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Beauty

Reader Mailbag

by mapgirl on April 16, 2009

Not really mailbag. More like replies to comments since I don’t have much to write about except really boring hockey stuff.
So here goes…

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I Must Not Be Too Ugly Naturally

by mapgirl on April 3, 2009

Because I don’t spend a lot on makeup and cosmetic treatments and yet still have a boyfriend.
From RevancheGS on Twitter, via Ramit: How much women will spend on a lifetime of beauty care
I had a little rant on Twitter about this the other day (most of which I have re-posted under the cut). I lived [...]

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Hack Job!

by mapgirl on October 2, 2007

I cut my pony tail off. I have finally had enough of it. I’ve been walking a lot for exercise and I can’t just twist it up quickly into a knot. I have had to wrap it 3-4 times. if I can’t manage to put it up while I’m parked at a red light, it’s [...]

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The Lip Balm Controversy at Consumerist

by mapgirl on December 8, 2006

Read this and this.
Let me just say now, I love Chapstick. My family is a loyal Chapstick family. It was the first thing my dad ever bought in the US. He got a black Chapstick in the Anchorage airport on a layover during their immigration flight to the US. Daddy uses nothing else on his [...]

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Saving and Wrinkles

by mapgirl on October 19, 2006

She’ll say it once. She’ll say it again. Today is a great day to start saving! Email me at mapgirlsfiscalchallenge at Google’s mail service if you want an ING Direct referral. I’m not savvy enough right now to make links embedded into my blog.
Coupled with that is “Today is a great day to start moisturizing.” [...]

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FRUMPERELLA!

by mapgirl on January 14, 2006

When I go to the office, I am Frumperella. I have always been taught to dress professionally for work. When I was debating in high school and in college, my mom would make sure I got skirts that fell all the way to the knee.
My mom, being the conservative lady she is, never let me [...]

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