In honor of Labor Day, and all the hard work you do, we offer a few items that will save your energy for important tasks.
Enough with all this pesky touching of things: The touchless trash can ($105) allows you to waggle a finger and it opens, while a $70 touchless dispenser will produce paper towels with [...]

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The problem with lipstick is that it doesn’t really stick. All it takes is a cup of coffee and that beautiful burgundy you carefully applied is erased.
 Lip stains have been around for a while, but they’re enjoying a resurgance in some of the most popular make-up lines, primarily because lips (and cheeks) really do absorb the stain, and the tint [...]

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Perhaps you’re a little too shy to don the season’s big chunky necklaces and oversized arm bangles. Are those giant hoops still a bit more than you can handle? If your fashion statements are small but still significant (or just plain silly) we’ve found nine pairs of earrings for you:
 1. Are you a foodie? Then you’ll love [...]

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Hillary Clinton gave a stirring speech at the Democratic National Convention last night in one of her signature pantsuits, this one a very bright orange. Much has been made of Clinton’s pantsuits during the campaign, the sameness of their cut, their bright colors, their shapelessness.
Designers have decried them. 
Try as we might we could [...]

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It’s like Craigslist, except there’s a panel of judges waiting to disqualify the bad impersonation of a Mies van der Rohe chair you once found cool enough to buy and are now hoping desperately to sell.
We’re talking about Feel More Human’s Modern Flea Market, the classified advertising section of a site devoted to modern design [...]

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Is there anything more fun than trying to wake up a teenager at the beginning of the school year? A teenager who has spent the last three months sleeping until noon? The only thing that is likely more fun is watching what happens when Clocky the alarm clock goes off.
Clocky is cute and has big wheels [...]

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When is a book a head scarf? When is a dish towel a souvenir? Not often, granted — but these cute textiles fit all the descriptions above and more. They’re humble but lovely cloths made in Japan, where you might find them worn in street festivals or hanging on the wall. In case their multi-functionality [...]

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