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January 2023 #Beauty news 📰

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L’Oréal’s HAPTA device enables people with limited mobility to apply lipstick 💄

Rimmel London introduces clean, vegan makeup products

Morphe closes all its retail stores

Taking stock of the net worth of Sugar Cosmetics’ founder Vineeta Singh #India

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November 2022: read the latest beauty #news 📰

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NARS LE Starstruck Audacious Lipstick in Ava on its way!

Learn about six Indian vegan cruelty-free cosmetics brands

Plum Goodness, Soulflower, Disguise Cosmetics, Dr. Sheth’s, VÔTRE, and Neemli Naturals 

Watch CODEPINKos protest Israeli brand AHAVA in Tel Aviv

Estée Lauder’s son Ronald Lauder gave $11 million to Lee Zeldin’s campaign to become Governor of New York

Alas, Kathy Hochul defeated Lee Zeldin 52.9% (3,026,034 votes) to 47.1% (2,699,054 votes)

Find out if Korean skincare is better for you

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See how our Latina GOP candidates fared

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I am heartsick. The much vaunted Red Wave turned out to be a Red Ripple, thanks (/sarc) to millenial and GenZ voters, who’ve been brainwashed by the schools, media, and popular culture.

Anyhow, here’s how the 2022 midterm elections shaped up for our Latina GOP candidates:

Election results for Latina candidates who ran for state or national office as Republicans
  • Voters returned three incumbents (Salazar, Nuñez, and Malliotakis) to office.
  • Incumbent Mayra Flores (TX-34) lost her race
  • The 118th Congress will welcome Paulina Luna, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, and Monica de la Cruz as freshers in January 2023.
  • The remaining candidates (Lauf, Morgan, Martinez Johnson, Almendariz-Jackson, Garcia, and Vega) lost their races.

Watch this short #video to meet 13 Latinas running for state or national office as #Republicans 🐘

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Are Hispanics deserting The Democratic Party? Watch this short video to meet 13 Latinas running for state or national office as #Republicans

Watch this short video to meet 13 Latinas who are running for state or national office as Republicans 🐘

Meet:

  1. Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13)
  2. Rep. María Elvira Salazar (FL-27)
  3. Jeanette M. Nuñez, Lt. Governor, FL
  4. Catalina Lauf (IL-11)
  5. Yuripzy Morgan (MD-03)
  6. Alexis Martinez Johnson (NM-03)
  7. Nicole R. Malliotakis (NY-11)
  8. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05)
  9. Monica De La Cruz (TX-15)
  10. Irene Almendariz-Jackson (TX-16)
  11. Cassy Garcia (TX-28)
  12. Mayra Flores (TX-34)
  13. Yesli Vega (VA-07)

#MusicMonday Carly Simon mourns her sisters, who died of cancer a day apart

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Singer/songwriter Carly Simon paid tribute to her sisters Joanna and Lucy, who died just a day apart of each other this week, both from cancer.

Carly Simon mourns the deaths of her sisters Lucy and Joanna.

Joanna Simon died of thyroid cancer on Wednesday, October 19, 2022. Lucy Simon, 82, died of metastatic breast cancer on Thursday, October 20, 2022.

Joanna was an opera singer. Lucy was nominated for a Tony Award for the score of the “The Secret Garden.” musical. Carly and Lucy performed together as the Simon Sisters in the 1960s.

Lucy and Carly as The Simon Sisters

“I have no words to explain the feeling of suddenly being the only remaining direct offspring of Richard and Andrea Simon,” said Carly.

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#Review of 📖 Korean Beauty Secrets

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Korean Beauty Secrets: A Practical Guide to Cutting-Edge Skincare and MakeupKorean Beauty Secrets: A Practical Guide to Cutting-Edge Skincare and Makeup by Kerry Thompson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Korean Beauty Secrets: A Practical Guide to Cutting-Edge Skincare and Makeup lists K-beauty brands; describes skincare products and products like cushion makeup; explains the multi-step skincare regimen; recommends particular products; and provides a Korean to English glossary. It’s a manual or reference book on K-beauty.

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#MusicMonday #playlist A tribute to Loretta Lynn RIP

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Loretta Lynn with her guitar with custom fretboard

I put together this short four-song playlist in tribute to Loretta Lynn, who died at age 90 on Tuesday, October 4, 2022.

Here’s the playlist:

  1. Coal Miner’s Daughter: what’s a holler?
  2. These Boots Are Made For Walking: you’ll forget about Nancy Sinatra (or not, now since I reminded you). Good God – I mistook Loretta Lynn for June Carter Cash on the album cover.
  3. You Ain’t Woman Enough (To Take My Man): Loretta deals with a hussy. What’s a hussy? A hussy is a woman who’s got her mitts on your man – and believe me, I’ve had to deal with one.
  4. You Ain’t Woman Enough (To Take My Man): a great send-up by k.d. lang and Roseanne Cash.

Watch this playlist featuring The Bee Gees #video #MusicMonday

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For this week’s #MusicMonday feature, I created a video playlist that features The Bee Gees. My friend Ann and I exchanged videos of early Bee Gees (or so we thought) by Messenger. She shared “Words” and I shared “To Love Somebody.”

I found the video for Time is Passing By on YouTube. The video dates back to 1960, and might be The Bee Gees’ debut on TV. This was seven years before they broke internationally. Barry Gibb was 13 or 14, and the (fraternal) twins Robin and Maurice were 10 or 11. To put this into perspective, Barry turned 76 on September 1, 2022.

Watch this playlist featuring The Bee Gees

I’ve also added The Bee Gees’ induction into the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame. Barry described The Bee Gees as the “enigma with a stigma,” perhaps because of the backlash after Saturday Night Fever. We were oversaturated by The Bee Gees and the songs that they wrote for others.

There are other surprises, including:

  • Maurice’s appearance with his former wife Lulu for a duet of First of May.
  • Maurice and Robin as contestants on The Dating Game. (The third contestant is champion swimmer Don Schollander, shortly before going to the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City).
  • Robin’s funeral procession, where his coffin is carried in a glass carriage led by high-stepping black horses. People follow the carriage on foot. Not surprisingly, Barry gets cheers when he walks by.

Fittingly, Brian Wilson inducted The Bee Gees into the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame. He too sang and harmonized with his brothers Carl and Dennis. Like Barry, he is the eldest brother who has outlived his younger brothers. 😢

Be sure to watch and listen to the whole playlist!

The right way to bake a potato

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In the winter months, my husband and I will occasionally eat baked potatoes and green salad for dinner. I dress up my baked potatoes with butter, salt & pepper, sour cream, salsa, grated cheddar cheese, and chives.

I use The Joy of Cooking’s method to bake potatoes: rub butter onto the skins: don’t wrap them in foil. The Joy of Cooking also suggests that one might bake potatoes on pan covered with rock salt: I use kosher salt because it’s there. The result is a drier, fluffier potato.