Love is one of the most amazing things we experience in our lives. It can be epic and beautiful, or heartbreaking and painful. Regardless, it is one of the most special feelings, and it teaches you so much. But sometimes love ends — and that’s OK.

When that happens, and after the grieving process is over, we get to the point where we need to know the right time to just let go and move on. But how do you know when it’s the right time to let go of a relationship? Honestly, I don’t think there’s ever a right time. And if there is, I really wish someone would fill us in on it.

The end of a relationship is always hard because, for a time, that person was a huge part of your life and a part of who you were. Whether it’s a relationship of 6 months or 6 years, the ending of it still has an impact on both individuals involved. Just remember, it ended for a reason. Even though sometimes those reasons might not be in your control, have faith that there is a reason for everything.

Letting go of a relationship doesn’t mean that you’re a bad person, even though sometimes it may feel that way — especially if you were the one who ended it. Always remember, letting go isn’t easy. It varies for different people, but trust me — even though it seems bad now, you’ll get to that point where you will feel ready to let go.

Every relationship teaches you something. It may have taught you about the true meaning of love, or what you truly want in a relationship. So, don’t put your life on hold! Every single second you’re hung up on this relationship, you’re avoiding living your life and creating a better future for yourself.

I’ve truly come to believe that if things are meant to be, they will be. Don’t force anything. Just because you’re not OK now doesn’t mean you won’t ever be again. You have to want to get out of this slump, you have to want to let go and move on — if you don’t, you’re never going to get anywhere. Getting over a relationship is tough, but just remember — you can’t move on unless you try.

What are your best tips for moving on after a relationship?

Her Daily Wash:

“I always use Ultra facial Cleanser by Kiehl’s ($9-$19.50, kiehls.com) for my daily wash!  The lather is always gentle and removes my makeup after a full day of appearances.”

For Glowing Skin:

“To keep my skin glowing, a facial scrub makes a great beauty lifesaver. I make sure to use the Acure Brightening Facial Scrub ($14.99, acureorganics.com) once a week.”

For Tired Eyes:

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For Breakouts:

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Removing Makeup:

“To take off all the warpaint, I use Neutrogena Makeup Remover Cleansing Towelettes ($6.99, neutrogena.com) when I get too lazy to wash my face after a long day.”

Love Mabelynn’s tips? Which products will you try?

They say that distance makes the heart grow fonder, but when you find yourself halfway across the country from your best friend, distance pulls a fast one and those feelings of fondness quickly turn into a post-Ben-and-Jerry’s-binge mess (and we’ve all been there). Whether you’re away for three months or three years, it’s easy to fall out of sync when you continue to live your lives in each others absence.

New job (old job), new city (old city), new love (you get the picture), new people! You barely have time to shampoo and condition in the shower, let alone have a genuine catch up session. So how do you maintain BFF status in a manageable, thoughtful way? Easy. Love Twenty shows you how!

Write each other letters. I don’t know about you, but I would not say no to snail mail. In a day and age when emoticons express our feelings for us (curse you Emoji!), a handwritten note or card can be a breath of fresh air. Write a note at your desk while you’re at work and pop it in the mail room on the way to lunch. Walk down the card aisle when you’re at the drugstore and look at the blank card section. Find one that reminds you of your pal and let them know why inside. A stamp costs less than a dollar — receiving a piece of mail that isn’t from Visa will make them feel like a million bucks.

Videochat once in a while. Since teleportation isn’t a real thing yet (I wish for it every chance I get), capitalize on the innovations we do have and schedule a video chat. FaceTime, Skype, Google Hangout; pick your online spot as if you were choosing a coffee shop and enjoy one another’s pixelized company. Aim to videochat once every month, and if you have the time, do something together! Watch an episode of Community or give your friend a tour around the new apartment. It’s unlikely that you’ll be leaving on a jet plane for home anytime soon, so improvise a little.

Interact on Facebook. Or Twitter, or whatever it is you use these days. Yes, this one seems a little obvious since you probably do it quite well already, but a simple “MISS YOUR FACE” wall post lets them (and the rest of the Facebook world) know that you’ve been thinking about them. Feeling nostalgic? Creep through photo albums from the first year you met and like a few random shots you’re both tagged in. Having a solo-dance party (who hasn’t)? Post the song you’re jamming to and hope that they dance to it too. Sometimes life is all about the little things. Remember them.

When it’s all said and done, the relationship you have with your best friend will only be as strong as you both want it to be. Be patient and understanding, graceful and sincere. Meet each other half way and you’ll feel like nothing but your postal code has changed. Attached at the hip or separated by land-mass, you’re best friends for a reason.

What do you do to stay in touch with your best friends?

