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Wednesday
Apr252012

Cinemagr.am

The trendy new app lets you create your own cinemagraphs.

Cooler than Instagram in my opinion:

 

Cinemagr.am

Monday
Feb272012

The subcontient calls


The first time I visited India I was, in a word, shocked. It wasn't my finest hour as a world traveler... I would shrink away from the roving street urchins in revulsion or sneer at a taxi driver asking me prying questions about if I had children -- was he hitting on me the moment my husband jumped out of the cab to use an ATM or just curious about his very foregin fare?

This time, I'm ready for it and rather excited. It's a beatifully messy corner of the world that is incomparable to any city or area of the USA or Europe. People liken Mumbai to NYC but, in fact, there's not a place in Manhattan where you'll turn a corner and run head-long into a cow or a man pulling a cart down a dirt road.

India is to some people like, say, broccoli is to a small child. Some children instantly love it and want it all the time.

Others recoil at the new taste, perhaps put off by the strangeness of it. But with each new nibble, the taste grows on you more and more until you crave it and can't believe there was a time when you didn't like it.

It didn't take me more than one trip to decide that I liked India... that I really liked it, that I was going to open up and not have a reactionary, knee-jerk response to the fact that things are very different, that I'm stared at incessantly, that I can't just pick up bits of the language as easily as I can throughout Europe. Thank goodness. Because airfare isn't cheap and I couldn't afford to go five more times before deciding I like it.

Anyway, more to come. That's just the snippet I can type out before having to slam shut my computer and run to my husband's office on Lex to drop off my laptop (a laptop free holiday... I'm not sure how I"m going to handle this) and catch the shuttle to Penn Station.

xox

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Sunday
Feb262012

beauty blog link love

Beautifully Addicted To.... shows you how to create Galaxy Nails. Musicalhouses takes a look at Benefit's latest boxed blush offering, Benefit Hervana! Tigers get frisky on Valentine's Day as Addicted to Beauty enjoys London Zoo's viral campaign. At Musing on Beauty, Mariella tries two of the Edward Bess Quad Royale and is positively surprised! Dry skin got you down? Kajal Couture lets you in on an AMAZING new body moisturizer collection from Burts Bees. Beautywoome's response to the Kate Upton's Sports Illustrated cover is that real boobs have rights too! Valentine's Day may be over, but here at My Funny Valentine, we love pink lippies all year round! The Pink Sith has found yet another TAUPE eyeshadow to drool over. This time it's Rouge Bunny Rouge Loose Glitter Pigment in Caress Of Mink! Curious about the new NARS Cosmetics Spring Collection? Check out Krasey Beauty's swatches and review! Lisamarie from Beauty Crazed would like to escape the cold weather for a resort. But, since that's not happening, she's brought it to her fingers with the essie Resort Collection! Check it out and see if it brings you warm thoughts too! Looking for the ultimate baby pink lipstick? Amy Antoinette reviews Clarins Joli Rouge Baby Pink Lipstick. At theNotice, Rae takes you through The BB Cream Breakdown, with bare-faced (!) and full-face swatch comparisons of Garnier and Marcelle's BB Cream offerings. Tracy at Beauty Reflections shares her secret beauty habit and wants to know yours! Has Pammy Blogs Beauty discovered a new Holy Grail eye shadow? Check out her review of L'Oreal's new 24 hour Infallible Eye Shadow in Iced Latte. Phyrra debuts her first video tutorial of the year, a vibrant sapphire blue look with Makeup Geek & Sugarpill. --- Every woman wants soft, luscious, plump lips. Win a tube of 3Lab Perfect Lips from Prime