I consider myself a fashionista, a fashion enthusiast, a clothing connoisseur. I keep up with the trends using my two favorite outlets: a fashion glossy and Twitter. And when I’m walking down the street and see that glam girl rocking the maxi dress I’ve had my eye on for weeks? I’m no happy camper.

But there’s one thing I consider worse — walking down the street and feeling the need to check what century I’m in because of a particularly “out there” ensemble. Sure, fashion recycles itself, but some of it deserves to stay in the trash.

Here are the  10 trends I hope fashion leaves behind.

Mmmm summer picnics. Is there anything more delightful than packing up your favorite foods and driving to the lake and having a picnic? I don’t think so. That’s what summer is about, my friends. (Well, that and these 25 other things.)

On the downside, a lot of picnic foods are pretty heavy, especially if any kind of barbecue action is involved. Hamburgers? Wow. Hot dogs? Yikes. Potato salad? Uh-huh. It’s nice to indulge… but it would be nice to indulge without having to eat just fruit for the rest of the week, right? Right.

For this week, I decided to write about potato salad, mainly because it is one of my favorite summer foods and because it is generally the most unhealthy of picnic and barbecue foods. And I’m throwing you guys a curveball.

Normal, white potatoes are actually very high in nutrients. It’s not true that all the nutrients are in the skin. The difficulty with potatoes is that if you boil them with exposed flesh, a lot of the nutrients are pulled out into the water. If you boil them whole with the skins on, it takes forever, but the nutrients would be retained. Personally, I’m a big fan of small, yellow potatoes, and so I decided to use those for this recipe. Potatoes cooked with the skin on and consumed with the skin contain 45% of the daily value for vitamin C, as well as lots of potassium (as much as a banana), thiamin, riboflavin, folate, magnesium, and iron. Potatoes contain no fat, so on their own, they are reasonably healthy.

Here’s the curveball: I decided to include sweet potatoes (or yams) as well. Why? Sweet potatoes are one of the best sources for vitamins A and C, as well as dietary fiber, potassium, and iron, all while being around 95 calories for one potato. Sweet potatoes are one of the perfect vegetables. Not only that, they’re freaking delicious. Read More »

Oh cat eyes.  We’ve seen you on everybody.  We have seen you be too drastic on Jerseylicious and too sexy on Angelina.  But what we aren’t seeing a lot of is the everyday cat eye.  Which is weird because I consider the daytime cat eye to be a huge staple in my beauty routine.  I love a cat eye almost as much as I love coffee, and that is a lot my friends.  I’m so used to doing cat eyes that I forget it can be tricky to master.

Since you’ve all been requesting it, I wrangled up my favorite ways to achieve a more subtle, wearable cat eye.  I’m talking you through it so hopefully you’ll be able to rock it in no time!  It’s more about patience than anything else, especially if you’re using a liquid liner.  I like to stick with more simple tactics.  Just remember not to go too crazy and drag that wing out too far.  It’s not Halloween quite yet.

I want to give another thanks to everyone supporting Alabama, we still need help but I also want to encourage you to support the other areas that have been affected.  Joplin, MO as well as areas in Arkansas and Oklahoma have recently been hit pretty hard so please keep these areas in your thoughts and prayers! Click here to see the drop off locations in your state if you have donations for the tornado relief!  Your support is much appreciated!

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GET IN MY BELLY.

[Everyone’s got a vice, a bad habit, something they know they need to change. Unfortunately, everyone also has a million excuses why they just can’t do it. Not anymore. Every month we will be following a different CollegeCandy writer as she takes on a personal challenge. This month, Khalea is giving up....wait for it....FRIED FOOD. She tripped up a bit in the beginning, then she embraced the faux fry, and now? Let's find out!]

Well, this is it. My last week of a whole month without deep-fried goodies.

It’s been beneficial, but it’s also been pure hell.

Coming from a place where battered items are nearly a food group, I basically had to change the way that I shopped and ate completely. Sure, finding new recipes was fun but it was also super expensive! $6.99 for a block of mozzarella cheese? I could’ve paid half of that for an order of cheese sticks at White Castle!

