Lauren
Lauren is a student at Brown University, concentrating in English. She is the editor of Svelte, the fashion wing of The Campus Companion. She has a passion for writing and for fashion, and hopes to one day pursue a career in business development and/or marketing. In her free time, in addition to writing, she enjoys running, reading, listening to music, and traveling. Lauren also writes for Brown's fashion magazine, Unhemmed, and Smashion Babble, the fashion blog on Smashion.com.
Lauren's Latest Posts
That Little Something Extra for your Eyes: How to Wear False Lashes
I know what you’re thinking. False lashes, are well, false. Yes, that’s true, but that doesn’t mean they have to look false. Want to add a little extra oomph to your eye makeup without going overboard? Want to avoid spidery lashes resulting from over application of goopy mascara? Want to look as glamorous as the models [...]
The Four Best Boots and Dress Combos
So you miss the sunshine, you miss your tan, you miss not having homework…we get it, you miss the summer. Unfortunately summer won’t be back for approximately 8 months, so you can forget about the beach house for now. But, you don’t necessarily have to shove all those cute dresses you wore at the end [...]
Pretty Scary: The Hottest Halloween Make-up Ideas
So you want to look pretty scary on Halloween? And by pretty we mean beautiful, so maybe we should say that you would like to look glamorously ghoulish or strikingly spooky. Regardless, Halloween make-up can be your whole costume and allow you to keep the rest of your ensemble simple. Read on for the hottest [...]
Buy THIS, not THAT: Dress Edition
Have you ever walked through a fancy department store and gotten more googly eyed over their glitzy dress section than you would if Ryan Gosling was standing five feet from you face? Don’t answer that, I know you have. Better question, have you ever faced the price tag predicament? How do you find the perfect [...]
HalloWEEK: The Most Creatively Convenient Costumes
In college, not only is there the official October 31 celebration, but usually multiple nights of Halloween. They may as well call it Halloweek. While it’s relatively easy to come up with a different candy bar to splurge on latenight for each day of celebration, you might find yourself faced with some creativity related obstacles [...]
Clumps, Tears, and Allergy Eyes, Oh My!
It’s allergy season but that doesn’t mean it has to be the goopy, running makeup season, too. It’s often difficult to wear makeup without it collecting in your tear ducts or running down your cheeks in the form of black tears when you have allergies to ragweed, pollen, or whathaveyou. So how do you keep [...]
Dress Well, Test Well?
A good friend of mine practically lives by the motto of “Dress well, test well”. She firmly believes that when she dresses more attractively she performs better on exams, and I have to say, she has the grades to back it up. So,wear your pajamas to class and wind up with an F? Don [...]
Paler Skin, Brighter Clothing: What Shades to Wear When Your Summer Glow Fades
Have you ever admired your summer tan in the early days of September only to wake up the next morning and find you have transitioned from glowing to ghostly? Unfortunately, it happens to the best of us, unless of course, you were blessed with naturally bronzed skin. But, even darker shades of complexion can appear [...]
Parting the Red (or Blonde, or Brunette) Sea of Hair: Center is the Way to Comb
It’s not to say that elegant, sweeping side parts are on their way out. But, it is to say that the center part is making its way back into the hair DO’s of the year. Not that it was a hair DONT in the past, but in recent years it seems left or right was [...]
What’s Not Black and Not White, But Colorful All Over? Your Fall 2012 Wardrobe
Fall signals the onset of cooler air, darkening of leaves, dimming of daylight hours, and an overall more somber ambiance. Although it may seem sensible to follow suit with your fashion, you should by no means settle for drab or solemn colors, like black and white, or brown and grey. The fall 2012 wardrobe incorporates [...]