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Nail contouring is now a thing, try to keep up.

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If you thought you were getting away with only contouring 90% of your body, you were wrong! According to Cosmopolitan and Refinery 29, nail contouring is now a thing. It's the newest trend that combines two existing trendsnail art and contouring—to make what may be the trendiest trend that has ever been trending.

The conceit behind nail contouring is that if you paint one stripe of polish down the center of the nail and leave the sides untouched, your nails will appear longer. Manicurist JinSoonChoi recently used the look on models at the Vera Wang fashion show at New York Fashion week, but she said she has been nail contouring for years.

"This is something I used to do when I was young," Choi told Cosmopolitan. "When I was growing up, my friends and I wouldn't extend the color to the sides of our nails to make our nails look more elongated." ​

It can be done really simply:

Or really intricately:

But no matter how you rock this trend, it will just look like your manicurist did a really shoddy job of covering your whole nail. On the bright side, this is one nail art trend that you can actually do yourself.


Karen Gillan addressed people who think her 'Jumanji' costume shows too much skin.

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Actress Karen Gillan responded on Wednesday to criticism of her tight crop top and booty shorts in a photo from the first day of filming the new Jumanji film. Don't worry, guys, there's a reason she's baring so much more skin than any of the dudes in the photo. Gillan tweeted that she's "wearing child sized clothes" and the "pay off is worth it."

Oh man, this Jumanji must be a really magical place if her shoes grew with her but her t-shirt didn't!

Kevin Hart, Dwayne Johnson, and Jack Black, her co-stars, apparently do not have backstories that require them to show a little leg. They seem to be dressed relatively sensibly for a jungle adventure.

Johnson backed up Gillan on Twitter, saying "ha yes...our costumes will all make fun sense soon."

"Fun sense" does sound pretty fun.

Of course, the only crime here is daring to mess with the perfection that is the Robin Williams 1995 original.

Britney Spears' kids scared her and her reaction was everything you'd hope.

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Britney Spears' kids, Sean Preston, 11, and Jayden James, 10, stole their mom's phone and filmed her terrified reaction as Sean Preston jumped out at her when she wasn't expecting it. Because no one ever expects someone to be lying in wait, except maybe this guy. Or this one. It's pretty funny though, which is probably why they did it.

My damn kids 😂

A video posted by Britney Spears (@britneyspears) on

She startles like a champ! God, everything she does is adorable! It must be so much fun to scare her.

She obviously wasn't too mad about it, since she's the one who posted the footage, along with a caption that reads, "My damn kids 😂."

She should probably start being prepared for ANYTHING at ANY time, or else just never put her phone down.

Good reminder that while kids are the joy of your entire existence, they are also sometime little jerks. BUT IN A GOOD A WAY.

What you're doing with your tampons may be destroying the planet.

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Ladies, are you still flushing your used tampons? Because if so, just know that you are contributing to a huge problem.

According to the Guardian, half of all women in the UK are still flushing their tampons, unknowingly (or knowingly, those monsters!) causing drain blockages that can lead to floods and pricey removals.

It costs approximately $114.2 million a year to unblock drains in the UK, and that price is reflected in water bills. Not to mention, it results in environmental pollution ("sewage-related" debris comprises about six percent of the beach refuse in England).

Many women flush their sanitary products (pads, tampons, and applicators) believing that they'll dissolve like tissue paper (which of course they won't, given that they don't do that inside your body).

Writes the Guardian:

There’s been lots of coverage about the impending ban on microplastic beads in products such as face scrubs, but no explanation that pads, tampons or applicators in the marine environment don’t disintegrate like tissue paper. Over years they break down to become yet more microplastics in the ocean.

It's not just a problem in the UK, though. According to Robert A. Villée, the executive director of a regional sewerage authority in New Jersey, a big part of the problem is that "manufacturers don't make it very clear on the packaging what the disposal methods are."

