12 Everlane Essentials to Stock Up on For 2020

If you shop at Everlane, you're more than aware of the fact that in lieu of traditional sales, the sustainable and ethical fashion retailer does semi-regular "Choose What You Pay" events on select designs. Shoppers have the option of buying select designs that have been slightly over produced—at three separate discounted prices. You can choose to pay the basic cost to develop the product, the basic cost plus $8 for office overhead, or basic costs of product plus $16 for office overhead and future product development, lower than both the original price and the traditional retail price.

The brand is kicking off 2020 on a high note with their annual winter Choose What You Pay event, which is just the excuse you need to stock up on some wardrobe basics, including the jumpsuit that Meghan Markle wore last year. To make things easy, we've pulled together the classics to shop at the lowest possible price—read on!

The Japanese GoWeave Essential Jumpsuit
The Lightweight Button-Fly Wide Leg Chino
The Denim Jacket
The Cashmere Rib Boatneck
The Shirred Cupro Blouse
The Cashmere Turtleneck Dress
The Japanese GoWeave Picnic Dress
The Japanese GoWeave Long-Sleeve Mini Wrap Dress
The '90s Flat
The Authentic Stretch High-Rise Cigarette Jean (Regular)
The Cotton Collarless Belted Shirtdress
The Foldover Crossbody

How To Quickly Organize Your Makeup Collection

If you're a beauty junkie like me, you've collected your fair share of makeup products. Whether you're a serial spender at Ulta like myself or you're addicted to subscription boxes, figuring out how to quickly organize your makeup collection is crazy important when you've got so much stuff to wade through every day when you're getting ready. From creative storage to clear containers, there's tons of ways to organize your makeup collection that won't take several hours but will make things way easier for you in the mornings.

Like the always daunting task of cleaning your makeup brushes, organizing that insane stash of makeup you've managed to hoard over the years can seem like quite the feat. However, it doesn't have to be as time consuming or stressful as you may think. Plus, once you're done, you won't have to worry about leaked pressed powder coating your highlighter compact or liquid foundation potentially spilling into your drawer.

Even if your collection of makeup isn't a massive as others, though, keeping it organized is still a great way to speed up your morning routine and maybe snag a couple more minutes of shut eye.

These few quick tips will help make sure that your makeup collection is organized, and you haven't spend hours cleaning it.

1. Throw Out Expired Products
If you want to get your makeup collection organized quickly, the best way seems like it would be a purge. Throwing out all your expired makeup is a great way to rid yourself of some extra baggage that'll clear up some of the clutter.

2. Get Drawer Organizers
A quick way to organize is via storage. if you want your makeup out of the way but still in an order that makes sense, drawer organizers are a great trick. Simply pop your compacts, lipsticks, and powders into the organizer, and you're all done.

3. Acrylic Storage
Like drawer organizers, acrylic desktop or vanity-top organizers are quick and easy ways to organize your collection. Put your favorites in each drawer, and you'll always know where they are.

4. Use A Cake Stand
You may have seen this done with perfume, but if you want to get your liquid foundations, highlighters, or lipsticks off your desk or vanity's top, placing them on a cake stand is a great way to do it.

5. Repurpose Your Glasses
Need a place to store brushes? Jars and glasses are great options. Repurpose mason jars to be brush holders.

Dunkin' launched a limited-edition nail polish line

Dunkin'—the coffee chain formerly known as Dunkin' Donuts—is getting into the beauty business. For a limited time, nail polish inspired by Dunkin's flavored coffees will be available at select nail salons across the country.

The nail polish line includes eight freshly brewed shades. Three pay homage to Dunkin's new signature lattes—cocoa mocha, caramel craze, and blueberry crisp—and three are inspired by the seasonal Baskin-Robbins ice cream-flavored coffees: butter pecan, pistachio almond fudge, and banana split. Nail polishes in Dunkin's iconic pink and orange color palette are also available.

The collection is a collaboration between Dunkin' and the vegan-friendly nail polish company Lauren B. Beauty. While supplies last, the products will be available at certain nail salons in 10 cities where Dunkin' operates, including Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, and Boston. Each purchase of the branded nail polish comes with a $3 Dunkin' gift card. To see if a salon in your area is participating, check out the map below.

Dunkin' isn't the first fast food chain to release its own nail polish line. In 2016, KFC released edible "finger-licking" nail polish that, yes, tasted like chicken.

These eight new nail-polish shades might remind you of your morning Dunks.

Dunkin’ is launching a limited-edition nail polish line this spring with colors inspired by the chain’s signature lattes, ice-cream-flavored coffees, and iconic branding.

Colors include Cocoa Mocha, Caramel Craze, and Blueberry Crisp, inspired by new signature lattes, as well as Butter Pecan, Pistachio Almond Fudge, and Banana Split, in honor of seasonal Baskin-Robbins ice cream-flavored coffees. The coffee chain’s orange and pink color scheme is represented in shades Slam Dunkin’ and Pretty in Dunkin’.

