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Was Sephoria 2024 worth it?
These past two days, I have been recounting my experience at sephoria. Now, it is time to consider was it really worth it. Perhaps, depending on what you were looking for. Monetary value The General Admission ticket was $135. VIP was $420. You might be saying to yourself, that is way too expensive definitely not…
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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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Thinking about my customer role at Sephoria
This weekend I had the chance to take part in Sephoria, essentially a massive beauty convention put on by Sephora. I will get to my experience in the coming days. For now, let me geek out. A while back I wrote about the 4 customer roles: Seeker, User, Payer, and Buyer. Essentially, customers can occupy…
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Clearing things up with the Innisfree clay mask
“Your face looks different, like there’s’ different colors. There’s definitely blush and a pore-minimizing product.” “OMG! You think I have a pore minimizing product on?!” The truth was that I had only put on some blush and concealer under my eyes, no complexion product. I went to the mirror and noticed that yes, my pores…
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A visit to the Elorea flagship
Something about me. Anytime I need to go somewhere new, I take time to zoom into the area on Google Maps. As I planned my trip to New York, I saw the word Elorea on my screen. Of course, I needed to know more, did some digging, and found out it was a fragrance store.…
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A physical story
It was supposed to be an ordinary day. I tuned in to So You Think You Can Dance along with a large portion of America. The dancing competition show captivated me so I had to see what each of the partners had planned as they worked hard to stay in the running. And there was…
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An actually brutally honest review of Moulin Rouge on Broadway
Before you go to buy a single ticket to go see Moulin Rouge on Broadway, ask yourself what kind of person you are. Are you the type of person who picks a part songs on the radio based on their lyrics? Do you hate a plot hole? Are you a sucker for dialogue as a…
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Flashback to a good meal at Hav and Mar
Back in February, I walked into Hav and Mar on a busy Thursday night. The New York restaurant was a buzz, fully of fashionable people. The hostess seated me quickly at the bar. The restaurant is one of Marcus Samuelsson’s. It is, in my opinion, an ode to the beauty of the cuisine in the…
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I really like the 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge
I went back to the 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge. Truthfully, it was the first really nice hotel I had ever stayed at and set the standard for me as to what a hotel experience could and should be like. This time around I booked using the Mastercard Travel services to take advantage of some of…