"I have boxes of everything sitting down in my office. Now it might say somewhere in there in tiny text do not flush or dispose of in the trash, but it's not very clear."

Tampons that don't get stuck in drains (and don't end up in a waterway) eventually end up the same place they'd go if you just threw them out in the first place—in landfills—only with a lot of expensive and time-consuming steps in between.

Pumping stations use filter systems to either remove or break down debris, which then accumulates in "screenings," and are eventually dumped into landfills.

So if you just throw them out to begin with, you're saving the world a lot of time and money. So easy!

Gutsy Iranian women respond to ban on women riding bikes by posting their cycling pics.

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Iranian women have been sharing photos of themselves riding bikes on Facebook and Instagram to rebel against a fatwa (religious law) that prevents women from cycling because it "threatens their chastity." That's crazy. Everyone knows cycling doesn't threaten female chastity, that's horseback riding (JK).

Iranian police chiefs even warned that women caught cycling would be prosecuted. But these Iranian bike lovers are having none of it. Many have uploaded pictures and video to Facebook group called Stealthy Freedom and on Instagram with the hashtag #IranianWomenLoveCycling, where they've been viewed and shared tens of thousands of times.

In this video, a woman from Tehran says she and her mom rented bicycles as soon as they heard about the fatwah. "It's our absolute right and we're not going to give up," she says.

Here are some more women on wheels:

These women are bad ass and would make for the coolest biker gang ever. Sorry, Hell's Angels. Please don't be mad.

Hero collects 15 nuggets of bathroom wall wisdom to really make you think while you poop.

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Marion Cotillard denies she played a role in Brangelina split in scathing Instagram post.

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Marion Cotillard is not Brangelina's "Becky" and she wants everyone to shut up about it already, s'il vous plaît. The French actress posted on Instagram yesterday to swiftly and Frenchly shut down rumors that she had an affair with Brad Pitt or that she played any role at all in Brad and Angelina's internet-shattering break up.

This is going to be my first and only reaction to the whirlwind news that broke 24 hours ago and that I was swept up into. I am not used to commenting on things like this nor taking them seriously but as this situation is spiraling and affecting people I love, I have to speak up. Firstly, many years ago, I met the man of my life, father of our son and of the baby we are expecting. He is my love, my best friend, the only one that I need. Secondly to those who have indicated that I am devastated, I am very well thank you. This crafted conversation isn't distressing. And to all the media and the haters who are quick to pass judgment, I sincerely wish you a swift recovery. Finally, I do very much wish that Angelina and Brad, both whom I deeply respect, will find peace in this very tumultuous moment. With all my love Marion Ceci sera la première et seule réaction que j'aurai concernant la déferlante inouïe qui à commencé il y a de ça 24 heures et à laquelle je suis mêlée malgré moi. Je n'ai pas pour habitude de commenter ni de prendre au sérieux le tas d'absurdités déversées à mon sujet mais la situation prenant une telle tournure et affectant des gens que j'aime, je me dois de m'exprimer. Pour commencer, j'ai rencontré il y a quelques années l'homme de ma vie , le père de notre fils et du bébé que nous attendons aujourd'hui. Il est mon amour, mon meilleur ami et le seul homme dont j'ai besoin. Ensuite, à ceux qui me prétendent dévastée, je vais très bien merci. Ce genre d'inventions aberrantes ne m'affecte en aucun cas. Et pour finir, à la "presse", à tous les haters, trolls et consorts qui ont le jugement si rapide je vous souhaite sincèrement... un prompt rétablissement. Ceci dit et un peu plus sérieusement, je souhaite à Angelina et Brad, deux personnes pour qui j'ai un profond respect, de trouver la paix dans ce moment tumultueux. Avec tout mon amour. Marion

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"This is going to be my first and only reaction to the whirlwind news that broke 24 hours ago and that I was swept up into," she wrote under a photo that reminds me of a t-shirt I wore every day in middle school.

