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At far left, Erin Wasson x LowLuv’s faceless watch.  ($180 on Shopbop.)

At near left, Shelter Serra’s fake rubber Rolex.  ($40 at Grey Area.)

Both look very cool.

Neither actually function – at all – as a time teller.

Is this the ultimate case of form over function?  Is it a commentary on the invisible seams that exist between time and luxury?  Is it a moot point because, seriously, we all have clocks on our cell phones, so who cares?

Tell us what you think.

(For the record, we’re totally in love with them… but if we wore it to a family dinner, our mother would give us hell, for sure… “You paid that much for something that doesn’t even work?!” etc.)

Oh Fred Flare, how we love you…

The latest unique/questionable/amazing oddity to hit the site’s e-shelves?

French Fry Lip Balm.

So here’s what we’re wondering:

1. Will wearing it satiate our (constant) french fry cravings?

2. Will it up our kiss-ability?
Or conversely, will it make the lucky guy think we have McDonald’s hiding in our purse?

3. Are you intrigued or grossed out?

Get it here ($8)

Fact: Childhood dreams die hard.

This is particularly true when that dream involves becoming a mythical half-human creature of the sea.

If this rings true for you, we’ve got good news:
Several Etsy shops are now selling made-to-swim, customizable mermaid tails…

The downside?
The good ones are upwards of $250…
…and it may be hard to walk around in one of these (on dry land).

Check them out here & here.
Are you ready to make a splash?

We love wellies.

We love things that glow in the dark.

But we’re not quite sure these luminescent galoshes are such a brilliant idea.

If you’re walking home in the rain and you’re afraid you’re going to get run over by a car… maybe you should stick to the sidewalk?

And if you’re going to a rave, these might make you feel hot and sticky on the dance floor?

Also, before they actually glow in the dark, you’d need to “charge” them under a light first… so it’s your call if you want to move your desk lamp into your shoe closet just for the desired effect.

If you’re in love with them – and we totally get it if you are – they’re $52 online.

When we think nose ring, we think of the fact that we were never allowed to have one. Though we never passed up the opportunity to freak out Moms with an earring clamped to our nostril.

We also think about the ornate faux body-mods that Givenchy debuted in their Fall couture collection, featuring girls in couture gowns, topped off with serious metal dripping from their nose. The heavy chains and charms started a wave across Tumblr but the look seemed a bit too extreme to illicit any direct copycats.

Enter Topshop with a new a 4-pack of less daring, but still fun, faux nose rings that can quell the trend itch. For $15, you can get them in different metals that hurt less than the real deal piercing.

We can’t resist calling this a great example of the “trickle down effect” (Ew! Get it!?)… and just like eyeglasses without a prescription, we can’t decide whether this is a great way to try on a new persona or a slight cop out?

So would you try out Topshop’s jump into high school rebellion, stick to broken earrings or wait for the high fashion version? Or you know, go under the needle…

PS – peep some more high-fashion high school rebellion in DSquared’s seriously rad new fashion short!

Tatty Devine, the witty London-based jewelry label, is at again.
Only this time, the focus isn’t Rubik’s Cubes, lobsters, or dinosaur bones.

It’s eyelashes.

Think you’re brave enough to skip the mascara and rock these?
Or are you more likely to buy property on the moon?
(approx. $195 here)

Most of us stare at Facebook for at least an hour everyday (okay, maybe more), so we definitely know what it looks like. We’re also familiar with the unmistakable ring that sounds when someone sends us a message.

But have you ever wondered what Facebook tastes like? We haven’t either…until now. Behold: Facecream, the social media platform’s ice cream bar.

Conceptualized by graphic designer Tomislav Zvonaric, the dessert’s got a blue shell and a vanilla interior and, of course, it’s shaped like the iconic ‘f’ logo.

While these are funny, they don’t look as delicious as a Klondike bar or the Mickey ears version you can get in Disneyland.

Plus, we’re curious: what flavor would Facecream be? Would the ice cream be dipped in an artificially colored chocolate, or would it have a blueberry shell?
–SARAH WASILAK

See Also: The Facebook Shower Curtain
See Also (Also): The Social Media Sneaker

Mood rings have been our ultimate accessory since we decided we wanted to be Vada Sultenfuss in My Girl and we’ve been applying makeup to match our mood since we were old enough to wear eyeliner (heavy liner = be afraid).

But mixing the two in the form of “mood makeup” just never quite got us.

Mood makeup for grown-ups has been kicking since the 1980′s, but now it’s being sold by Urban Outfitters and Topshop, which generally means: people are actually buying it!

Like mood jewels, the lipsticks, glosses and blushes react more to light, moisture or temperature than your actual mood, but you get the idea.

Since we can barely choose which lip color to wear everyday, one part of us loves the idea.

However, the novelty of your makeup changing colors mid-convo could be a terrifying gamble…

Should these product be saved for entertainment purposes only or would you put one into every day rotation?

Years ago, we’d banished mirrored shades to the island of dudes who wear “Stunna Shades” and fist pump in non-ironic fashion.

Then recently, they started popping up on some of our favorite faces and we’ve now been forced to re-consider.

I mean, how cute is Jessica Alba in her reflective crimson wayfarers?

And now everyone from ASOS to Marc Jacobs is giving the trend a second-life, forcing us to take a good hard look at ourselves – literally – with their mirrored variations.

So help us decide, are mirrored shades “frickin’ awesome!” and the latest and greatest trend to hide your mascaraless/bored/hungover/stoned eyes or are they best left on the faces of… you know, those guys?

Today, CNN reports that Draw Something will be a game show, produced by Ryan Seacrest, and the same company that makes Jeopardy.

It might be fun in a fantastically cheesy way, like the ’80s game show Win, Lose, or Draw.

It might be fun in a giggly, awkward way, like when Lindsay Lohan played Pictionary on Jimmy Fallon.

Or it might just be weird, because what if it’s like in real life, where some people have those fancy iPhone pens and can draw really complicated sketches, and some people just have to use their thumbs?

(Also, what if they have to draw iCarly for ONE POINT, like we did?!)

It’s kind of funny, too, because this show might happen after people stop playing Draw Something altogether.

(For instance, most of our office is now obsessed with “Scramble With Friends.”)

Will you watch Draw Something TV?  Is this a good idea or a sketchy one?  (Yes, sorry, we went there…)