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Artist creates smoothies to match every Pantone colour

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Almond milk, figs, liquorice root, vanilla, cashews. (Picture: Hedvig A. Kushner, Michael Kushner)

For when you want your smoothies to look as good as they taste.

Hedvig A. Kushner is a Swedish art director living in New York, who happens to make a lot of smoothies. One day, she noticed that making smoothies is a bit like mixing paint, with the addition of just one small ingredient drastically affecting the colour.

Realising the creative potential of blended fruit and veg, she started the Pantone Smoothies project: smoothies matched to Pantone shades.

She wants to answer one simple question: is it possible to create tasty smoothies in any Pantone colour?


WTF? This woman says she earns over £16m a year from eBay

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Woman who made $25 million from eBay reveals how to find the fortune stashed away in your home
We need to get back on eBay (Picture: Linda Lightman)

Somewhere along the line we’ve messed up big time. Because we’re constantly in our overdraft, while this woman is making over £16m a year selling stuff on eBay.

Linda Lightman is a 53-year-old eBay seller from Philadelphia who has turned selling her old junk into a multi-million pound business over the last 15 years.

She now sells other people’s unwanted clothing, shoes, handbags, accessories and jewellery through the ‘Linda’s stuff‘ eBay boutique, and says she makes $25 million (£16.4m) every year.

15 things you only know if you’re a sensitive person

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You didn’t choose to be sensitive, the sensitive feelings chose you.

Feelings and emotions are something that you have plenty of and you’re often described by others as a ‘sensitive soul’, which you quite like, because it beats being called a diva. Sigh.

Your struggles are unique, and frequently involve incidents such as worrying non-stop about everything and uncontrollably sobbing during an emotional episode of Corrie.

It’s a tough job being sensitive, but someone’s gotta do it.

1. You’re not weak

Eurgh, you’re sick of being deemed as weak just because you’re a little bit more sensitive than other folks out there. So what if you got really upset when your favourite contestant got sent home on GBBO? This is perfectly acceptable.

2. SO MANY feelings

As if having your own emotions to process wasn’t difficult enough, you often take on everyone else’s feelings as well. You’re basically like a massive human magnet for all emotions within a one mile… Read the full story

All the best ‘Miley, what’s good?’ merch to commemorate the Nicki vs. Miley beef forever

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Kanye’s presidency run already has all the badges, buttons, and sweatshirts it deserves.

So it’s only fitting that the now ICONIC Nicki Minaj vs. Miley Cyrus showdown gets its own spectacular set of merch.

Because watching Nicki Minaj aggressively stare down Miley Cyrus while asking her what’s good (ANSWER THE QUESTION, MILEY. What IS good?) was a moment for the ages. A moment that deserves to be honoured with novelty pillows and t-shirts.

Let’s get shopping.

Sip tea and enjoy the shade with this ‘Miley, What’s Good?’ mug.

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Shout your #TeamNicki status loud and proud with a statement tee.

Colin the Caterpillar just turned 25 and his birthday party was wild

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There ain’t no party like a Colin the Caterpillar party (Picture: Instagram)

Everyone’s favourite token work birthday cake turned 25 yesterday – and this guy really knows how to let his white chocolate quiff hair down.

Yep, Colin the Caterpillar has reached his quarter century – how time flies. To celebrate, M&S launched a special edition Colin complete with party hat, coloured feet and chocolate-coated popping candy.

And, on Thursday night, with his party hat on, Colin hit the town for a major drinking sesh.

Basically, he celebrated much like everyone celebrates their 25th. By getting blind drunk by 7.30pm, taking too many selfies, passing out with his head next to a half-eaten kebab, and spending £75 on an Uber home at 10.30pm.

Fortunately, he also posted a timeline of… Read the full story

There’s a new line of Disney princess-themed lipsticks and we want them all

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Perfect Tiana pout (Picture: Disney/Instagram)

Yes, there’s been a lot about the Disney princesses recently.

With their images being used to promote awareness from everything about breast cancer to periods.

But trust us, if you’re a Disney fan, you’ll still want to hear about this.

LA Splash Cosmetics have created the ultimate lip colours for anyone who ever dreamed of becoming a princess.

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Acid attack survivor’s beauty tutorial will inspire you

They’re the people who came up with the spell-binding Harry Potter collection.

This time all your favourite leading ladies are included and… Read the full story

This woman says she found a ball of cat hair inside her vagina

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Aww, so cute. Until their fur is in your vag. (Picture: REX/Shutterstock)

Never let your cats sleep on the bed again. Never sleep again. Life is just too horrifying.

