Cosmopolitan Oct-14

LACES OUT "Wanted: Every pair of shoes in Olivia Palermo's new collection for Aquazurra." —KATIE CONNOR, DEPUTY EDITOR Shoes, Aquazurra, net-a-porter.com PUNK CASE "I have a thing for Swissted posters (swissted.com). I love that you can now get them for your phone." —MARINA KHIDEKEL, DEPUTY EDITOR iPhone case, Swissted, $39.95, getuncommon.com HOT SHADES "Summer may officially be over, but that doesn't mean you have to give up your beachy sunglasses." —NICOLE FINEO, ASSOCIATE ACCESSORIES EDITOR Sunglasses, GoJane, $7.50, gojane.com MODEL MANI "Brooke Shields has always been a beauty inspiration to me. Her new collab with MAC is as gorge as she is." —MARTA TOPRAN, SENIOR BEAUTY EDITOR MAC Brooke Shields Nail Lacquer in Pricey, $22, maccosmetics.com BOOK BAG "I'm not really a costume person. This clever clutch is all I…

1. CARVE OUT A DATE NIGHT Nothing says "I love you" quite like going elbows- deep inside a pumpkin. 2 BE DISCREET Keep your Breast Cancer Awareness close to the chest in Stella McCartney's lingerie benefiting the cause. Bra, $80, brief, $40, 212-255-1556 3. THE BEST OF ME HS sweethearts reconnect years later in the film version of Nicholas Sparks' best seller. 4. GONE GIRL The whodunit thriller based on Gillian Flynn's hit novel stars Ben Affleck as a maybe bad guy. In theaters Oct. 3. 5. THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ELEANOR RIGBY: HIM/HER James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain share their sides of their wrecked marriage. 6. LAGGIES Keira Knightley's woman-child comes to terms with her case of the Peter Pans in this touching indie. 7 GO BEHIND CLOSED DOORS To mark…

COSMOtivation Inspiration with a Cosmo edge. YOU'RE NOT ALONE. NOBODY IN YOGA CAN DO A CROW POSE. You have a Luna bar in your desk. NEVER FORGET THAT. there are fro-yo & kittens at the finish line. When the going gets tough, just laugh. tweets we love @JaneStreet Why I love @JoannaColes's Cosmo: there are features on abortion and interviews w/ @JillAbramson, but also: awesome abs. @RhiannonDannon When my love life is going badly, I flip to the "Worst Dates Ever" section of the newest @Cosmopolitan #Confessions #AllBetter @PghLesbian24 Cosmo highlights some important health issues for bi people and includes how to support someone who comes out to you. @CeejayShine94 I'm 99% sure girls would be happier in their relationships if their boyfriends read Cosmo. It's literally a handbook to…

BOBBI BROWN Beauty mogul Brown teams up with Kate Upton, the new face of her line, to create easy fall makeup looks for the beauty feature "Crazy, Sexy, Confident" (p. 194). WORDS TO LIVE BY "Stop microscoping. Truly, no one notices tiny imperfections. Everyone is too busy with their own stuff." TWITTER/INSTAGRAM: @JustBobbiBrown ROXANNE PATEL SHEPELAVY Award-winning writer Shepelavy investigates how colleges need to do a better job of protecting the targets of relationship violence in the special report "My Ex Attacked Me. Why Wasn't He Expelled?" (p. 172). ADVICE I'D GIVE MY YOUNGER SELF "Worry less about following the path laid out before you. Experiment, see the world, try on different personas. You'll be far more successful and interesting if you do." JAMES WHITE For his first Cosmopolitan cover,…

IT'S EASY TO FEEL STUCK IN A JOB. You send countless résumés into the unknown. You make calls to human resources, who sound promising but you never hear from them again. Or you actually make it through the door, have what you think is a great chat, and then? Radio silence. It's often coupled with the fear that everyone else is marching forward, except for you. That's why we created our Fun Fearless Life Weekends (November 8 and 9 in New York, December 6 and 7 in Miami)—to unstick you by introducing you to the most inspiring women we know. Who doesn't want body tips from Cameron Diaz, career advice from Sara Blakely, who created Spanx and turned them into a national necessity, or Sophia Amoruso, who shoplifted as a…

RIDICULOUS, WHAT-WAS-I-THINKING moments. "I walked out of a bathroom once, and a stranger came up to me and told me that I should put my skirt down. I had no idea that my skirt was hiked up really high. I was wearing a thong so it was just bare ass hanging out." —Chrissa V., 24, FASHION BLOGGER, FROM LOS ANGELES, CA "When I was little, I'd 'cast spells' on people I didn't like. I'd wave my hands around, and if anything bad happened to them, I would attribute it to my magic powers." —Dakota S., 22, GRAPHIC DESIGNER, FROM JACKSONVILLE, FL "I'm obsessed with pore strips. I've made every guy I've dated use them. Their noses are gunkier than mine is! It's so satisfying seeing all the blackheads come off."…