Kara Nesvig

Lancome mascara.

8. Going shopping at other stores can sometimes be stressful because you’re always absentmindedly folding piles of jeans and hanging up fallen items.

On the Fourth of July, we could sit at our farm and watch fireworks from two towns away.

“When I started to let myself be a little more free, I was so much happier.”

Brands like LUSH make solid shampoos and conditioners that are just as good as their liquid siblings.

I still think about it sometimes, and about the black turtleneck dress I was wearing when a different boy told me he didn’t love me. I slept in that dress that night, a wreck of Bud Light and cheap vodka diluted with soda, and then I passed its bad karma on to a resale shop.

Pastels can veer a little Easter Eggy if you don’t do them right or if you fall victim to overload. Keep them to one aspect only: your outfit, your nails or perhaps a pale blue or purple eyeshadow or liner.

We’re all suffering under the pressure of thousands of dollars in loans and credit card debt and spending $40 on a highlighting powder can seem a little ridiculous.

As a little girl, I never looked at Barbie and thought, “When I’m a big girl, I need to look just like this!”

Repeat to yourself, “Endorphins make people happy! Happy people don’t kill their husbands!”

When I’m at the near-end of a long-ass retail shift, only a swipe of really bright red lipstick will cure me. It lights up my whole face; my eyes look bluer, my hair shinier.

Sometimes I look at your picture and I don’t feel anything at all. I just feel blank.

A female form presented in such a forthright manner is still shocking to the world, and that’s crazy.

Brett would make coffee and Jack would do homework and Amy would take photos and I would always have the words for “Our House” floating through my brain.

3. Please, don’t sing “Say My Name” or Spice Girls in a group of girls and just giggle drunkenly through the entire thing. Nobody likes you when you do this.

She hauls in a bag or two full of sparkles and spangles and fringe, tiny outfits and brightly colored thongs that are just strips of fabric, no substance.

How to Make Love Like a Porn Star by Jenna Jameson.

I also purchased 12 Cadbury eggs last night.