Ida Maria is fronted by a punk rock Janis Joplin called, surprisingly, Ida Maria Siversten. She hails from Nesna, Norway, where she picked up guitar as a child and performed concerts by age 14. She escaped her 2,000 population village ...
I am about to get very serious with you. Like sit you down, put your electronics and valuable items to the side, and then look you dead in the eye while you feel the socks I have on. Yeah, the socks ...
Fashion has a lot of lessons in it. Think about the time you first learned to tie your shoes, then to the first time to had to zip up the back of your own dress without help - hard, right? ...
Back again to talk about J. Crew Factory and how much I love their clearance section and the sales that discount the things inside them. Instead of posting just one item, as is the format of most Daily Deals, I ...
The layers that were so uncomfortable to even think about four months ago are now on my mind in a big way. You might think that those big, long blocks of black at the forearms is faux leather - well, if ...
I remember the very first concealer that I actually loved. There had been countless suitors before it - namely drugstore brands like Wet'n'Wild - but once I found theBalm Time Bomb Anti-Wrinkle Concealer, I was hooked. I picked it up on ...
Winter and fall have some of the best colors associated with them. Not only because fashion marketing dumps gazillions of dollars into phrases like "jewel tones" and "warm brights," but because of what nature is doing! Look outside! Brightly colored ...
Who is Madeline Poole? Unless you're obsessed with staying on the cutting edge of nail art, you likely have no clue who this charming, robed woman is. Madeline Poole is a freelance nail artist in Los Angeles, CA. She is ...
Sometimes, I will rave and wax about a particular style or outfit for months, and I'll write about it here and post about on social media endlessly... but never actually wear it. It's usually the result of a combination of ...
Attention: A not-so-basic basic is ahead! (Not an offbeat basic, but a not-so-basic basic. They're different. Actually - nevermind, I don't have time to slash don't know how to explain it right now.) I found this BCBGeneration dress with sheer ...
Now is a good time to get your hands on some shoes that maybe don't really fall into a seasonal category. We're firmly into fall now, so all of those late-summer, confused shoes are on big sale. These Crown Vintage ...
If you've read B&B for longer than a few months, you may have picked up on my extreme appetite for charitable, do-gooder brands. I am weak in the knees for environmental consciousness in the fashion industry, and I brake for social activists. Over ...
If you've ever wished that you had a piece of clothing in your closet that instantly added a little bit of Sharon Stone in the 1990s to whatever you're wearing, I've got great news for you. ...Target's got a faux leather ...
Some things don't really appear impressive until you really get up close. This happens with clothing a lot, which makes shopping online kind of a constant challenge. Take this shirt for instance: This is bound to be a good shirt. ...
Something unusual has been happening to my taste in graphic t-shirts lately: I have been into text graphics. Usually, these annoy the crap out of me. I don't want to read your t-shirt! I don't want to identify you by the ...
Earlier this year, I entered into a commitment to get healthy. I have done this approximately 98.361 times, but this time actually was different. I actually ended up in a 3x per week bootcamp class that has been thoroughly kicking my ...
Typically, between my daily store-memorization routines and sociocultural analysis (read: street style & runway shows on my Macbook while eating peanut butter from the jar), I can usually pinpoint where trends originate - be it a specific designer, or a ...
I can tell that I'm teetering on the edge of killing the magic of fall for all of you by posting everything but the Pumpkin Spice Latte when it comes to autumnal imagery. I can't help it, I am sorry. ...
Maybe it's my age, or my desire to spend my money on things that truly make me happy, but lingerie and intimates have been showing up on my wish lists more often since I hit my late 20s. It could ...
Happy October! I have a feeling that there are a large number of you who patient wait all year for October to get here, and then use the entire month as an excuse to add a little spook into your daily ...