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I've read somewhere that Avon used to do "inspired" perfumes of popular fragrances (they don't do an actual dupe wherein it would smell too similar) so I was wondering if Avon had a scent that was inspired by Lauren (by Ralph Lauren ) They had a fragrance that was released the same year as Lauren , called Tempo . I couldn't find a comprehensive list of notes online, just vague descriptions saying the top notes are orange blossom, middle notes woody with moss for base. Still, it was also chypre like Lauren and I happen to come across .33 FL oz bottle for around $6 so I went ahead and purchased it. The verdict: it wasn't like Lauren at all but it is still quite lovely. It makes sense they were marketing it as a fun and upbeat fragrance because there certainly is an energetic feel to it. My nose isn't good at picking up individual scents, but I would describe it as a powdery woody unisex fragrance. It has the infamous FD&C Red No 4 I've been tryi...

I find myself thinking about this perfume a lot. I've gathered it was very popular in the 80's and was still quite popular when I was a kid in the 90's. My mom didn't actually liked it much (she got it as a gift) although later on, she became a huge Ralph Lauren Romance and Glamorous fan. I do think both of those perfumes smell nice but in my opinion, they don't hold a candle to Lauren . To me, Lauren actually embodies romance and glamour . As a kid, I would always gaze at my mom's vanity, thinking about how elegant the dark red bottle looks and how it smells so "grown up".  Mexican telenovelas were really popular at that time and I remember in María la del Barrio , María (played by Thalía ) smelled a different perfume on  Luis Fernando ( Fernando Colunga ). She found the same scent on the new nanny's room ( Penélope Linares played by Ana Patricia Rojo Stein ). I'm pretty sure it was Lauren judging by the shape and colour of the bottle and ...

24-48 hours is commonly cited as the time frame for autophagy to kick on animals. Research on humans still needs to catch up, and here are recent studies regarding how many hours of fasting does a human need before autophagy begins: Time-Restricted Feeding Increases Autophagy in Humans : This 2022 study published in " Cell Reports " observed increased autophagy markers in participants following 18 hours of daily fasting within a time-restricted feeding window. Notably, it highlights the flexibility of individual responses, requiring further personalized approaches Intermittent Fasting Does Not Trigger Autophagy in Human Skeletal Muscle : This 2023 study in " Cell Reports Medicine " found no significant changes in autophagy markers after various lengths of intermittent fasting in participants. It emphasizes the need for context-specific investigations depending on tissue and individual variations. The Impact of Diet and Exercise on Autophagy in Human Sk...

Snow White is one of my favorite fairy tale characters. I wonder why no one is making anything about Rose Red (Snow White's sister on an entirely different version of the story) but I'm really excited about the new Disney movie coming out. Honestly, Halle Bailey's Little Mermaid is one of the best Disney adaptations I've seen in YEARS so I have high hopes for Snow White. In the meantime, I'd like to say that the 2001 film version of Snow White will always have a special place in my heart. Not just because I had a huge thing for Kristin Kreuk back then. I even made her photo as my profile pic in a social networking site (I think it was Hi-5 or Friendster). I wasn't trying to catfish anyone but I guess Smallville isn't as popular as I thought because no one clocked it as her. I had hordes of people trying to hit me up loool.  Look at that face card   This movie wasn't as gruesome as how some versions of the story goes but they were really able to...

This is giving me The Sims 1 / TS1 vibes I'll be talking about my comprehensible input journey a bit but if you want to go straight to the series and Youtube channel recommendations, just scroll down.  I have been learning Spanish for 2 years through Memrise and Duolingo and I feel like I've wasted time. When I am on the app, I pick up the right answers but in real life, I can't come up with basic words on my own. Losing streaks on Duolingo and reviews piling up on Memrise was also becoming stressful for me so I have been looking for a "painless" way to learn languages. That's when I came across the Youtube channel ' Dreaming Spanish '. Pablo (he started Dreaming Spanish) is highly discouraging things like looking up words in the dictionary, watching subtitles in your native language and reading in your target language (not until you reach an advanced level).  I wanted to try learning another language from scratch using this approach (I ended up choosi...

------ UPDATE 24TH JANUARY 2025 ------ I've managed to read some of the .ble files I will be putting it in another post Beach Life Virtual Resort: Spring Break - Opening and Editing the .BLE Game Files ------------------------------------------------------ Beach Life is a business strategy PC game by Deep Red Games (now called DR Studios) and Eidos Interactive .  It was released in 2002 and I was still young when I first played it lol. I know there are a lot of similar games but at the same time I haven't really found something quite like it so I get a hankering to play every five years or so. I usually only play sandbox mode but I noticed that eventually guests start complaining about high prices after day 10. It's frustrating because it comes to a point where guests flat out refuse to buy so you have to keep lowering prices (or rebuild it again). I find the accommodation blocks especially INFURIATING . When guests start complaining about the accommodation blocks, chipp...