Tag: advice
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Your stress is all over your face
You’ve heard people say, “You look stressed.” Perhaps, you’ve thought of the look of someone disheveled with a furrowed brow. That’s short term. Have you thought about the ways that stress really impacts your appearance from the inside out? Stress isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Short doses of it, like exercise or the feeling before…
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6 things to know before your first SXSW experience
I went to SXSW for the first time in 2025. I did a little bit of research ahead of time of what to expect, but I didn’t know fully know what all would go down. Now that I am on the other side of the experience, I will provide a resource to you of 6…
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Are you reading the instructions?
This won’t be a full-on product review here, but I do want to point out something. Maybe you should read instructions. I think back to my seeming hatred for the Laneige lip mask. Everyone it seems everywhere uses it as a lip balm. So, I followed suit, and I hated it. It seemed like it…
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On fragrance in skincare
If you watch many skincare influencers, fragrance is the worst possible thing that you can ever have in your skincare. Anything that has a fragrance is destroying your skin. That might seem extreme, but it matches their energy. If you let them tell it, fragrance is an unnecessary skincare ingredient. Let’s be real. Fragrance costs…
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Falling out of love with skincare?
This feels a bit extreme, but I think I am falling out love with skincare. Or well, we are at least on strained terms. Right now, the current slate of products I have been trying have underwhelmed me. As we get deeper and deeper into winter, I haven’t felt anything but dry skin on my…
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The skincare advice I refuse to follow, to my detriment
I don’t know when or why it started, but for some reason I developed a drinking problem. By that I mean I struggle to drink water. It’s so bad that I had to set a goal to consume 16 ounces each day. And even then, I couldn’t do that, knowing full well there are people…
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A little bit of Dior’s Hyalushot, and a little expert advice
I had been using the Dior Hyalushot and noticed that it was behaving weirdly. It was getting gummy and stringy. I chalked it up to being a bad product. And then I signed for a one-on-one consultation with a Dior virtual advisor. “How much are you applying?” She was horrified to learn that I had…
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Two biggest things I learned about running events
I recently had the opportunity to manage some events at work. Here are the biggest takeaways: Delegate where it makes sense: Don’t be afraid to bring in others to help with the details. It’s okay to bring in a company to plan out and put up your décor or ask a colleague to support. You…
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Why you get product pilling
You’re getting ready for the day. You’ve applied your favorite skincare product and move on to the next. And oh no, it’s rolling up into little balls and coming off in a very unattractive manner. You have got some product pilling. With the number of products I try out, I have had my own experiences…
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Darker skin needs sunscreen, too
Knowing how into skincare I am, she asked, “Is sunscreen actually a racket?” “I beg your pardon?” “I mean, do you actually need sunscreen if you have darker skin?” It’s a good question, and she certainly is not the only one to ask it and probably won’t be the last. Before I dive in, let…
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