Blogger Michelle Barrow has a story to tell. A story about finding a hairball in her vagina.

She wrote an ‘It Happened to Me’ post for XOJane, sharing her experience of going to the gynaecologist with lower abdomen pain, only to discover a two-inch furry mass wedged inside her vag.

The article has inspired a general internet freakout, with people responding with ‘WTF this is horrific’ and ‘nope, refuse to believe this’ in equal measure.

But Michelle says it’s very much true, it… Read the full story

The vibrating E Bra promises to make your boobs grow in just seven days

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Creator Milan with his girlfriend Jelena (Picture: Enhance Bra)

Those ‘I must I must increase my bust’ reps not working out for you? There may be a solution on the way that doesn’t involve surgery. Or chicken fillets.

Introducing the vibrating E Bra.

Serbian inventor Milan Milić claims it will grow your breasts in just seven days. The ‘wonder’ bra is now undergoing clinical tests – if it passes those, it *could* be the future of non-invasive breast augmentation.

Milan, who’s a former engineering student, told the MailOnline he came up with the prototype when his girlfriend told him she wanted bigger breasts. He was, naturally, only happy to help.

While he doesn’t want to talk too much about the technology… Read the full story


Plastic bag onesies are the latest weird trend in Taiwan

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Perfect for red carpet appearances, the office, and more! (Picture: Facebook/Belle Xie)

For when you’ve got nothing to wear, and just think ‘f*** it, I’ll wear a bit of rubbish.’

Women in Taiwan have just kicked off a new bizarre fashion trend: wearing plastic bags as onesies. Because why the heck not?

Basically, they’re popping two leg holes in plastic bags, shoving their legs through, and wearing the handles as shoulder straps. Then posing all *sexily*, because nothing is sexier than wearing a thin bit of plastic to cover your nips and hoo-ha.

This is the moment Katy Perry was talking about. When you realise that the world has gone mad.

Do you ever feel, like a plastic bag?

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Drifting… Read the full story

The ice cream doughnut is the next incredible thing we need from Australia

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This is what we’ve been missing all our lives (Picture: Instagram)

Clearly we all need to move to Australia and get involved with their food scene, because it is just too good.

They’ve got Nutella doughnut milkshakes to make you drool uncontrollably.

And then there’s Nutella and peanut butter S’mores that will literally have you begging for some more.

Don’t forget Canberra’s ‘freakshow’ shakes laden with pretzels, salted caramel, brownies, sauces and lashings of cream.

Stuff America, Australia is clearly the land of plenty and we want to be there right now.

Because some genius Aussie is now selling doughnut ice cream sandwiches at Gelatissimo.

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It’s so simple, yet so effective.

How have we never thought of it… Read the full story

16 times everyone wished they were Beyonce

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Be honest, how many times have you wished you were Beyonce?

For most die-hard Bey fans, we’re pretty sure that’s all day err’day.

But even if you’re not a fully paid up member of the Bey-hive, just admit it, you’ve thought about it. At least once.

Here are 16 times Beyonce has been epic and you know it.

Now excuse us while we go make her birthday card.

1. When the whole world lost their sh*t over a video of you doing a dance routine with your gals. Happens to us All. The. Time. Gurl.

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2. When she eats burgers with Nicki Minaj. Living the Dream.

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3. When she reminds us that mummas can still rule the world.

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4. And have hot drunk sex with they husband and baby daddy.

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Scientists used 3D printing to find the ‘perfect’ penis size

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The eternal question: is your penis the embodiment of perfection?

A new study has tried to find out, using 3D printing to finally reveal the perfect penis size to fit the average woman’s preferences.

Rather than the standard techniques used in previous research (asking women to describe the size they liked) researchers from the University of California Los Angeles and University of New Mexico took a more hands-on approach.

Dr Nicole Prause and her team generated 100 possible dimensions for an erect penis, with various pairings of circumference and length. They then narrowed this down to 33 peen options, so as not to overwhelm the subjects of the research. Fair enough, because sorting through 100 dicks sounds like a bit of… Read the full story

12 mindblowing ways to consume pizza you never even dreamed of

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It’s pizza – topped with pizza (Picture: VinniesPizzeria/Instagram)

Pizza. It’s perfect in its simplicity. It comes with its own built in plate, combines melted cheese and carbs, and you can put whatever the hell you want on the top.