Tabloids reported earlier this week that Pitt had been "cozying up" to co-star Cotillard on the set of the movie they've been filming together, Allied. Pitt and Jolie of course also met on the set of a spy film, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, while Pitt was still married to Jennifer Aniston.

But Cotillard said in the post that she has been in a long-term, monogamous relationship with French actor GulliameCanet. They have a young son together and, she announced in the post, are expecting a second baby (mazel!).

I feel suddenly compelled to track down Marion Cotillard and apologize for America as a whole.


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Women work an average of four years more than men, still get paid less.

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Women across the globe work an average of four years more than their male peers over the course of their lifetimes, according to a new report by the women and children's charity ActionAid. It's just like they always say: women be working!! Do they say that? They should.

But just because women work more doesn't mean we're up to our clavicles in extra cash and benefits. Because the wage gap is real (too real). Labor by women across the world adds up to an extra month for every year of work on average, but much of it is unpaid and includes childcare and domestic activities, like cleaning out that horrific gunk that clogs the kitchen and shower drains. So basically, hero's work.

Action Aid, which will be presenting its report at the UN General Assembly on Thursday, is asking governments, especially in developing countries, to address this imbalance.

“Women’s labor–in and outside the home–is vital to sustainable development and for the wellbeing of society," said Girish Menon, chief executive of ActionAid UK. "Without the subsidy it provides, the world economy would not function. Yet it is undervalued and for the most part invisible.”

Menon said the aim is not necessarily to monetize domestic tasks like childcare and drain-cleaning, but instead to ensure these tasks are more equally distributed, and that women are at least compensated fairly for non-domestic work.

This sounds like a great and reasonable goal. In the meantime, if governments of the world want to shower women with money for all the hard work we do, that'd be cool too.

Woman needs a polite way to ask her new boyfriend to wipe his butt better.

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An unfortunate lady with what sounds like an otherwise nice boyfriend finds herself in a situation that's a bit of a stinker (more puns on the way), because he's not great at wiping his butthole. Oh no!

The anonymous lady writes on Reddit, asking for advice:

Look... He normally smells so nice.... But every time he goes to sh*t, he smells strongly of sh*t for the next few hours. We've been together for like seven weeks, and I just can't handle this anymore. How do I tell him that he smells like sh*t and needs to wipe his ass better without embarrassing him? This sh*t needs to stop.

Tl;dr: He can't wipe his ass right

Such a crappy situation...is the easiest joke to make here. Butt seriously, this is a problem.

And as far as solutions, the commenters suggested just being extremely blunt, offering lines like:

Please wipe your ass better.

As well as:

Tell him, "Hey buddy, I think you've got a little more paperwork to finish up."

On the tiny chance that you're reading this, unfortunate lady's boyfriend—even if you don't think this story is about you—it's probably just safer to assume it is.

In fact, anyone with a girlfriend currently reading this tale, change your toilet paper, change your technique, change everything about your life to solve this problem.

This is a code red situation (more like code brown, ha!). Sorry.

'Reasonable' man bolts when he and his fiancée get mugged, now she doesn't know if he's the one anymore.

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Redditor abandonedfiancee (a wildly appropriate username) is asking the internet for advice on whether or not she should go through with marrying her fiancé. Recently, he bolted when they were getting mugged, leaving her alone with two robbers who had her at knifepoint.

This happened about eight months ago, and I’ve tried to be reasonable and put it past me but I’m really struggling. I’ve been told what he did was reasonable, makes sense, etc, but I keep coming back to that moment of total abandonment and fear when I realized he’d run. I just feel completely alone around him now.

We were walking home from a work function at a bar at around 1am. Neither of us had drunk that evening so we weren’t even slightly tipsy. Two guys across the street from us crossed over and approached us asking if we knew where such-and-such a street was. As fiancé turned around to point out where the street was, one of the guys pulled out a knife and told us to stop moving and to give him all our shit (phone, wallet, etc). I was surprised by how calm I was in the moment, and told them I needed to reach into my coat pocket to get my phone. As I was doing that, the guy pressed the knife against my ribs as warning because I guess he was worried I had a gun (even though that’s pretty unlikely in my country). When this happened, my fiancé bolted. It took me a bit to even realize he’d left me, and when I realized that he’d run I was certain I was about to get badly hurt or die.

