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These Fashion GIFs Will Transport You Straight To The '90s

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Ah, the '90s. A time when high-waisted mom jeans, snapback neon hats and suspenders reigned supreme. For some reason, of all the decades, this is the one we're most nostalgic about. The fashion was on point (for the most part) and TV was at its prime. 


Thanks to re-runs and GIFs, we can relive the '90s over and over again, whenever we want. Like, right now. Behold, 14 GIFs that will transport you to the '90s.






























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The Best Bras For DD Cups And Up

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Bralettes for DD cups? A pipe dream, right? Well, maybe not entirely. We've taken it upon ourselves to round up 14 of the best bras for the well-endowed that are far from frumpy or boring.

Related: The Busty Gal's Guide To Tops

The Best-Full Coverage Lace
You no longer have to choose between sexy and supportive. Where to get it.

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The Best Strapless
It's a common misconception that women with full busts can't wear strapless bras or won't feel fully supported without straps. With a wide band and in-bone architecture, this seamless bra keeps everything where it should be. Where to get it.

Related: A Genius Trick For Keeping Your Strapless Bra In Place

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The Best For Easing Shoulder Pain
There's nothing worse than an aching back. Wider straps can help. Where to get it.

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The Best Wireless
Sometimes (read: Saturdays) you just don't want metal digging into your armpit. Where to get it.

Related: The Genius Trick For Washing Your Bra

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The Best For Hiding Back Fat
The catch-22: You need serious support from the band, but that back bulge? No, thanks. Look for bras in smooth, stretchy fabrics that will hold you up without causing side spillage. Where to get it.

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The Best For Low-Cut Tops
This plunge bra makes it possible to don a deep-V top without worrying about inappropriate cleavage. The key: proper support. Where to get it.

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The Best For Above-F Sizes
Buyer beware: While Curvy Kate bras are amazing, they do run small. Don't be alarmed if you need to go up at least one size. Where to get it.

Related: 17 Of Your Most Common Bra Problems Solved

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The Best For Minimizing
This bust minimizer (which Oprah swears by) helps keep your girls in check with full coverage. Where to get it.

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The Best For Wearing Under T-shirts
A T-shirt bra might be the most important one in your entire wardrobe, as it's tasked with molding seamlessly to your body. This one virtually disappears under clothing. Where to get it.

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The Best For Darker Skin Tones
Finally, a line of "nude" bras made specifically for women of color. Where to get it.

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The Best Sports Bra
This baby sucks you in like no other, keeps you cool with a mesh panel and supports you from the sides with an adjustable band instead of traditional straps. It may take a little effort to get into it, but we promise it's worth it. Where to get it.

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The Best For Nursing
Yes, they get even bigger. This underwire nursing bra cushions and comfortably supports your new shape without compromising on fit. Where to get it.

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The Best For Gals On A Budget
Although their full-priced styles might be a little steep, Triumph often (as in almost always) has a sale. Keep tabs on your favorites because they'll be half-price soon. Trust. Where to get it.

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These Jeans Will Charge Your iPhone While It Sits In Your Pocket

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Ever had your phone die unexpectedly, perhaps in the middle of a late-night outing? Well, there's a new pair of pants designed to solve this exact problem. 


Joe's Jeans, a Los Angeles-based apparel company, has developed a new denim line it calls #Hello jeans, which will let you charge your phone on the go.


The pants have a special opening right above the traditional back pocket. You can slide a portable battery pack right in there and connect it to your phone through a power cord hidden along the seams of the denim. A second side pocket will let you tuck your phone away while the device powers up. Just make sure to remove the phone and battery before throwing the jeans in the washer!


#Hello jeans come in four different styles, pictured below: 



Convenience doesn't come cheap, though: The jeans are priced at $189, and the battery pack is another $49.


The battery charges the iPhone 5, 5S and 5C up to 100 percent, and the iPhone 6 up to 85 percent. (Sorry, iPhone 6 Plus owners. Your device is too big to fit in teeny pockets, anyway.)


This is not the first time technology and fashion joined forces to make our tech-addicted lives a little easier. Earlier this summer, Google partnered with Levi's to develop Project Jacquard, a conductive yarn that, if woven into any fabric, allows you to perform basic smartphone functions by simply touching the garment’s surface, instead of reaching for your phone. And in 2014, Microsoft announced a pair of pants equipped with a wireless charging plate for Lumia smartphones.


