my on-the-go beauty faves

Is it just me, or are mini/travel-sized beauty products the best?? Here, I share some small but essential products that I always have in my bag while at work or out running errands. Starting with the basics that every girl needs..... 1. Smooth lips. I can't go a day without my Vaseline Rosy Lips Therapy balm! It always gives me the pinkest, softest smooch.  Where to buy: I usually...

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Listen & love: still corners

Really cannot get enough of the London-based band Still Corners. When I need some soothing but rhythmic psychedelic/synthpop, their most recent album, Strange Pleasures, is the one I go to lately: And oh, what a haunting, darling little album it is. (If you're just looking for something quick to check out, might I suggest their latest tune "Horses at Night" or one of their older...

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Confessions of a middle child

I love meeting and talking with people who are the middle children of their family. Almost immediately, we notice that we share similar characteristics and have a sort of unspoken understanding of the roles we play in our family dynamics and, consequently, in relationships. Growing up as the middle child of three children, I wasn't the leader who could call the shots nor the baby whose antics...

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