Mailbag: Makeovers for Everywhere

You had questions about updating your kitchen, bedroom, underwear drawer...

Hello, Gorgeous!

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Moving right along.

You asked

This week’s mailbag contained a lot of requests for makeover advice…though not just for your face.

• Several of you wanted to know how to update your kitchen without actually doing any sort of a renovation.

• Someone wanted to know how often to refresh her underwear drawer

• Another one of you fine folks wanted to know what’s new in laundry detergent

• And still another wanted to know how old you have to be to indulge in a recliner

• Someone wanted to know if she can tell her bestie that her perfume is noxious, while someone else questioned if she can tell her frumpy friend that she looks like she’s living in a rerun of “A very special episode”

AI thought that a pic of a woman who maybe very vaguely looks like me but in full Flemish painting style slaving over a hot computer was the ideal pic for this piece…

But wait, there’s more!

• Someone wanted to know what’s new in crafting. And is it okay to toss a project she knows she’ll never finish

• Someone wanted to know if it’s okay for his beard to grow feral because he likes it that way.

• Someone wanted to know how many umbrellas are too many (apparently she has 11. No judgement. Just sharing).

• Someone wanted to know if it’s okay to still be using the same perfume she’s worn since college

• Someone wanted to know how to declutter a beauty shelf without feeling guilty about wasted products

• Someone wanted to know if there’s a right way to organize a linen closet (or if she should just close the door and walk away)

• Someone wanted to know when it’s time to retire a handbag she loves but that has seen better days

• Someone wanted to know what to do with all the free hotel toiletries she’s been hoarding for years (that one’s easy. chuck ‘em)

• Someone wanted to know how often to change the bed linens if she isn’t getting busy

And that my friends, is it for this time around. Do any of these questions resonate with you too? Want me to tackle these? Do you want to read beauty etiquette advice in general? Have a few questions of your own? Feel free to hit respond to this email, click below, or drop a comment in the comment section.

If only Martha Stewart and I shared banking levels instead of exquisite talents in all things!

Rachel, Your beauty concierge 💋

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