H/T Mashable

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Curvy Girl Fashion at Ursula Stephen's Beauty & The Brand Brunch

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Chenoa Maxwell, Lavern Cox [Orange Is The New Black], Ursula Stephens [Celebrity hair stylist]


Fabulous women from all corners of the industry were in attendance at celebrity hair stylist, Ursula Stephen's Beauty & The Brand Bunch on Sunday, July 25th. A wide array of beauties in gorgeous get ups and fabulous hair filled the Sixty Hotel Rooftop. Pancakes and fried chicken topped the menu and Dusse provided a bountiful open bar of tasty beverages. I had a blast in a glass catching up with some of my favorite people like Geneva S. Thomas and Rhapsodani aka Danielle Young.

By far the curvy girls were representing. Checkout a few of your favorite full figured curvy girls, personalities and bloogers who attended below.

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Chenoa Maxwell, Geneva S. Thomas [Blood Sweat Heels], and me RaVal Davis

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Christina Brown of Love Brown Sugar Blog

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Geneva S. Thomas [Blood Sweat & Heels] Asia Gholston


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Alissa [of Stylish Curves], Ursula Stephens

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RaVal Davis

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Mariah Carey's Toddler Was Pulled Off Her Screaming During Photo Op

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Mariah Carey brought her 4-year-old twins, Moroccan and Monroe Cannon (better known as Dem Babies), along as she accepted her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Wednesday. 


This was an educational experience for all, because we learned that though Moroccan and Monroe are the children of a true diva, they are still children -- and, 100 percent, do not care that Mariah Carey is their mother. To them, she's simply Mom.


This story is best told in photos: 



Moroccan loves having his photo taken, can't you tell?



And this seemed like a great place to bring children. 



Clearly, the kids were really proud of their mother's accomplishments. 




And they were really interested in the star she received. 




Actually, Moroccan was far more interested in his mother.



Way more interested.



He didn't care there was a photo op going on.



As far as he was concerned, this was as good a time as any to snuggle.



It turns out it was not a good time to snuggle :(




And then this happened: 




But Mariah finally got her shot. 



Fin. 


 


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Gigi Hadid Has A Bizarre Trip In Calvin Harris' 'How Deep Is Your Love' Video

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What do you get when you mix Taylor Swift's boyfriend with one of her best friends? A Calvin Harris music video starring Gigi Hadid, duh. 


The Scottish DJ has just released the video for his new single, "How Deep Is Your Love," which stars the supermodel-of-the-moment and "Bad Blood" squad member (gotta love connections). In the bizarre, trippy clip the 20-year-old wakes up on a sterile-looking hospital table in some sort of morgue/lab setting, then wanders down the hall in a silky slip with hair and makeup perfectly done (obviously). Next, she stumbles into a rave, then finds herself on a fancy yacht, where she jumps in the pool making her slinky dress all sexy and see-through. Finally, she winds up dancing while being circled by two motorcycles. Every shot is enhanced by Hadid's amazing smizing abilities and her hypnotizing hairography. 


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Esquire Asks If Miles Teller Is A 'Dick'

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There are those who will try to tell you that Gay Talese's "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold," which was published in Esquire in April 1966, is the greatest celebrity profile ever written


Esquire still holds the title as the publisher of the best celebrity profile, now it just belongs to Anna Peele and her  brutally honest assessment of  "Fantastic Four" star Miles Teller, in her unflinching quest to find out if he's a "dick." 


We're pretty sure she got her answer, and this is what she (and the rest of us) discovered from her interview with the 28-year-old actor who you may have seen in "Whiplash," "The Spectacular Now" and "Divergent."


 The highball glass, he quips, was modeled after his penis:



You've just told him, by way of making conversation, that according to legend the champagne coupe in your hand is shaped like Marie Antoinette's left breast, and he tells you the highball glass is modeled after his cock. Then he tells the waitress the same thing. 



 He believes he's probably better looking that the public thinks he is:



[Y]ou ask him about his hair. He's brought up how nice it is in more than one interview. It's a little defensive, like maybe he's making up for not being the best-looking, or sometimes even the third-best-looking, guy in any given movie he's in. "I was thinking about that today, how I probably think I'm better-looking than the public thinks I am," he says with a laugh, like it's funny that he's willed himself into a higher tier of male beauty through limitless confidence. "I was in one of these forums about a film I did, and it's like, 'This dude is so ugly! How does he get fucking parts?' 'Well, he's not, like, traditionally handsome, but . . .' And that's kind of what it is. Maybe it's because I came from a small town, but I always did well for myself."



