Oh, New England Winter, I’ve grown so used to you- your unpredictability, your penchant to be as messy and as inconvenient as possible, and your absolute refusal to leave quietly come April- that I can’t even be mad at you anymore. You make me appreciate the Spring and Summer so much more- and inspire me […]
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With Thanksgiving completed and in the books and Christmas now the next holiday/hurdle to get through to the best of our abilities in our “new normal,” my focus- and my posts- are going to be a lot more festive in the coming weeks. Despite everything going on in the world, it’s a time to be […]
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If you’ve been reading “Coffee & Chiffon” over the past couple of months, then there’s no mistaking Autumn is my favorite time of year- and living in New England is never more ideal than it is through September, October, and in those few crisp weeks post-Halloween that lead into the (usually) snowy Holiday Season. If […]
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When I worked in cosmetics in what feels like a lifetime ago, I’ll never forget the day I had an older woman, maybe in her late 40s/early 50s (and I say that having been in my early twenties at the time) sit down in my chair with the intention of finding a new eye look […]
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It has admittedly been difficult for me to get excited about makeup (which is usually one of my favorite things!) in 2020. Not just because of the overall life-altering trauma the COVID-19 pandemic has caused- but also because I’m wearing a mask 99.9% of the time. I mean, what’s the point of wearing makeup if […]
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I’m sure when people who have known me for a while and/or know me well think of my favorite things for the month of September every year- Pumpkin Spice Lattes and chunky scarves come to mind almost immediately- and they’re not wrong. But September 2020 had so much more than that. Like most of this […]
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Although Fall is undoubtedly my favorite season- it’s a little crazy to me that the Summer is nearly over already (although I really shouldn’t be surprised by anything happening in 2020- including time seemingly slowing down/speeding up at random.) While I fully intend to look back on this past month and do my write-up on […]
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As I embark on these final weeks of Summer, I wanted to take some time to showcase my current skincare and hair care regimen- which is usually my favorite set of products to transition into every year because of how weightless they are on my skin (which is an absolute necessity in hot, humid and […]
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