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Healthy Habits to Save You from Impulse Shopping: Beauty Edition
The “Beauty Influencer Gasp” has taken over as a new term on TikTok, but even those who debunk influencing by “de-influencing” are still finding a way to profit off fake reviews. It’s no secret that the return of Jeffree Star has called out the integrity of many top earning influencers, but even then, their follower…
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Changes I’ve Made (So Far) to Get My Life Together in 2022
In 2022, I took a year long break from fully engaging in my personal social accounts as I was really getting to learn the ins and outs of the marketing world. This past November marked one year since I started working my dream job at an advertising agency, and aside from honing in on my…
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I Finally Read Crazy Rich Asians
It’s been some time since I’ve written about Crazy Rich Asians and how enamored I was with – not Nicholas Young (well, maybe a little bit) – the idea of relating a little too much to the heroine of a novel. Last time I ventured into this territory, I reflected on the pride I felt…
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Growing Up After 9/11
It’s been a long ten years. It’s been an even longer twenty years. September 11, 2001 I was 7 years old. Sometimes, I tell people I was 6, but for some reason, I can never remember those details. I remember my second grade teacher, Mrs. Murphy, and I remember being picked up that day from…
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10 Truths About Working for Starbucks
In August 2013, I got hired for my first official retail job: being a sales associate for Teavana, at the time part of the Starbucks franchise. By January 2017, my location had officially closed, and I became a Starbucks barista. Let me start this off by saying I never had any intention of working for…
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