Snow Queen Eyes are Cool; Amber Heard is Hot

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Best Bets Daily: Secrets of Charm's day-to-night dresses for Steven Alan
Brooklyn Based: Cool holiday gifts support artists and charities
DailyCandy: Last-minute gifts for everyone who just said "Oh hell, it's the 22nd?"
DailyCandy Kids: Arm & Hammer made a diaper pail
I Heart Daily: Pixielike beauty blogger Joanna Canton on skin care
MUG: 25 ways to jump-start your brain for the new year
Refinery29: Festive holiday makeup, like mermaid hair and Snow-Queen eyes
Thrillist: PS connects sellers of all kinds of print art with people who need art
UrbanBaby Daily: 2009 in summary: Parents are better people than the rest of us
VSL: Insane 3-D, animated pictures of 19th-, early 20th-century Japan
WWWD: Girl of the month: Amber Heard (pictured)
The Zoe Report: Doo.Ri's crystal-embellished tights for when absolutely everything must sparkle