Routines
Pore-less Young Lochinvar
Stately Forms, Lovely Faces, & Winning in Ballads and Boardrooms
Nice Packaging.
A beauty shopping column with a b side about the business of keeping up appearances
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Last Minute Beauty Gifts For Procrastinators
Purchasable IRL For Those Who Live Dangerously
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11 entries · Vol. I
Sales
Black Friday Sales I Shopped For Myself & My Friends With Recommended Buys
Picks for Brands & Retailers Plus A Bonus Haircare Pick
On the Road
Travel Toiletries & Stressed Skin Fixes
Optimizing Your Skincare On The Road & Managing Holiday Stressed Skin
Body Care
Body Care Routines for Dark, Dry Times
Or The Care and Maintenance Of Your Largest Organ
Retail Anthropology
What Holiday Samplers & Advent Calendar Merchandising Teaches Us About Beauty Retailing in 2025
One box can tell you a whole lot
Trend Report
Tech Bro Face Lifts & GLP1 Fragrance F*ckery
Predicting your own appearance might just make you invest in an ounce or two of prevention for yourself
Shopping
Sephora Does Shrinkflation and A Minimalist Male Routine on Sale at Amazon
Because holiday shopping can't ever start early enough
Cultural Critique
Who Stole Beauty from Men?
And how you will reclaim this power
Manifesto
Revealing The Secret Knowledge of Beauty as a Skill Set
Please Send No Eagles to Eat My Liver for Acting As Your Appearance Prometheus
Service
A Yenta For Your Perfect Look
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