10 beauty products I drain dry & immediately repurchase

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Mar 15

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Good to the last drop! I’m a self-confessed beauty product junkie, and I’ve gone through tons of face creams, eye shadows, mascaras, and every possible tonic you can imagine. I’ll try ANYTHING. But there are only a handful of items that make the cut as repeat purchases. These are the ones that I use down […]

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4 colorful, memorable moments in New York City

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Oct 3

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Gucci chiavari chairs! Van Gogh Starry Night! Editor’s note: It feels like the whole world is going crazy, doesn’t it? Sometimes lately I feel like I can’t even listen to the news or social media. So many loud voices and loud feelings, right?  So I’m putting something out there that’s lovely and happy today.  Something […]

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Beauty: Cleansing Oils & Other Oxymorons

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Beauty issues: cleansing oils and other uses for oils www.pencilshavingsstudio.com
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Beauty issues: cleansing oils and other uses for oils www.pencilshavingsstudio.com

Jan 5

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Have you ever used oil in your beauty regimen? At a routine eye appointment, my doctor (who incidentally has some pretty amazing skin. Also: her husband is a cosmetic surgeon so there’s that) told me that I needed to start using baby oil to remove my eye makeup because whatever I was using (makeup remover wipes) wasn’t cutting […]

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Pencil Shavings Studio & Mane Message

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Sep 26

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Not too long after opening my Etsy shop, I stumbled on Olivia Hayward’s shop called Mane Message. Her colorful collections of hand-dyed hair ties were right up my alley, and I ordered immediately. And then I ordered some more.  Now here we are 3 years later and we’re not only Etsy friends but we’re also […]

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