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The Best Things We Bought This Year

Attention last-minute holiday shoppers and ladies who can't resist picking great gifts for themselves: the entire Shine staff has rounded up the very best items we bought in 2012. From fantastic no-run tights and comfy bras to makeout albums and must-have makeup, we love these purchases and strongly believe you will too.

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"How Should a Person Be?" by Sheila Heti, $16.50
"I read Sheila Heti's beautiful, complex, and deeply felt book about female friendship over two days while floating around a pool in the California desert-it was that page-turn-y. It reminded me of every twisted, intense, and wonderful girl-friendship I've ever had and it made me want to embrace all the women who are still in my life and be a better, more supportive, more present ... more
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"How Should a Person Be?" by Sheila Heti, $16.50
"I read Sheila Heti's beautiful, complex, and deeply felt book about female friendship over two days while floating around a pool in the California desert-it was that page-turn-y. It reminded me of every twisted, intense, and wonderful girl-friendship I've ever had and it made me want to embrace all the women who are still in my life and be a better, more supportive, more present friend. Also, I cried like three times-always the sign of a good book!" - Jennifer Romolini, Editor-in-Chief
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