From self-cleaning towels to skin-tightening lasers, the beauty industry is constantly churning out innovative gadgets and treatments for a range of skin woes. And while it seems like a new launch pops up every other day, certain bestselling brands have no problem maintaining a spot on the totem pole of can’t-live-without-it-products, and Tatcha skin care is one of them.
The clean, Meghan Markle-approved brand inspired by classical Japanese beauty rituals is a consistent top-seller at Sephora, with thousands of reviews on cult-favorite products like The Water Cream moisturizer and The Rice Polish exfoliant. But buying the brand’s four-step rituals adds up fast, which is why Tatcha’s latest promotion is worth grabbing your wallet for.
From January 5 through January 12, if you spend $100 or more (that’s about two regular-priced items), you can score a “Lucky Bag” of mystery products worth over $100. Just make sure to use code LUCKY20 at checkout. The Fukubukuro Lucky Bag Event, inspired by the Japanese tradition where merchants sell mixed bags of mystery contents at discounted prices, is the perfect reason to upgrade your winter skin care routine. Sure the words lucky and mystery wouldn’t typically inspire the most confidence when it comes to luxury skin care promotions, but there’s a reason Tatcha comes up time and time again on bestsellers lists. Not sure what to add to your cart? Start with our selection of must-have products, ahead.
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By now, there’s nothing too new to say about the career of cook and author Alison Roman that hasn’t already been said. A millennial proxy for a generation who prefers hanging out to going out, her unfussy approach to cooking—coupled with her authentic persona and pleasing but not too perfect Instagram account—landed her food columns in the New York Times and Bon Appetit and a beloved cookbook, Dining In. When we met, her new cookbook, Nothing Fancy, was a few weeks away from being released—it’s now a New York Times bestseller—and she told me she has a deal to release two more. Alison’s gotten a ton of press during the last two years, most of it adoring. She’s been called the chef who broke the internet, she cooked a rib roast with Seth Myers, and she snagged a coveted spot on a site that asks only cool people, no exceptions, to break down their beauty routines so I was eager to chat about a topic I hadn’t heard her talk about: style.
This week on “What I Wore When,” Alison sits down with Perrie to talk about food, yes, but also personal style and the outfit she wore to interview at Bon Appetit—her first real-deal office job—the (very) expensive bag she’s dying for but can’t justify (don’t judge me for pressuring her to bite the bullet), the outfit that makes her feel most like herself, and the outdated fashion “rule” nobody should follow.
Roman during a cooking segment with Seth Meyers in October.Lloyd Bishop/NBC via Getty Images
Alison and Perrie also get into dating (come for the story about how she fixes her friends up with her Instagram fans, stay for the one about the chicken drumstick, bell pepper, and sweet potato sheet pan date), how she understands that people might find it scary to go out with her given the fact that so much of dating is wrapped up in food, and the thing she’ll never do on a first—or second—date. It’s a great, engaging episode thanks to Alison’s candidness, so I hope you enjoy!
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Of all the ’80s trends that have come back to haunt us, the fanny pack seemed like the least likely to catch on. But this decade’s take—rebranded as the “belt bag”—is sleek and streamlined. The only thing it has in common with the neon, nylon fanny pack I you wore to a New Kids on the Block concert is the undeniable convenience. You can’t properly bop to “The Right Stuff” or take a decent selfie if you’re also juggling a cute-but-cumbersome clutch.
Mrs. Bieber modeled a convertible belt bag from Alexander Wang x Bulgari in two colors.
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Stormi’s mom slung a plaid belt bag across a white sports bra.
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In NYC, Kaia Gerber matched a black-leather belt bag with black-leather pants.
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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star stepped out in Los Angeles last month with daughter Amelia Gray Hamlin.
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But no one knows her way around a belt bag quite like Bella Hadid, the patron saint of belt bags on the runway. Observe:
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Walking the runway for Roberto Cavalli Ready to Wear Fall/Winter 2019-2020 at Milan Fashion Week.
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At the Fendi Ready to Wear Spring/Summer 2019 show during Milan Fashion Week.
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With Virgil Abloh after the Louis Vuitton Menswear Spring/Summer 2019 show at Paris Fashion Week.
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Leaving a hotel in Paris a month earlier.
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Back on the runway for the Tod’s Ready to Wear Fall/Winter 2018-2019 show during Milan Fashion Week.
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Leaving the Brandon Maxwell fashion show during New York Fashion Week.
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And, the first time she was spotted in the wild with a belt bag: Walking the runway during the Chanel Haute Couture Spring Summer 2016 show at Paris Fashion Week.
Summers as an adult may not be as completely carefree as those we had as kids—we still have to go to our jobs, pay bills, and so on—but they still give us all a chance to cut loose and play more than usual. That’s true of our schedule as well as of our fashion and beauty choices. It’s a time to try out a new manicure (perhaps something fun for 4th of July?) or an accessory that is both on-trend and functional. And lucky for us, Ruffino created a summer bag that checks all of those boxes.
The wine company partnered with Brooklyn-based indie designer Stickybaby on a clear plastic tote—like those you see all over Instagram—except cleverly designed to safely carry six mini bottles of prosecco.
The bag has removable inserts that create space to hold mini bottles of Ruffino Prosecco. And it’s waterproof, so you can keep your bubbly on ice as you head to the beach or a brunch picnic with your best friends.
