
I've tested thousands of products in nearly two decades of beauty writing and blogging. Eighty percent are aggressively medium, 10% are actively bad — and 10% are AMAZING. This newsletter is about that last 10%.
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Flowers that don't die, jewelry that means something, and skincare that actually works — a gift guide for the mom who deserves better than a last-minute candle.
UPDATE! I’ve moved to Beehiiv! Please join me over there and subscribe! If you...
A tight edit of the absolute best.
This week I consulted for a beauty brand, coached an aspiring freelance writer, and filed pieces for Westchester Magazine, Westchester Home Magazine, and The Rye Record — my very local newspaper. I've bee...
The March Edit
Hi! Hope your Easter, Passover, weekend, all of it, was everything. We did a late seder at my in-laws' in the city and I'm still recovering from the matzah situation. Anyway. Every spring without fail, I get hit with the sam...
Plus Amazon's Big Sale + more
A few good sales, Amazon and otherwise:
20 years, 3 inductees, and 1 newcomer that blew the doors off.
Hello! This week included a lot of deadlines, a lot of reading Strangers (loved it and finished it in two days—can’t say I’ve done anything approaching that since having a baby...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
I've moved on to beehiiv: http://civilian.beehiiv.com! OG beauty blogger. Content strategist. Writer. Editor. New(ish) old mom.
Julia Coney is a Washington, D.C. + Houston, Texas-based wine writer, wine educator, and consultant. Julia is also the Wine Consultant for American Airlines and founder of Black Wine Professionals.
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