I’ve been using Peter Thomas Roth 8% Glycolic Solutions Toner and I love it. You can order it from Sephora - it’s not cheap but it works.

I’m late to replay (and gray to boot) but I HIGHLY recommend Origins Vitazing Energy Boosting Moisturizer. It’s a tinted moisturizer with SPF 15 and the only product of its kind that’s ever worked for me. Everything else always made me look like a greasy orange-y mess but this makes my skin look way more even and even…

I love water and also chug it as soon as I wake up. All of my “Plain water? Ew!” friends changed their tune after passing a kidney stone or three. Drink water, everyone!

And it’s cheap! Give it a try, people. It’s the only bold red that’s ever worked for me, AND the only thing I’ve ever gotten in a beauty box that I wound up buying in full size.

I have to chime in on the Sephora lip stain - I also wear this and get compliments all the time! Once I had to pull it out of my bag in order to show it to a stranger on the street who wanted to know what to look for at Sephora. Also, I am pale white person - this really is a red for all skin tones!

Sunscreen also makes my face angry, but I’ve had good luck with Supergoop Defense Refresh Setting Mist. It’s not really a heavy duty sunscreen but I use it if I’m going to be out for 1-2 hours and it works well. Downside: the sprayer is crap - I’ve had to take it apart and soak it in water to unclog it like 3x.

I drove past an overturned truck full of chicken sludge once - in rural MN about 20 years ago. It was pinkish-gray glop with the occasional chicken part sticking out and it remains the worst thing I’ve ever smelled.

I was an English major, and I assiduously read everything assigned to me EXCEPT: 1. Dombey and Son, which was assigned right around the time I discovered alcohol, and: 2. Middlemarch, which I was supposed to read over Thanksgiving break and did not. I wrote a paper based on the two chapters I read, plus some stuff I…

I had a c-section because my kid was breach, and all the nurses came to check her out because “breach c-sections are always the cutest.”

Oh, it’s definitely not, but between the horrible netting and ill-fitting bottom I just can’t believe these were anything but desperation costumes. And I mean that without snark.

I need to believe that the costumes they meant to wear were tragically destroyed, and they had to make due with these ill-fitting monstrosities, stuck in the back of their suitcases since 2013, when she had a smaller ass.

This happens on Etsy too, often with dishware/collectibles. Someone has, say, a damaged vintage teapot. They find the same teapot on Etsy in excellent condition, buy it, and return their beat-up teapot, claiming it was damaged in transit. They wind up with a refund AND an upgraded teapot.

I have an Etsy store, and I’ve long wondered if there isn’t some sort online Grifters Club where these assholes exchange ideas. Scammy encounters tend to happen in waves, and I’ve had to update my policies several times to deal with it, just like L.L. Bean here.

EXACTLY. They put her on a later flight so she could make arrangements for this animal - an organization or just a friend of hers could have easily picked it up at the desk and she could have made her flight. I also seriously doubt anyone actually suggested she flush the hamster down the toilet.

I hadn’t heard about that - it really does suggest that genetic susceptibility plays a part. I do suspect that, historically speaking, a fairly small % of women were actually drinking heavily, due to poverty, cultural taboos about women drinking alcohol AT ALL, or simply living in a culture with either no booze or…

This is my question too. The majority of pregnant women with access to alcohol have gone ahead and drank it throughout history. Maybe some people are genetically very sensitive to alcohol and thus prone to FASD, while others have a higher tolerance, so to speak?

A friend of mine used to work in an assisted-living facility for non-seniors. About 80% of the residents were young men who’d been injured in motorcycles accidents, mostly traumatic brain injuries. I can’t even ride my bike in traffic after hearing her stories.

There is a church called “The Cool Church” in my town. Due to the font they use in their advertising, for a long time I thought it was a fish and chips restaurant called “The Cod Church.” I was so disappointed when I realized.

I also have only one hoodie, which is on its last legs. I couldn’t wrap my head around trying on new hoodies, so I decided to hit up eBay for a clone of my near-dead one. I have to admit that I was taken aback by the number of people trying to flog 10 year old Gap hoodies, and I say that as someone who wants to buy a…

Chocolate malted is such a . . . vaunted term for the swill they pass off as a shake at McD’s.