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When An Ordinary-Looking Mole Is Actually Malignant Melanoma – My Skin Cancer Saga Continues
Photo by cottonbro from Pexels Once upon a time, no one got skin cancer – some people also believed that the Earth was flat. You may think leading off with such a sarcastic remark is inappropriate, but when [...]
The Perils of Getting Away from It All
How we greet the day. Need I say more? Back in my younger days, I was an avid hiker and backpacker. I didn’t come by the habit naturally. No, I was dating Huckleberry Finn, and he thought the wilderness was [...]
What “Horror” Really Means (When You’re Over 50)
Photo by Patrick Pierre on Unsplash Think back to high school, if you dare. It’s Friday night, and you and your newest sweetheart head to the theater for the latest horror movie (probably A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, or [...]
Mindfulness or Mai Tai – Find Your Happy Place
Photo by Loe Moshkovska from Pexels Let’s face it. Thanks to COVID-19, mandatory self-isolation, and social distancing, there’s more bad news than good lately, and it’s taking a toll on all of us. Experts say we need to find healthy [...]
Defying Aging: Why You Need an Essence in Your Life
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio via Pexels.com Just a few years ago, K-beauty (short for Korean beauty) began taking hold in the U.S., and finding products meant shopping from just a handful of American retailers or getting adventurous and ordering directly [...]
Trending Tresses…We Can So Do That
Okay, ladies. Let’s talk hair color. In our early adult years, we toyed with hot pink streaks here, some highlights there, but most of us stuck with tradition and followed our peers’ direction. In hindsight, we were following in our [...]
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The Treacherous World of Counterfeit Beauty
For many of us, beauty, especially makeup, is more than just a passing interest. Mine is deeply rooted in both memory and tradition. From a corner bench, I watched my mother’s daily ritual of primping, captivated by shiny lipstick tubes [...]