With our nonstop, 24/7 busy schedules, we need a break to spend time with the people who matter most—our girlfriends. In honor of National Girlfriends Day, we discovered some great places across America to get away for a weekend with your best girls. In honor of today’s Best Dressed Girlfriend Award, have your chicest chica help you pick out your... CONTINUE READING 18

We’re almost a week into August and it’s kinda scary, especially stylistically speaking, to think that September is a short 20-something days away. When we think about fall shopping, we’re immediately assaulted by all those thick September issues of fashion mags. Like today’s featured award, Best Dressed Girlfriend, we’re finding you the best trends and breaking them down so they’re... CONTINUE READING 17

It’s Thursday, which means the week is almost over and we could really use a drink! But it’s not the kind of beverage you’re thinking of...it’s a non-alcoholic one. These drinks do your body good, just like today’s Best Girlfriend Making a Difference (don’t forget to nominate in our National Girlfriend Awards!) does good for everyone. Honest Tea. A full line of all-natural... CONTINUE READING 20

As girlfriends, we support each other every day, from bad break-ups to celebrating a new promotion at work. But there are girls out there without the support of girlfriends, without any support at all—underprivileged girls who are trapped in the sex trafficking trade. Along with The Body Shop (our beauty fave!), Somaly Mam Foundation, ECPAT USA and Susan Sarandon, you can... CONTINUE READING 9

In another nod to the National Girlfriend Awards and in honor of today’s Best 9-to-5 Girlfriend Award, we’ve discovered another business started by BFFs. Amanda Montano and Rayonna Simmons were just like many other best friend duos. They loved each other and they loved shoes. They turned their dreams into a reality, starting Show Stopper Shoes and sharing their footwear fetish... CONTINUE READING 22

The daunting task of buying gifts (much less !) becomes even greater when that gift is for your bestie. No matter the occasion, we’ve got the greatest gifts, both steals and splurges, to fit even the fussiest of friends. Oh, and don’t forget that you can give your bestie thanks any time by nominating her for the National Girlfriend Awards—our... CONTINUE READING 13

From our favorite salons to miracle eye creams and everything in between, we’re giving you the scoop on our favorite beauty booty this year. Careful to be an equal opportunity judge, we’re finding you splurges and steals, eco-friendly products, the best innovative stuff…and MORE. Once we’ve tested, scrubbed and applied countless beauty loot, we’re presenting the best in beauty at Beauty... CONTINUE READING 17

What could be better than some of the site sections we already have? How about webisodes where we put our Shecky’s content live on camera? Welcome to Claudia’s Closet, an ongoing webisode featuring President and Chief Discovery Officer, Claudia Chan. Yep, Claudia’s here to let you in on what’s hot, new and undiscovered…just like a best girlfriend would. Speaking of... CONTINUE READING 7

With the National Girlfriend Awards and a , thoughts have been running amuck in my brain of friends and men alike, which ultimately led me to compiling a best friend checklist! Below are just some of the qualities I couldn’t imagine a BFF without: 1. A smile. No, I don’t need a best friend to be... CONTINUE READING 15

Okay, so National Girlfriends Day is all about celebrating and thanking our girlfriends for all the wonderful stuff they’ve done. But we can’t help but think about some friends who have done stuff that, um, just downright confuses us. One Staffer spills on a pal who changed for every man she went out with. What do you think? “I had a... CONTINUE READING 12