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The Ruffino x Stickybaby bag is available for pre-order on ReserveBar—though, it’s only available to ship to California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Nevada, New York at the moment. It’s $100, and comes complete with six bottles of prosecco for you to drink.
Ruffino Prosecco Six-Pack
A clear tote that fits six mini-bottles of prosecco.
This collaboration joins Target’s wine fanny pack as the latest booze-meets-fashion innovation for summer 2019. What’s next—a fascinator that dispenses champagne? We’d give anything to see Meghan Markle or Kate Middleton wear one of those to a fancy garden party.
Priyanka Chopra is currently in France celebrating Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner’s wedding along with her husband, Nick and the rest of the Jonas clan—which means we’ve been getting a ton of excellent celebrity style. Chopra has been wearing plenty of high-low outfits, which she’s known for and puts together so well. The latest? A yet-to-be-released designer dress with an under-$100 bag from a fast-fashion favorite.
On Thursday (June 27) Chopra headed to a pre-Jonas/Turner wedding party in Provence wearing a shiny metallic lavender shirtdress from Honayda’s Spring 2019 collection. She styled it with sandals, simple jewelry and, of course, husband Nick on her arm.
The Saudi brand has been around since 2017, but has recently been spotted on celebrities like Bella Hadid, Lupita Nyong’o, and Mary J Blige in recent months. Chopra herself wore one of its designs—a one-shouldered, pleated white jumpsuit—to Cannes earlier this year.
Although her shirtdress was designer, Chopra’s accessories were a little more budget friendly, according to fan blogs. Her croc-effect mini bag, in a purple shade that matched her outfit, is believed to be from Mango. And the best part? The Croc-Effect Mini Bag is on sale, marked down from $59.99 to $29.99.
Some families get to the airport early to avoid lines. My family gets to the airport early to avoid causing a scene and yet somehow, against all odds and even with all the necessary precautions taken, we manage to make one every. single. year. on our annual trip to Spain.
It’s always about the luggage—and the prosciutto, and the bottles of wine, and the cans of olives my grandmother somehow thinks are okay to pack in bulk in her carry-on luggage. She does it without fail every year even though my dad checks her bags the night before (our theory is that she sneaks the items in some time between the hours of midnight and 6:00 A.M.). After we watch in horror as the Spanish TSA asks us “WTF?” (or as they say in Spanish, ¿WTF?) and tells my grandmother that, no, he can’t accept her prohibited items as gifts, we lug our incredibly heavy and misshaped bags to the gate while my grandma curses quietly in the background. Sure, our bags aren’t stuffed with items every human being knows you can’t take on an airplane. But our luggage somehow always ends up overweight anyway, so we stuff items from them into every free pocket and corner of our purses and carry on bags. It’s never pretty. It’s always painful. I was being literal when I said lug.
It should go without saying that the mere thought of packing and luggage in general sends me into a state of absolute panic. I always wait until the night before I leave. I never take into account the weather of wherever it is that I’m going. I inevitably forget which toiletries are and are not permitted. I think about how somewhere off in the distance my grandmother is stuffing double bottles of wine into some too-small zippered interior compartments.
I am also vain and find almost all luggage to be an eyesore. Yes, suitcases are necessary and there is a real reason they look like armored boxes on wheels. But I am also someone who willingly carries around a teeny tiny PVC bag, that exposes my credit card number to the public and doesn’t even fit my phone, for the sake of appearances (it’s cute, okay!). So when Away first launched their suitcases, which were actually aesthetically pleasing, I was intrigued but also skeptical. I held off and carried on with the truly atrocious suitcase my mom had bought from an off-brand store near our home in Queens. Then every single podcast I listen to told me I needed an Away bag more than I needed a vacation, which made me wonder: luggage had made my life miserable for so many years, would something more thoughtfully designed really change that?
Buy Now: Away The Large Suitcase, $245, Away (left), Away The Weekender, $245, Away (right)
The answer is obviously yes, but it took until the new Away weekender was released for me to come to terms with that. As someone who is evidently luggage-averse, I never really understood what a weekender was and definitely never owned one. But I love weekends, so I wanted to give this bag a chance. Plus, my grandma had borrowed my old carry on and spilled olive juice all over it, so I definitely needed a new one.
My initial reaction was that the bag didn’t offend me, visually. Sure it didn’t look like any of my mini bags but it also didn’t look like any piece of carry on luggage I’ve ever had before. It’s sleek and minimal, which is great since I am incapable of packing just one bag and it has to accompany my very loud, very leopard print suitcase (like I said my suitcase is from Queens and consequently resembles Fran Drescher).
The weekender is made of textured cotton canvas with leather accents, which also feels very nice. So even if I do have to lug it over my shoulder if I’m in a rush and moving quickly (or running away from the TSA agents my grandmother upset—kidding! Kinda) it doesn’t hurt or bother my shoulders or skin. Speaking of lugging, there is a flap on the weekender that helps secure it to any Away suitcase (but it also worked for mine, which isn’t Away) for a smooth ride. When I was running through the airport on a trip last week, I had the Away weekender sit atop my suitcase while I wheeled it rapidly past dozens of gates—and it didn’t slip once.
