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Category: Project Put Together (page 3)

Breathing is underrated

Posted on: February 28, 2013 Last updated on: August 28, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
I’ve gotten back to exercising now that I’m well enough to get out of my bed and back to life, and in the four months I took off from it, I seem to have lost all respiratory conditioning. My muscles…
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What I’m Eating: Hot Smoked Salmon

Posted on: January 24, 2013 Last updated on: August 28, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
If you hear “Smoked Salmon” and get grossed out at raw fish, then this is the stuff you want. It’s not necessarily spicy, the “hot” refers to the cooking process “hot smoked” which means that the smoke that flavors the…
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Long Lasting Manicure

Posted on: November 29, 2012 Last updated on: September 1, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
I get a surprising amount of grief about my fingernails on my different blogs. I never pay attention to other people’s nails so it always takes me by surprise, but my oh my people who care care an AWFUL LOT.…
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Project Put Together: Long Lasting Lipstick

Posted on: November 22, 2012 Last updated on: September 1, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
I am just now coming to appreciate lipstick. I don’t know if it’s an age thing or that between Foxy Like A Crafter and my Youtube channel I’m suddenly seeing myself on camera a whole lot more, but suddenly I…
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Tutorial: Military Jacket Makeover

Posted on: November 16, 2012 Last updated on: January 14, 2026 Written by: Reese Dixon
kamala harris nude Sassy Back in the 90’s, I was a teenager in Seattle. There’s no way I could have escaped the grunge influence. Once I moved to Provo, Utah I amped that influence up even more to make myself…
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Cutting Bangs

Posted on: November 8, 2012 Last updated on: September 1, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
The last time I went to the beauty supply store, I was asking advice on my hair coloring from the sweet gal working there. She took me by the hand and showed me all kinds of tools to make my…
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Project Put Together: Brighten the Eyes

Posted on: October 25, 2012 Last updated on: January 16, 2026 Written by: Reese Dixon
One of my biggest makeup dilemmas is my dark under eye circles. I’ve been trying and trying to find the best combination of makeup and technique to hide them, and I’m sure it will plague me my whole makeup wearing…
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How to find the right blush shade

Posted on: October 4, 2012 Last updated on: September 3, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
I tend to the pink all by myself, so until recently, I have never worn blush. But enough of my makeup expert friends swear by it that I thought it was time to address it. But since I am also…
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What I’m Eating: Egg Salad Sandwich

Posted on: September 6, 2012 Last updated on: September 5, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
I have the hardest time making myself an actual lunch. What I end up eating every day is so often a bit of cheese and a bit of bread because it takes no time to assemble. I’ve tried stocking up…
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Mussing up my hair

Posted on: August 23, 2012 Last updated on: September 7, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
I have really thick hair. Kind of problematically thick hair since it’s super tough to hold up in a clip. Which means that I rarely look at the volumizing section of hair care supplies. I had a hair stylist pull…
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