Fortunately, the thieves seemed to get kind of spooked by him getting away and just hurried me up. They took my phone, bag (with my purse with all my money, cards, personal effects), necklace (worth like ten bucks) and legged it. The whole ordeal from start to finish took maybe five minutes.

And where was he when you were being robbed? Back at the bar?

It is not that unusual for someone to be abandoned by their partner when things get rough, but this woman was abandoned literally.

I was kind of in shock and wandered off back up the street, heading back towards the bar, not even really thinking. A few minutes later my fiancé found me and told me he called the police, who arrived about ten minutes later.

I found out that fiancé had run about a block away, calling emergency services as he ran. We were both okay physically, except for a tiny bit of broken skin on my ribs where they’d pressed the knife.

My fiancé says what he does makes sense – that if he’d hung around and it turns out they’d wanted to hurt us or worse, we’d both be fucked because no one else would be around to call the cops or an ambulance. That he wanted to be alive and able to help in case something happened to me. He also says that by running away, the thieves didn’t want to hang around any longer than necessary (which is true), which might have saved me. His mum agrees and has praised him for not being an idiot, but my own mother has quietly told me she thinks he’s a coward for abandoning his wife-to-be (but she also has very oldschool beliefs about gender roles). Fiancé asked me not to tell our friends exactly what happened, because he says they wouldn’t understand his actions unless they were there.

Girl, this is not looking good.

Despite her best efforts, abandonedfiancee still can't help but feel like she is an abandoned fiancée.

My own thoughts are that, by running away, he potentially significantly decreased my chance of survival. I’m only about 157cm (5’2”) and 51kgs (110lbs). He’s 178cm (5’10”) and 75kg (165lbs). The two guys were about his size. They would have been able to easily overpower/subdue me, but my fiancé there would have made it 2v2 (although we would have still been at a disadvantage, them still having a knife and size advantage) and not left me completely at the mercy of two criminals who mug couples at night. I also wonder, what would have happened if him leaving me had given them the courage to do something worse? I mean, I don't think they would have - they seemed pretty strung out, interested in valuables and cash only - but what if?

I look at him and wonder, do I even want kids with him? If I did have a child with him, would he abandon him or her in a dangerous situation because it was the ‘smart’ thing to do?

I’ve lost a lot of attraction to him. He accuses me of wanting to use him as a meatshield just because he’s a man, and that what he did was smart and not the machismo stupidity I ‘wanted’ that could have gotten us both killed. I didn’t want him to try to fight them… I just wanted him by my side. Which I guess is selfish, because it was a dangerous situation. I don’t feel safe around him anymore, which I used to. I’m even scared of the dark again, despite him lying in bed right next to me.

As I'm typing this, I kind of feel like Lex in Jurassic Park, after being ditched by the lawyer - "He left us! He left us!". Stupid thing to add, but I keep thinking of that scene!

Good Jurassic Park reference, OP.

I don’t know what to think. He doesn’t want to see a counsellor because, again, he says they wouldn’t understand the situation unless they’d experienced it themselves. We fortunately don’t have a wedding date set, so there’s no immediate pressure of marriage. Please help!

What do you think she should do? Could you ever forgive your significant other for leaving you to fend for yourself while getting robbed with a knife pressed up against your ribs?

Yeah, me either.

'Great British Bake Off' judge Mary Berry is saying 'farewell to soggy bottoms.'

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Sorry to ruin your day, bakers. The Great British Bake Off judge Mary Berry has announced that she's leaving the show. Her decision comes a little over a week after the show's presenters, Sue Perkins and Mel Giedoryc, announced that they'd be stepping down as the show moves from the BBC to Channel 4.

