FRIDAY! FRIDAY! WOOOOO!

Pinky McLadybits

Way to be a bunch of dicks, Sarasota police. Arresting a homeless man for charging his cell phone at a public charging station? Stay classy! (Herald Tribune)

Meanwhile, in Santa Cruz...surfers find a fossil on the beach. (Huffington Post)

These Seven Deadly Sins rings are quite a statement. I would totally wear the Lust ring. GIVE IT TO ME. (Neatorama)

There is a 13 year old who feels no pain. It isn't like some comic book hero of course. She severely injures herself and has no idea because she just can't feel it. Sure, tattoos would be a breeze and so would childbirth, but the constant skin-stripping burns, breaks, gashes and such would definitely outweigh those idiotic bonuses. This article is graphic. (New York Times)

The Worst Men's Costumes for 2012

MelBivDevoe

Last year, I brought you the Top Ten Dumbest "Sexy" Costumes for women.  With Halloween rapidly approaching, I thought I'd take a look this year at the worst costumes for men.  

When it comes to men's costumes, it's clear that no one expects guys to be cute or sexy on Halloween night.  No, men either get to be heroes, villains, or clowns.  For every Batman or Loki you'll see, there will be a Green Man running around, making everyone laugh with his crazy antics. 

However, while browsing the so-called "funny costumes," it soon became apparent that costume manufacturers have a fairly lame sense of humor.  Here, then, are some of the worst costumes I found.  

Sizing You Up: Me- Ality Body Scanner

Rusty

Most women are familiar with the fact that none of us are ever just one size. Your size is different depending on what store you’re shopping in and what the cut of the garment is. There are at least three different popular sizing formats (S, M, L; 4, 6, 8, 12; 32, 34, 36, 38), none of which mean the same thing from one store to the next. It’s a bad scene, and any help is appreciated. 


That’s what Me-Ality tries to provide. 

Plants Vs. Zombies: Here To Steal Your Husband

Pinky McLadybits

Bath and Body Works has $1 shipping with any $25 purchase and buy 3 get 2 free on their Signature Collection Body Care.

Sign up for The Body Shop Love Your Body thing and get 20% off everything. Membership is $10.

Steam has the game Rage for 50% off. Also Plants Vs. Zombies for $2.

Macy's has Buy One Get One Free place settings. Use code LOVE for 10% off. Orders of $99 or more get free shipping.

ESPIRIT has 50% off their entire selection with code FEBSALE2.

Hot Ink Deals of The Day

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The Food Network Store is offering 50% off and Free Shipping on Guy Fieri Cutlery sets through December 22nd.

Coupon code 12322 gives you 40% off holiday cards, calendars, and invitations online with Staples.

JC Penney is having a sale with 50% off coats, 40-50% off women's boots, free shipping on order of $69 or more with code SHIP69, and an additional 15% and free shipping to a local store with code NOVPRIZE.

Top Ten Dumbest "Sexy" Costumes for 2011

Author: MelBivDevoe

October is upon us, which means that Halloween is just around the corner. Halloween, as Cady from Mean Girls affirms, is "the one night a year when a girl can dress up like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it." Here at Hot Ink, we fully support letting your freak flag fly and embrace the idea of using a costume to become someone (or something) different for a night. However, after browsing several Halloween websites, I quickly realized that the costume companies have taken the whole concept of "sexy" to a new, completely ridiculous level. They've gone way beyond the Sexy Cat and Sexy Devil costumes of yore. Some of these aren't so much sexy as slutty, and some are just a lame attempt to cash in on the craze. The one thing they all have in common is that they are dumb, dumb, dumb. In no particular order, here are my Top Ten Dumbest "Sexy" Costumes for this year.

Empower Your Girls, Don't Demean Them

Author: jM

Almost a week ago, JCPenny sparked controversy across the Internet when two shirt designs available on the retailer's website were deemed offensive. The shirts, made for girls age 7-16, were called into question not for their fugly (IMO) designs but for the pretty sexist statement they sent.

One of the shirts read "I'm too pretty to do HOMEWORK, so my brother has to do it for me." The other tee lists "My Best Subjects" as "boys, shopping, music, and dancing", in that order. It wasn't long before the outrage got back to the JCPenney offices, leading them to remove the shirts from the website.

Method Laundry Detergent: Love of my Life

Author: Nepoleanita

If I had to pick a nemesis, I would have to say that it's Doing Laundry. I just hate everything about the process, from sorting by color and type, to making sure the settings are correct, to folding and putting away. I hate it all. But I think the worst part has always been lugging around a heavy bottle of laundry soap, especially since I haven't had a washer and dryer in my apartment for years.

Enter Method.

Do You Like T-Shirts?

How about handmade t-shirts from Berlin? Mensch T's is giving away a free t-shirt every month for an entire year to one lucky person.

Just follow this link: Shirt Contest. And good luck!

Ladies of Manhattan: Fashion's Night Out September 8th!

Are you in the Manhattan area? Do you love parties, Vampire Pam, and Fashion Week? Then Sephora has the shindig for you!

And if you go, let us know what you did, who you met, and what you tried out!

Thanks to Anna Von Beaverplatz for the heads up on this awesome event!

Who's Ready For Fall? This Chick Right Here!

Author: Pinky McLadybits

Hot Ink is not only going to bring you reviews and tutorials from our own awesome contributors, but we'll also be linking to outside sites and news we find interesting. Today we have a couple of new fall trends in clothes and hair because if there is one thing I adore, it is fall weather. I'm ready to add darker lowlights to my hair, pull out the light jackets and cute jeans, and fix my hair in something other than a ponytail.

I have my favorite clothes and hair styles for the cooler weather, but I am always open to suggestions! If you are too, just check out these gorgeous clothing trends at InStyle. Then pop over here for InStyle's fall haircut trend round-up!