Vogue Declares Claire Danes Prettier Than Carrie Mathison

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Claire Danes covers August Vogue, and the magazine has devoted a good portion of the accompanying profile to trying to decide whether the actress is pretty or not. That "not-very-attractive lip-quivering cry" Carrie Mathison is famous for is not winning her any fans in the Vogue editorial offices. Homeland. "She is way prettier in person than on Homeland," is the writer's final verdict. [Vogue]

Cara Delevingne took time out from megayachting with Rihanna to add a "Made in England" tattoo to the bottom of her foot, courtesy of celeb inker Bang Bang." It's the model's third tattoo in as many months. [DailyMail]

One of the first drugstores to create a private label fragrance, CVS is amping up in-house perfume line Essence of Beauty with four new "scent families" designed by master perfumers. [WWD]

Israeli Parliament is getting ripped apart online after one female lawmaker suggested "pooling personal funds to engage a makeup artist so they could look their best on TV." [NYTimes]

Testing it out so you don't ever have to, one British reporter underwent a Japanese snail facial. Apparently the slime trails are "packed with "proteins, antioxidants and hyaluronic acid." [Glamour] —Alyssa Carroll