Price Tag Cage Match: Boots No7 Make-up Base vs. Everything Else
by Amalah
Review of Boots No7 Make-up Base So I was wandering the cosmetics aisles in Target the other day and came across what looked like one of my 2008 wishes come true — a drugstore-brand foundation primer. Specifically, Boots No7 Mattifying Make-Up Base, priced at a delicious $9.99. Now, Target brags that Boots is the U.K.’s [...]
Abortions down, babies up
The birth rate has soared while the abortion rate has taken a sharp downward turn. That sounds like good news. Is it? First, the abortion rate. Both the pro-life and pro-choice advocates are pleased that the number of U.S. abortions have reached their lowest rate since 1974. Both, not surprisingly, have their own explanations for [...]
Not About My Hair: Depression & Hospitalization & Work
by Amalah
Dear Wise and Wonderful Amalah, I’ve written to you before about hair and skin and the like, but this time I have a question that may actually mean something. I’ve been following your blog for a while, and I remember when you had problems with depression. I always respect, and almost always agree with your [...]









