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Entries Tagged as 'beauty'

Handmade, Custom Wallets

August 16th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Okay, time for an embarrassing confession: I have had the same cheap wallet since I was in eighth grade. (I’m now in my mid-twenties, so hopefully that will give you a sense of how disgusting said wallet is.)
A few weeks ago, I finally decided that it was time to splurge on a new wallet. As impressive [...]

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“I Never Realized You Liked Swimming So Much!”

August 11th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Holy hotness, Batman. My favorite boys of summer are back and they’re better than ever. Of course, I am talking about the U.S. Men’s Olympic Swim Team. Phelps, Lochte, Peirsol. It seems like there is no end to the flowing stream of sheer gorgeousness that happily graces my television, newspaper, and computer each day.
I adored [...]

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Japanese Hair Straightening

July 13th, 2008 · 10 Comments

To Jewish girls, straight hair is like the Holy Grail. From age 12 on, we fight our waves and curls with blow dryers and flat irons, trying in vain to get perfect, straight locks. (They don’t call it a Jew-fro for nothing.) I’m no different. I would estimate that I spent about an hour every [...]

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Tags: beauty