Except pineapple. Don’t do that.

But, we are pesky meddlers, and we think we can improve on perfection.

Which has led us to do things with pizza dough and mozzarella that the people of 16th century Naples (who may or may not have actually invented the pizza – there’s some debate) never even dreamed of.

The Sunday roast with all the trimmings pizza from Pizzaria Bate Papo in Brazil.

Japan introduces Google Street View: Cat Edition

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Look at all the cats you can (virtually) play with. (Picture: Youtube)

If you’ve never spent hours virtually wandering around a city on Google Maps, you’re missing out.

But that unbeatable time-waster we’ve all grown to love? It just got better. Because cats.

Japan’s tourism board has just unveiled a new web app called Cat Street View, that’s basically Google Street View: cat edition. It lets you stroll around the city from the eye-level of cats, so you can explore from a whole new feline perspective.

There are currently three paths, with plans to add more, taking you through the shopping districts of Hiroshima.

It’s a massive tourist-y advert for the city’s shopping opportunities, but with cats involved. Brilliant.

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It’s official: You need your cats more than they need you

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Grumpy Cat becomes new face of Friskies cat food
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As we always suspected, it’s true that dogs are needy little things and cats couldn’t give less of sh*t.

Our feline companions may be chill enough with you cuddling them to fill a void in your own life, but they don’t really need the same attention.

Sure, your furry friend will eat the food left out for it and enjoy a warm roof over its head, because they’re not an idiot.

But that doesn’t mean they actually need you.

They’re quite happy looking out for number one – researchers at the University of Lincoln have confirmed it.

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They wanted to see if cats, who are… Read the full story


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If you liked adult colouring books you’ll love these dot-to-dot ones

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As we apparently don’t feel like adults until the age of 29, it should come as no surprise that our new favourite activity comes straight out of childhood.

The humble dot-to-dot book is having a bit of resurgence thanks to graphic designer Thomas Pavitte.

While in between jobs he kept his creative juices flowing by experimenting with the dotted puzzles of his childhood.

But because he’s a graphic designer, his doodles ended up being a little more epic than most – he created a 6,239 dot reconstruction of the Mona Lisa. No biggie.

Move over yoga: colouring books for adults are the next big thing in relaxation

Because Pavitte is an excellent person, he created a… Read the full story

French women are ditching tampons in favour of ‘instinctive bleeding’, using pelvic floor muscles

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Being a woman is flippin’ great.

But sometimes we could do without our monthly ‘surprise present’ from nature, doing its darndest to ruin every nice pair of pants we own.

On average we’ll spend over £3,000 on sanitary products in our lifetime, using over 11,000 tampons, in a futile effort to stop this happening (plus god knows how much more on new underwear when it does).

So ladies, imagine if you could control exactly when you bleed – using your pelvic floor muscles alone.

Believe it or not, this is France’s latest gynecological trend: instinctive bleeding.

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Led by French YouTuber Mini Wlosy, the craze has had women all over France ditching their tampons in favour of the all-natural… Read the full story

19 awkward sex things nobody prepared us for

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Well, this is uncomfortable. (Picture: Paramount/No Strings Attached)

Sex is one of those things that, despite being experienced, almost properly grown up people, we’ll never feel like a total expert in. 

Whether it’s extremely condom-focused sex ed lessons or the filtered, candlelit world of rom-coms, our main sources of sexual expertise seriously let us down when it comes to a few important things.

Like dealing with awkwardness. Because that’s what sex is made up of, a lot of the time: weird, uncomfortable, borderline embarrassing moments, that we don’t know how to process. Because NO ONE EVER MENTIONED THEM.

Maybe in addition to the hour we spent watching our PE teachers trying to slip a condom on a banana, we could have dedicated a few… Read the full story

Badass woman creates awesome art using a chainsaw

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Like a boss (Picture: Griffin Ramsey)
Like a boss (Picture: Griffin Ramsey)

Griffon Ramsey is the totally badass artist who knows how to handle a chainsaw.

Not in a creepy or terrifying chainsaw massacre kind of way but in a ‘she can wield a heavy power tool in order to create awesome art’ kind of way.

Ramsey is one of only three women entered for Saturday’s Scottish Open Chainsaw Carving Championships.

Yes, it’s a thing and, though it’s somewhat niche, it’s awesome.

She’ll be flying in from Texas to compete against 23 other carvers, who will have only four hours to carve an original design in a great hunk of wood using just a chainsaw.

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