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When I was a kid there was thisĀ Rosebud Lip and Hand Salve that seemed really really classy. It was in a vintage looking tin. While that rosebud salve is absolutely divine, some of its mystique has faded into the oblivion of my childhood.Ā However,Ā Vaseline has now put out a rose flavored vaseline in a mini vaseline box.Ā It smells deeply erotic.Ā And you have to plunge your finger into this rose flavor goop to apply directly onto your face. Sensuality!Ā Ā The rose fragrance is really well synthesized. It whisks you away to working class glamor like the 20s or somethingā¦. If you get it you get it- if you donāt you donāt!!!!!!Some French guy once told me rose scented stuff smells like bathroom cleaner. He couldnāt be more wrong. Fragrance is classically one of the many French/ American divides. The fact is in America, we are overwhelmed with complicated fragrances for cleaning products, candles, and lip balms. Were inundated with Dr Pepper flavors , Coconut passion, Strawberry Attitudesā¦ Vaseline is presupposing and imagining a land far far agoā¦ where choices were specific, simple and deeply erotic.
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i literally use this all the time but mainly bc my tacky ex best friend left a tin in my laptop case and it lasts, actually, 4ever
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some people say rose scent smells like old people but i donāt think so???? to me itās so relaxing and pretty! i tend to avoid vanilla or super sweet scents because they give me headaches. citrus/woodsy smells are great too, but something about rose just feels like me!!
this discontinued crabtree & evelyn lotion was gifted to me like 10 years ago and i am always thinking about itā¦ bring her back!!!!
Mar 7, 2024
winter to me tastes like carmex classic medicated lip balm & sunscreen. takes me back to high School when I wore it nonstop. Maybe the lowest years of my life but itās nice to connect to that me I was before. & this shit literally cures chapped lips in like minutes ill never use anything else. I donāt like flavors either so this one specifically rlly does it for me. its got this kind of grandmotherly, earthy camphor tree scent which i love
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I have extremely dry cuticles and this is the only stuff Iāve tried that works. Itās very old school. The packaging is also dope. My grandma used to it and so does my mom (warning: it does have a very old timey grandma-type fragrance). The smell gives me an instant sense memory of my mom putting it on her cuticles, elbows, and feet on a Sunday night while watching the classic British soap opera Eastenders.Ā :)
Apr 17, 2023
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Making money in this modern world is blessed and cursed. Between acting jobs I also am an astrologer. I believe every actress should somehow give back spiritually between jobsā¦ whatever that means to them. In fact, there has been a history of actors and actresses doing astrology in their spare time Shelley Winters, Shirley McClaine (duh) and Andrew Garfield to name a few. (more on that another timeā¦ watch this space)Ā As it is my day job to brush up on current transits, my go to podcast is Anne Ortlees Weekly Weather.Ā Anne Ortlee is a legendaryĀ New York Astrologer. Despite her icon status, she's unjaded, and sweet. She often pontificates on her ongoing battle to limit her pasta intake. Between what I would call āzaninessā, her translation of Astrology is spot on. You slip into her orbit and suddenly fantasize taking her to a pasta dinner uptown.Once you start you canāt stop. And if you know you know.Ā I usually listen every Sunday night while washing my hair and applying face oil in silence.
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As one ages, (or like as the procreative urge intensifies,) the need for multiple purses becomes increasingly important. I donāt know exactly why, but it does.Ā I once thought, like many things when I was younger, that I wasnāt a purse girl and I never would be. I thought you were a shoe girl or a purse girl. I didnāt realize you donāt have a choice, as you age, a line doesnāt get drawnā¦ there's only one modelā¦ a woman who likes and needs both shoes AND purses. This seems callous but it's absolutely connected.One needs an expensive, well made purse that sits on a shelf in a cloth bagĀ AND a shit crap fun inexpensive purse you can put down on the sidewalk, on a bar stool and wipe down with a clorox wipe.Ā The urge for nice and bad, existing simultaneously, is a feminine urge that has to be indulgedā¦ I donāt know the consequences of repressing this instinct but I assume its really horrible.Ā We must have wrappers, Pret a Manger napkins, absolute, actual garbage in bowling ball bag-ass looking purse. EVEN BETTER than a shitty purse is an exquisite purse from the past in a coveted model-like a car.Ā TRULY I NEVER KNEW IāD BE LIKE THIS.Ā We must have expensive shampoo and cheap soap.A pricey candle and a pack of hanes underwearĀ An heirloom lamp and something hastily bought from Wayfair.Ā Its just the way it is. You must balance the high and low.Ā This balance is essential to glamor and glamor is one of the only things left we can aspire to. True glamor is the victory over poverty and the foibles of wealthIn conclusion: that's why it's important to have expensive and cheap bags to chronically rotate in your closet.
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Pret a manger is a monumental touchstone of my acting career.Ā This is a place I frequented between in person auditions midtown.Ā Through the pandemic Pret a MangerĀ became a bygone memory.Ā I believed I would never have a reason EVER EVER AGAIN to enter one, as the majority of auditions are no longer in person.Ā However Iāve recently been going to one in person audition a week for this commercial casting company. And suddenly, by Godās intervention, I have returned to Pret. I have returned to the comforting working actress diet of half a sandwich and a seltzer.Ā I rejoice in my homecoming back to Pret. Itās a testament to Miracle.
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