When I first declared my no-buy three weeks ago, I predicted that my willpower would be tested severely. Instead, I immediately felt a sense of unaccustomed freedom. I’d grown used to thinking of my beauty purchases as stress relievers, but I hadn’t considered that they might actually be a source of stress. Every new purchase… Read More Thanksgiving Medley: No-Buy Update and 2016 Wishlist
(Apologies to Jenny Holzer, of course.) The stress of the job market has me feeling extra-acquisitive, as witness my latest impulse purchases: L-R: KBShimmer Open Toad Shoes, Zoya Fei Fei, Essie Leggy Legend, Milani Matte Fearless. But that’s not enough, oh no. I want still more, because when I’m trying to relax I tend to… Read More Protect Me from What I Want: Lipstick and Non-Lipstick Wishlists, Fall 2015
I made my stage debut at the age of eight, in my elementary school’s production of The Phantom Tollbooth. I had two roles: the Spelling Bee (marred by a wardrobe malfunction: part of my headband fell off and I pouted for the rest of the scene) and the Senses Taker. For the second role, I… Read More Eight Beauty Products I Didn’t Buy in the Last Six Months
I’ve been particularly short on funds this month, hence the plethora of tl;dr meditative posts and the absence of product reviews. Luckily, I just received my latest stipend check, so I’m planning to do a bit of damage during the High Holy Days of consumerism. (Only online: I can’t stand the crush of people at… Read More Before Black Friday, There’s Wishlist Tuesday
I keep a running beauty wishlist over at Pinterest, and I thought I’d wax poetic about a handful of those items on the blog. 1. NARS Audacious Lipstick in Audrey Image from NARS. For the past few weeks, I’ve been zealously hunting down reviews of the NARS Audacious Lipsticks, which became available online in mid-August… Read More Wishlist: Early Fall Edition
I seriously restricted my beauty spending in March; my only new acquisitions were a Milani liquid lipstick and nail polish (the latter of which set me back a mere $.55); an assortment of NYX products, three of which I’m going to return; and a replacement travel bottle of my favorite moisturizer, First Aid Beauty Ultra… Read More April Wishlist
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