Author: awrensays
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These are the hotels I’m recommending, if you’re wondering
Voting for the Travel+Leisure awards has opened. Here are four hotels I will be nominating. It’s only right for me to start this off with the hotel that started it all for me. 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge was the first “nice” hotel I ever stayed at and gave a glimpse into what excellent service meant.…
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Well, who put a Sephora ad in my MMA show?
As the coverage came to a conclusion on the Perez/Smith MMA bout, an ad started playing. “The biggest Sephora sale of the year is here!” And then it was closely followed by a Macy’s ad. Well, that’s weird. Fashion and beauty are not your typically brands seeking to reach the typical MMA content consumer. This…
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Hoping the B Hydra Serum would work for my dry skin
With the way that I am trying to make Drunk Elephant work for me, you would think I were a newly Sephora-obsessed twelve year old. I keep giving the brand re-dos to let me understand the hype. So that’s why I’m here trying their B Hydra Intensive Hydration serum. Let’s start with how the brand…
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Burning a new candle: Winter Stroll from Replica by Maison Margiela
I finally put up my tiny Christmas tree, dressed it in ornaments, and set up my Christmas Village (aka cookie tins I got from Target). I was feeling festive. It was finally time to burn Winter Stroll from Replica by Maison Margiela. Let’s start with the positives. It has an impeccable scent throw. I can…
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Squirrel!
I watched the squirrel dart into the street. I knew better than to try and swerve around it as it tried to make a decision. The choice seemed obvious. Head back to the safety of the grass away from the incoming car, but here it was confused. I wonder if that is what I look…
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So Starbucks plastic cups take a different journey
All of the plastic cups were found in an incinerator in Alabama. They took the journey from the recycling bin in a Massachusetts Starbucks, not to be used to make new plastic items but to be destroyed and thrown into the waste pile. The article was calling in to question the coffee chain’s practices and…
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I guess networking can be fun
How do we make sure people don’t just come in talk to no one and leave? I was hosting an mixer and wanted to avoid a room full of people nursing their drinks and appetizers off on their own. The goal of a mixer is for people to mix and mingle after all. It defeated…
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When lack of promotions is the promotion
While so many brands are promoting their Cyber Monday deals, I can assure that there is one out there that definitely won’t. Framework, which I’ll describe as a DIY computer brand, doesn’t do promotions. Writing about this on their blog they had this to say: “You may have noticed by this point that we haven’t…
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Quick review of the Body Shop muslin cloths
What it is- Muslin Cleansing Cloth from the Body Shop– $7 for 1 What it is for- Facial cleansing Why I like it- It helps me make sure my face is really clean. Any lingering cleanser and makeup is more easily removed What I don’t like- It is a bit rough in texture. It feels…
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