Beauty

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Repurposing Your Unused Lotions and Potions


Oh, you.

Yes, you, with the medicine chest bursting with lotions, potions, notions and cosmeceuticals you couldn’t possibly use in one lifetime on one face.  You with the basket of Kiehl’s samples slopping over onto a tray on the bathroom counter.  You, straight dude, with 10 bottles of cologne that you can’t bear to part with even though you wear only two of them.

Hai! I am Teh Prezident of Ur Club: The Wastrels.  And I am here to talk repurposing your unused cosmetics, AHA stuff, deodorant, cologne and all the other crap cluttering up your bathroom, linen closet and the top of your dresser.

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Super Squats Club: Week Three

We’re three weeks, folks!  So how you doing?  Have you been done, lock, and dropping your booty at the gym like you promised?  Do you hate me yet for actually holding your sorry behind accountable?  Not to brag or anything but this week I finished cardio class for the first time, have a cute dimple along the side of my gut,  lost a half inch from my waist, and held a one-legged plank for 30 seconds.  If only I were this good every week! Continue reading →

Are Perms Back?

When the 1980s ended, I, like most women, thought I’d said goodbye to permanent waves forever. I grew out my final perm in 1993 and switched to a more natural look. My friends and I experimented with straightening irons and laughed at our “big eighties hair” in old pictures.

Imagine my surprise when I saw an article about perm revival in the NY Times. “It’s got to be a joke,” I thought. I did a search on Google and found many other articles about permanents. I was in shock, much like my mother must have been when flared jeans came back in style. Continue reading →