Bigger Is Better
Bigger Is Better
Our third annual Start Small, Go Big Contest starts today
Contrary to popular belief, the greatest part of working at DailyCandy isn’t brainstorming Michael Fassbender puns, weird cubicle decor, or morning Scotch tastings.
It’s getting the word out about fledgling businesses — and watching them take off. We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our third annual Start Small, Go Big Contest.
Through August 3, enter your small biz idea for the chance to win a trip to New York City, website and email write-ups, callouts on our social networks, and a spot at the DailyCandy Academy, where you’ll get advice from big shots like Spanx founder Sara Blakely and designer Jonathan Adler.
We’ll choose a winner in the categories of food and drink, fashion, health and beauty, home, and digital and tech. We can’t wait to spend hours going through the entries.
You might even call it a (Fass)bender.
Enter now at dailycandy.com/startsmallgobig.
Next Video: How to Pose for a Picture
How to Pose for a Picture
How to Pose for a Picture
Expert Tips for Looking Good in Photos
Shiny forehead, freak grimace, bulging eyes — you’ve got an uncanny ability to ruin a photo. And thanks to Facebook tagging, the entire world can witness your awkward mugging until the end of time.
You could avoid cameras altogether. Or you could just watch today’s video, with its simple tips for looking great in pictures.
Our expert, Sardi Klein, longtime NYC photographer and professor at The School of Visual Arts and Pratt, has seen it all, from mothers of the bride who peer skyward to avoid double chins to businessmen whose phony smiles turn head shots into mug shots.
Follow her advice, and the next time someone tags you in a photo, you might just share instead of hide.
Is there something you want to learn to do? Submit ideas to easydoesit@dailycandy.com.
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Next Video: Throw a Successful Dinner Party
How to Create the Perfect Messy Side Bun
How to Create the Perfect Messy Side Bun
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Tonight will probably be filled with bad decisions (that last glass of champers, for starters).
Ring in 2011 with at least a little dignity by avoiding the drunken late-night ponytail. You can stay classy all night long with the perfect messy bun, courtesy of NYC’s Fox & Boy salon (and one of our favorite how-to videos of the year).
Because even if you want to be a hot mess, your hair doesn’t have to be.
Not feeling the messy bun? Try out the around-the-head French braid, modern beehive, or pinned-up curls (for shorter hair).
Throw a Successful Dinner Party
Throw a Successful Dinner Party
Dinner Smarties
At your last mealtime gathering, you did everything right: big, pricey steaks; fancy-schmancy china; stimulating conversation cards (what’s your animal soul mate?!).
No wonder the whole thing was so awkward.
Next time, take a cue from Tamara Reynolds and Zora O’Neill, the hilarious Astoria-based hostesses with the mostest behind Forking Fantastic: Put the Party Back in Dinner Party.
In today’s video, the gals, who’ve been hosting wildly popular Sunday night shindigs for six years, walk us through dinner party faux pas — and they’re not what you’d expect (the tips or the ladies).
You’ll feel so inspired, you’ll start planning another soiree immediately.
Just don’t bring your sexy panda friend.
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