I get irrationally excited when Sephora has fancy mascara samples in the VIB Rewards. It sucks pulling the trigger on a high-rated and expensive full-size only to have it be a disappointment (looking at you, Armani Eyes to Kill Stretch Lengthening Macara).

I almost exclusively use sample mascaras! I don't think I've ever used up a full size before it dries out on me :(

I bought a mascara sampler once from Sephora and it was great. a. I had a bunch of travel size mascaras and b. I learned which ones I liked (Tarte) and which ones I didn't (Smashbox, I love your primers but they're not meant to collect pools of mascara that have fallen off my lashes are they?).

A nice alternative to these subscription services—which you can never seem to remember to cancel anyway!—are the value sets from Sephora. The makeup mecca releases limited edition value sets with focus on skin or lips or nails. I don't use much makeup but I love fancy skincare products. I get the skincare sampler and…

And, on that infamous evening in New England, as the snow banks stood massive and the tears of hipsters everywhere fell as they watched the power they had habituated to receiving from whipping out their iDevices and typing furiously upon their single star...

I live in Boston and I will be going to this place now. That's awesome.

Pork Wine. The OTHER white wine.

Before I start, let me say I was a server for a decade, and I have nothing but the utmost respect for all service employees. But this story has become legendary in my family, so: Mr. Tigger and I moved for his job from the East Bay Area in CA to Austin, Texas. On our first date night after moving, we went out to…

Ah. I'm English, so if you walk into me, I'll probably apologise to you. I'm deep in nonsense.

33 year old guy here. I was 20 when my mother, on a long car drive to pick me up from the airport coming back from my second deployment, decided to have the "sex talk". It was surreal and utterly uncomfortable. So to put an end to it, I pointed out that I had training on sex education in boot camp...and high…

Ugh, Madonna makes me cringe. This woman, in her mid-50s trying to act like she's 23 is embarrassing and pitiful. Go away Madge and stop trying to appropriate millennial culture.

I sometimes wonder if people just forget what it felt like to be 15. I'm 34, my teen years were brutal. I had an abusive dad, my parents fought constantly and I was the scape goat. I was a good kid who didn't do heinous sht but they treated me like I was the 12 year old on Maury who wanted a baby and did hard drugs.…

Your gif is emotionally compromising.

My first college roommate was totally sheltered growing up yet she was "allowed" to live on-campus. She had no idea how to handle that much freedom and went hog wild with drinking, partying, and fucking. I wouldn't necessarily say that a child getting to college is always a stamp of approval on the parent's parenting…

Abductors? I mean, I'm not saying she won't miss them but honestly, if you're the type of person to kidnap a baby you're probably not a super good parent. I'd bet anything that her home life sucked. I doubt she'll like run into the arms of her biological parents but I'm sure her relationship with her kidnapper parents…

I know it's happened a few times before, and from what I remember, it's... not pretty.

I'm so happy for Zephany's parents but I wonder how Zephany feels. The Guardian article didn't quote her and I can't imagine how hard it would be to find out the people you thought were your family were actually your abductors.