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Penélope Cruz (above) is the Harper's Bazaar May cover girl. The subscriber edition cover is particularly cool.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are off to a great start this season. Show your support for the home team with cute gear from Victoria's Secret.

Celebrate Earth Day 2012 by stopping by Sephora on Sunday with any empty cosmetic product container, and receive your choice of an Origins moisturizer--Starting Over, or A Perfect World.

If you love the baked goods from Joan's on Third as much as I do, you'll want to print Joan's Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe, published in the Los Angeles Times last Saturday.

-- Leslie Anne Wiggins

Photo credit: Terry Richardson for Harper's Bazaar

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The late, great Christopher Hitchens on how to make a decent cup of tea.

It's always fun to check out everything from eye shadow and moisturizers to nail polish and perfume in Sephora ... A new Culver City location opened yesterday, March 9. I want to try Benefit's new "Hello Flawless!" Oxygen Wow foundation.

One of New York's most legendary restaurants, Le Cirque, is going on a cross-country pop-up tour, with the "LA" stop being at Orange County's Center Club on April 6. Click here for more about An Evening with Le Cirque.

Now open: UMAMIcatessen - 846 Broadway in downtown Los Angeles.

Today in the Times: the new Saturday section, and Jonathan Gold.

For weekend browsing, the March / April issue of Lonny.

-- Leslie Anne Wiggins

Photo credit: Martin Parr / Magnum Photos, via Slate

Check It. Sephora by OPI's Urban Ballerina set.

Ballet style has been gaining in popularity since Natalie Portman's Oscar-worthy performance in Black Swan. This month, a new line of nail polishes from Sephora by OPI are inspired by the ballerina life.

The full line has six shades (which go for $9.50 each), including Leotard Optional (pinky/mauve/beige, far left) and Break A Leg-Warmer (gray, far right), but there's a set of minis available for $18. I never use a full bottle of nail polish, and they don't really age well, so mini bottles of of-the-minute shades seem like the best bet.

Available at sephora.com, or from Sephora retail locations - such as Santa Monica's 3rd Street Promenade or Hollywood & Highland.

-- Leslie Anne Wiggins

Photo credit: sephora.com

Do It. Sephora opening at Americana at Brand.

Tomorrow morning a new Sephora is opening at Americana at Brand (the Grove's Glendale counterpart).

Josie Maran will be there for the ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10:00 a.m., and festivities to follow.

Sounds like a good time to get a Nars set, or some new Rosebud Perfume Co. lip balm for the winter months.

-- Leslie Anne Wiggins

Americana at Brand is located at 889 Americana Way in Glendale.

Photo credit: solemag.com

Check It. Yves Saint Laurent + Sephora holiday set.

This Yves Saint Laurent Sephora Exclusive Holiday Set is a chic and convenient gift for a fashionable friend or for yourself this season.

Lipstick, mascara, the famous touche éclat makeup pen, and an eye pencil in "velvet black", all in a black designer clutch--just exactly what a girl needs for a fancy night out!

Available at Sephora and sephora.com. A $98 value for $65.

-- Leslie Anne Wiggins

Photo credit: sephora.com