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Is Crossfit the cure?
Be honest, within the last six months, have you considered starting CrossFit? Joining one of their affiliate gyms? Doing the workout of the day post on the website on your on? No? Twenty years ago, that might be a different story. When the method and the brand was on the fringe of fitness it was…
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Okay, so you want to test skincare in store
Last week I wrote about some tips for testing beauty products in store. Now let’s get more specific. You know, if you’ve been following this blog for a while, about my love affair with skincare. Because when I say skincare I really mean products that you put on your face, we have to make some…
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Byredo’s Casablanca Lily was love at first spray
I went in to the Byredo store on a mission: I was going to buy something. After falling in love with Blanche, perhaps that would be the one. But as I sniffed my way through the Night Veil collection, my goal shifted. This is the one I should get: Casablanca Lily. To say that it…
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Ulta and Target are breaking up
Ulta Beauty and Target have announced they will end their partnership in 2026. That means that expansive section of beauty brands in the middle of Target will have to transition to something else. In WWD’s reporting on the break-up, the author cited challenges from the Sephora x Kohl’s partnership and Amazon’s dip into prestige beauty.…
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So, someone else’s crisis is now yours
In a deleted TikTok, Huda Katta got to talking. I can’t tell you exactly about it, all I can report on is what the internet is interpreting it as. The founder of Huda Beauty is in some circles being claimed to have presented anti-semitic views as she criticized the state of Israel. Kattan has consistently…
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A t-shirt and a trademark
As I sat in the coffee shop, I saw a woman walk in. Her oversized, dress length shirt read, “Die for Dior Atelier.” Interesting, I thought I highly doubt this has anything to do with Christian Dior’s eponymous brand. As I did my search, multiple sellers and multiple variations of this shirt came up. It…
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Oops, wrong person
Sigh, I just made a major email mistake at work today. I mixed up the email message and senders, so that I sent the absolutely wrong message to the person I was trying to reach. As work mistakes go, it was pretty minor, but nervewracking nonetheless. I think there are some marketers who feel that…
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I want you to test products in store, but…
One of my favorite activities to do with my friends was hanging out at Sephora on the weekends. We would go through all the scents, walking out smelling much better and much richer than we were as students. And then we would try on different shades of lipsticks. It was always a shade that we’d…
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The fragrances I’ve been wearing this week
This week, I’ve been going back to some old favorite scents. Here’s what I’ve been wearing. From Kilian Paris Apple Brandy on the Rocks $275 for 50 mL Notes: Bergamot, apple brandy accord (rum, moss, vanilla), cedarwood, ambroxan, cardamom I have a travel size of this sitting on my desk. I sprayed it on for…
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