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1. Zebra Sarasa 0.7 Gel Pens I stole a couple of these 🖊️ off El Hub’s desk. Now I’m 💝 obsessed. The ink is darker than dark, and they absolutely will not skip, ever — to paraphrase Kyle Reese in The Terminator. The ink also dries quickly, so you don’t get ink on your palm or your fingers while you’re writing (I hate that). Here’s a box of 12 for $13 on Amazon. 2. MAC Face & Body Every once in a while I whip out this classic, which you can build from sheer to medium coverage, and fall in...

Are you ready for 14 Days of Ravishing Red? Stay tuned as we explore ravishing red 💄 lipsticks, lip liners and glosses every day on our way to 💕 Valentine’s. When I say the words, “red lipstick,” and I picture a tube of a righteously redolent red, I don’t picture matte pink or coral. I picture a raucous rouge. Of course. But that’s why shades like MAC Relentlessly Red are so fun and interesting — because they don’t just fall into the basic, run-of-the-mill red category. Relentlessly Red is red…but just barely, because it’s infused with mucho coral. Even though...

This coral lip makes me almost as happy as when Connor says “YAAAAAAAAAS, QUEEN!” I’m *not* wearing a lipstick, by the way. It’s Bite’s Lip Pencil, with the very numerical name of 070, and right now it’s on sale on the Sephora site for $9 (full price is $18, so it’s half off). I love how intense it looks, and I like the finish, which is halfway between a matte and a satin. Oh! — and the creamy, featherweight formula coasts across lips like a lipstick. I hope the deeply discounted price doesn’t mean it’s going away (crosses fingers and...

I actually did my hair! It’s only been, oh…two weeks! The impetus very likely has something to do with our guests leaving. We had family staying with us for the past couple weeks, but they’ve gone now, and you know how it is when you’re sharing your space with other people, even people you love. It can be a delicate dance. I need some alone time in order to function (somewhat) normally. So this morning I did my hair for the first time in forever, and I noticed the grays starting to peek through. That’s when it hit me —...

Hi, friend. How’s it going today? What are you up to? I hope it involves food and fun, whatever it is. 🤗🍉🍧 I don’t know if it exactly qualifies as fun, but I’m heading out the door for an early HIIT class at the gym. After that, though, I’m taking coywolf to a playdate because, apparently, I am now an Uber driver at the beck and call of a threenager, ha ha ha! But first, a little Saturday surfing… When a product claims to be paraben-free, does that also mean that it’s better for your health? It’s still unclear whether...