Blog Posts by Elise Solé, Shine Staff

Getty Images/Butter LondonShe's inspired a jewelry line, fashion knock-offs, even a celebrity lookalike. Now Kate Middeton is influencing our nail art in the form of polish called "Pitter Patter" named in anticipation of the royal baby.

The polish, which comes in deep purple (the color of royalty), was created by nail company Butter London and is available for only a limited time for a whopping $15.

It's not the first time Butter London has honored the royal family with nail polish. To celebrate the Duchess' wedding to Prince William in 2011, they released a glittery blue called "No More Waity Katie" (in reference to Middleton waiting eight years for a marriage proposal). And when Queen Elizabeth launched her Diamond Jubilee tour they brought us "Lillibet's Jubilee" in metallic silver. Long live the manicure!

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Actress Gwyneth Paltrow, recently named "Most Beautiful Woman" by People magazine, walked the red carpet at the "Iron Man 3" premier on Wednesday night wearing a dress that was business in the front but a raging all-night party on the side. The Antonio Beradi gown had sheer paneling that exposed Paltrow's hips, quads, and butt (which, as we know, resembles the "butt of a 22-year-old stripper").

It's no longer enough to be short, tight, or low-cut, celebrity dresses are becoming more sheer, slitted, and totally unwelcoming to underwear. The subtext: "I don't need Spanx." What are the rules for pulling off such a look? In Paltrow's case, rule number one: Be prepared to own a wardrobe malfunction.

Rule rule number 2: Spanx are not an option (but perhaps that's your point).

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Rule number 3: Make sure your bits and pieces are strategically covered up (and frame your bellybutton with a doily design).

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Rule number 4: If no one notices your thighs, expose your stomach for extra measure.

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Happy 2nd anniversary, Kate and William! On April 29th, the royal couple will have been married for two years. They've come a long day since their wedding in 2011 (a.k.a, the day the world pulled an all-nighter to watch their televised nuptials) and the couple has been through a lot-photo scandals, numerous fashion statements, a controversial royal painting, and of course, Kate's pregnancy. How did they fare in year two? We asked two body language experts to weigh in.

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PeopleGwyneth Paltrow is the world's most beautiful woman, according to the latest issue of People Magazine.

The accolade, announced Wednesday, comes a mere two weeks after the actress topped Star magazine’s list of “Most Hated Celebrities.” Love her or hate her, Paltrow is clearly doing something right.

A rep for People told The Today Show that celebrities have to be more than physically beautiful to make the list and that Paltrow was chosen for the following hefty criteria: She’s stunning, her cookbook “It’s All Good” debuted number one on The New York Times bestseller list, she’s 40, she’s a mom, and oh yeah, she has a new movie out, “Iron Man 3” (which, ahem, hits theaters on May 3rd, a week after People hits newsstands) The rep also added that Paltrow has a good heart, a self-deprecating sense of humor, and doesn’t take herself too seriously. 

Oh, totally. Paltrow told the magazine that when her husband Chris Martin (of Coldplay) sees her dressed up, he has a giant revelation about whom

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Photography student Jen Davis was hanging out on the beach with her friends on a sunny day in 2002 when she decided to snap a photo of herself. When the now 34-year-old developed the roll of film, she was stunned at the image which showed her looking uncomfortable in a one-piece swimsuit while her friends lounged in bikinis. From then on, Davis began documenting her life in a series of photos called "Self Portraits" snapping her most uncomfortable moments. "I had never really photographed myself but that beach shot made me realize that I had to step in front of the camera," she says. "I needed to look at myself." The result is an 11-year documentation of Davis' life, including her body transformation with weight-loss surgery, and an upcoming photography book (currently untitled, 2014). Here are some of Davis' more revealing photos.

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Ever wonder what it would be like to see The Beatles perform live? Rub elbows with Andy Warhol? Hang on set with Woody Allen? So did photographer Flora Borsi. Inspired by a Charlie Chaplin film, she created a series called "Time Travel Project" in which the Budapest native subtly inserted her image into photographs of Old Hollywood icons. We see her hidden among screaming groupies, a member of the paparazzi, and spending private time with some of the most famous faces in history. And like any other modern-day fan girl, she's always wielding her digital camera. -By Elise Sole.

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Well, this is awkward. A man was having a spat with his girlfriend at an Olive Garden in Charlotte, NC on Sunday night when he decided to resolve the matter in the utmost mature manner: defiantly building a fort of menus to shield his face from his girlfriend.

Fellow diner Adam Howell caught the incident on his camera phone, tweeting it out to his 650 followers, and the photo soon went viral. "A grown ass man is mad at his girlfriend at Olive Garden & has made a menu fort," he wrote, later updating his Twitter audience that the waitress eventually gave the man a time out by dismantling the his fort and taking his menu away. His date, on her cell phone, apparently was unfazed.

Building a menu fort is an obvious sign of relationship strife but what are some other clues you are that miserable couple at table five?

You physically turn your body 180 degrees from your guy who smirks behind your back.

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Yes, cinnamon can be dangerous (Photo by ThinkStock)The infamous “Cinnamon Challenge”, a YouTube fad in which teens compete to swallow one tablespoon of cinnamon in under 60 seconds without drinking water, is under fire for its serious health risks, according to the results of a study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics.



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Study author Steven E. Lipshultz, M.D., Director of the Batchelor Children’s Research Institute at the University of Miami, and his team found that the stunt has led to an increase in calls to the American Association of Poison Control Centers. According to the university press release, in the first half of 2012, the center received 178 challenge-related calls—that’s more than triple the 51 calls it received the entire previous year. Of those 178 calls, 122 (69 percent) were classified as intentional misuse or abuse consistent with the “Cinnamon Challenge” and about 30 (17 percent) required medical attention.
 
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