Gov. Sarah Palin had a tanning bed installed inside the Alaskan Governor’s Mansion, which is nearly 100 years old.

The Best Links:

1. Sarah Palin Hunting - Featured Picture on BuzzFeed
2. Democrats Will Only Handicap Themselves if They Don’t “Sling Sh*t Like the Best of Them.”
3. “Who Would of Thought That for All the Hype About Hunting and Fishing and Outdoorsy-ness, the Governor is Really a Pioneer of the Great Indoors?”
4. “John McCain Recently Said of Palin, ‘She Knows More About Energy Than Probably Anybody in the United States of America.’”
5. John Edwards’s Haircut? $400. Sarah Palin’s Tanning Bed? $2K-$10K. The Sad Fact That This is Officially Part of the National Political Dialogue? Priceless.

Nathan Lane is releasing a product meant to “boost lip volume up to 40 percent,” which makes sense because — oh wait, no, that makes NO SENSE AT ALL.

The Best Links:

1. “There is Nothing I Can Add to This Story to Improve Upon It.”
2. The Press Release (Allegedly Real)

Surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her left arm in a 2003 shark attack, has created a lip gloss that can easily be pushed up and down with one arm.

The Best Links:

1. Beauty Packaging Magazine
2. Buy Bethany Hamilton Stoked LIP Gloss
3. Bethany Hamilton - soul surfer official site
4. “This made me laugh inappropriately”
5. One-Armed Lip Gloss

A seller on Etsy has crafted vegan soaps made from Pabst and Guinness.

The Best Links:

1. Guinness Soap on Etsy (Sold Out for Now)
2. Experimentations in Soapmaking: Sierra Nevada vs Busch Lite vs Blue Moon
3. Beer Actually Has a Broad Range of Uses, Including Antibacterial Cleansing Properties
4. An Alternative to Bathing in a Keg
5. Buy the Beer Soap on Etsy
6. The Soap Is Vegan
7. Bathing with Beer without the Hangover

A shop opens in downtown Manhattan that specializes in all manner of products made with Mastiha, an all natural antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial resin which can only be harvested from the sap of evergreen bushes found exclusively in the southern part of the Greek Island of Chios.

The Best Links:

1. Gum Mastic: a History of This Unique Crop from Chios Island
2. Gum Mastic Pudding Recipe
3. Mastic Gum Ice cream - Get the Recipe
4. A Delicious, Elusive Flavor – Almost Minty, Almost Clovelike
5. It Has a Fresh, Piney Flavor
6. It’s Better than Organic - It’s Got a Strong Sense of Tradition and History
7. Mastiha Has Over 300 Uses, From Taffy to Cheese Spreads to Shampoo and Eye Cream
8. Visit the Online Mastihashop
9. Mastiha - What Is This Greek Food?
10. Mastihashop In L.E.S