We’ve all been there. And by there we mean stuck on the side of the road with a flat tire, unsure on how to change our oil, or even get our stupid windshield wiper fluid to work. Whether it’s something that’s really easy to fix or not so easy at all, here’s your guide for when AAA fails and we have to be our own mechanic/superhero.

Checking Your Oil:

Uh oh — the light in your car goes on, saying you have low oil. If you ignore it, your car could overheat so it’s best to fix this problem as soon as possible.

Before checking your oil, make sure your engine isn’t hot! Shut your car off and wait about 10 minutes before doing this.

1. Pull the dipstick (yes, that’s what it’s called) out and wipe it off on an extra napkin or that leftover paper bag from McDonald’s you haven’t tossed out yet.

2. Put the dipstick all the way back in and then pull it back out.

3. See how far up the oil is on the dipstick. If it doesn’t go up very high, you’re going to need some oil. If it’s all covered, you should be good to go. If you do need oil, just buy a container and fill it up — it’s as simple as that.

Changing a Flat Tire:

This job isn’t fun, but it definitely happens! If one of your car tires goes flat (Car Tyres for our Australian readers!), don’t call a tow truck just yet — changing your tire might be easier than you think!

Watch this video we found on YouTube for a step-by-step guide on how to change a tire quickly and effectively. Warning — it’s super corny, but it’s the best one we could find!

This one seems like it would be pretty obvious and easy to do, but sometimes it’s trickier than we think, and on those summer nights when you can’t see because of how many bugs decided to smash into your view, you’ll be happy your tank is full.

1. Find your windshield wiper fluid container under the hood.

2. See how much is there, and if it’s getting empty, fill it up to the top.

3. Make sure the tube is securely connected to the tank. This is where a lot of problems happen because in some vehicles, the tube comes off and leaves you thinking you’re out of fluid when you’re really not.

4. Test it out. If a full stream covers your windshield, you’re good to go!

What tricky car situations have you been in? Let us know in the comments!

I’ve officially descended into the confusing world of a woman’s twenties and am already wondering what I’m doing. From what I’ve learned through my own barrage of questioning and research, there are no guidelines or road maps to try to navigate through these confusing years. Day after day I try to figure out what I should be doing.

I don’t think the social media is really helping either. When you see people going out or posting about internships and having these big amazing breaks it makes you jealous. Sure you’re happy for them, but that little part deep down inside of you — the evil green monster — is rearing its ugly, scaly head. How can someone be doing so great and I’m just this mediocre couch potato who is deep into a series-long One Tree Hill marathon?

But that is the issue, people are only displaying their great gains, not their lowly lows. It is the highlight reel that people chose to unleash on the web. Those nights of staying in and chowing down on Domino’s are not ones that most people want to show to the world. But the truth is these pajama-wearing, no-bra nights are present in everyone’s life. They just appear in different forms.

If you’re stuck doing something you hate, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Switch majors, quit the crummy job, break up with the loser of a boyfriend, do what’s good for you, and know that as bad as it seems now, life gets better.

I think that we need to stop trying to define every move we make and just see how it goes. For those control freaks and planners (me included) out there, I understand how hard this notion can be. By letting go, you will have peace of mind and start discovering the things you love to do.

That’s the beauty of it — the unknown. Your journey is up to you. Now is the time to figure out who you are, what you like, and what you want to do with your life.  Ultimately your twenties are about finding out who you are. So before discounting this time in our lives, let’s try to sit back and enjoy.

How do you feel about your twenties? Leave a comment below!

The other day, I turned 22. It may be because I’ve been hearing that Taylor Swift song a lot lately, but something in my mind is telling me this is a big deal.

In an attempt to deal with this milestone, I’ve made a list of things I’d like to learn before I’m a year older – I highly recommend trying it (mostly just because lists are fun).

1. How to put away Tupperware the grown-up way and actually stack it properly instead of throwing it in the cupboard and hoping the plastic avalanche doesn’t attack me every time I open it.

2. How to tell the difference between being intimidated by a boy versus having real feelings for him.

3. How to iron a shirt (I wish I was kidding).

4. How to give better hugs.

5. How to remember important things just as well as I remember useless, trivial facts, such as the lyrics to S Club 7 songs.

6. How to fold clothes as nicely as my mother.

7. How to tell people I miss them properly/how to actually miss people properly.

8. How to walk by a McDonald’s or a rack of magazines without feeling the overwhelming need to purchase something, ANYTHING.

9. How to stop counting on Facebook and write more handwritten letters to the people I care about.

10. How to barbecue the perfect steak.

11. How to stop denying the people and things that actually make me happy.

12. How to pronounce “bagel” properly.

13. How to do a one-handed cartwheel.

14. How to make an Old Fashioned just like Ryan Gosling in “Crazy Stupid Love.”

15. How to be romantic without feeling like I’m cheating on the rules I’ve created for myself.

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What do you hope to learn in your next year?