His girlfriend, Keleigh Sperry, has his initials tattooed on her butt. 



[H]e dates a twenty-two-year-old model/aspiring swimsuit designer/professional girlfriend who thinks Teller is attractive enough to have permanently monogrammed her perfect ass with his initials. 



He calls Joaquin Phoenix -- who he's never met, but shares the same rep -- Joaq. 



"But if I'm really homing in on the dramatic performance right now, it's probably Christian Bale or it's Joaq."


Oh, for fuck's sake. Joaq?


"I just said Joaq. Joaquin Phoenix. I don't know him, but my publicist has repped him since he was, like, seventeen. She repped River, too. So I just hear his name."



But he's not above asking a journalist to cut food up for him, when it's really tough. 



The waitress delivers the entrées, scallops for him and pork belly for you. The pork looks great and you offer him some. "I'll take a little bit," he says, sawing at it. Then: "I can't cut this." You have to cut his meat for him, a man who ten minutes earlier showed you an iPhone photo of his back muscles to prove how strong he is. He wants you to cut it small. "I don't have back teeth. I literally have four teeth." Not true. He's right, though, this pork belly is really hard to cut. But still.  



Peele and Teller ended their interview with a hug and she wrote that the actor  "goes off to contribute to the cache or catalog or canon or whatever the fuck you call it and charm the world with his dickishness"


Miles Teller disagreed with her assesment:





 


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The Men's Clothing Item That's Become Less And Less Sexy

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Not many trends have become more conservative over the past 100 years. Men's swimwear, however, is an exception to that rule.


In what seems like the 100th variation of a "100 Years Of" video, Mode Studios has taken on a century's worth of men's swimsuits. While the video kicks off modestly in 1915 with what can only be described today as a romper, things heat up as early as 1935 with a pair of belted briefs. 


Swim trunks as we know them today make a first appearance in the '80s, followed by the undoubtedly unsexy board short trend of the '90s and the graphic-printed, slightly more form-fitting trunks we know and love today. 


With the tendency fashion has to repeat itself, here's hoping those rad, printed briefs from the 1960s make a comeback soon.


Check out the video above. 


H/T Mashable 


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9 Things Your Hair Colorist Wishes You'd Stop Doing

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The relationship we all have with our hair colorist is one of the most intimate we have outside of our family and friends. We trust them to conceal our roots or gray hair, and fix our bad at-home dye jobs (more on this later). 


At the end of the day, your hair colorist has a job to do, but there are some key things you can do to make his or her life easier. Here's a couple of bad habits your colorist wishes you'd break -- after all, this is a relationship worth saving. 



1. Don't be late for your hair appointment. "Five to 10 minutes late is understandable," says Kyle White, the lead colorist at Oscar Blandi Salon in New York City. "Life happens, there's traffic or the babysitter was late. I totally get it, but when you are consistently 20 minutes late for your appointment, it says one thing to me. You think your time is way more valuable then mine, and every other client that will be kept waiting because of you." The pro's advice: If you are more than 15 minutes late, apologize profusely and reschedule.


2. Don't be dishonest about your hair history. "If there's color on your hair or it's chemically straightened, we need to know," White says. "I promise we won't think any less of you if your hair is not 100 percent natural or you had to see someone else while you were summering in the Hamptons." A colorist may get angry if they use the incorrect dye formula because a client fibbed about their hair being "virgin" or using a box color the week prior, White explained. "Always be honest," he says. "It could be the difference between beautiful hair and head full of straw."


3. Don't wear white or an expensive designer outfit to get your hair dyed. L'Oréal Paris celebrity colorist Kari Hill says, "When people come for hair color application dressed completely in white -- makes me nervous!" White adds, "Also, I'm betting that you won't care what color your hair is if we get a huge glob of bleach on that Birken!"


4. Don't forget to bring a picture"You know the saying 'A picture says a thousand words.' Well, that's never truer than when it comes to color," says White. Pro trick: look for a photograph of someone with a similar skin tone, eye color and natural base hair color as your own because those shades will probably work best and be the most achievable.


