Lifestyle Duana Names presents FNI: Forensic Name Investigation Hello Duana, I am expecting my second daughter at the end of November. My first is named Gwendolyn and she goes by both Gwendolyn and Gwen (the shorter version is much easier at preschool). We chose this because it’s classic, feminine but substantive and has nickname options. My husband By Duana • Nov 14, 2018 04:03 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: When Does Meaning Mean Something? Hi Duana, I have loved reading your column for the past few years. I am writing so late in my pregnancy as my father recently passed away in September. I am not as prepared as I always imagined I would be for my first pregnancy but "that's By Duana • Nov 09, 2018 03:02 pm
Lifestyle Sasha Finds: Big Ass Hoop Earrings I’ve come to the realization that I cannot leave the house without big ass hoops. I don’t feel finished without them. And what I love most about this trend is that it’s, well, not a trend. They are timeless. They are never going out of style. The By Sasha • Nov 09, 2018 01:59 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Ezra Miller’s Vader puffer Outfit of the Week What else could it be? He came and saved me. Before yesterday, I didn’t have an option for the Outfit of the Week. Everything was boring this week. Until now. Here’s Ezra Miller in Moncler at the Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald premiere in Paris last night. By Lainey • Nov 09, 2018 11:25 am
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Be consistent when you can The other morning when I was training a client, she brought up her concerns about her weight (again) and how when she was on a trip with her girlfriends they were all faster than her on the hikes than she was, even though she exercised WAY more than them. So, By Hayley • Nov 09, 2018 11:00 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: If Every Day Could Be Christmas… Hi Duana, I am pregnant with my first (and potentially only) child, a girl. I'm due Christmas Eve so will have a holiday-season baby. My husband is 100% set on the name Gloria. I also love it, and if my due date fell at any other time of By Duana • Nov 05, 2018 03:43 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Shailene’s silver sequined romper I don’t know if it’s actually a romper or if it’s two pieces but it’s intended to look like it’s a romper, I think, so we’re calling it a romper and not fighting about that. What we might be fighting about is whether or By Lainey • Nov 05, 2018 10:47 am
Lifestyle Sasha Finds: Meghan Markle's Open Heart Ring I am a big fan of signet rings - how can you not be! They are so simple, yet pack such a modern punch to any outfit. And while few of us have a family crest to sport, there are so many ways to personalize and make them feel special! By Sasha • Nov 02, 2018 05:18 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Surprise Middle – so what comes first? Hi Duana, I am pregnant, due in November. I love names and had no trouble naming my son, Luca, after having the name in my head for a decade before he was born. Baby #2 is proving to be a lot more difficult. My family is Italian and my partner By Duana • Nov 02, 2018 04:54 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Gemma Arterton’s Outfit of the Week I’m always excited when I see a dress that, if you described it to me – slinky and sequined and one shoulder – I would have put it in the reject pile without seeing it. This is not the dress type I usually gravitate towards. BUT. This dress is special. And By Lainey • Nov 02, 2018 02:44 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Crunching properly I want to take a second to go over an exercise that has a bad reputation yet if done correctly, it can be a very functional movement. Crunches. You’ve probably been told countless times do stop doing crunches, that they are bad for you and all they do is By Hayley • Nov 01, 2018 04:03 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: We Can’t Call Him Skeletor Forever… Hi Duana, Our number 2 needs a name because if we keep calling him Skeletor (based on one of those what your baby looks like now images) it’s going to stick. The problem is we really like #1’s name, but she was a girl and upcoming is a By Duana • Oct 31, 2018 05:02 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Kate’s Jane Austen dress Dresses like this always remind me of Jane Austen. That’s the idea right? Think of Gwyneth Paltrow in Emma: Keira Knightley in Pride and Prejudice: Frances O’Connor in Mansfield Park: Why am I working so hard to make this point? It did not require any backup photos. You By Lainey • Oct 31, 2018 10:38 am
Lifestyle Sasha Finds: Eye Cream How long have I been writing these columns? Almost a decade? AND have I ever written about an eye cream? The answer is NEVER. I’ve been sent everything from the cream of the crop to drug store brands and nothing has ever truly knocked my socks off. Yes, they’ By Sasha • Oct 29, 2018 03:28 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Everyone Comes From The Same Family We are expecting our second baby girl via scheduled C section the week of Thanksgiving. So I have a concrete deadline to name this baby. We named our oldest Mary Margaret and call her Maggie, a family name honoring my late mother and her great grandmother, and also my husband& By Duana • Oct 26, 2018 05:18 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Lily Collins's Outfit of the Week Come on. This colour! This green! When you show up in a green that is this fresh and vibrant presented in a way that we don’t often see, it’s going to be the Outfit of the Week. What do we call this? A skirt suit? It’s a By Lainey • Oct 26, 2018 03:14 pm
