“Halloween comes earlier every year” is a thing we say with all the regularity of Halloween itself. In part this is because of how time collapses: The 12 months between my first Halloween (costume choice: bumblebee) and my second (tomato) equaled 100 percent of my lifetime. The time between my....

Ouai St Barts review: Pricy but so sweet (A-) I love the limited-edition Ouai St. Barts line, even if it’s the equivalent of Axe body spray for women. Want to smell like a coconut? Or a pineapple? Or maybe like a pina colada Life Saver? Ouai St. Barts will get....

These are the five European capitals I recommend most often to visitors looking for somewhere to go that's not Paris or London or Rome or even Berlin, capitals which require no additional endorsement.....

Not everyone will want to make the trip out to Provins to visit APG Réliure, a bookbinding store in a famous medieval town selling myriad bookbinding supplies, hand-marbled papers, and their specialty, “blocs papiers” — preprinted and blank text blocks. The text block selection was truly excellent, with a range....

French lavender fields are justly famous and visiting one can be a highlight of a trip to Provence. That’s where you find them at their most photogenic — and ideally in July, as the lovely purple bloom usually begins in mid-June and ends in mid-August, subject to weather and geography.....

Shopping in Paris is a world-class experience, with creative, dynamic shops featuring the most famous brands in the world — but sometimes all you want is a new pair of leggings from a familiar label. Here, we examine the French equivalents of some well-known American (and UK brands), and where....

The Sézane outlet! Now open on at 12 rue d’Uzès, in the second arrondissement, around the corner from the Conciergerie and the main store on rue St-Fiacre — this is the official Sezane outlet, offering substantial discounts on pieces from older collections. Here’s the scoop on the shop — officially....

Over the past four years, I’ve tried everything I could to combat my hair breakage. I finally feel like I have a winning routine — but it took years to get there, and along the way I tried more things that didn’t work than those that did.

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Ouai Detox Shampoo Review: I am in a deeply committed relationship with Hairstory’s New Wash. I love New Wash. New Wash is good to me. (Here’s my full review of New Wash.) Don’t take my word for it — take JVN’s!

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Tom Ford Soleil Blanc Review: A coconut dream (mostly). Buy it here. I have been obsessed — obsessed! — with Tom Ford’s Soleil Blanc since the first time I smelled it, which I don’t mind saying with at the Sephora at the Jersey Gardens Mall, approximately five minutes after having....

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