Obsessed with this Express lips tee.
Speaking of tees - remember my favorite oversized tee? The BooHoo one I wrote about last week? I just learned (via Small N Mighty) that you can use the code GIVEME20 to get 20% off your order. (If you're wondering what size to get: the tee is cut to be slouchy, so order your regular size for a loose fit.)
Interesting article on Internet trolling and the things people will do if no one knows about them (via Gala).
Above, some tips on how to keep your style looking sleek even in the dry winter weather...and one of my favorite home decor finds ever.
P.S. I'm throwing a Twitter Party with Dove on November 25 from 6-7 P.M. EST - if you have any haircare questions (or just want to say hi), would love to have you join! You can follow me on Twitter here and use hashtag #HairTips for the party.
When I was in seventh grade, my best friend and I decided - for whatever reason - that pajama tops (preferably faded, striped ones that looked like they could have belonged to someone's grandfather) were the height of fashion. Every Saturday afternoon, we headed over to the Salvation Army to scour the nightwear and undergarments section (in retrospect, probably not the most in-demand department), and over time I developed quite the collection.
It's been about two decades since I embraced the pajamas-as-daytime-wear thing, so I thought it was time for a revisit. Of course, Grandpa's Old PJs don't make the cut nowadays; if I'm wearing nightwear out and about in public, I want to make sure it doesn't look like I just straight-up forgot to get dressed (because trust me...that does happen all on its own from time to time).
I love the idea of collections.
When I was a little girl, I randomly collected spoons (mostly because my dad traveled a lot for work and always brought me a souvenir spoon from wherever he’d been) and little porcelain animals that I stored in a glass-front cabinet. Nowadays, my collections are of the (sliiiightly) more practical sort:
I pick up vintage teacups whenever I find one that’s particularly beautiful.
I tend to immediately own any and all crystal skulls that I happen to stumble upon.
Two months after I moved into my first apartment in West Hollywood, I decided that I’d give hosting Thanksgiving myself a shot. It was just my boyfriend, my parents and me, but I was so excited.
As a housewarming gift my mom had given me a little notebook with hand-written copies of all our favorite family recipes, and I had recently started trying to expand my kitchen repertoire by copying down cool dishes I came across and trying one out whenever I got the chance.
Which means that my cherished “Family Recipe Notebook” actually contains about fifteen things that I actually make…and also lots and lots of weirdly complicated recipes that I thought looked cool when I spotted them in some magazine or another, but never actually tried making (among them: garlic crab risotto, chipotle-honey salmon burgers, and a chilled champagne-ginger-mango soup that sounds extremely fancy but that I am fairly certain would not be my jam).
Oh my goodness, I had so much fun hosting the White House Black Market holiday collection party with Marie Claire last week (above, I'm with my cohosts Christine and Julie). I started by getting to catch up with old friends (including some college buddies I haven't seen in ages), met a bunch of new ones...and then ended with Shake Shack on the Metronorth back home, and that is a fantastic night if I've ever heard of one.
Thank you to everyone who came out - you totally made my night!
I’ve always loved the idea of a charm bracelet, but I’ve yet to own one. Or rather I did own one, but only for about a week: Kendrick bought me a vintage chain link bracelet and a small bird charm as a wedding gift, but it slipped off my wrist somewhere in Bangkok.
No time like the present to start over, right?
The fall is all about new beginnings, and nothing is more fun than heading to the salon for a big hairstyle change once the weather begins to turn (lowlights! a pixie cut! bangs! layers!)…but this year, I have something slightly less dramatic (in an immediate sense, anyway) in mind.
I’m growing it out.
I miss my long hair, and I think I’d like to go even longer than it was before.
This salad has been one of my go-tos for years, so much so that I always keep walnuts and dried cherries on hand (so that all I have to pick up are fresh greens and some goat cheese if I want to make it). It's savory, nutty and a little bit sweet, and goes great with pretty much everything (I served it the other day alongside Pork Tenderloin with Gorgonzola Sauce).
In a small bowl, make the dressing by whisking together 1/2 cup olive oil, 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice, 1 tsp fresh lemon zest, and a sprinkling of good sea salt.
