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Easy Business Attire Ideas for a Stunning Professional Look
According to hiring experts, people form their first impression of you in about seven seconds, and career guides like 4…

Teacher Outfits I’d Wear Even Outside the Classroom
You became a teacher, and somewhere along the way your closet picked up a dress code of its own: khakis,…

The Fall Outfits I Rewear Year After Year
What do the best-dressed women you see every October have in common? It’s not new clothes. Almost everything they’re wearing…

How to Wear Bandanas When Your Hair Refuses to Cooperate
8:00 a.m.: day-three hair, roots gone shiny, avoiding your own reflection. 8:03 a.m.: satin square tied at the nape, two…

How to Round Out Thanksgiving: Make-Ahead Appetizers and Show-Stopping Desserts
Guests arrive at two. Turkey comes out at five. Three hours, nothing to eat, one increasingly tense kitchen and eleven…

That Spooky-Girl Energy: Easy Halloween Nails and Makeup Looks
Forget everything you’ve seen in those over-the-top Halloween roundups. The dripping blood, the 3D eyeballs, the prosthetic wounds, the talons…

The Back-to-School Prep Guide: Supply List, Lunch Ideas, and First-Day Photos
There are exactly three lists you need before school starts, and the store only knows about one of them. That’s…

The Fall Front Porch Guide: Wreath Styles and Cozy Ideas That Welcome You Home
Last September my front entry was a bare door, a doormat that had seen things, and one dead planter I…

Christmas Outfits Worth Trying This Year
Have you been saving your Christmas outfits for December 25th? One day of wear, maybe two if you count the…

Your Whole Halloween Party Menu: Spooky Drinks, Creepy Appetizers, and Cute Cupcakes
Five drinks, ten snacks, ten desserts. That’s the whole party, and none of it requires a culinary degree. I used…

I’ve Already Picked My Fall Nail Colors, and They’re Not All Burgundy
Scroll any nail feed in September and 9 out of 10 fall manicures are the exact same burgundy. Beautiful? Sure.…

The Understated Manicure That Goes With Every Thanksgiving Outfit
Think a Thanksgiving manicure means tiny turkeys on your fingertips? Not even close. That’s the assumption I want to challenge…
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