Do you love glam things? Well then you’re in luck, because from now until July 28, 2013, Hpnotiq wants you to show them how you GlamLouder to win fab prizes! During each 2-week challenge you can submit photos in different categories to win, including the glammest heels, nails, makeup and overall fashion look. Entries can be pictures you snap yourself or images you find online.

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- A $1,000 gift card to Sephora or Ulta

- A chance to win the grand prize trip for you and three friends to go shopping with a celebrity Los Angeles! Even better, the grand prize winner will star in a professional photo shoot for the chance to be in a real Hpnotiq Ad!

For the first challenge, participants are asked to share their latest shoe crush! Hpnotiq wants you to show them the glammest heels you can find. Snap a pic of your own, or find a pic of that pair of shoes online you’ve been stalking for months! For this round, they’re choosing 4 lucky winners to get their choice of glam heels valued at up to $800.

 Here’s the shoes we picked. We’re so in love!

Louboutin “Duplice” Shoes

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While I was in school, toiling away at various group presentations and term papers, all my graduated friends said the same thing every time I complained about school — “It’s better than real life. Stay in school as long as you can. Don’t graduate if you can help it.” But of course, graduation did come. I was so excited for the new change in my life, but so apprehensive that all my friends would turn out to be right; that I would miss school and hate this so-called “real life.”

But these thoughts were silly. College will always be a time of special memories and friendships, but here’s the thing — fun times and amazing friends and adventures don’t just disappear once college is over.

When I was in school, I was focused on school. Sure, I hung out with my friends and had a part-time job and extra-curricular activities, but my number one goal during those years was to get my degree. Now that I’m not up late studying Russian verbs and writing English papers, I’ve been able to branch out and try random new things just because I want to. Besides that, I’ve started doing the things I majored in for fun, for passion, and for enrichment rather than for a grade.

But there was one thing I realized I missed about college life — well, besides having ice cream for dinner with my roommate. No, what I missed about school was how easy it was to measure my own success. When I was in school, I knew I was a leading a successful life because I had good friends, I got on reasonably well with my roommates, I got good grades, I worked and was involved in school activities, and had internships when school was out on top of that.

Once I was out of school, this convenient guide to measuring my life was gone. I had to decide for myself if I was successful. I couldn’t look at my G.P.A. and feel good about myself anymore. I had to sit down and decide for myself what I felt meant my life was going the right direction. I had to set personal goals rather than simply comply to assignments. I loved school, but graduating made me see my life in a new way. And that insight helped me change things about the way I lived my life.

So, in the end, if you are still elbow deep in school, out of school or somewhere in between, don’t forget to decide for yourself what constitutes success and enrichment for you personally.

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What constitutes success for you?

We all have our problem areas — everyone wants gorgeous, smooth and firm skin, but there’s only so much that working out and eating healthy can do. Sometimes the secret is all about hydration! And, that’s where NIVEA comes in.

We’ve always been fans of NIVEA’s products, but formulated with Co-Enzyme Q10 Complex, NIVEA Skin Firming Body Lotion is proven within two weeks to provide firmer, more toned skin, tighter feeling skin, more resilient skin, and a softer, smoother skin texture. We’ll take up this challenge!

On Day 1, our skin was probably like a lot of yours — a little dry and rugged from that lovely winter weather. We’ve been lathering on NIVEA’s lotion right after we get out of the shower then again later in the day and we’ve seen such a difference. (Even our boyfriends are noticing! And that’s a big deal.)

We were a little skeptical that two weeks could make that much of a difference, but as they say, time will tell — and it did. On Day 10, we were glowing. Actually, that was basically on Day 8. Giving our skin the moisture it needed made such a huge improvement. By Day 14, not only was our skin incredibly soft, but it looked and felt firmer too, which means we have that extra boost of confidence to slip out of our clothes and into a cute bikini for the hot summer months.

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While Bergman’s fashion sense has been on my radar, critics have been raving about her musical stylings in Wild Belle. Their debut album Isles was released this past March and performed recently at SXSW festival. They were also featured in last month’s issue of Nylon magazine and will be performing at the Coachella music festival. Bergman’s raspy voice along with the fun Bob Marley inspired sound make this band a fun listen and a group that anybody would enjoy.

Why We Love Natalie: Her cool, fun style and long blonde locks!

Songs To Check Out: Keep You, Another Girl, Happy Home, It’s Too Late

Performing in a tiger print top.

Looking pretty in black lace with her brother Elliot.

Looking chic for Fashion Week.

A mix master of patterns.

What do you think of Natalie Bergman’s style? Let us know in the comments below!