• A 17-year-old landed a modeling contract after posting a zillion selfies to Instagram. But here's the twist (TWIST!) It was a teenage boy! Charles Levi was spotted by photographer Richard Sawyer, who said that Levi reminded him of a young Leonardo DiCaprio. He contacted a friend at the Chadwick Modeling Agency, who offered him a deal. And that's how dreams are made these days. [Business Insider]


• Hair guru Ted Gibson, who charges upwards of $1,000 for a cut and sees the heads of famous folks like Anne Hathaway and Lupita Nyong'o, has been tapped to be the style curator of the as-yet-to-open Knickerbocker Hotel. That means that staff will be styled up to Gibson's discerning standards and Ted Gibson cosmetics will be available for purchase through an in-room Beauty Bar menu. Pretty cool. [WWD]

• Gwen Stefani changed up her signature platinum hair with dipped tips. She went for a dramatic sort of '90s insolent teen look by dying the bottom two or three inches black. We're not entirely sure how to feel about it, but she can basically get away with anything. [MTV Style]

• Have you met Lyle Reimer yet? He's a follow-worthy Instagram star, who creates incredible makeup designs, and he's got a ton of great beauty tips, too. Just a sampling: "Never cheap out on beauty products. Just because you can purchase hair relaxer from the same place you can buy wood glue, finishing nails and tile grout ... Don't!" [Styleite]

• Have you tried the new Hada Lobo Tokyo ant-aging facial mask yet? It has an entire bottle's worth of serum inside of it. Pretty cool, eh? The trick is to not actually wash your face after you use it. [Refinery 29]