is still with us,” the actor told InStyle. “The more I discovered, the more I wanted to really pay homage to the integrity of the character. He’s a huge figure for the gay community because of being one of the most famous of hundreds of thousands of them who were persecuted in that era of McCarthyist paranoid intolerance and a desperately sad, sad, sad time in history.”
With wildly good early reviews and this new TIFF prize in their figurative pockets, we predict this is the cast to watch as awards season starts to kick up (and that means lot of outfits by the always-stylish Knightley, which we can not wait to see). But first, you must see the movie: The Imitation Game is set to open in select cities on Nov. 21.
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Get the Look: Bella Thorne Rocks a Chanel Fall 2014 Ponytail (and a Neon Romper to Boot)

Could Bella Thorne be any cuter? The Blended actress might have channeled her darker side in a Tim Burton-meets-Barbie doll fashion spread for our June issue, but her chipper interview, as well as her playful off-duty looks lead us to believe that she s none other than a fun and upbeat teen—much like her Disney persona would suggest. Case in point: The 16-year-old star recently stepped out at an event in L.A. sporting a neon pink romper by T-Bags Los Angeles and a dreadlocked ponytail inspired by Chanel s fall 2014 runway show in Paris (you know, the one in the supermarket that blew up your Instagram feed).

It s ideal for someone like Bella who s young, fun, and absolutely beautiful, says hairstylist Castillo of the ’do, which he created by incorporating springy strips of fabric into macraméd dreadlocks. First he spritzed Oribe s Dry Texturizing Spray ($22; oribe.com) from the roots to the ends to give Thorne s tresses texture and an extra lift. Next, taking random sections of hair, he used a crimper on 2 sections and brushed each one upwards.

Castillo then took handfuls of hair and wrapped them around Amika s 4P Interchangeable Barrel Curler Set ($175; sephora.com) and began creating braids by gathering pieces of crimped, curled, and straight hair together. With the three separate strands, he joined one piece of fabric with one of the strands to create the braid. After the braids were finished, he raked back the top section of hair with his fingers, made one voluminous ponytail, and sprayed it all over with hairspray to smooth down flyaways.

What we love most about Thorne s Cara Delevingne-esque dreadlocked look (besides how seamlessly she pulled it off) is how each piece of fabric strewn throughout her hair complements her bright onesie. Complete with a figure-flattering belted waist and a low V-neck cut, it s sexy without being too revealing. Scoop up T-Bags Los Angeles s sleeveless belted romper for $150 at tbagslosangeles.com to test out the Chanel runway look for yourself!

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The Unique Way Patricia Arquette Is Relieving Stress Leading Up to Oscar Night

For the actors and actresses nominated for an award at Sunday night s Oscars, it s safe to say they may be feeling a bit of anxiety leading up to the big night. And although Patricia Arquette is no exception, she does have a unique&mdashand hilarious—way of dealing with those nerves.
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I was feeling a lot of anxiety, but tonight I got some really great hugs from some men and I felt like I downloaded some anxiety with each man that I hugged, the actress, who is up for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar on Sunday for her role in Boyhood, told InStyle at Thursday night s Hollywood Domino pre-Oscar soirée. There’s great huggers and there’s mediocre huggers, but somebody who really hugs you with some love in it—I’ve let a lot of my stress go.
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Arquette, who has so far won the Golden Globe, SAG, and BAFTA for best supporting actress for Boyhood, said that the praise she s received has been unexpected. It’s all out of my hands, she said regarding whether or not she s prepared a speech. At this moment in my life, I expected other things, I’ve seen other things come true that I’ve dreamed of but I never dreamed of this so it’s kind of shocking me.
During the night s live auction that benefitted Artists for Peace and Justice, Arquette stated that if she does win, she ll mention the night s highest bidder in her acceptance speech. Tune in Sunday night to see if she makes good on that promise!
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