
I love Instagram. It’s one of the top apps on my phone—it’s before my CNN app!—and I’m on it constantly. While I’m waiting for the train? Instagram time. Commercial break during
New Girl? Also Instagram time. It’s how I found out about
taking cod liver oil for smoother skin, and it’s one of the main ways I stay up-to-date on style trends and general adorableness thanks to fellow Instagrammers like the lovely Eva Chen above. I wanted to share the fun with my readers, so below I’ve put together a list of some of my favorites and given them awards for what they do best.
PS: If you want to follow
me on Instagram, you can do that too! I’m
@favinthemaven.
The Instagrammer: Felicia Walker Benson, the blogger behind
ThisThatBeauty
Her handle: @thisthatbeauty
Her award: The Tastemaker. Felicia runs beauty social media for Bergdorf Goodman, so she knows about
everything before everyone else.
Best secret I’ve learned from her feed: As far as mascara slogans go, “a wig for lashes” sounds kind of extreme. But it looks like
this mascara actually works! And let’s be honest: I would totally wear a lash wig.
The Instagrammer: Marianna Hewitt, the blogger behind
La La Mer
Her handle: @marianna_hewitt
Her award: Best Head-to-Toe Looks. Her feed covers makeup, hair, and outfits—the works!
A secret I’ve learned from her feed: How great a boxy, cropped sweater can look with high-waisted jeans.
Look! (Another secret:
She really looks like Kim Kardashian sometimes, and I’m jealous.)
The Instagrammers: Stephanie Shim and Jascmeen Bush, two of the bloggers behind
ModaMob
Their handle: @modamob
Their award: Best at Keeping Up with the Kardashians! They post red-carpet pictures of reality TV’s first family, along with their own style and beauty how-tos and inspiration shots.
A secret I’ve learned from their feed: The Kardashian clan is trying to
bring fanny packs back. I might sit this one out, Kylie, but keep doing you!
The Instagrammers: Honza and Claudine Lafond, an adorable married couple and founders of yoga school
YogaBeyond
Their handle: @yogabeyond
Their award: Best Posers. How do they even
do that? Why doesn’t she
fall off?
A secret I’ve learned from their feed: They are basically wizards.
The Instagrammer: Ashley Crowe, designer manicurist, nail-art blogger, and the person
who gave my coworker Kelly a manicure inspired by The Birds.
Her handle: @astrowifey
Her award: Best Nail Art. Duh.
A secret I’ve learned from her feed: Her
manicures last
forever. This Tupac one is
six weeks old!
The Instagrammer: Eva Chen, the editor in chief of
Lucky magazine, and the person in the top photo of this post!
Her handle: @evachen212
Her award: Best Instagram to Live Vicariously Through. When cyber-walking in the designer shoes of a Very Important Fashion Person, you could meet anyone from
Diane von Furstenberg to
the cutest puppy ever.
A secret I’ve learned from her feed: Her signature shot is of her shoes, bag, and snack for the day—like the one above or
this one, with the coolest fashion Tevas ever.
The Instagrammer: Christine Petric, the blogger behind
The View from 5 ft. 2, who also works at Groupon! If you want to know more,
she recently talked to my coworker Mae about her style.
Her Instagram handle: @viewfrom5ft2
Her award: Most Stylish Urbanite. Especially during the summer—she knows how to beat city heat without revealing a ton of skin. (You can see it in the picture above; also, check out
these glam shorts she found!)
A secret I’ve learned from her feed: How to pair leather and lace in an elegant way.
The Instagrammer: Tamira Laboy, the
Allure Award–winning blogger behind
Lipstick with Some Sunshine
Her handle: @lipstickwithsomesunshine
Her award: Biggest Product Junkie. Well-informed reviews, helpful tutorials, lovely product-cluster photos—she does it all. Just look at this beautiful spread of
her favorite travel makeup!
A secret I’ve learned from her feed: That
cupcake ATMs don’t just exist in my dreams—they’re real, everybody. They’re. Real. (In fact,
Eva went there, too!)
Instagrams published with permission from photographers.