5. Don't show up with wet or dirty hair. Hill notes that you can't color wet hair, so it wastes time having to blow dry it first and then apply color. "There's also a false belief that it's better to color on very dirty hair [but] an excessive amount of hair product residue on strands can impede color application," she says.


6. Don't move around while you are getting your hair colored. "I swear sometimes I think the clients are more interested in reading magazines and sipping cappuccinos then they are about getting their hair done right," says White. "If you're a moving target, things get messed up, highlights get placed incorrectly or a spot may be missed."


7. Don't distract your hairdresser by talking non-stop. "There's no denying that there is a strong social aspect to a hair appointment, and many of my best friends started out as clients," he says. "Keep in mind that intricate haircuts and color are complex procedures that require a reasonable amount of concentration."


8. Don't have unrealistic expectations about the outcome. Having black hair with a desire to go blonde in under an hour is impossible, according to Hill. "It doesn't work time-wise, and you will never be totally pleased with rushed results," she says.


9. Don't forget to protect your fresh new hair color from the sun. "I'm tired of hearing clients tell me that they spent time in the sun and then complain about their color changing," says Hill. "Hair oxidizes without the proper protection! I always advise on wearing hats or headscarves, limiting sun exposure and using products with UV filters."



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Weekly Roundup of eBay Vintage Jewelry Finds

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No time to page through thousands of eBay listings? Then just sneak a peek at my Weekly eBay Roundup of top vintage jewelry finds.

The antique and vintage jewelry items in this eclectic mix caught my discerning eye because of their uniqueness, contemporary feel or highly collectible nature.

As always, buyer beware! Be sure to read the listings closely and contact the sellers with any questions.

This week's Roundup includes lots of great items. Don't miss the 1970s Robert Larin necklace, the 1880s coral cameo bracelet, the William Spratling amethyst locket necklace, the Chanel charm earrings, the Roger Scemama for YSL necklace, the Georg Jensen sterling dove brooch, the De Lillo collar necklace and the 1960s William Andersen sterling necklace.

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PLEASE NOTE that Zuburbia does not endorse the use of coral, fur, feathers, leather or animal skins in fashion. Any of these selections are offered only as more thoughtful and eco-friendly alternatives for contemporary fashionistas who have not yet eliminated animal products from their wardrobes or for collectors who are seeking to preserve these items.

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Christian Louboutin's New Lipsticks Look Like Sex Toys

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Sex sells, eh? 


Christian Louboutin, the designer behind coveted red-soled shoes everywhere, expanded into the beauty realm with a line of nail polishes last year, and he will soon sell lipstick to match.



If the nail polish packaging was regarded for its sleek design, the lipstick tubes, while undeniably gorgeous, are a bit ... sexier, in every sense of the word. Launching on Sept. 1 and retailing for $90, (yes, $90), the collection includes 38 colors total, comes in three different textures and yes, kind of looks like a vibrator.  



Each sexy tube come threaded on a black, silk, ribbon, meaning you can also wear it as necklace. Can you say easy access?



 


While the price is steep for lipstick, it's a bargain compared to what you'd spend on a pair of shoes by the designer.


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Adidas' New Teen Line Fills An Important Gap In The Industry For Teenage Girls

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Adidas is stepping up to the plate and making sure that teenage girls have the sportswear they need in order to keep crushin' it!


The sportswear company launched "adigirl," a new line designed specifically for female teen athletes on July 22. Adidas introduced the collection on its site saying: 



Today adidas unveils The adigirl Collection, a new apparel line designed specifically for the teen athlete. The line -- a first of its kind -- combines key performance attributes with street style detailing to create a unique, versatile assortment of pieces that bring sport into everyday life.



 


This is Adidas' first go at sportswear and  "athleisure" that explicitly targets teenage girls, and with this move the company might be paving the way for other big sportswear designers. There's a lot of sports apparel designed for women, and some for girls, too. But there isn't much on the market that is designed specifically for a teenage girl's taste and body type. Adigirl by Adidas aims to fill that gap.





The New York City adigirl launch event took place in late July and several celebs (including actress Zendaya, U.S. olympian T'erea Brown and pro soccer player Erika Tymrak) showed up to support the line and its message to empower female athletes.







The new ADIGIRL collection is amazing !!! #adigirl @adidaswomen

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"adigirl was created to specifically meet the needs of the female teen athlete" said Katie Becker, senior design director for Adidas Training and Sportswear, in a press release. The line features many items that are perfect for workouts, while others fit into the increasingly popular "athleisure" trend. The varied range of styles all help to support badass, hardworking female teenage athletes.



