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Beauty Wednesday: How to Make a Blowout Last for Days
Blowouts can make your hair look smooth, silky, and shiny — and they’re much healthier for your hair than flatironing it! — but how can you make a blowout last? I’m a huge fan of blowouts these days,...
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Five Little Tips for Organizing Hair Accessories
We talk a lot about work-appropriate hair on this blog… so if you’re anything like me, you’ve probably amassed a pretty big collection of hair accessories. Maybe you use all of the pieces in your...
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Coffee Break – Mademoiselle
I’ve always heard amazing things about Essie Mademoiselle, the color featured here. Best-seller! “A grown-up pink!” “The perfect nude!” But on me, it tends to be a bit too pinky. So a friend taught me...
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How Does Your Beauty Routine Change With the Seasons?
I’ve been unpacking some of my fall/winter clothes as the days get chillier, and I thought it might be interesting to talk about how our beauty routines change with the seasons, too. For me, it’s a...
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Beauty Wednesday: What’s On Your Wishlist?
So: last year, around this time (before official Christmas season), there were some killer Friends & Family sales at most of the major beauty stores — Sephora, Beauty.com, even Ricky’s. So I’ve...
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Beauty Wednesday: Beauty.com 20% off Sale is On!
OK — I know we just talked about this, but since the Beauty.com Friends & Family sale is an official thing (now through 11/9), I thought we’d talk about some of our favorite picks. (Apparently you...
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Coffee Break – The Tops and Tails Set
I briefly mentioned that I was looking at this base coat and quickdry topcoat duo from Butter London back when Beauty.com had their big sale a few weeks ago — I got it, and I highly recommend. Not only...
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Beauty Wednesday: What Do You Keep Trying?
I thought today we would talk about the beauty and hair things that we want to like and adopt into our repertoire — but that, despite multiple tries, you still don’t quite “get”. Weird question, I...
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What Is the Best “Professional” Haircut?
Here’s a question we haven’t talked about in a while: what is the best professional haircut for women? I can remember, years ago, that Angela Merkel’s short, almost mannish cut was THE cut to have. Not...
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Is Ombre Hair Professional?
Is ombre hair appropriate for the office? When does any hair color become “unprofessional”? Reader P wrote in with a great question, and perhaps might lead us to an interesting discussion of when hair...
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Work-Appropriate Braids
Yes, yes, the braids trend has been around for-ever now… and I’ve been meaning to write a post forever! It shows no sign of stopping, I think in large part because braided looks are easy and fun hair...
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Beauty Wednesday: They’re Real! Mascara
So it takes a lot for me to rave about a new beauty product, but I really do love this mascara that I recently bought, They’re Real! from Benefit. I’m not sure if it’s the formula, the brush, or what,...
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Makeup For Biking to Work
Which makeup is best for a biking commute, or another commute where you expect sweat and possibly wind? Reader K wonders… Being lucky enough to live only four miles from my office, I’m wanting to start...
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How to Schedule Appointments When You’re Very Busy
How do you stay on top of hair cuts and other personal care appointments when you’re a busy professional? Reader S, who is about to start as a summer associate, wonders… I’m in law school, about to...
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How Much Makeup Do You Wear to Work?
How much makeup do you wear on a daily basis to work? How often do you change it up? I saw a recent quote in the Huffington Post about how the editor of Elle Magazine says that makeup for work isn’t...
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How to Change Makeup as You Age (And: A Few Great Natural Makeup Tutorials)
How do you change your makeup as you age? And which are the best makeup tutorials for professional women? Reader E wonders… You’ve had all sorts of posts about makeup to wear when...
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Coffee Break: Martha Medium Satchel Bag
I always like a good Furla bag, and I could see this light gray one being useful for all seasons. At 10″H x 13″W x 4″D this isn’t the biggest bag out there, but will fit a magazine or folder as well as...
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Wednesday’s TPS Report: Long-Sleeved Geometric-Print Dress
Our daily TPS reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices. Happy Wednesday! I’m loving the geometric print and the bold colors with this Lauren by Ralph Lauren dress —...
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Tales From the Wallet: Insurance Fun!
What kind of insurance do young working women need? Reader D wonders… Kat, I’m wondering if you would consider a post about certain types of insurance such as life insurance, disability insurance, and...
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Suit of the Week: Albert Nipon
For busy working women, the suit is often the easiest outfit to throw on in the morning. In general, this feature is not about interview suits for women, which should be as classic and basic as you get...
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