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Here's Why Bathing in Chocolate Might Be Just As Good As Eating It

Here’s Why Bathing in Chocolate Might Be Just As Good As Eating It

Bathing and eating chocolate both sound pretty fabulously indulgent (and I hate the word fabulous!). As I write this, I’m munching on some brandy-infused chocolates I bought at Demel while in Vienna. You have to pop each chocolate whole into your mouth or risk some liquid dribble. Needless to say, it’s making it a bit easier to deal with my 4 p.m. slump.

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Here's Why Bathing in Chocolate Might Be Just As Good As Eating It
Here's How to Get Rid of a Blemish ASAP

Here’s How to Get Rid of a Blemish ASAP

We’ve all been there…you get up and you have a Cindy Crawford mole-sized zit on your face. The panic! When it happens to me I obsess over it and always think that everyone is staring at it. While there are a handful of actives that work well, I’ve found that far and away sulfur works the best and in particular the sulfur mask from Proactiv+.

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Insider Favorite Dee & Ricky Launches E-Commerce

New York scenesters Dee and Ricky have collaborated with everyone from Marc Jacobs to Casio on artfully-unique items and while they’ve been widely sold in Japan for years, their pieces haven’t been all that easy to get in the States.

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Insider Favorite, Dee & Ricky, Launches E-Commerce
The Design Republik

The Design Republik: Affordable, Limited-Edition Designs

When it comes to basics, I do a lot of my shopping at Zara, but there’s nothing worse than wearing something and then seeing someone else wearing that exact same piece – and this is a common problem with Zara.

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Hero Clean

Hero Clean: Cleaning Products Built for Men

Most men are pigs when left to their own devices! I dated someone not too long ago who would eat something, and just leave the food and the dirty plate out afterwards. When I asked him about it, he said his cleaning lady was coming soon anyway…

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Lucie and Pompette: A New French-Inspired Line

Launched this fall, Lucie and Pompette is a French-inspired line created by Eric Sakas, who helped develop Kevyn Aucoin’s product line…needless to say, this is a woman who knows a thing or two about beauty.

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