Adigirl comes after a series of other exciting endeavors and triumphs for women in sports in recent months including: the U.S. Women's National Team winning the 2015 Women's World Cup (breaking national viewership records in the process), Serena Williams taking home the 2015 Women's Wimbledon title and 14-year-old baseball superstar Mo'ne Davis being one of the youngest athletes ever signed to the Harlem Globetrotters (apparently she's great at several sports!).  


So here's to the young female athletes across the board, killin' the game both on and off the court and looking fierce as they do it!


 


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Everybody Has A Tattoo, But Nobody Talks About The Side Effects

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By Kathryn Doyle

(Reuters Health) - Tattoo health and safety regulations tend to focus on short-term risks like infections, but little is actually known about the long-term risks of living with ink under your skin, according to a new review in The Lancet.

"Almost everybody these days has a tattoo, and nobody is talking about the side effects of ink deposits," said senior author Dr. Andreas Luch of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment in Berlin.

"There is no proof that these ink ingredients are safe, being injected into the body," Luch told Reuters Health.

Between one and five percent of tattooed people suffer a bacterial infection, and some people can have allergic reactions to the ink, according to the report.

Those are short-term effects. It is harder to measure the long-term effects of ink since tattoo inks are in most countries classified as cosmetics, Luch said.

Since the inks are classified as cosmetics, their long-term toxicology can't be tested in animals, Luch said. In his opinion, tattoo inks should be a completely different product category.

The skin barrier effectively keeps surface cosmetics out of the body, he said.

But tattoo ink is injected into living tissue, which contains blood vessels, nerves and immune cells.

"We need to assume that all of these ink ingredients, including preservatives, processing aids or whatever, will become systemically available in the body over time," Luch said. "Regulation based on cosmetics is insufficient."



Examining the bodies of the deceased who have had tattoos for decades has shown that up to 90 percent of the ink has disappeared from the skin, he said.

"We cannot answer the question what is going to happen with these inks," whether they accumulate in organs over time or are excreted, Luch said.

Similar questions remain for laser tattoo removal: when the pigments are fractured and fragmented under the skin - where do they go - he added.

"In the U.S. the (Food and Drug Administration) has the authority to regulate inks, but is not currently doing so," said Dr. Michi Shinohara, a dermatologist at the University of Washington in Seattle who was not involved in the review.

"Regulation of tattoo parlors and tattoo artists is left to the states, and the requirements for operating vary widely from very minimal (bloodborne pathogen training) to fairly complex (hundreds of hours of apprenticeship)," Shinohara told Reuters Health by email.



There are no industry standards for ink ingredients, the industry is minimally regulated, and few problems with tattoos are reported to authorities, she said.

Modern tattoo inks mostly contain organic pigments, but can also include preservatives and contaminants like nickel, arsenic and lead, Luch and his coauthors note. In one study in Switzerland, preservatives banned for use in cosmetics were found in 14 percent of tattoo ink samples.

Reactions tend to be more common from colored inks than from black and white ones, Luch said.

Tattooing has been going on for at least 5,000 years, but has become a modern trend, with roughly 120 million people in the western hemisphere having at least one tattoo, Luch said.

"The acute risks are well known," including pain, bleeding, infection and allergic reaction, Luch said. "The tattooist at least needs to explain that something like this could happen," he said.

But long term risks, like organ toxicity or cancer, are still unknown, he said.

"It's an individual decision, we cannot tell someone not to get a tattoo," Luch said. "I wouldn't like to have a tattoo on my skin, but if a person likes colored skin, what can I say?"

It's not necessary for people to stop getting tattoos, Shinohara said, "but I think people should be smart about it - research the parlor, ask about any recent problems, follow the aftercare instructions and report immediately to the tattoo artist and a physician for any problems that occur after tattooing."

SOURCE: http://bit.ly/1MXGlrm The Lancet, online July 23, 2015.


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Boho Betty: The USA Launch

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Once in a great while something happens that changes the course of your life unexpectedly. For Erin Miller, CEO and Creative Director of Boho Betty USA, that 'something' was a piece of jewelry. Listening to her and the lead designer of the brand, Rebecca Middleton, you immediately feel a true love and a passion for what they bring to the market.

