Bingo—they have to realize that the person is toxic and set boundaries. Sadly a lot of people don’t even realize the toxicity of their own families.

I don’t get that impression at all. I always thought that their marketing was best geared at people who want to wear makeup, but are put off and/or are intimidated by the brands make more intricate/ambitious makeup looks the focus of their brands. The sort of people who occasionally wander into a Sephora, Ulta or…

But what is the “scent”? Was there nothing else on the package?

Oh please, tell us how the “fragrance” is described. Is it “To the Floorboards?” “Tornado Chaser?” “Sea Salt Because The Sea Is A Woman?”

it’s totally working for them, though, which is depressing. i hate their marketing, too, and haven’t tried any of their stuff because of it.

Yep. Poor forestry management created ideal burning conditions. Fires are a natural occurrence in forests and are also how things like the pine beetle can be limited in their destruction. Climate change is creating a change in patterns and volumes of rain fall and moisture retention in the soil, which are natural…

Also was it Old Spice? I used OS for years and loved it so hard.

he politely insisted that I stop using it immediately

What a bizarre concept for a perfume. While I occasionally enjoy the scent of a man’s cologne it’s a scent I enjoy on them not on me. That’s obviously a personal preference/skin chemistry issue (a lot of the common notes found in men’s cologne smell weird on me), but if I did like those sorts of fragrances I would,…

“equal parts powder and musk and the zing of fresh-cut iris.”

my comment was a joke but also the truth

Weird, when I want to smell like my boyfriend I just use his deodorant.

“Will probably”? Try HAS, as in past tense. Our forest fire seasons are DEFINITELY much longer now, and the fact that pine beetles are decimating forests is also directly attributable to warmer temperatures.

YAAAAASSSSS
(shiplap this shit, Chip and Joanna Gaines)

LW1: Get the restaurant involved. If they’re a high end place they’ll do a lot to avoid a scene, including watching for the sister and calling the cops. She can be arrested for trespassing if she doesn’t leave when instructed to by the restaurant. If she’s the type to get physical and there is no security at the…

Cute disney fairies versus Sirens is no contest. Faeries of gaelic mythology and the like? Not cutesy at all and fierce as hell. Either way though this is a good contest.

We had a no children under 16 rule at my wedding/reception, and it was a FIRM NO. The now ex had several people who were like lulz no, totally bringing kids (including toddlers), and her mother was like, you ahve to let them come. We had a huge fight about it, and I said 1. they need to put in writing they aren’t…

Maybe it’s because I give ZERO fucks, but I don’t understand this idea of “they’re family, I have to invite them.” or “I have to go to this awful thanksgiving dinner because IT’S FAMILY and they’ll be mad.” You’re adult, you don’t have to invite anyone you don’t fucking want to invite or go anywhere you don’t want to…

Am I the only one who read the first letter and was a little alarmed by the fact that nothing is said about how his or his girlfriend feels about the situation? This is her sister, her nieces/nephews and her wedding, yet after reading the letter three times I can’t find anything that says (or doesn’t say!) that she’d…

If one puts the entire life story, warts and all, out on Facebook, one richly deserves whatever happens