Author: awrensays
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The Dior Lip Oil is genuinely good
Sigh, I hate when products go viral. Mostly because, I have this thing about not wanting to appear to be just going with the crowd. But I have to admit, the Dior Lip Oil is popular for a reason. As someone who is perpetually on the hunt for products for my perpetually dry lips, I…
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A very quick review of Commodity Gold -personal
I specifically chose to wear Commodity Gold Personal . I wanted to wear some fragrance, but fly under the radar. Well, that didn’t work out, because it was smelled as soon as I hopped in the car. On the bright side, I liked that it smelled like gold, like a luxurious touch to my outfit…
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A good mistake
I rushed out of the house to try and an appointment done before work. I sat patiently trying to figure why my name hadn’t been called. 40 minutes went by. I headed back to my car do some digging and discover I was at the wrong location. After a long week of not getting enough…
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Insights from thinking about the Crowdstrike chaos for too long
You know, this whole Crowdstrike wouldn’t have been such big issue if it wasn’t the biggest cybersecurity firm used and if Microsoft wasn’t the default software. If you think about it, this is a different example of why monopolies aren’t a good idea. Often we think about overwhelming market share being bad in terms of…
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Their token of appreciation
“We’re sorry that our site experienced some technical issues recently, which may have disrupted your shopping experience.” It was an email from a brand I had shopped before, but not recently. In the midst of the Crowdstrike outage, the recognized that their shoppers were affected by their own site issues. As a result, they looked…
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On that “Microsoft outage”
It is unfair really. It came across my inbox, in conversations, and in the news that there was a Microsoft outage. When in reality, Microsoft was affected just like everyone else by the Crowdstrike glitch. They didn’t cause the problem, but it was definitely on their backs to figure out a way around it. When…
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Tom Ford’s creative director is out. Here is the big lesson in that.
Yet another change at the head of tom Ford. Peter Hawkings, who took the creative Director role after the departure of the brand founder, is now on his way out. This is just yet another major luxury brand this year this position without a creative director. It could easily be seen as there is something…
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The Biossance lip balm.
In my quest to find the best lip balm for me, I turned to the Biossance Squalane + Rose Vegan Lip Balm.. My thought, “Meh. Not as moisturizing as I thought it would be.” The product is thick and waxy. I wouldn’t describe it as a lip gloss at all. Perhaps it would work best…
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Give Fleur de Peau by Diptyque some time
Fleur de Peau by Diptyque is a scent that I have been hiding from. It is not just that the name translates to “Skin flower,” but more because of how I interpreted on first spray. As soon as the scent hit my skin, I thought to myself, “Oh, no. Oh, no. Definitely not.” But I…
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Like a spider weaving its web
A spider had overnight spun a massive web, almost taking over the doorway. I took a stick and removed the web, instead getting trapped in there myself. The next morning, I exited to see the spider had returned to spin the web yet again. There is this peculiar thing I’ve noticed when I clean a…
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