During their USA launch at the Essex House Hotel in Miami, I got a chance to sit and chat with both of these ladies about their love of jewelry and the importance of building the brand presence of the global brand in the U.S.

RM: Erin, Boho Betty was originally based solely in the UK and Asia, what connected you to the brand and what eventually lead you to bring the line to the US?

EM: Our neighbor's grandchildren were in town and I was 7 months pregnant at the time. They came over with a gift for my child and also brought me this beautiful bracelet. I loved it and never took it off. It was like a running joke in my household because my husband was like could you at least take it off when you shower. I just immediately fell in love with the brand because the piece I had could virtually go with anything. I wanted to know more about this jewelry line that was based in the UK, I reached out to the lead designer, Rebecca Middleton and decided that we should bring the brand to the U.S.

RM: Rebecca, can you tell me a bit about your background and what inspires your work?

RMD: I've been in Asia for 18 years so first in Hong Kong an then in Beijing. I'm British and have another partner who was based in the UK. My inspiration really comes from my travels. All the different materials, the experience of living abroad and I can tap into all those lovely things. I bring all of the colors and culture into the brand.

I look at trends and colors and think this could look lovely and get feedback from our audience about what they would want to wear, which is really important. We want everyone to be happy and share that same experience.

RM: When did you first start designing?

RMD: I've always been into design, my background isn't design, I'm actually a trained doctor. We were laughing about this earlier because Erin is a scientist. You don't have to be stereotyped; just because you've done one thing doesn't mean you have to stay in it. I've always had a creative side. It started with my love for interiors. That then spun off into jewelry. Every woman loves jewelry, we like to feel smart, pretty, sassy, elegant, fun all sorts of things, so my designing just naturally lead into designing for women who love unique pieces.

RM: So who are you designing for?

EM & RMD: Virtually it's for every woman on the planet. We are founded on two core beliefs, one is to bring culture and our love of traveling into our brand but also to empower woman to feel sexy and confident. Our line is so diverse. There is something for everybody, the socialite, mom, wife, sports enthusiast even the yoga queen.

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RM: Can you tell me about the plan to roll out the brand in the US?

EM: We are introducing 11 collections in the US and turning out a new collection every six weeks. This quick turnaround is so important to our brand because there
is not another company that I can think of that is doing this. We wanted to bring the hottest styles to your doorstep every single month.

RM: Switching gears a bit, lets talk about why it is so important for women in business to support each other?

RMD: It's all about team building, working well with people man or woman. For women some do go on to have a family and some don't. I think when you've had a family sometimes getting back into business can be overwhelming and your self-confidence can be knocked. It's important for women to know they can be a mom and can be in business. Partnering with other woman reminds you of this.

EM: We each have unique skill sets and when we collaborate that's when magic happens. We are nurturers by nature and we support each other and we build on each other's strengths. When you put all of that together there is no way we can fail.

RM: That's awesome and so true. I find that in my own experience. There is such a strength and empowering feeling that comes when women collaborate and accomplish something positive together.

As you wrap up your U.S. launch, what is absolutely important for everyone to know about Boho Betty and what is to come?

EM: Well we've been reviewing a lot of new materials. We are thinking about bringing in more animal materials like python for the next collection.

We also have an awesome VIP program with great rewards. For 1 week only, the more you share the brand, the more you wear. We are willing to give away 1000's of bracelets until August 9th. You sign up, receive a link and the more people that click on your personal link, the more pieces we will send you.

Secondly, our site has a lot of great features. We have the stacked for you feature, which helps you visualize how pieces look together. We have also created a style quiz that helps customers figure out what is the best collection for them based on their personalities. It takes a lot of the work out of the process for them. We really want to create the best user experience possible for our customer.

For more on Boho Betty visit their site, and don't forget about their great rewards program and an extra 50% off of your pre-order that ends on August 9th.

Photography credit: Anais Benoudiz Photography

Disclaimer: Boho Betty USA provided transportation and lodging for the reveal of their U.S. collection.

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Kim Kardashian And Hillary Clinton Take The Ultimate Selfie

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Kim Kardashian is the queen of selfies, and on Thursday night she finally nabbed the big one.


Kardashian posted a selfie with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as her husband, Kanye West, creeped in the background:




Kardashian gushed about Clinton earlier Thursday, saying she was meeting "our next President."


