Category: beauty
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Sephoria 2024 experience: Day 2
Alright, let’s get straight to it. Here is what I experience heading to the second day of Sephoria. On Day 1, I purchased a general admission ticket. For the second day (session 4) I purchased a VIP ticket. That gave me entry into the space one hour earlier. I got into the line shortly after…
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The Sephoria 2024 experience: Day 1
Day 1 of Sephoria. I think this event might be cursed. Hoping to attend last year’s event in New York, I learned that the first day was canceled due to flooding after heavy rain. There was a risk that the same might happen in Atlanta. Sephoria, essentially Sephora’s beauty convention, was supposed to be two…
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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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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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Have you tried the Cay Skin lip balm yet?
One of my new hobbies is trying to find the best lip balms for my way too often dry lips. On one such trip to Sephora, I was studying the options, scrutinizing labels and consistencies. I was ready when the Beauty Advisor came by and asked me what I was hoping to find: I need…
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I think this mask is making me like my hair again
Hair care has been a struggle for me, in both the noun and verb sense. I haven’t been able to find hai rcare products that I really loved, that made may hair feel amazing. And because I don’t like the results of the products, I just have dreaded doing my hair. All of the time…
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A few treatments and regrets at the spa at Equinox Hotel
The reception area is bright white. There are multiple high end skin care products on display for purchase. I had just walked into the spa at the Equinox Hotel Hudson Yards and waited to start my treatments I nosily looked at the displays to pass the time. Shortly after, I was led to the locker…
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I adore this smoothing body cream from OLEHENRIKSEN
Straight to the point. I really like the OLEHENRIKSEN BeamCream Smoothing Body Moisturizer. I am on my second jar of this at this point. I decided to first try this after the Sol de Janeiro wasn’t moisturizing enough for me. This surprised me with how well it worked for my skin. It is a thick…
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Definitely wasn’t using the Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask right
I was influenced, like much of the beauty community and just had to try the Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask. I saw people in really life and on social media walking around with it, using it throughout the day. Surely, I will love it, too. Wrong. I hated it. I figured something was wrong with me…
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Are luxury advent calendars worth the money?
Last year, Jackie Aina disappointedly opened the doors of the $3000 Dior advent calendar, designed by Pietro Ruffo. Her disappointment went viral. The online community also chimed in, laughing at the disrespect of tiny sample sized products. The common refrain was that for that much money, the company should be ashamed. Yes, $3000 is a…
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