Product Review: NYC New York Color Liquid Lipshine

December 21, 2011
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The product: NYC New York Color Liquid Lip Shine ($2.49) The color: I received the Nude York City, a perfectly natural, neutral color that’s awesome worn alone or on top of other colors. The take: Love it! I love a lip gloss that’s soft and shiny, not goopy and thick. This one not only looks [...]

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Changing Habits: Trading Happy Hours for Knitting Circles

December 20, 2011
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Earlier this year, I was inspired when Nicole decided to quit drinking for five weeks for a number of reasons, one of which was to see how that decision affected her ability to get a decent night’s sleep. Then, in August, Jenny and I (and some other fabulous women) did various levels of a cleanse: for [...]

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Just Relax Already, and Other Lessons Learned on Ice

December 16, 2011
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While I spent half of my formative years in Minnesota, I definitely did not grow up ice skating. Sure, I owned my own pair of white skates with hot pink laces, and sure, our neighbor had an ice rink in his backyard every winter through junior high and high school, but Minnesota is cold in [...]

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25 Confessions

December 15, 2011
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[via] Random self-realizations have been crossing my mind lately, so I thought I’d share them here in the form of a list of confessions you may or may not know about me. Happy Thursday! I have absolutely zero feelings about the fact that Ryan Gosling wasn’t voted sexiest man alive. He’s hot, yes, but sexiest [...]

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A Tattoo Story, Part One: The Butterfly

December 13, 2011
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I don’t know if my mother knows this, but I have this special thing for butterflies because of her. More accurately, I have this special thing for butterflies because she’s constantly likening me to one. A social butterfly, a wanderlust-y never-in-one-place-for-too-long butterfly. Someone who flits about different groups of people, different cities, different interests. I [...]

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