Though the holidays are fast approaching, the current news landscape continues to trend towards a series of unfortunate events. The Matilda Djerf controversy has an update with the CEO making a post on Instagram. Blake Lively’s team filed a lawsuit against Justin Baldoni. On a lighter note, a couple products were released and I finally…
The best moisturizers of 2024 for oily (and sometimes confused) skin
2024 really just few by! When it comes to moisturizers, I can’t say that I used any that was subpar but a couple definitely stood out. A couple are repeat offenders (in a good way). I want to keep better track of what I’ve used skincare wise next year so the information is much more…
about a week ago: matilda djerf, rhode, and blake lively (dec 2024)
Last week went by entirely too quickly, here’s a recap of a couple things that happened. matilda djerf controversy I was just talking about the collaboration between rhode and matilda djerf for the holidays and now it is gone from the rhode website, replaced by a 404 message. Djerf, the influencer behind Djerf Avenue was…
holiday releases, books, and spotify wrapped 2024
The last few days of 2024 are quickly dwindling, but I wanted to start remembering highlights better. Time is going so fast that I forget to stop for even a second. On my Substack, I’m starting a weekly series called “about a week ago”. My goal is to post every Monday to recap the week…
getting into feminism through books
The only positive result of the election so far is my eye opening to the sexism that continues to be prevalent in the United States. Feminism is a topic that I haven’t really dived into. I was in the Navy for more than 11 years. I wasn’t able to pick up on the sexist remarks…
the election, karmic cycle shifts, and non-fiction november
Whew! November is finally coming to an end. It has been something like a whirlwind perusing through the United States. I am not the same person I was in October, in good ways and bad. It has changed everything. It has changed how I view the world. But I’m getting a little bit ahead of…