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"Why your office might feel like the set of *Mean Girls*, how the moon affects your beauty sleep, using toilet paper as a hair-styling tool, and more in today's Alluring Links.\\n\\n\\n\\n                   \\n\\nIf you've been feeling like your office is a *Mean Girls* reenactment, it might be because it is: Workplace bullies tend to pick on \\\"less attractive\\\" colleagues, according to a new study. [[*WSJ*](http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork/2013/07/31/workplace-bullies-target-the-unattractive/)]\\n\\n\\n\\nBeauty sleep is scientifically a thing, and we're about to get a lot of it. A study from Switzerland, where everyone's stupidly pretty, has found that we doze off quickest and sleep most deeply when the moon's waxing and waning. Sweet dreams until August 21\\\\. [[Boing Boing](http://boingboing.net/2013/07/31/sleep-cycles-fluctuate-with-lu.html)]\\n\\n\\n\\nA curious thing: Our cover girls are pretty flawless\u2014have you seen [Kate Moss on our August issue?](http://www.allure.com/celebrity-trends/cover-shoot/2013/kate-moss\\\\#slide=1)\u2014but the men on our sibling mags are looking increasingly disheveled. Case in point: Harry Styles's eyebrows on the cover of September's British *GQ*. What gives? [[E! Online](http://www.eonline.com/news/444712/harry-styles-reveals-how-many-women-he-s-slept-with-you-may-be-surprised)]\\n\\n\\n\\nNow that XoVain's offering tutorials on curling your hair with toilet paper, you have no excuses left for a bad hair day. Full disclosure: I tried this and now I want a perm. [[XoVain](http://www.xovain.com/hair/the-perfect-baseball-cap-curls)]\\n\\n\\n\\nIf and when I eventually decide to go under the knife (oh, hush), I'll justify it by quoting this article: \\\"Aiming for a cosmetic sweet spot: old enough to command respect, yet fresh enough to remain vital.\\\" [[*NYT*](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/01/fashion/seeking-a-middle-aged-look.html?ref=fashion)]\\n\\n\\n\\nA dusting of freckles and a warm tan: the perfect summer souvenir. A rash of bug bites? Um, pass. Before you head out early tomorrow, pick up a chic bug repellant. [[Into the Gloss](http://intothegloss.com/2013/07/best-deet-free-natural-bug-sprays-insect-repellant/)]\\n\\n\\n\\nModel hopefuls no longer need to slink around rural shopping malls\u2014Next Model Management's U.K. division has posted a call for selfies. [[Fashionista](http://fashionista.com/2013/07/snap-a-selfie-score-a-modeling-contract/)]"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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