When you were little you had your trusty Pink Pearl eraser to smudge out the mistakes you made on math tests. The perfect, beautiful rectangle flawlessly buffed off even the tiniest graphite smears. Now, two major problems face you every day- under your eyes. And these boo-boos require a little more effort.

Enter Benefit’s miraculous Erase Paste, the ultimate in damage-control. Aside from having the most vanity-worthy packaging of any concealer we know, this little tub comes with a mini spatula to keep the stuff away from your acrylics.  Dip it into the pink-hued makeup, smear on the back of your hand, then brush it under your eyes and over any other troubled areas. Blend, and don’t say we didn’t tell you so. The pretty shades melt into most skin tones flawlessly, and truly do cover problems better than anything else we’ve tried.

Though we’re pretty sure it won’t help you on your GMAT.

There’s nothing grosser than the thought of all the paper and plastic containers it takes to keep hydrated in our hotter than hot climate. It’s just too convenient to swing through that Starbucks drive-thru for a latte or pick up another Evian bottle before getting in the AJ’s check-out line.  

Charles and Marie have a cup for pre-sale that feels just as cool and won’t ruin your hydrated lifestyle, but also keeps the seagulls alive and landfills spacious. This little ceramic beauty mimics your favorite store-bought coffee cup, and even has a reusable silicone top to keep you from spilling! Pre-order now for only $20, because the site continually sells out.

Sure, it’s hot out. But we don’t care. No matter the month, temperature or current climate, it is never too soon for Fall fashion. 

And the beautiful Saks Fifth Avenue has the new fall line of Gucci handbags and glorious boots out already.

We’ll wear these knee-high leather suckas to the pool if we have to.

Designers are famous for breaking molds.

This delightful Design Within Reach King Louis Ghost Armchair designed by Phillippe Starck actually breaks the mold by using a mold, as it modifies the Kartell Louis XV chair with black, clear and white plastic injection-molded polycarbonate.

If the modern twist on a classic wasn’t cool enough, this little beauty is scratchproof and weather-resistant, so it can be used both indoors and outdoors as commercial or residential decor. And because it’s the “ghost” armchair, it fits with nearly every color scheme, design aesthetic and season-making it the most versatile designer twist ever.

Clearly. 

The desert is rough, hot and dark, which means one thing for it’s inhabitants.  

Daily showers (and numerous blow-dries), A/C cranked to it’s breaking point 7 months per year, and hours upon hours spent in cool, light-filled homes, watching LOST.  As if our power bills weren’t ridiculous enough, now we’ll have to turn on our furniture.

Lee Broom, the ultimate in quirky luxury, has created these amazing French-inspired fluorescent bulb-adorned furniture and accessories, which we’re willing to shell out extra monthly electricity cash for. Offering incredible nightstands, mirrors, chairs, lounges and more, this English designer has crowds of chic customers completely, well, turned on.

Scrapbooking should be fun, but is too exhausting to actually get through in one setting.  Usually it takes hundreds of dollars and a few weekends of developing, cutting, gluing, sticking and rearranging to finally have something to be proud of.  And even then, you feel passe and a little dorky for investing so much time into a book of your drunken houseboat pictures.

Bighugelabs has quite the extensive library of cool Flikr toys, which can do just about anything with your digital snapshots. Our favorite is the mosaic maker, which takes your favorite photos and turns them into a fun quilt of pics.  You choose the order, number of tiles, border and background shades, and voila- a perfect, bite-size reminder of your Havasu vacation in two minutes flat, minus the trip to that seedy strip-mall Michael’s. 

The thought of being stripped down, shut in a chamber and sprayed with a cold black liquid that stains your skin sounds like something horrifying one would see on the LOST island. But this isn’t an island torture device. This is spray tanning.

And for a long time, the stories of neon faces, peeling brown patches, and tiger-like stripes were enough to keep us scared, hiding on the other side of the beach. But now that we’ve found Celebrity Tanning’s Mystic Tan machines, we feel more like bronze goddess Shannon than a tortured “Other”.

The amazing machine sprays a gentle clear mist, that gently develops into a deep, natural bronze. It needs no wiping, no buffing and barely any drying after the spray.  The best part? The clear spray doesn’t smell or transfer to clothing- even white dresses are safe.  Prices are minimal too- it plummets down to only $16 with the purchase of a five-time package. We like the added bonus of the magic $5 capsules they drop in your tanning spray; it acts as an industrial-strength glue, sealing that tan into your skin for more than a week. 

Sayid is sure to notice.

There are a lot of reasons one might want to be Victoria Beckham. Though she seems a little off-base, she has a masterpiece of a husband, a glamorous past as an international superstar, and a supermodel figure. But the one VB quality we’re most jealous of is her incredible collection of Hermes handbags.  With a $60k Kelly or Birkin to match every little designer dress, it’s hard not to salivate over the thought.

For most of us, the closest we’ll get to such a collection is finding a beat-up discolored version at a thrift shop, or just holding a pretty crocodile Hermes creation in a department store on vacation. Well now, courtesy of the Hermes corporate website, anybody can print and fold themselves a little paper Hermes Kelly bag. So even if you can’t be Victoria, you now have a prop to help your daydreams seem a little more realistic.

Posh, no?

Walking into Sephora or your favorite department store can be practically deadly.  Well, that’s a bit of an exaggeration.  Let’s just say it can make one want to kill themselves.

Sometimes we’re wooed into the wrong shade by a hot male makeup artist who tells us we look “fabulous,” sometimes we splurge on something expensive and weird because a friend at work told us it works, and sometimes we just buy the first bronzer we see because there are just too many alternatives and the lunch break clock is ticking. No matter what, beauty shopping without the proper research is a disaster waiting to happen. And as if your neon orange face isn’t bad enough, the culprit is often un-returnable. Sweet.

Unload your menacing makeup to people it actually works for on our favorite little makeup site MakeupAlley. You can put that $40 barely-touched bronzer up for adoption on the Swap boards, or trade it for items on your Wish List (like that Benefit perfume you’ve always wanted). Best of all, you can browse reviews for nearly every beauty item ever created in the reviews section, to keep from ever mispurchasing again. Need to know which bronzer to pick? Go with the highest-rated. Can’t decide on a lipstick based on the ad? See what users thought of it and compared it to.

Maybe there is life after lipstick.

You’re finally free of the manipulative, thieving, horrible SOB. He snuck around, cheated and made your life miserable.  But he certainly had good taste in jewelry. And as much as you point fingers, one thing is certain: It’s not the diamond’s fault. 

For the millions of ladies out there who don’t want their old engagement rings, necklaces and other gifts, but definitely aren’t giving them back, there’s ExBoyfriendJewelry. Sellers can make a few bucks by auctioning off cursed bling, and blog about the numerous ways they were done wrong. Buyers can bid on perfectly pretty divorcee jewelry at highly discounted prices.

Finally, a silver (or platinum) lining.