Maintaining a balanced diet messed with my pockets. It was difficult finding foods that were healthy and cheap in Manhattan where I began working. The battle between a $2.99 cheeseburger and a $6.99 wrap was a hard one to overcome.

Without French fries and chicken nuggets, foods that I usually turned to for my broke college student budget lunch, I came home and went to bed with my stomach rumbling. Yeah, I know I said I’d try a side salad instead, but that’s just not me. I’ve never been the small salad, no meat kinda gal anyway. Read More »

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The first day of summer is right around the corner and people have already started to pull out their summer whites, obsessively Google best sunless tanning lotion, and take down their Christmas lights (finally!). So break out your sandals, rent a kayak (or two) and try not to get too discouraged by those “make sure you’re ready for bikini season” weight loss commercials! Check out our gallery of the top 25 things that just SCREAM “summer!”

What other changes happen in your life when the thermometer starts to sneak up a little higher?

Have you seen The Hangover? Yeah, so you’ve pretty much seen The Hangover Part II. The gang, still consisting of Stu, Phil, Alan, and Doug, get themselves into trouble in Bangkok. Of course, they remember nothing the next morning and must piece together their mistakes or they may never see Stu’s fiancée’s brother ever again.

I started this review as a comparison between Bridesmaids and The Hangover Part II (my friends and I recently treated ourselves to a double feature of the two). I had some awesome points about comediennes and immaturity and what’s wrong with today’s cinema. I had all of these awesome big words that I was going to use. But, lucky for you my dear reader, I remembered that I’m writing a movie review not the five-page paper that I truly want to write (CURSE YOU SUMMER VACATION). But, I still refuse to drop my core argument, so you get the Sparkotes version.

The Hangover Part II lacks the originality, intelligence, and heart that can be found in Bridesmaids. I highly suggest you see Bridesmaids instead, although I presume that if you weren’t already planning to see The Hangover Part II, one of your friends is going to drag you anyway, so you’re probably a lost cause (no offense). But, it’s lucky for me, because I get to rant about things I care about.

Originality.

My friends and I got into a fascinating debate on the way home from the movie. And by that I mean, I was quickly told to stop my inane movie talk as it was 2:30am and no one wanted to play the compare-contrast game with me. Understandable. Before that, though, I was getting a sense from my friends that they felt cheated as audience members of The Hangover Part II.

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If you’re an avid College Fashion reader, you’re probably a fan of playing dress up. If so, you’re not alone – if I’m in the right mood, there’s nothing more fun than taking a pair of shorts or my favorite LBD and figuring out new ways to wear them.

And as we’ve discussed here in the past, the more time you spend mixing and matching, the more outfit options you’ll have — and who can say no to a closet that feels bigger? Not only will this benefit you personally, but it will (in a small way) contribute to the sustainable fashion efforts that are becoming more and more of a hot topic.

In addition to our weekly Fashion Challenges, at the beginning of this year we mentioned a few style challenges popular with bloggers. Some of these (like the Six Items or Less challenge) require a lot of time and dedication, while others are a bit less demanding on one’s time. This week, CF challenges you to pick an item in your closet and wear it every day for a week. This is a less-extreme take on The Uniform Project, where a blogger wore the same little black dress for an entire year.

Ready to take the challenge but need a little guidance? Read on!

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Single Girl Society Lesson 25: You Can Hate Change But You Shouldn’t Avoid It

I’ll be the first to admit I hate change. I hate moving, I hate updating the apps on my iPhone, and I hated that Oxygen canceled my favorite guilty pleasure show (Drop Dead Diva anyone?). And yet, this past week I’ve moved from my Texas hometown to New York City, said goodbye to the guy I’d been dating as he set off to begin his career a 12-hour time difference away and packed my life into a suitcase (or three) diving right into purely terrifying, unrefined change. Always the first one to freak out before getting excited about anything, preparation is my best friend and sure enough, the uncertainty that comes with change is my worst enemy. If that sounds familiar, grab your paper bags, breathe and keep reading.

If you’re expecting me to spew out some psychobabble about embracing change, you’re obviously reading the wrong column. (Maybe try Oprah instead?) I don’t know that one can really ever “embrace” change. I think that we just take things day by day until they become less and less new.

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