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12 Best Black Friday Makeup Deals We’re So Tickled By 2024

The best early Black Friday makeup deals give us life and make the wait until the big shopping weekend much more bearable. We have our eye on discounts from superstar retailers we vouch for year-round, like Nordstrom, Amazon, Dermstore, Sephora, and Ulta Beauty, but ’tis the season for the best of the best to amp up the savings. There are …

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Amazon says it ditched plastic air pillows

Amazon says that it has gotten rid of plastic air pillows at its warehouses. “As of October 2024, we’ve removed all plastic air pillows from our delivery packaging used at our global fulfillment centers,” the e-commerce giant said in an October 9th blog post. It’s a welcome change following years of pressure from environmental groups to stop plastic pollution flooding …

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How to travel long distance with kids? Schedule stopovers

I’m proud to call the tiny sugarcane farming community of Ingham, Australia, my hometown. It boasts blue skies, sandy beaches and Australia’s longest single-drop waterfall. But its location — at the northern end of the state of Queensland — is a problem for me. Lured by the desire to explore Europe, I left for London 17 years ago, on a …

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