London & Paris
Do you know how hard it was not to title this post I smelled London, I smelled France ? Last month I was very lucky to take a trip to London,... Continue Reading
Affluent Detritus
Talking frivolous nonsense while the world burns
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CLR Pink Collection
CLR is a beloved brand in the candle community, which is a corny opening sentence but also completely true. They re inclusive and diverse, owned and operated by LGBTQIA+ people of... Continue Reading
Let’s be real: Goest candle samples
I started this account four years ago (!) so I could have a place to talk about candles and scents and all the ways they make me feel. I also... Continue Reading
The pursuit of love, only it’s lip balm and there are zero Nazis
Last summer my friend Jess, my lip product enabler and guiding light, asked me if I d heard of the REFY Lip Blush. This kind of product the allegedly blurred-but-also-balmy-tinted-lip-product-don t-call-it-a-lipstick ... Continue Reading
Candle club #2
It s time for a late spring/early summer meeting of candle club! Candle club is like the Babysitters Club only we re all adults who are allowed to have candy in our... Continue Reading
The Anthropologie candle racket
I didn t even bother with a Top Candles of 2022 post because I knew my number one candle was no longer for sale. It was an Anthropologie seasonal candle called... Continue Reading
Candle recs: campfires and lavender
My friend Millie DM d me the other night asking for candle recs. This is my favorite kind of ask and I went to town with my answers, and then realized... Continue Reading
The goth candle
The newest addition to my spring candle roster (do we need a 2023 roster update? we probably do) looks like October but smells like May. Burke Hare Co s Cemetery... Continue Reading
Tennis, everyone?
I never thought, when starting this blog three years ago, that through it I d discover my nemesis. And I never ever thought that in all the realms of possibility, my... Continue Reading
Curly hair science: product update
Two months ago I asked Instagram for some curly hair styling product recommendations. I was in a rut after trying to replace all my old DevaCurl products the year before,... Continue Reading