Author: awrensays
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You have not missed your exit
Highway driving is/can be incredibly stressful. The thing that gives me peak anxiety is trying to change lanes during rush hour. To oversimplify, I would say that I get stressed as I think about how close my exit is, the number of cars zooming past me, and the lack of opportunities. A better word might…
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Why Replay Jeans is partnering with football clubs
Previously, I wrote about Replay’s partnership with FC Bayern München. The brand is the official denim and formalwear sponsor of the team. To me, it seemed odd, but looking into the brand, I started to understand the strategy. In 2016 interview, Replay pointed out that Germany is a key market for them. Looking at the…
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The Loewe x Suna Fujita collaboration is just the whimsy I need this holiday season
I saw a picture of the Loewe bag and smiled. Stitched into the material is an image of a child hanging from a tree with a panda at his fit. Together the pair helped to make the O of Loewe font embroidered on to the tote. It was so whimsical and fun, exactly what the…
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I am going to be honest about what I thought about this SkinFix moisturizer
Skinfix Triple Lipid Peptid Cream $54 for 50 mL Have you ever been really excited to try a product thinking it was the solution you were looking for, only to discover, no it is most certainly not? I have, and clearly I am not wasting any time telling you how I felt about the SkinFix…
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Jo Malone’s Myrrh and Tonka cologne intense lives up to the name
Intense. I took that with a grain of salt given the way I have heard many a fragrance review talk about Jo Malone fragrances. “They don’t last,” they say. So, I thought nothing of spraying on the sample of their Myrrh and Tonka intense cologne. As soon as the spray hit my skin, I feared…
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The problem is not the problem
Valerie Lipovetsky spoke candidly about the nose job she got at age 16. Finally after years of not feeling confident with how she looked, she had the solution she sought. Except the self-doubt remained. That’s why, as she tells the audience, she preaches self-love and body acceptance despite her own plastic surgery journey. Because no…
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Catch me in the Maldives (or how to make a dream vacation a reality)
I don’t have a good reason for this, but I am trying to get to the Maldives. I am not sure when this dream formed or truly the geography of the place, but I know that I want to linger in one of those huts on the water, only worrying about if I want to…
A Wren Says 