Makeup Brushes; Ego Soleil; iPhone Cross-Stitch; NYFW Products

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Best Bets Daily: Ricky's Paintbrush makeup brushes (pictured)
Brooklyn Based: Mile End owners interviewed and illustrated
DailyCandy: Ego Soleil launches Garment District-made collection
I Heart Daily: Cross-stich an iPhone case with a kit from Purl Soho
MUG: Test your NYC knowledge with 20 questions
Refinery29: 16 editors share their NYFW survival products
The Skint: Not updated
Thrillist: Top ten stories from January 2013
WWWD: A Marni perfume, Loeffler Randall x Tucker, more
The Zoe Report: Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free Superbowl snacks