Tori’s Tuesday Playlist — 006

The majority of our readers would consider the late 90s and early 00s to be holy ground for music. The women in this playlist are some of the greatest to ever do hip-hop and R&B because they knew how to raise their hands and speak their minds. Their personalities are unapologetic, as artists they understood how to control their narratives to rise within a historically male-dominant genre. Salt N' Pepa taught me to run my life the way I choose because…

TSwift Hate Train

Unless you live in the Amazon, you probably know about the #KimExposedTaylorParty that everyone on the internet is attending right now; a social event significantly less exclusive than Taylor's fourth of July bash. Internet trolls and functional humans alike are stoked that Kim Kardashian's snapchat exposed Swift and proved that Kanye did receive Swift's permission to write a line about her in his song.  I'm not going to write an entire think-piece on this, but I just want to point out a couple of…

Battle of the Beauty Boxes

I’ve always (secretly) envied those girls that have one neatly stashed makeup bag of “must have” products and make it work. Ladies, I applaud you. I’m just not one of them. Every inch of my kinda-large-for New York City-but small-for-everywhere-else apartment is filled with boxes upon boxes of beauty products. I’ve been a product junkie since the days of black liner all around the eye and frosted lip gloss. The last four months I spent interning at a fashion magazine,…

One-Pieces are Hot

Featured Image: @reedvd Ever since Kylie wore Kris' one-piece to her 18th birthday getaway, people have been rushing to European Wax center to get their bod one-piece ready. For those of you who have been waiting for a chance to not wear your underwear to the beach without being called self-conscious or religious, the uprise of one-pieces is a #blessing. Shoutout to Kathryn Doyle who has been buying one-pieces every year for a decade trying to make this trend happen.  on…

Tori’s Tuesday Playlist — 005

Junk drawers. We forget about them and hate the clutter till that one fortuitous moment where you need an exacto knife or some other random specific tool you use maybe once every two years. You stumble over to your junk drawer hoping its there (to be honest—you don't even know if you still own one); you hold your breath as you open the drawer and finally exhale, relieved that you found exactly what you were looking for. The day is saved. Maybe…

Bumbled for Besties.

The minute I heard about Bumble's new "BFF" filter I was game.  Having just moved to NYC with my boyfriend Ben, I wasn't exactly desperate for friends, but approaching anti-social status nonetheless. Always a risk taker in the world of online dating, I signed my ass up. This was going to be SO much more fun than going on an Ok!Cupid date with someone 4 inches shorter than me. My Bumble BFF date went super well. I chose to hangout with…

Damsel in Dior & Old Navy

If you and I have had a conversation about fashion bloggers or style icons, you've probably heard me mention Jacey Duprie of Damsel in Dior. The Texas native, LA resident has one of my favorite Instagram accounts of all time. She doesn't take herself too seriously, as evident on her snapchat channel, but she takes her profession seriously---outspoken about having never paid for followers and selective about her business partnerships. She's had collections with two of my favorite brands; Gorjana and…

Ask Mack – Personal Styling Tips

I had an idea, and some free time. I wanted to offer personal styling advice, free of change, so long as people would be featured on the site. I asked these women to tell me about their lifestyle, budget, style influences and to describe their body type *in their words* (i.e nobody calls themselves an apple.) I'm excited to say that I had enough submissions that this will be a multi-part series *heart eye emoji.* If you haven't been featured…

Sustain or Abstain

Over the course of Sparkles & Secrets / Mack in Style; we've had a number of condom companies have approached us about partnerships. I've never been interested in covering the topic. Not because I find it unclassy, but because I didn't want to post pictures of myself on Instagram holding condoms to my face. A few weeks ago I received a direct message on Instagram from a company called Sustain condoms. Change of heart: I was PUMPED. I was familiar with the…

Stars are the New Stripes

Your inspiration: Saint Laurent, Valentino, Stella McCartney. Stripes and polka dots aren't going anywhere, but STARS are the best way to make a subtle statement this summer. Here are some of my favorite picks. However, you can find star print patterns nearly everywhere now. your new everyday earring. Marc Jacobs $45 via Revolve the shirt you'll actually wear again. Kate Moss for Equipment via Shopbop (size-up in Equipment) your statement jeans Current/Elliott - Mini Star Print Jeans via Saks shoes...…