The most extravagant I’ll go with my nails is alternating polish colors on each finger or painting a coat of glitter over my plain polish. I know, that’s so boring. If only I could be like women in Texas who created a brand new nail trend. A nail salon started putting snakeskin on nails! Not just a snakeskin pattern or airbrushing, ACTUAL SNAKESKIN!

I think we are going a little too far here. I’ve spent hours looking at cool manicures on Pinterest, and a lot of them make me think, “Why would someone do that to their nails?” I’ve seen newspaper nails, lace nails and weird 3-D looking nails, but those seem so tame compared to this freakish, snakeskin nail fetish.

The thought of me biting my nails when I’m nervous right before a class presentation and biting onto real snake body makes me want to vom. Or what about when I’m eating finger food? Will I get snakeskin in my sandwich? I wanted a BLT, not a BLSST. Read More »

Enter, the Wingwoman.

Wingwomen are the future.  Whereas most women are hip to the movements of wingmen, wingwomen are the stealth operation of the “game,” and the key to successful mingling between the sexes. And not just for the guy we might be wingin’ for; for ourselves, too!

For all of you skeptics out there, I have here for you, the five reasons that wingwomen rock:

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We all love shoes. From heels to slippers (I know how much you all love UGGs), we can all agree that shoes are the key ingredient to a perfectly chic outfit or the perfect pick me up on a bad day (hello retail therapy). They can say a lot but who you are, what you like and what you’re interested in. Especially sneakers. Just because they’re basic footwear, doesn’t mean they don’t make a bold statement.

Here are some of the craziest sneakers we’ve ever seen:

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Around the holidays it seems that Hollywood believes America has no taste since we’re all practically comatose from eating and drinking too much.  Producers spew out star-studded movies like New Year’s Eve hoping that you’ll see it based on the one actor you like in it (example: I have a soft spot for Zac Efron). And, yeah, they’re right, but I also want to support the actors who aren’t in the movie. You know, the ones who made a conscious decision to avoid a dumbed-down, cliche holiday script designed to tug on our heartstrings with trite themes and an obvious plot.

As a high-five to those who have a little respect for their craft and abstain from crappy money-makers, here’s my list of 50 actors who are (thankfully!) not in New Year’s Eve. Read More »

So this video is so old, I’m hoping it’s new again. Especially because I just saw it for the first time this week (looking through this great round-up) and I couldn’t stop myself from smiling. Seriously, it’s one of those videos that just makes you to want to dance…and travel…and start making awesome viral videos.

With no further ado, I present, “Where the Hell is Matt?”

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Recently, a Florida school board member took a version of the state’s standardized test, the FCAT. Being from Florida, let me tell you that the FCAT is the worst. It’s a test all students are required to take almost every year of school from elementary to high school, and it determines your placement in your classes and whether or not you pass the grade you’re in. So if you do bad on the reading or math, you’re placed in a low reading or math class which affects the rest of the classes you are placed in for the rest of your K-12 career (and it’s not like you can just ask to go to AP English Literature from a low level reading).

So when this school board member took the test, he didn’t do very well. He said that if he would have taken the same test in school, he wouldn’t be where he is today because his options would have been limited. When I took the FCAT,  I always scored pretty high, and I had my choice of which classes I could take. Eventually I was able to take all AP classes and make myself a competitive college applicant. But I had friends who weren’t so lucky. They didn’t do as well and were placed in whatever classes the school wanted to put them in, so they had less of an advantage when applying to college.

However, it’s not like my friends weren’t smart. They were very smart and, like most of your friends, they had their own areas if expertise, which always amazed me. Maybe they were an animal expert or a fashion lover and wanted to go into those fields. Well, the FCAT doesn’t test on those, so while my friends were extremely smart in those areas, they were made to feel stupid by a REALLY stupid test.

If you’re from Florida, you’ll remember that basically everything you learned was about the FCAT. That was all the teachers taught: How to do well on the FCAT. There’s no inspirational moments like in Freedom Writers in which the teacher can throw the lesson plans out the window and focus on making you a better person who is prepared for real life, while also teaching you how to express yourself through writing (in Florida we only learned about writing in fourth, eighth, and tenth grade when the FCAT writing test was upon us…). There’s no bonding with your teacher like in Matilda. It’s just constant reading comprehension and unrealistic math problems (two things I’ve never been asked to do at college, any job I’ve had, or any of my internships).

Obviously, the FCAT isn’t the only bad standardized test. A lot of states have their own system, and there’s always the SAT and the ACT, which REALLY determine your future by testing how good you are at taking the SAT, not how prepared your mind is for college. I can’t tell you have many times I’ve been asked to solve an SAT-type analogy in college. Oh wait, yes I can: Zero times.

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Rising Indian actress Sonam Kapoor joined pal Freida Pinto at the Chanel Paris-Bombay show at the Grand Plaza in Paris on Tuesday. She, of course, wore Chanel — choosing a frock from the Spring 2012 line.

The dress is typically Chanel, in white with black accents and ruffled details. The actress paired the dress with black tights and black pumps.

Things I like: The fact that she has made a very Sping-y dress look perfectly wintery with the black tights and shoes. In fact, it almost looks winter-perfect. Very festive! I also quite like the dress. I love the shoulder details. It looks fabulous on the catwalk, but it just doesn’t translate too much to real life.

But I don’t like the accessorizing. The necklace is just too much, and adds colour that isn’t really necessary to the outfit. It’s just all a bit too-much with such a stand-out dress. I would also have taken the earrings out. As Chanel herself said, take a piece of jewellery off before you leave the house.

I would have loved to see long flowing locks here, but I do like the makeup. Some have said it’s too heavily applied but I think it complements her face nicely.

I’m gonna go with fab dress on the catwalk, but not so much in real life.

But what do you guys think- hot or hot mess?