My new yoga instructor is operating on a higher level.

Not only can this woman twist herself into a yogic pretzel, she does it with a pair of false eyelashes that look natural, yet amplified. Did I mention she's not a makeup artist?

My latest mission is to learn how (forget the pretzel; I mean the lashes). I dialed Gina Brooke, Shu Uemura's Artistic Director and Madonna's makeup artist. Here's what she told me:

Apply mascara first. "Curl your lashes and apply mascara before—not after—putting on the fake ones," she says. "This gives you a thick, long base to work with."

Use lash clusters, not the fake-looking drag queen ones that come in a strip. "For each eye, I use anywhere between five and 15 on the top lash line,” she says. A good set to try: Shu Uemura Flare Eyelashes, $16.

Focus on the center. Place the longest lashes in the center, directly above your pupil. "That's where they're naturally the longest," says Brooke. "The shorter pieces should be nearer to the inner and outer corners of the eye."

Step outside. "Always check your work by a window or outside," says Brooke. "If your lashes look weird in natural light, it's a dead giveaway you're wearing falsies."

Follow Brooke's commandments, and you'll be batting your lashes all the way to your next yoga class.

She's blonde, funny, has legs I would kill someone for, plays everything from a knocked-up girl to a doctor, and was spotted raiding the Stila section at Sephora Glendale Galleria.

She walked out with:
Smoky Eye Talking Palette
Convertible Eye Color
Lip Glazes
Brow Polish
Convertible Color

Can you guess who?

Hot dogs, makeup, iPods, magazines, and marijuana - all items you think, "I need faster access to," right?

If walking into a store just isn't your thing, ABC News found vending machines that dispense everything from electronics to drugs to sex toys to food that frankly has no business being in a vending machine in the first place (deep-fried onion rings?) are cropping up worldwide.

I'm all for most (but not all) of these - especially makeup. Concealer for surprise zits? Lip gloss? Hand lotion? All worthy of my quarters.

But some of the others....dunno. See what you think:



Get your wacky tabbacky straight out of a vending machine -- although the roach clip is another .25 cents.


















This isn't just a selection of magazines - it's a magazine feast! Try finding THAT at Barnes & Noble.























Hot dogs, piping hot! That these would be available for dispensing 24/7 is further evidence that there is, in fact, no meat in a hot dog. Cheez-flavored product extra.















Oh, there's more: Check out ABC News.

Saw this new pic of young Voldemort on USA Today's website... He looks CREEPY!

Yes, yes, I'll admit it. I am totally pampered. After my lovely scrub at the Chopra Center at the Dream Hotel in New York, they gifted me with these amazing Jyota candles. I've been burning them at night, as I...

Just got wind of this cool new gadget. Yamaha's BODiBEAT portable music player selects songs to match the pace of your workout, automatically syncing music selections with the steps of your run (or, um, in my case... Walk!). Cool, no?...

Just thought I'd post these pics to illustrate the power of makeup! In the first no makeup photo, Katie looks like Suri...lots of baby fat on the cheeks! In the second, taken the next day, she's glammed up for Tom's...

...that's right, because an adjective that was reserved for lashes and "curves" looks like it's getting its day in the sun.

Last week, New York Magazine dissected the New, New Face, a burgeoning Hollywood staple that's all about plumped, but not too ballooned, features as opposed to the taut, tightened E.T. lifts of the 80s. A little fill here by the eyes and a little plump there around the pout and you've got your self an A-List fache.

Then there's the latest Harper's Bazaar. In addition to all the usual beauty at any age features the style bible has an interview with the style-setting creator of the controversial Zoe-Bot. But what is absolutely amazing is that the super skinny stylist allowed herself to be plumped up to—gasp—a size eight. The results are a prettier, healthier looking version of the bangled Bravo reality neophyte.

It seems as these days, thick is it.

- Jenna Mahoney

Image courtesy of New York Magazine.

After all of that cheating-on-Sienna-Miller nonsense, Jude Law became a little less hunky in my eyes.

However, after catching a glimpse of the actor in the new Dior Homme Sport commercial, it's clear that he's back to his delicious Talented Mr. Ripley-like self, and I can now bring myself to look at him.

Ahh, but where Jude goes, controversy follows. NowSmellThis.com, New York Mag's The Cut, and even Perez have all speculated about whether or not the ads are doctored. I say this: If Photoshop were only reserved for actresses, not fine-boned pretty boys, wouldn't that be more offensive?

Whether you're looking at a cheeseburger or a swimsuit model, the likelihood is that it had a little primping done somewhere along the way.

Let's admire the view before Jude slips up again: