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daily skin routine (video)

May 24, 2013

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From Serums to Creams to Dermatological Dreams: Skinceuticals, REN, Murad

PRODUCTS MENTIONED
Murad AHA/BHA Exfoliating Cleanser
Murad Renewing Cleansing Cream
SkinCeuticals C E Ferulic
SkinCeuticals Hydrating B5 Gel
REN Bio Retinoid Anti-Ageing Concentrate
REN Satin Perfection BB Cream Sunscreen
Clarisonic…

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love music, love you, wish I didn’t

May 15, 2013

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If we were children I would bake you a mud pie
Warm and brown beneath the sun
Never learned to climb a tree but I would try
Just to show you what I’d done.
– A Fine Frenzy “What I…

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do you love in details or broad strokes?

April 29, 2013

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My mother bought the home in which I was raised because she liked the wallpaper in the bathroom. They’re too small to be deal-breakers, and they’d never make any cockamamie list you could ever dream up in a diary, but…

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honey, aww, sugar sugar

April 20, 2013

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Marc Jacobs Honey fragrance doesn’t release until July, 2013, and I’m already singing it’s song. I hope it doesn’t smell of urine, as many honey scents tend to do. This just sounds deliciously juicy for summer. Yum. I hope it’s…

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making the most of your life – funeral edition

April 16, 2013

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These things happen in threes. It’s what they say. “They” being people like my father, a man who actually owns a book of funeral home and cemetery locations. Who owns something like that? He also reads the obituaries daily. This…

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side notes to top, heart + base notes

April 4, 2013

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Side Note: I’m always stirred by the notes in rose perfumes, but I deeply despise grandmotherly scents, which we so often associate with roses. The two Les Parfums de Rosine scents I now own remind me of dating, of feeling…

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second day curls (video)

April 2, 2013

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If you enjoy this Preening video, please give it a “Thumbs Up,” and/or leave a YouTube comment sharing your quickie “look ready even when you’re not” tip.…

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facial injectables

March 19, 2013

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I still receive emails from my dermatologist’s office in Austin. I went there twice (and the first time, I saw a technician, or assistant, not even the actual doctor!) and left with a Clarisonic Pro (I’m very happy with this,…

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