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Hey Babe, Don't Drink It

I am a sucker for monthly beauty subscriptions (Thanks Ipsy! ) and more importantly, am a sucker for scrubs. As long as Ipsy continues to provide me with 5 new beauty goodies curated to my taste every month for the meager price of $10, I will continue to be a die-hard fan of Michelle Phan  I received this coffee scrub  through my June Ipsy subscription bag.  It looks and smells like coffee but I haven't been tempted to taste it yet. I have never met a scrub that I didnt like and even when I am not in love with the composition, there's nothing a little bit of honey, sugar, salt, lime or olive/coconut oil can't fix  " Hey Babe, this is a coffee scrub. Don't drink it, Rub it on your bod" (I depotted? the contents into a old mini scrub jar ) Why do I love scrubs? I love scrubs because sometimes good old basic soap and water doesn't cut it. Scrubs by nature "scrub away" the tough junk ...

Tea Time with Shonda Rhimes (Year of Yes Book Review)

Let's just get to the Point. I loooooved the book! The End  But if you're one of those logical, analytical people who wants explanations and hard core evidence as back up, continue reading :) I'm use to reading fictions and self help books. I took me a minute to get into the book because the tone was very conversational. With self help books, even though there is dialogue happening and interactive exercises for you to do along the way, the tones are still for the most part formal conversations. Year to Yes felt like an organic conversation with a best friend after/during the consumption of several bottles of wine. Everything was left on the table. The honesty was raw and unapologetic. At a point I felt slightly uncomfortable because I felt like she was sharing too much of her insecurities . But I quickly realized that wasn't the issue. The issue is that am not used to seeing women in power talk about their vulnerability. I'm not use to r...