"Maybe she'll take a selfie with me!" Kardashian wrote in a tweet.




According to Variety, Kardashian attended a Clinton campaign event in Los Angeles Thursday night. Kardashian posted the photo with Clinton shortly after the first Republican presidential debate wrapped up in Cleveland, Ohio.


Kardashian's mom, Kris Jenner, also posted a photo with Clinton.



An Honor to meet you Hillary Clinton! Great evening... #ohjustchatting

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Gigi Hadid's Sexy-As-Hell Look Tops Our Best-Dressed List This Week

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Maybe it's the August heat, but something was definitely in the air this week that caused celebrities to go out in some pretty sexy looks. 


Emily Osment managed to make a midi-length dress sultry, Gwyneth Paltrow sizzled in a floral maxi and Gigi Hadid proved that a body-skimming black dress will always be a winner. 


Check out best-dressed stars of the week and let us know if you agree with our picks. 



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This 3-Year-Old Will Teach You How To Wear Gladiator Sandals

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Not all 3-year-olds can rock gladiator sandals, cut-off denim shorts and maxi dresses -- but then again, not all 3-year-olds are Audrey. 


 The Manila, Philippines native has an impressive wardrobe and an even more impressive Instagram account. The feed, run by her mother, Keziah Angela Siscar, features thousands of photos of the tot in trendy outfits that don't just appeal to kids -- we would gladly copy many of the looks ourselves. Siscar certainly has a big hand in what her little girl wears, but says Audrey is "meticulous" when it comes to shoes and headbands. s too, Audrey, us too. 


Check out some of our favorite snaps of the toddler below and excuse us while we go shopping to try and keep up with a preschooler. 







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19 Times Charlize Theron Inspired Us To Cut Our Hair Short

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The super short haircut Charlize Theron debuted at the 2013 Academy Awards is one of the most iconic pixies of our time. With her blonde locks closely cropped to her head, the actress' natural beauty shined bright. 


For the past 15 years, celebrity hairstylist Enzo Angileri has been the mane man behind most of Theron's looks, including that Oscars pixie. The stylist attributes his ability to create standout hairstyles to developing deep bonds with his clients.


"Women are jumping too much from one hairdresser to the other, and then they end up with the consequences," he told The Huffington Post. "Because most hairdressers desire to fulfill their own ego, they do things that may not be in the best interest of the client. Only those that you have a relationship with will be able to achieve a great result, because they know what you'll want."


Theron has since grown out her short hair, seemingly effortlessly. According to Angileri, the trick was trimming and adjusting it every step of the way. "Any woman who wants to grow out her hair should have a hairdresser that achieves a new look little by little," he said.


And with Theron, the objective is always to keep it simple even when the occasion calls for a bit more glamour. "She doesn’t need a gimmick," said Angileri. "I'm not pushing it ever."


So, in celebration of Theron's 40th birthday today, August 7, we're taking a look back at her short hair journey -- starting from that blonde pixie at the Oscars to her most recent lob hairstyle.


What's your favorite Charlize Theron short hair moment? Tell us in the comments section!



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Kate Mara's Textured Pixie, And More Celebrity Looks We Loved This Week

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We're going to need a moment, because Kate Mara's pixie is making us scissor-happy. 


The 32-year-old is busy making the promo rounds for "The Fantastic Four," and she looks absolutely fantastic with her new razor-sharp pixie. L’Oréal Paris celebrity hairstylist Mara Roszak worked with the actress for the Brooklyn premiere of the film, taking texture inspiration from the '90s. The dimension of the cut, combined with the rich chocolate hair color, makes for quite the red carpet masterpiece. 


Get more details on Mara's amazing pixie below, and find out which other stars made this week's best beauty list.



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Jennifer Aniston Is Validated By Man, No Longer Cause For Concern

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It is within the realm of possibility that Jennifer Aniston is married. At the very least, she had a party at her house this weekend that maybe a pastor attended with the Bible. Before we find out for certain, it is important for us to gather as a society to figure out what this -- Jennifer Aniston maybe but not definitely being married -- means for us.


Over the years, the way the likes of InTouch and Life & Style have rallied around Aniston becoming a wife and mother resembles the efforts of a rabid dog trying to make soufflé for a competition on "Iron Chef." Once she reached the marrying-and-baby-carrying age of her late 20s, Jennifer Aniston's happiness was an automatic addition to supermarket checkout lines. By her mid 30s it had entered the zeitgeist. 