The polishes will be available May 15 through June at five salons in Boston, a Dunkin’ spokesperson told Boston.com: Purity Nail Bar, Treasured Hands Nail & Beauty Salon, and three locations of Town’s Nail & Skin Salon.

Roses in bloom demand a bridegroom

If I were an impulsive gal and could’ve corralled an impulsive guy to marry me last Friday, we would’ve held our impromptu nuptials smack in the middle of the parking lot of the Shoppes at Westlake Village on Russell Ranch Road.

Why such a rash romantic move?

Well, for one thing, the sun made a very late appearance in the day, following a relentless week-long gloomfest of raw, miserable, cold, ugly, hideous spring weather. Oh, there were still clouds in the sky on Friday, but in a breakup mode. The interstices between the gray masses were lit by sunbeams in a gold-spangled champagne-pink color—an ideal hue for our wedding toast.

But most importantly, the trigger for my sudden bolt from singlehood to marrying anyone available and as loony as I am, was the rose arches in the shopping center’s big, busy parking lot. They sang out for a happy couple to be framed in a wedding day photo.

It seemed a quirky place to stumble upon a stunning floral display amid acres of asphalt strewn with stray shopping carts and burger wrappers. There are two landscaped walking paths that meander through the lot to reach the entrance to the shops.

When the shopping center first opened, the rose arches seemed an improbable landscape choice. People in parking lots come and go, they don’t sightsee, and traffic fumes aren’t healthy for plants.

Me, I’m not much of a shopper. Rather, I’m intoxicated by this year’s rose displays everywhere, and nothing I’d yet encountered matched these parking lot pretties. Among them are Iceberg (white), Joseph’s Coat (an orange-red-gold blend) and Cecile Brunner (a prolific fluffy pink climbing mini-rose), each trained over their respective arch’s framework, without a gap visible.

It was the rose known as “Scentimental” that made the most indelible impression. The arch I yearned to hastily marry under was densely roofed in this sensational rich burgundy-and-vanilla bicolored rose wearing all manner of streaks and speckles. The patterning suggested a painter’s palette. It was the most vivid, joyful rose I’d ever seen, and there were zillions of flawless blooms.

I thought I’d go nuts trying to drink in such ample splendiferousness.

So that’s when the crazy notion to grab a guy and get hitched there and then seized me. I wanted to commemorate this most accidental encounter with such brilliant beauteous robust rose splendor, even if the wedding march would be interrupted by car alarms or revved engines. The white Iceberg roses were very matrimonial, and there was a sumptuous peach-colored rose that would have made a bouquet the size of a pizza.

In the end, no Romeo as rose-besotted as I happened past.

Consolation arrived in the lowering sun’s sudden flare of intense light that bathed each and every rose arch in an aura of shimmering gold. Solo or hitched, I could live happily ever after with an image like that.

Lana Condor's Beauty Looks Deserve A Few Love Letters

When a celeb beauty look ends up in the Refinery29 beauty team chat, it could go one of two ways. But every time a photo of Lana Condor (a.k.a. Lara Jean from the Netflix hit To All The Boys I've Loved Before) drops in, it's a stream of prayer hand emoji, all-caps OMGs, and exclamation points from everyone — so you know it's good. Scrolling through her Instagram feed, we find ourselves obsessing over her voluminous eyelashes and wondering if we should invest in ponytail extensions.

Aside from being one of this year's biggest breakout stars, Condor is a beauty queen in her own right. She manages to serve countless screenshot-worthy hair and makeup moments with every appearance. She's gone from an extra-long ponytail to an edgy bob, her cheekbones could practically blind you through the phone screen, and she isn't afraid to tango with bright eyeshadow. Let's just say... girl's beauty game deserves a few love letters, too. Check out her most stunning habits ahead.

Eye brushes and how to use them

Your make-up brushes are essential when creating a perfect look, and today I will focus on eye make-up brushes and my favourites for creating any look.

Blending brush

After you have added primer to your eye area, the next step is your soft transition colour. A transition colour is a shade that brings a soft wash of colour across the eye to blend into the skin and warms the eyelid with tone. For example, if you are creating a brown smokey eye, then one popular shade of transition colour would be a camel/sand tone.

For this, you'll need a soft, fluffy blending brush. One of my favourite blending brushes to use for transition colours and slightly darker tones is the Make-up Pro Store No.19 Brush (£11.50). This is a soft bristled brush that's the perfect length for light-blending techniques and will blend all eyeshadows so naturally into the skin.

I also love the Gucci face brush in #20 (£33). This is in the more luxury price bracket, but it really is the most soft and beautiful tool. The oval shape of the blending brush expertly brings shades together with smooth and professional control. Use on the eyelid for a dusting of colour, or smudge into the crease for all-over shading. Cool to the touch, the weight and feel of the double anodised aluminium handle is balanced for perfect control.