Berry said that she made her choice out of loyalty to the BBC. "I am just sad for the audience who may not be ready for change, I hope they understand my decision," the 81-year-old queen of pastry said. "I am so very sad not to be a part of it. Farewell to soggy bottoms."

Berry's co-judge, Paul Hollywood, is the only member of the Bake Off cast who will remain on the show. According to Channel 4, he's signed on for an additional three seasons. Hollywood tweeted on Thursday:

Seems like Paul is only interested in the dough (GET IT?!). Whatever. He can stay on the show, but the baking tent will never be the same without its resident badass.

Watch Mark Wahlberg humiliate his daughter by rapping about spanking.

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Mark Wahlberg's daughter Ella had a brutal morning when she lightheartedly asked her dad to rap on a radio show, and he proceeded to spit bars about corporal punishment. It's even cringier than his haircut.

Ella, only 13, does not deserve to hear her dad bust out "I'm your forty-five year old father and I gotta rap/and if you keep misbehaving I'm gonna give your behind a slap." Her "cut it out" gestures only made it worse.

Call your father.

Hug him.

Thank him for not doing this to you.

Or this, for that matter.

He was a dorky dad dancer even in his underwear.

Disney halts sale of 'Moana' Halloween costume over accusations of racism.

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Disney has ceased sales of a full-body child's costume from their upcoming movie Moana amid accusations that it's racist. The costume depicts Maui, a Polynesian demigod who tags along with the movie's title character on her adventures. It consists of a skirt of leaves over a brown shirt and pants decorated with tattoos.

The offending costume has since been pulled from Disney's site.

In a YouTube video, Chelsie Haunani Fairchild, a native Hawaiian who described herself as Polynesian, says the costume is an example of cultural appropriation, and asserts that kids shouldn't be allowed to wear the skin of someone from another race for amusement.

A writer at Fusion characterized the costume as "full-body brown face."

Disney apologized and issued a statement saying, "The team behind Moana has taken great care to respect the cultures of the Pacific Islands that inspired the film, and we regret that the Maui costume has offended some."


Breaking: professional sexy person Bar Refaeli looks great in lingerie six weeks after giving birth.

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Model Bar Refaeli gave birth just six weeks ago and it looks like her post-baby body is already back in pre-baby shape. An Instagram she posted on Wednesday of herself in lingerie and thigh high stockings shows her looking svelte and sexy.

MoM

A photo posted by Bar Refaeli (@barrefaeli) on

Good for her, I guess. She's a model, after all, so it's pretty much her job to be in shape.

But what does it mean when pictures like this are covered by media outlets as news? Does it mean that all moms are expected to look like Victoria's Secret catalogs mere weeks after pushing a human being out of their bodies? Would that even be possible for all women? Clearly we are functioning in a society that places a lot of importance on women's bodies. Some women get back into shape right after having a baby, and some don't. Some share pictures of their bodies, big or little, and some don't, big or little. Some women look like Bar Refaeli, while a great many don't. So, you know, here's a picture of an attractive woman in a seductive pose. Look at it, or don't. The world will continue to turn either way.

Hey Harry Potter fans, J.K. Rowling made a way for you to find out what your Patronus is.

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You know your Hogwarts Houseand your Ilvermorny House and your wand wood and core—now you can find out what your Patronus is on Pottermore, thanks to this new J.K. Rowling-approved personality quiz.

In the Harry Potter books, a Patronuses are spells that takes the form of animals that can ward off dementors; they're formed by thinking of your happiest memory. The quiz is a surprisingly gorgeous recreation of this process; you're supposed to think of that happy memory and then choose between words like "free" and "safe" based on instinct.

I got a falcon, furthering my streak of getting all the coolest options on Pottermore quizzes (I'm a Gryffindor/Thunderbird/"Spruce wood with a Phoenix feather core 12 ¾ inches and Surprisingly Swishy flexibility"). What does that mean? Well, Pottermore doesn't say, but apparently Patronuses often take a form associated with someone you're in love with. Perhaps I'm secretly in love with an Atlanta Falcons fan. Don't tell my boyfriend.