"How often do you get to reunite soul mates? What if I told you that you could reunite Romeo and Juliet? Or Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston?," Leslie Knope says toward the end of a 2009 episode of "Parks and Recreation." "Oh, Jen, I really want you to be happy. Stay away from John Mayer."


Aniston's life choices have become the automatic filler cover for slow weeks in celebrity news, a go-to that has become so obvious and enduring, it is almost impressive in its longevity. The tabloids are generally hot garbage, but why did they become so fixated on cramming Aniston into the conformist narrative of female happiness? 



The rise of tabloid culture in the early aughts meant that the realm of celebrity was no longer relegated to an actor's work, but the minutiae of her daily life. What emerged was a culture of pulpy surveillance, a Hollywood ruled by Big Brother (except if Big Brother was mostly only interested in gossip and women not wearing undergarments).


Anyway, you know that story -- Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and the year 2007, etc. The coverage became a mix of "news" and rumors provided by unnamed sources, who either didn't exist or were just some random old ladies doing acid under a bridge. Either way, Internet journalism and the 24-hour news cycle have only made things worse. Our conceptions of celebrities are now based, in large part, on a warped perception of their private life peddled by entertainment media. 


Usually, the stories that manage to break out of the tabloid pocket of hell into the mainstream range from the sadistic and scandalous to fluffier tales of two celebrities in the early stages of dating and/or being deliberately photographed holding hands on their way out of 1 Oak.


But it seems like none of the fan fiction has been as consistently fixated on marital and maternal status than the Jennifer Aniston narrative. (Consider the fact that a search for "Jennifer Aniston pregnant" yields 4.5 million Google results, a little less than double the return for "Zooey Deschanel pregnant," despite the fact that Zooey Deschanel is actually pregnant right now).



Several factors have merged into the perfect storm behind our specific obsession with Aniston.


It was bad enough one of America's sweethearts was refusing to validate the belief that a woman's main purpose in life is to be a wife and mother. (How could her decades-long career, multi-million dollar net worth and various mansions ever be enough?!) But that combined with the perceived failed marriage with Brad Pitt and the legend of Brangelina it spawned, allowed Aniston's singledom to transcend the common tabloid fare of nanny infidelity scandals and homophobic sexuality speculation. It became a wrong to be righted, if not in real life then by endless guesswork on the covers of trashy magazines.


The aspect of Aniston's success seemed to only further tragedize her singleness. As she transitioned from sit-com to rom-coms to acting so serious she was considered an Oscars snub, the faux concern was only heightened. The sinister message underlying the frenzied theorizing about her private life seemed to infer something was wrong with Jen. The lingering question, rhetorically and misogynistically asking, "She can't really be that great, if she can't find a man, right?"



In recent years, Aniston had become almost defiant, unwilling to play into the hands of the tabloids. As she moved into her 40s, there was something subversive about her interviews, even after she got engaged. She became a powerful symbol for modern womanhood, refuting the idea that happiness required some pre-fab, pre-feminism checklist.


So, now that she's (possibly) married, what if everything is actually worse? What if, as Jen Uffalussy wrote for The Guardian, "the masses [are] reluctant to let go of their desire to see a successful and independent woman like Aniston as anything but suffering in silence"? Will all successful and independent women be forced to get married or risk being put into the eternal washer-dryer cycle of getting engaged or pregnant then dumped? (Who will marry Kristen Stewart?)


What if -- and this is purely hypothetical, as hypothetical as, say, Jen engaging in polygamy and marrying Brad and Angelina in addition to Justin and then offering to adopt you -- we just valued women for their work?


What if we celebrated Jen for her success and her talent, instead of endlessly poking at the satisfaction of her private life with the determination of your little brother trying to annoy you in the backseat of a 17-hour road trip? What if we didn't need her to get married (and have a child literally tomorrow, because, let's be real the clock is ticking) to prove that she's great?


Alas, these are all pointless questions. By next week, the tabloids will find a series of Sad Singles to mourn in Jen's place. It won't be with the intensity or complexity of the decade-long Anistonian epic, but it will continue to convince us that women need to be wives and mothers to be great.


For now, at least, we know for certain that Jennifer Aniston is great. A man who played at least one of Carrie's boyfriends on "Sex and the City" has proven that. Now, if she can just give birth, we will all finally be able to get some rest.

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