Category: Fun
Add a little more joy to your weekday with posts designed to bring out the fun in your life, featuring things to do, easy party ideas, games and more
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What Happens During an Aura Reading?
Let’s get weird. I’m always down to try something new, so when I heard LA’s House of Intuition was offering free aura readings as part of the launch of its New York pop-up store this past holiday season, I said yes. I had no idea what that even meant, but I headed down to the…
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15 Unconventional-Yet-Awesome Compliments to Give Someone
There’s a certain high you get when someone says something truly, genuinely kind about you. Sure, classic compliments (“You look so great in that sweater!”) always bring a smile, but they’re so tried-and-true that they don’t have quite the impact as something that delves a little deeper, that’s a little more specific and insightful—or that’s…
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The $4 Trick That Saved My Sanity When Flying with a Baby
Every time I fly, the same knot of anxiety tangles up inside of me: Will Emerie have a meltdown? Will I subsequently have a meltdown? Why am I so concerned about upsetting other people? Why am I wasting energy on this? And so the shame spiral plunges me deeper into some strange, soul-excavating journey, where…
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Testing John Frieda’s Go Blonder In-Shower Treatment
Since I moved to New York, my travel and hairstyling budget have been virtually the same. I went through a sort of sticker shock when I moved to the city (cereal’s $5.50 a box?!), but the hardest adjustment was the thought of shelling out $200+ to maintain my highlights, especially when my mom does a…
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What’s Inside Anthropologie’s Self-Care Advent Calendar
All kinds of advent calendars exist these days: booze-filled ones, cheese-filled ones, Funko Pop doll-filled ones. So it only makes sense that Anthropologie would get in on the action, releasing a weeklong advent calendar that capitalizes on one of the buzziest terms right now: self-care. And I’ve got to admit—the tactic worked. I couldn’t wait…
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The World’s Largest Bounce House Is Going on Tour
It doesn’t matter how old you are—bounce houses are undeniably fun. And when that house happens to be the Guinness Book of World Records holder for largest inflatable obstacle course ever? Well, it’s the kind of thing that can make you plan a long-distance road trip to experience. Thankfully, you won’t have to travel too…
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Why Am I So Obsessed with Kate Hudson’s “Rumpled Chic” Clothing Line?!
Though I’ve been thisclose to ordering a pair of Fabletics leggings over the past few years, I’ve always been a little bummed that Kate Hudson‘s foray into fashion was an athleisure line. Leggings are great and all, but this is the actress who brought back boho in the early aughts with her turn as Penny…
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Planet Landscape Photos Are Surprisingly Easy To Make
I don’t even know how to properly name or describe these photos without just showing them to you. Orb landscape photos? Pseudo-planet photos? Circular landscape images? No matter how I Google it, I can’t come up with the right term. Even after Nate found out how to make these pics, we didn’t see a common…
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What Do Jade Rollers Actually Do?
No, really. I’m not asking for a friend. What do jade rollers (and their various crystal iterations) actually do, and why are they so alluring? I’ve seen them on beauty blogs and in people’s Instagrams for months, but I never understood the hype. It seems like a dozen different people have two dozen different reasons…
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I Tried Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goopglow For A Week To Transform My Skin
Honestly, this whole skincare experiment started off unintentionally. I hadn’t specifically gone out to buy Goopglow (at $60 for a 30-day supply, I needed proof you’d get Goop founder Gwyneth Paltrow‘s skin before committing my cash), but when a 5-day pack of the skin-boosting powder came free with a subscription to Goop magazine, I couldn’t…
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What You Should Know About Netflix & Hulu’s Fyre Festival Docs
If there’s one thing to binge-watch one night this weekend, it’s the new Fyre festival doc. Er, both of the docs. Streaming giants Netflix and Hulu each dropped a documentary on 2017’s failed music festival in the Bahamas — and they’re both dangerously addictive to watch. It’s hard to believe it really happened; a luxury…
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You Can Now Race Drones Using Your Mind
We’re one step closer to telekinesis. No Carrie-esque meltdowns or black magic required. The University of South Florida (AKA our alma mater) has announced that it’s hosting an International Brain-Drone Race on Feb. 9, and it’s exactly as it sounds: Racers move the drones using their minds, not handheld controllers. “When you imagine a movement,…
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