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There's a lot to love about summer--longer days, warmer weather, weekend getaways--but there's a lot to loathe too.

It's much easier than you think.

My eyebrows are pretty sparse and whenever I try to fill them out, I wind up looking like this. Plus, that takes forever. A more fixable issue is their unruliness. What eyebrows I do have tend to go every which way if I don't do anything about it. This is why Benefit's Speed Brow is my new favorite thing.

Hitchcock, the Oscar-vehicle starring Anthony Hopkins as Hitch and Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh, hit select theaters this past weekend. There hasn't been much fashion buzz about the film aside from Scarlett Johansson's Psycho-themed V cover, which focused more on her scream than her clothes (as well it should have), but we've always had a soft-spot for the fashion in Hitchcock's films.

Benefit believes that makeup should be fun--and so should your life! That's why they've enlisted comedienne Sarah Colonna of Chelsea Lately & NBC's upcoming Life As I Blow It to help you root out the four worst kinds of men to date. From the Mooch to the Quick Draw, these are dudes you don't want to be in a relationship with.

Kardashians Slapped With Another Lawsuit for Endorsing Yet Another Questionable Product: Will these ladies ever learn? Khloe and Kim are facing a pending lawsuit over the QuickTrim dieting supplement. Apparently, the product contains high levels of caffeine, which detractors say are both unsafe and ineffective when it comes to losing weight. {Page Six} Tyra Banks to Graduate From Harvard Business School: Models are smart ya'll, and Miss Tyra Banks is living proof. The retired model cum media mogul is about to get her degree from one of the most renowned business schools in the world. Her advice for success? "Don't chase the money, even if you want to be a banker. Chase the passion. Chase the dream." Easy for someone with lots of money to say! Either way, congrats to Ms. Banks! {E! Online} New York Fashion Week was the Most Diverse It's Been in A Minute: The overwhelming majority (79.9%) of models who walked last week were white, but Jezebel found that NYFW was especially (term used loosely) diverse this year. Asian models represented the largest minority group at 8.8% , followed by black models making up 8.0% of the overall demographics. These are still rather paltry percentages if you ask us, but as they say: baby steps. {Jezebel}

Benefit’s new mascara, called “They’re Real!” is accompanied by the cheeky ad at left. This Benefit campaign is a little jab at the beauty industry, which has found itself in a heap of trouble lately for photoshopping ads--mascara ads in particular have a long, tawdry history of showing lashes enhanced by things other than mascara. Makeup itself, if you think about it, is sort of a lie. Concealer hides our scars and blemishes. Mascara makes our lashes look longer and our eyes bigger. Blush makes us look like we’ve just emerged from a romantic interlude, thus making us more attractive to potential mates. Have you ever thought about how much you lie about things, and lie about your beauty habits in particular? (Me, fake bake? No way! I was totally out in the sun all day yesterday!) To further promote the mascara, Benefit commissioned a consumer study of French and American women to determine how much they lie about makeup. They surveyed 300 women in each country between the ages of 18 and 54. The results are fascinating.

Today we continue our series highlighting beauty editors’ favorite products that they actually use in real life. Beth Shapouri has been writing about beauty for “a long time” (we totally get that she doesn’t want to talk time--we’ll call her career in beauty “ageless”). She’s been writing for Glamour for almost three years, most recently as one of the mag’s Girls in the Beauty Department bloggers. Here are her faves:

From Nars to Sephora.

Click through to see what the Fashionista team is loving for January!

It’s November now. This means that chapped, dry, flaky lip season is upon us. There are tons of tried-and-true lip balms out there. Kiehl’s has been a sought-after classic for years. Rosebud Salve is a favorite of makeup artists everywhere because of its multi-functionality. Burt’s Bees Beeswax was one of the first green offerings, and it’s got a following that can no longer be called “cult.” Aquaphor is the serious brand recommended by dermatologists. And of course---there’s Carmex. These are all fantastic, but if you need a new fix for your lips, here’s a round-up of our faves. They include organic, natural, and multi-purpose products. We did a lot of swiping and wiping for you--now go find someone to kiss.