Author: awrensays
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LoveShackFancy has a new romantic fragrance
LoveShackFancy is known for its cute, vintage inspired, romantic styles. Their recent fragrance release echoes that aesthetic in fragrance form. In fact, if you close your eyes and smell their Forever in Love eau de parfum, you can almost smell the satin bows. I would classify this as a fruity floral. And if I…
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Turns out I’m not a magician
This is awkward, but I must admit to you all, and more importantly to myself, that I am not a magician. I had been going through life with a set of hopes and dreams, with this vision of how my life would be radically different in three years. I have just come to the painful…
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Yes, this is a post just about donuts: Review of Boston’s Kanes’ Donuts
I have made it a bit of thing to go about trying out new donut places. And unfortunately it seems to be my thing to be disappointed. Too often it seems the flavor development strategy is to offer the exact same donut with a different frosting. I made it a point to try out Kane’s…
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A few things to discover while walking through Boston
Downtown Boston is extremely walkable. And you will be happy to discover there are some options you’ll encounter on your walk that will truly enhance your journey. Public Art on the Greenway: This is a collection of sculptures throughout the city. Mind you, when I it into the GPS, it led me to the sculpture…
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This will be a subpar post
I have about an hour until midnight, or about an hour left to make good on my goal of posting everyday. I am out of ideas. I am tired. I have more things left to do for work. The last thing I want to be doing right now in between yawns is working on a…
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Have you noticed the new YouTube shopping function?
Okay, as of right now, the place where I spend the majority of my time, ashamedly, is YouTube. And it seems now they are doing their best to take full advantage of that time. With a new push of their product, YouTube Shopping, they are trying to link viewers to the items their favorite influencers…
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What is the difference between retinol and retinal (and the other retinoids for that matter)?
Let’s geek out for a bit. Last week I tried out a product that contained retinal, not retinol, but retinal. This made me go on a journey to try and learn the differences and more about the ingredients overall. As quickly as I can, let me tell you what I found out. Retinal is one…
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Apricot Privée, not the literal fruity scent you might expect
Apricot Privée by Phlur is not the literal fruity scent you might expect. After spraying it on myself, I was wondering, “I know it smells fruity but there is something else. What is that? Is it skin? Is it like a dirty fruit? It is a pleasantly soft fruit, on the verge of teetering in…
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The question to ask yourself every morning
TI woke up and thought, “What is one thing that I can do that will bring me closer to my goals?” The answer was exercise. I got that done. It is almost as if whatever happens today, I was successful. Where I got this idea from was from, I’m not quite sure. Was it a…
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Baby Dior scent coming soon
Dior is expanding its fragrance offering to include babies, or rather their parents. Their Bonne Etoile offering will be a fragrant mist/scent water mean to be sprayed in the air and on fabrics, not directly onto your child. The fragrance bottles offer the same scent in two different colors, possibly making them a luxurious gift…
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