Tag: debra bass
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Don’t be afraid of putting oil on your face!
It can be scary. Everyone thinks that oils are evil, but the truth is oils are the best investment you can make in your skincare regime.
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16 cheap tricks for skincare and fashion
I decided to do this story because I’m cheap. Love, love, love a bargain but never low quality.
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Plus-size model in bikini defies odds and stereotype
Jennie was a model who didn’t get a lot of attention. She wears a size 12-14 and never expected photos of her in a bikini to inspire and enrage an international audience.
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Our elaborate fashion heist
This was one of the most fun, expensive and frustrating photo shoot extravaganzas we ever attempted. It took weeks to finish, months to plan and 10 locations.
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Do I have the “worst job” in America?
Apparently, yet another career study — there have been many — has decided that journalism sucks. We’ve ranked at the absolute bottom and it’s a good thing … journalists love an underdog.
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St. Louis Fashion Originals wear personality
You can dress well and look exactly like a store mannequin, sometimes that’s great and sometimes that’s too safe to be interesting. This is a group that’s anything but safe.
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5-minute makeup routine
I’m not really a makeup girl, but there’s world of polish and refinement that comes from a few minutes with some powders and creams that every woman should master for a rainy day.
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Top male model unabashed; me not so much
Although Brad Kroenig’s competition for top male model includes a stable of waifish 20-year-olds, the ruggedly handsome veteran model in his 30s isn’t worried.
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Curly hair gadget conditions curls with stream
Few products truly celebrate curl. They want to tame or manage or control. Now there’s a gadget with a goofy name that wants to enhance curls with water not mounds of goop.
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Comfort is not the enemy: Walk tall, wear flats
When every starlet on the red carpet is perched atop artist sky high footwear torture devices, who wants to be the slob in flats. Besides me.
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Spring is weeding time for your closet
Every year I write a spring closet cleaning story and every year it gets easier. You’d think that it wouldn’t, but every year I write about what I’m doing to spring clean. It’s hard for me too.
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Mid-century decor epitomizes ageless style
Occasionally, I shift focus and write a story about home decor and design. It’s an easy transition. The way we dress our homes has a lot to do with the way we dress ourselves.
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Fashions that spring, sprang, sprung
I enjoy spring fashion because it tends to be exuberant. This spread has one of my favorite shots from all our spreads and that’s the girl in the orange dress under the tree losing it’s pale pink blossoms.
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23 Ways to Tie a Scarf
This video is from a short story I wrote celebrating the ubiquitous swathes of fabric that have the ability to transform outfits and uplift spirits.
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To splurge or to save, the shopper’s conundrum
This piece was my way of saying, you can buy one great item that you’ll cherish until wear-and-tear do you part and you can surround it with less pedigreed items and no one will be the wiser.
