Microcosm Publishing
Anyone remember '90's 'zines? Ah, the good 'ol days of little homemade paper manifestos brimming with righteous zeal for various rights/passions/causes...what happened to those? So maybe they're not as popular as in past decades (could it be due in part to the extreme green initiative?... [More]
Bobbi Brown Manual
Remember back when you were just starting out with makeup - the layers of too-bright eye shadow, the foundation you put on with a garden trowel, the subsequent photos you've since destroyed. While those "character-building" nightmares make for great stories over adult beverages it is... [More]
Making Faces
Perhaps you've never heard of Kevyn Aucoin? He was a cosmetic master, and his book Making Faces ($15) is one of the best and oldest go-to books for makeup application lessons. Full color illustrations take you step-by-step with what type of tools you need, from... [More]
Eye Candy
Every once in a while we like to try out a new makeup look; whether we're headed out on the town or staying in and eating pizza, it's fun to play around with a look we haven't done hundreds of times before. Right now we're... [More]
Chocolate Bliss: Sensuous Recipes, Spa Treatments, and Other Divine Indulgences
Not only does Susie Norris own a business, Happy Chocolates, ($15-$75 for gift sets & boxes of chocolates) where she creates divine confections like the Catwalk Crunch, peanut crisps embedded in dark chocolate and coated with a cheetah-patterned print, and the Mocha By the Sea,... [More]
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The Science of Chocolate
The Science of Chocolate by Stephen T. Beckett ($34)has been an international best seller for years and we thought it would be a great addition to our little chocolate-lovers theme day! Beckett demonstrates just how important every single step is in the chocolate making process... [More]
Hot Chocolate by Michael Turback
You've got your Hot Chocolate Maker at the ready... now what do you put in it to craft the perfect mug of hot, steaming, cocoa? Turn to the decadent gourmet ideas in Michael Turback's Hot Chocolate. ($10) From Lavender-Pistachio Hot Chocolate to Nutella Hot Chocolate... [More]
ULTIMATE Raw Vegan Chocolate Recipes
Hello raw food followers! This book's for you! Kristen Suzanne's ULTIMATE Raw Vegan Chocolate Recipes: Fast & Easy, Sweet & Savory Raw Chocolate Recipes Using Raw Chocolate Powder, Raw Cacao Nibs, and Raw Cacao Butter ($12) is a long title for a book that is... [More]
Chocolates and Confections
Handcrafted chocolate confections have become increasingly popular and far more widely available in recent years. This could be partially due to the fact that techniques have been made easier with technological advances or simply that a major movement towards artisan foods is taking place. We... [More]
Zombies For Zombies: Advice and Etiquette for the Living Dead
Y'all are pretty astute folks, so you may have noticed that the good ship Outblush has been kind of a wreck the last couple of days. Why? Zombies. Yep. The technological kind. But we're all better now, save for the occasional twitch of an undead... [More]
Ellie Krieger: So Easy
trouble with most quick-'n'-easy recipes is they're usually full of fat, sugar, and salt. The trouble with most healthy recipes is they usually taste like cardboard. Ellie Krieger's new cookbook, So Easy: Luscious, Healthy Recipes for Every Meal of the Week, ($17) brings together the... [More]
Push
We'll warn you: Push ($10) is an emotionally challenging, gut-wrenching read. We wanted to read it before going to see the much buzzed-about movie, Precious, starring Gaboury Sidibe and Mo'Nique, and aren't sorry we did. Written from the point of view of the main character,... [More]
Sarah Palin's Going Rogue: An American Life
Sarah, the joke's on you if you think people actually care to hear what you've gotta say anymore...However, it is interesting to learn about your further political ambitions and your upbringing because it helps us formulate in our heads even more jokes about you. Okay,... [More]
All Cakes Considered
Melissa Gray is a producer on the NPR news show, All Things Considered. She is also, apparently, a consummate baker, and has brought a homemade cake or cookies into the NPR offices every Monday morning (Lucky coworkers!). Her favorite recipes are compiled in the new... [More]
The Ultimate Peanut Butter Book
Dude, how did we not know that November is National Peanut Butter Month? One of our favorite condiments, which goes so well with nearly everything? It's a travesty, folks, but one we're here to amend. Go beyond a PB&J or peanut butter & chocolate frosting... [More]
2010 Slingshot Organizer
Keeping track of your daily business is the very least of what the 2010 Slingshot Organizer (prices vary) is capable of. Designed and produced by the all-volunteer Slingshot Collective, the Organizer contains a wealth of useful information, tips, and tricks. A radical event or two... [More]
Nigella Christmas
We've had a thing for British domestic goddess Nigella Lawson ever since seeing her UK cooking shows. She gleefully throws caloric restraint and fussy recipes to the wayside, tucking into luscious feasts with abandon and showing you how easy some of the so-called "complicated" formal... [More]
Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
One of the best selling books this year, Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ($9), is a long tale of larger than life corporate fraud and serial murders. The late Swedish author took a liking to American and English crime novels and he... [More]
Let's Play Doctor!
Created by San Francisco-based adult novelty company Thrusti Kicki Grabbi, Let's Play Doctor! Dozens of Sexy Games ($14) is a book designed to let your imagination run wild and your inhibitions leave the room. With its' tongue-in-cheek turn of the century design aesthetic, it'll playfully... [More]
Gaiman's Graveyard Book
A bad man with a sharp knife is sent to destroy a family of four and succeeds in dispatching only three of his intended targets. Few toddlers are capable of escaping the clutches of a crafty assassin, but the fourth target and protagonist of Neil... [More]
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