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By Jaclyn Humphrey, 19, reporting from Syracuse, New York, on videos that make it easy, even for the makeup impaired
For those who are kind of makeup challenged like myself, this is for you!
I actually have many horror stories about my attempts to apply makeup. One time I was trying to imitate a look I saw on some show on TV, and when I came ...
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By Charlotte Steinway, 20, reporting from Paris, France, on grunge-free flannel fashion
Marilyn had wind-infused dresses, Madonna had conical bras, and Kurt Cobain had flannel. Lucky for Kurt, his 90s grunge-tastic songs and styles still rotate through today's hipsters' iPods and closets.
As a wannabe hipster, I am constantly looking ...
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By Lindsay Sellers, 20, reporting from New York, NY, on a book that travels
In preparation for a few international flights, a friend recently recommended the book The Time Traveler's Wife. I packed it and wasn't sure if I'd get to reading it, but as I sat in the terminal, six hours to kill, alone, with no trashy American magazines ...
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By Jordyn Turney, 19, reporting from Alpine, CA, on her love for the original Agent 99 on the 1960s TV classic Get Smart
I have a long list of fictional characters I adore, right near the top of which is Get Smart's 99.
Not the Anne Hathaway, 21st-century version who knew she was hot stuff and thought she was just so much better than ...
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By Maya-Catherine Popa, 19, reporting from New York, NY, on a riveting new book about early Americans that's no AP US History text
What's cool in the New Year? Perspective.
Sitting through AP US History can be a trying experience. After a decade of books, plays, and field trips devoted to learning about the puritans, one begins to ...
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By Erika Kwee, 18, reporting from Houston, TX, on a cool crochet project
To begin with, let me say that I am not a hat person. I hate wearing them. They tend to squash my bangs awkwardly across my face, or they make my head itchy, or they just poof out weirdly... It's good that I go to school in Texas, where it's not ever really THAT ...
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By Alison Smith, 18, reporting from Brooklyn, NY, on her love for Animal Collective's new album, Merriweather Post Pavilion
It may be hard to believe that 2009's best album has arrived when it's only January. But it has. Well, maybe that's an overstatement. If it is though, at least I'm not the only one making it. Pitchfork ...
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By Saskia Boggs, 18, reporting from Kalamazoo, Michigan, on a zit fix that actually works
I am 18 years old, and I get a lot of zits.
For the past, oh, five years (at least), I've been searching for the perfect acne medication. I've gone through the washes, the face masks, the treatment pads. I've tried Neutrogena, Clearasil, and ...
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By Jessica Goodman, 19, reporting from Northridge, CA, on the entirely not coincidental secret message of Katy Perry
When I saw Katy Perrry at the Vans Warped Tour last summer, I instantly became a fan. Katy Perry's music is realistic and just straight to the point; it might not be romantic or lovey-dovey, but it's honest. She says ...
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By Zulay Regalado (MIAMI)
Photo credit: Ryan Michael Kelly
One of the many highlights of my trip to NYC this December—my first reading as a RED author—was getting the chance to attend a fashion sample sale. And what girl doesn't enjoy a sale, let alone in a crowd-free room with designer wear, mulled wine, and sugar cookies? Hello!
It was ...