"I'm a 20-Something Seeking Literary Wisdom"


Updated 05/25/12 3:36 PM · Posted by · 10 comments

Books For Quarter Life Crisis

This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! I'll keep it brief, because I imagine my issue is one that virtually all women go through at multiple stages of life... Basically, I'm at a certain "milestone" in my life — my first career after college, my first time on my own, my first time having to be an adult in every sense of the Read more

Halle Berry Reveals the Secret to Her Flawless Skin


Updated 05/25/12 7:07 PM · Posted by · 4 comments

Halle Berry's Skin Care and Makeup Tips

Yes, Halle Berry really is as gorgeous and flawlessly complected in person as she appears on screen. So now that your most pertinent question is answered, let's move on to the good stuff. Halle has served as the global brand ambassador for Revlon for over 10 years, and she's set to launch a campaign for the brand's new ColorStay Whipped Creme foundation (which hits shelves June 1). With Halle's Read more

Marion Cotillard Talks Rust and Bone and Loving Her Baby Son Marcel


Updated 05/19/12 4:12 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Marion Cotillard Rust and Bone Interview

Marion Cotillard is at Cannes this week chatting up her latest movie Rust and Bone. She wore Dior last night for the red carpet premiere of the film, and posed alongside costars Matthias Schoenaerts, young actor Armand Verdure, and director Jacques Audiard. The picture is ready for audiences after Marion and Matthias worked on it together last Fall in the South of France. Marion plays Stéphanie Read more

How to Establish Financial Independence


Updated 05/14/12 12:20 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Achieve Financial Independence

Becoming completely financially independent can be scary, but it's also very liberating. Kiplinger gives advice on how to establish your financial independence. Not only is it difficult for us twentysomethings to wholeheartedly embrace adulthood, it's often also a challenge for our parents to let us go. Baby-boomer parents are generally known for mollycoddling their children, even after we move Read more

Savvy Links: How to Survive Wedding Season Single and on a Budget


Updated 05/11/12 3:16 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Survive Wedding Season as a Single

How to survive wedding season single and on a budget — LearnVest Alternative wedding registry ideas — Wise Bread Eight job interview horror stories that will blow your mind — The Grindstone The fees that eat away at your 401K — Corporette Six tips to landing your dream job — Budgets Are Sexy Advice from TV's best moms — The Jane Dough Small acts to save big — Real Simple Are Read more

Need an Anonymous Outlet to Vent?


Updated 05/03/12 12:20 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Anonymous Forum For Career Advice

Boss being difficult? Upset about being underpaid? I know you need a place to vent — all of us do. What better place to spill your work or money frustrations than Savvy Confessions, a community group that will keep your identity anonymous. So far we've had someone ask group members about whether they should list their crazy ex-supervisor as a reference, and about the unfriendly new girl at the Read more

Learn Anderson Cooper's Secret to Success


Updated 02/22/11 5:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Anderson Cooper's Success

This CNN anchor's career hasn't been a piece of cake — Anderson Cooper had to work hard to achieve what he has today. Here is the advice he recently shared with Richmond students: “Never underestimate the value of just out-hustling everyone else. Just outwork everyone else around you — coming in before everyone does and leaving late. I feel like I only got a job at CNN because I kept Read more

Mad Men's 5 Maddest Moments: "At the Codfish Ball"


Updated 04/30/12 3:30 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Mad Men Recap "At the Codfish Ball"

This week's Mad Men puts the spotlight on Megan, who has a career breakthrough at work, though she's less successful with her visiting parents. Peggy's domestic situation is also highlighted when she takes her relationship with Abe to the next level, and Roger is bouncing back from his separation from Jane quite nicely — though it would have been nice if he could have kept his pants on. This Read more

"My Long-Distance Boyfriend Doesn't Want Me to Visit"


Updated 04/28/12 8:48 AM · Posted by · 9 comments

Long Distance Boyfriend Won't Let Me Visit

This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! I live in Portugal, he lives in Belgium. We first met seven years ago while he was in Portugal for work for a couple of weeks. We dated innocently a few times until I saw his wedding ring. He said that he was unhappy in his marriage and thinking of separating, that he really liked me but I Read more

The Five-Year Engagement's Emily Blunt on Weddings: "It Should Be Very Personal to You"


Updated 04/26/12 7:03 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Emily Blunt Five Year Engagement Inteview

Emily Blunt was in NYC last week to chat up her new movie The Five-Year Engagement, which hits theaters tomorrow. The movie was one of two Emily premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. She also hit the red carpet to show off Your Sister's Sister. Five-Year pairs Emily with her pal Jason Segel, and the duo portrays Tom and Violet, a couple who has more than their fair share of difficulty getting Read more