JonBenét Ramsey's brother Burke threatens to sue CBS for libel.

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The 20th anniversary of the tragic death of 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey has brought with it a slew of new TV specials examining the as-yet unsolved murder. But one of them has her brother, Burke Ramsey, so angry that he's threatening to sue the network for libel.

CBS' two-part, four-hour special, accuses JonBenét's older brother, Burke, who was nine at the time of her death, of being responsible. Burke's lawyer, L. Lin Wood, claims that the broadcast was full of "lies, misrepresentations, distortions and omissions." Wood, who claims to have won other lawsuits against media that made allegations against Burke, ​told Reuters, "CBS’ false and unprofessional attacks on this young man are disgusting and revolting."

CBS aired a written disclaimer along with the show, stating that the opinions of their panel of experts represented "just some of a number of possible scenarios," but Wood feels that wasn't sufficient. They issued a statement in response to Wood, saying: "CBS stands by the broadcast and will do so in court."

11 Halloween costumes to wear based on what kind of sex you want that night.

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Halloween is the undisputed sex holiday. What used to be a night for candy-fueled make believe is now alcohol-fueled group role play. Much like which ear a man wore his earring in during the '80s, these days the costume you choose can say a lot about how you like to get down.

We've decoded 11 popular ways of sexing so you can dress for succ-sex at your next Halloween party.

1. Hand job

Any costume with a giant rubber mask. You'll let them know that oral sex is not on the table without having to say a word.

2. Oral sex

Edward Scissorhands. When your hands could slice and dice, everyone will get the message.

3. Woman on top

Are you ready to answer the call? Not without the #Ghostbusters Blu-ray! Preorder your copy now. (link in bio)

A photo posted by Ghostbusters (@ghostbusters) on

Dress as one of the Ghostbusters. Childhood ruining optional.

4. Missionary position

Go as a nun. Duh.

5. Dirty talk

Donald Trump. The dude says something disgusting every damn day.

6. Bondage

Get yourself a Harry Houdini costume. Bonus points for getting tied up in a safe.

7. Hot wax

Lumiere had to have been into this kink. Why else would they turn a butler into a candlestick?

8. In the kitchen

Channel your inner master chef by dressing up as Gordon Ramsey and screaming at everyone.

9. Period sex

Any character from The Red Badge of Courage.

10. Blindfolded

Go as a bad ref. They're right there in the action but somehow never see anything.

11. Losing your virginity

Pokémon Go trainer. The path to catching them all starts with first catching one!

5 things that will keep you warm this winter, but won’t eat your food.

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Winter is coming, and once again we face the big question: how do we stay warm at night and still wake up to all the food we had before we went to bed? Men are warm, but they eat all your food. Cats and dogs are warm but not only do they eat your food, they also expect you to feed it to them.

Here are the five best options to get warmth without sacrificing sustenance.

1. This Mermaid Snuggie.

You need that fin for couch surfing.

The only thing that is filling this $24.98 mermaid is you. That sounded dirty, but believe me: once you try this thing, you can pretty much forget about sex forever.

2. An electric fireplace.

Actual heat.

This thing only costs $139 at Home Depot and it'll keep you warm all winter and for all winters future. That's the equivalent of around 16 Chipotle burritos.

3. 16 Chipotle burritos.

Sleep next to them one at a time, or all at once!

They're big, they're warm, and they won't eat your food because they are food. Bonus: they are delicious food and you can eat it.

4. Giant corn pillow.

This woman looks warm af.

It's kind of in the shape of a person, but even better, it's in the shape of food! You can't eat it, but also, it can't eat.

5. A vegan.

They're so warm! Yes, it has been rumored that these people eat, but they won't eat your food, and that's all that matters.

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