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Beauty Trends, a Sephora Gift Certificate, and $200
After three years of avoiding makeup-superstore Sephora to spend my $40 gift certificate, I finally gave in and decided to splurge. The show I directed opened on Friday night and I had failed to find a...
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Botox Bail Out
Every once in a while I find an article or study that makes me embarrassed to be human. At one point in our evolution we would have given an arm and a leg to be able to feed ourselves and our families...
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Women Need to Get Retirement Act Together
My mother has no idea how much money she has available for her retirement, and she’d prefer to remain ignorant. She’s apparently not the only wife out there who prefers to avoid discussing finances....
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Makeup Settlement and free designer perfume? Yes, please.
My mom has a bad habit of forwarding me spam e-mails. So when I first got an e-mail about a “makeup settlement” I figured it was a fake. But I was intrigued, so I did a little Google research and found...
View ArticleWhen to Get My Hair Cut
My hair is growing. It’s longer than it has ever been (as in, my mom never let it get this long as a kid with my trim every 6 weeks, so I just assumed it couldn’t grow past my shoulders). I like having...
View ArticleHow to Save Money Shopping for Laser Hair Removal
I’m not one to splurge on treatments at any place referring to itself as a “spa,” so the fact that the past week or so included visits to about 5 different of these establishments might seem...
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10 Ways to Save Money on Laser Hair Removal
The last post I wrote was supposed to be about 10 ways to save money on laser hair removal, but turned into more of a ramble about my last year shopping around for the best prices. Thought it’d be best...
View ArticleTop 100 Female Personal Finance Bloggers 2009
Over the past few years, as a personal finance blogger, I’ve gotten to know a lot of the other main bloggers writing on the topic of personal finance. In fact, it was a random search leading me to a...
View ArticleLaser Hair Removal Update
I’ve been writing a lot about laser hair removal lately because it’s one of the largest purchases I’ve ever made in my life, outside of my $7000 car. Part of me still feels like I shouldn’t be spending...
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How Much Did I Spend on Beauty in 2015?
Inspired by last week’s Wall Street Journal article “The High Price of Beauty: 4 Women Reveal Their Annual Costs,” I wanted to add up my 2015 so-called beauty costs to see if I’m as ridiculous as these...
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