I've been rereading last week's BCO and obsessively refreshing the Kitchenette page waiting for this to appear all day today.

Ugh, I hate the people who are just impossible to explain anything to. I had a conversation about pesto this week that went like this:

So many of these stories demonstrate the adage of what I've learned being a designer

LOVE the concept for this series (please say this is definitely going to be a continuing series)!

Oooh. Fresh-faced, gorgeous Alia is proof that tons of dark eyeliner on the bottom is never a good idea. Do you hear me, Kate Middleton??? You kill me with the liquid black eyeliner on the bottom! Dark matte eye shadow, small angle brush, and gently tap and smudge, girl!

I don't think her eyes look crossed in that last picture. I love that shade of lipstick.

Yay!!! I love this. I travel to Accra and Shanghai almost every month for work and would love to submit one for another ex-pat post in the future. It would give me a good reason to get out of the hotel/office and have a makeup adventure at the mall.

Whoa. I'm intrigued...

Time to disagree with a post.

Re: the makeup question.

A prude in the streets, a freak in the tweets.

That's why I've always been drawn to monogamy. I feel like one night stands would just be pretty vanilla sex. You gotta get to know someone before you bring out the feather dusters and bear suits.

I am monogamously promiscuous. I like to be slutty with one guy.

As one of your Canadian neighbours, I don't know why you people harbour such ill feelings toward British spelling. Sorry if I sound humourless, but I think one day you'll wake up and recognise that you don't have a licence to tell everyone else how they should spell. The different spellings are just historical…

it's a hard shape. I have a very Kardashianesque figure. Size 12 butt size 6 waist. I have to fit my ass and tailor down from there. It helps to wear stretchy fabrics and skinny close fitting clothes, anything that accentuates the waist otherwise I end up looking stumpy. I wear a lot of belts.

Any suggestions for someone who's a straight size, but curvy and small waisted and doesn't like to dress overly femininely? My little sister has that shape and I'd like to be able to take her shopping somewhere that'll actually have clothes that'll fit her, because those teen stores are not built for boobs like that.

I just want to say how happy I am with almost all of these stories (and the ones in the comments). They're mostly fun little pranks on friends, which can be enjoyed with friends, and are good moments for everyone to share. These are the awesome pranks and "trolling," unlike people who make it their job to make others…

no make-up in magazine talk is still code for full face of skillfully applied yet imperceptible product to the rest of the world.