Rachel Hodin

Spring is officially upon us. Time to kiss that freezing abyss we like to call winter goodbye.

It sounds easy enough when you’ve been awake for only three and a half hours; when it’s still a “new day,” in which anything is still “possible.” But it’s important to remind yourself that, above all else, you’re still half asleep and, by extension, not to be trusted.

7. Designer-inspired does not a designer make.

Before Kathie’s disappeared, “she had told me that Bobby was taking Primal Scream Therapy, and he growled. I never heard him do it, but Kathie would say to me when she was on the phone, ‘He’s doing it now, can you hear him? He’s growling now.’”

Whereas 50 Cent once said, in all his braggadocio, that we could find him in the club, I can now say with full certainty that, more times than not, you can find me in the tub.

It’s not like a new hair color; you can’t adopt it in a day. Most well-decorated lobes have been tended to since birth.

Black turtlenecks. The source from which Archer gathers strength not just for his covert spy missions, but for his love life too.

1. The I-don’t-have-a-boyfriend jean.

Yes, black denim is still denim, but there’s something about a black wash that feels much more sophisticated than a blue wash.

Before researching skincare, the deciding factor for me used to be the scent. Sometimes I’d put a dab on my finger, hold my finger up to the wind and make a decision based on that. What “that” is, I’ll never know.

6. According to Korean beauty expert Charlotte Cho, you should only exfoliate twice a month.

The fact that the models who are considered “high fashion” are more often than not high is merely a coincidence.

It’s important that we explore the new types of jeans fashion week has bestowed upon us, and then collectively toss our boyfriend jeans in the trash.

In the realm of high-end brands, these are the cheapest.

Creeping into editorials and campaigns for this fall are some new and notable eyebrow looks — looks that have been neglected for some time now and that are pretty simple to adopt.

Websites like J. Crew, ASOS, Nastygal and Free People can be great, especially if you’re trying to look like everyone else in the world (they can be great though!!). So, let’s say you’ve exhausted the entire ASOS website.

3. Wear a shirt under your boring black dress.

1. Thinking, “Wait — am I TOO negative?”