Bullet brush

This brush is ideal for smudging shadows underneath the eye area, and allows the eye make-up to look as consistent under the eye as it does on the lid and crease area. For this, try Morphe M321 Bullet Crease Brush (£2.10). This brush has a small, bullet-shaped head that's made from the finest sable hair bristles and works to fit into the smaller areas of the eye for targeted shadow application and blending.

Flat brush

The next step is one of my favourite: adding pigments and glitters. For loose and finely milled glitters and pigment, you need a dense brush in order to not only minimise fallout but to ensure you are able to pack on a intense coverage of product on the lid. For this I love Stila's #11 Flat Brush (£13). This is actually designed to be a concealer brush, but I adore how flat and densely packed the bristles are -you are able to get maximum effect with your embellishment products.

Liner

Once you have completed your embellishments, it is time to think about your liner. If you are not a lover of liquid liner and prefer to use a cream or gel liner, then you'll need a sharp-angled liner brush. This will allow you to create a sharp, clean line, but you need a super slick and sharp-angled liner brush to match. Step up Illamasqua Angled Liner Brush (£16). This is the perfect brush to define and create precision lines. It's ideal for eyebrow and eyeline definition and for sharpening beneath the eyebrow and around the lip with your foundation.

Cut crease

This will mostly affect all the make-up addicts and make-up artists, but I am consistently asked what my favourite brush to create a cut crease is. This is where you use a brush to map and outline the eye in a semicircle shape and add a gradient of colour to give an almost sunset effect on the eye.

To cut my crease with concealer, I love using MAC Cosmetics 242S Shader (£21). This is a firm brush shaped for the smooth, even application of powder or emollient products.

Top tips to brush up on

1. Always use a brush soap to clean your brushes, especially eye brushes, as you are using these in sensitive areas which are at a high risk of cross-contamination and potential infection. Wash brushes at least once a week if only being used on your own face. If being used on clients, they must be disinfected and cleaned between each client, and thoroughly soaped each night. Leave to dry naturally. Do not leave on a radiator or anywhere with excessive heat, as this will loosen the glue attached handles.

2. To keep your liner brush in as good condition as possible, use a small amount of wax to keep it clean and sharp.

3. Quality versus quantity. You do not need loads of eye brushes. Just be 100% happy with your choice of brush and ensure you always grab this when doing your make-up.

4. Always match your blending brushes to your eye size. For anyone with a large eye space, a fluffy blending brush is ideal. if you have a smaller eye space, a smaller, finer-tipped brush is preferable.

Double flowers twice as nice in pink 'Victorian Lady' abutilon

Abutilons (flowering maple) are such a common sight in Bay Area gardens, and there are so many colors now available, that one would be hard pressed to call another entry "new." But abutilon lovers will have to revise that thought in considering the truly double flowers on the, yes, new abutilon ‘Victorian Lady.' One look at the fully double pink blooms on this new variety and, well, we just might have an abutilon craze to match the tulip fever that set Holland afire in the 1600s.

Not only is the sight of a fully double abutilon flower quite an eye-opener, but the flowers on this small tree are conspicuously large, reaching 3 inches across. As on most flowering maples, the nodding, bell-shape flowers dangle from the slender new growth. Topping out at a modest 6 feet, this abutilon nonetheless produces an almost continuous parade of flowers throughout much of the year. Make sure to situate this tree where everyone can see. "No, really!" you'll be telling your neighbors. "A true double abutilon!"

Hummers will have no problem finding the plant, as abutilons are one of their favorite destinations. Blooming even in winter in the milder zones, abutilons provide much needed nectar for hummingbirds when other sources are scarce.

Although abutilons are sometimes thought of as a shade plant, in mild zones they are happiest in a lot of sun. If inland, they will want relief from midday heat.

The modest size of this flowering maple — the common name derives from the leaves resembling maple leaves — means that gardeners can situate it in a multitude of locations. It's showy enough to stand alone as a focal point but also versatile enough to complement other perennial plantings. It also makes an excellent container specimen.

Did you know?

The genus name Abutilon is an 18th century New Latin word that derives from Arabic.

Meet the family Abutilon is one of about 245 genera belonging to the Malvacea family. Notable genera in this group include the expected — alcea, fremontodendron, hibiscus, lavatera and sidalcea — as well as the unexpected — cotton (gossypium), cocoa (theobroma cacao, also called the cacao tree) and bombax (large trees found in western Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia).

Cultivation Grow in fertile, well-drained soil in full to part sun in milder zones and in morning or filtered sun in hotter climates. Abutilons take well to pruning, whether to make the plants bushier or to promote new growth in early spring. Fertilize once a season with an organic balanced fertilizer. USDA zones 9-11.

Pests and diseases If grown in too much shade, abutilons may be infected by scale insects or with aphids. Prune and feed with a balanced fertilizer to promote healthy new growth.