Cosmopolitan Apr-14

Umbrella-ella-ellas "Vinrella gets me: I go through umbrellas like wine. Always need more!" —MAY HASSO, FASHION ASSISTANT Pic Inspo "PHOTOGRAPHER TODD SELBY'S NEW BOOK IS THE COOLEST OF THE COOL. IT EVEN HAS DIY PAPER DOLLS (A GUY AND GIRL) WITH MIX-AND-MATCH CLOTHES." —AYA KANAI, FASHION DIRECTOR Fashionable Selby, $35, amazon.com Crop top, $39, skirt, $69, Buffalo David Bitton, buffalo jeans.com A Hint of Skin "I love a good crop top. The trick is to wear it with something high-waisted so you just show a sliver of skin." —SHIONA TURINI, MARKET DIRECTOR Bright Carryalls "CAN'T WAIT TO TOTE THIS CANDY-COLORED BUCKET BAG TO THE BEACH THIS SUMMER!" —KATHY LEE, SENIOR ACCESSORIES EDITOR Bag, Dooney and Bourke, $139, dooney.com Quotable Cuffs "Mean Girls jewelry! Just in time for one of…

1. FORGIVE … An ex's side pieces—à la Cameron Diaz, Kate Upton, and Leslie Mann, whose characters unite against the serial cheater Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (see page 62) in The Other Woman. 2 PLAY WITH YOUR PEEPS Wrecking Peep! The Peep of Wall Street! Take inspo from The Washington Post's annual Peeps Show contest to make your own peep-culture diorama. 3. GO BOHO Can't make the Outkast reunion? The style at the Coachella Music Festival (April 11 to 13 and 18 to 20) is as major as the live acts. More skin is more. 4. PICK YOUR SCARJO Ass-kicker in Captain America: The Winter Soldier or emo alien in Under the Skin—the voice of Her shows face in the two films out April 4. 5. STOP AND SMELL THE PEONIES…

WHAT WE'RE BUZZING ABOUT How cute is this tweet from March cover girl Ashley Benson's proud mom? SHANNON BENSON@ShannonBenson I got some BIG news.… My little Ashley @AshBenzo is on the March 2014 cover of @Cosmopolitan!! Feline superstar Lil Bub came to hang out with the Cosmo editors. #Fangirling LETTER OF THE MONTH "I cannot say enough good things about the February issue. From 'In Search of the Ultimate Orgasm' to 'Baby Betrayal' to 'Girls Who Like Girls' to 'Our Choice: How Abortion Changed Our Relationship,' I could not put it down. I laughed, I cried, and I related to all these stories. Thanks so much for a real take on some interesting issues." —Charlene P., Independence, KS HARVARD GRAD CHARLOTTE LIEBERMAN'S MARCH FEATURE, "WHY IS COLLEGE DATING SO F*&#ED…

KATE HENDRICKS TWITTER: @KateTheWasp Comedian Hendricks riffs on what it takes to be ballsy in the quiz "How Big Are Your Ovaries?" (p. 248). HOW I GOT MY FIRST BIG BREAK "Two words: Sherri Shepherd. She saw me do stand-up and went out of her way to recommend me as a guest on her show, The View. She is the antithesis to the argument that women don't help out other women." WORST ADVICE I'VE GOTTEN "'Be sexier and dirtier onstage. No one wants to hear from a woman in a cardigan.' So awful." ANN BRASHARES TWITTER: @ANNBRASHARES The author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants debuts her upcoming novel, The Here and Now, as this month's Red-Hot Read, "Worth the Risk" (p. 244). HOW I GET PAST MY CREATIVE…

The best part of climbing the lad der in any field is the amazing people you meet along the way. As the editor of Cosmo, I come into contact with so many brilliant women—from the stars we choose for our covers to those we ask for career advice (Valerie Jarrett, Stacey Snider, Roberta Kaplan)—who inspire me with their big ideas, work ethic, smart talk, and leadership styles. I learn from them every day. One of my favorite women is Sheryl Sandberg, best-selling author of Lean In and COO of Facebook. She's also guest editor of Cosmo Careers. When Sheryl and I partnered up a year ago to create Cosmo Careers, we wanted it to be a cheat sheet of all the get-ahead intel we've picked up firsthand, what we wished…

1 "ALL MY GUY FRIENDS ARE IN LOVE WITH MY MOM. I'VE TRIED TO TELL HER SHE NEEDS TO STOP WEARING SO MANY LOW-CUT TOPS, BUT SHE WON'T LISTEN TO ME." —CHRYSTAL B., 19, RETAIL SALES ASSOCIATE, FROM BROOKLYN, NY 2 "I WAS ON A DATE AND I GOT A FRAPPUCCINO, BUT I FORGOT THE STRAW. I'D BEEN CRAVING IT ALL DAY, SO I TRIED TO DRINK IT THROUGH THE STRAW HOLE IN THE LID. THE WHOLE THING FELL ON ME. IT WAS ON MY FACE, MY CLOTHES, IN MY HAIR. I WAS LAUGHING AND CRYING AND A MESS, BUT HE WAS NICE ABOUT IT." —ISABELLA G., 18, STUDENT, FROM MIAMI, FL 3 "I WAS OUT WITH FRIENDS AND HAD HAD A FEW DRINKS WHEN WE SAW KIRSTEN DUNST. I…