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I was surprised by the Rare Beauty Find Comfort mist
Find Comfort Hair and Body Mist $28 Notes:Top: lemon zest, rhubarb, pomeloMid: jasmine petals, violet, black tea extractDry: vetiver, tonka beans, cashmere wood I tried the Rare Beauty Find Comfort Mist as my fragrance for the day. I am going to be honest with you, I didn’t quite notice the scent at all. Hear me…
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Don’t start competing with yourself
I have written before about my habit challenges and my pursuit of greater productivity. One of my biggest hangups is that I am struggling to do things that old me had no problem doing. Listen, from one internet stranger to another: Don’t do that. Common advice is that comparison is the thief of joy. Usually,…
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Are you a wipes traveler?
There’s a video of Naomi Campbell going through the airport preparing for her flight. Even before the rise in germ awareness, she was disinfecting every surface she would touch on the plane. Then there are people who enter their hotel and do the same, wiping down everything. Some even bring their own sheets and towels…
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A stay at The Barnett in New Orleans (Part 2)
“Is that dander in the couch?” As I went through my room at The Barnett in New Orleans to document my travels, excitedly, my stomach turned. Instead of learning about all of the details to give a better review, I started analyzing the space for cleanliness. Then there was a screwdriver under the table. Just…
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A stay at The Barnett in New Orleans (Part 1)
Today I am writing to you about my stay at The Barnett, in New Orleans. Tomorrow, I will write about the experience. Let’s jump in with the tour. It is centrally located in a good section of New Orleans, not right smack on the craziness of Canal Street, but walking distance from nightlife and restaurants.…
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What is a suit for, anyway?
If you are in the U.S. or are simply in the world not underneath a rock, you will likely have heard about how the meeting between President of Zelensky of Ukraine and President Trump of the U.S. took a turn. A member of the press asked Zelensky why he was not wearing a suit. Zelensky…
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More masks, please!
I promised that I would have more fun with my skincare, so I decided to do some multimasking. No, not the old social media trend that saw people with multiple concoctions on different parts of their face at one time. Instead, Step 1 – mask, Step 2- a different mask, and continue. I remember, months…
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Another vanilla scent: Dream by The Maker
They call it Dream. It’s the vanilla gourmand scent from The Maker. It smells like a comforting vanilla, ever so slightly boozy. It is the interpretation of a vanilla fragrance that I had been looking for. And yet maybe it’s not? Dream eau de parfum $175 for 50mL NotesTop: Cocoa, magnolia, cinnamon butterHeart: Vanilla orchid,…
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Why didn’t you say that?
“Wait, why didn’t you bring that up?” She wanted to know why I wasn’t celebrating the victory. The truth was that what she saw as a success never registered to me. I was too busy picking apart all the areas for improvement. And truthfully, if she had somehow found out and tried to celebrate it,…
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Ben and Jerry want their ice cream back
Ben and Jerry want their company back. Since selling their eponymous ice cream brand to Unilever, they have faced barriers keeping true to their roots. As they attempt, through the independent board, to put their progressive values at the core of what they do, Unilever have pushed back. In protest to the war in Gaza,…
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