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I’m happy my daughter is home for the summer. When I picked her up at college last week, she looked the same, had the same voice and laugh and way of slapping the back of one hand into the palm of the other for emphasis. But something is different, and I can’t figure out what it is. I missed her presence these past school months, her mail art and scary intelligence and black pirate humor and bohemian ways. Read the rest of this entry »

A few short Avon lipstick/gloss/balm reviews!

My Avon district sales manager sat next to me at my kitchen table two years ago. She wore soft caramel lipstick to match her Asian print jacket, a shade just two tones shy of her sculpted bouffant.

“Birdie,” she said, her index pointing first to her lips, then mine, “every woman buys lipstick. Your new Avon business manual shows you how to sell the exact type of lipstick your customer needs. Here, take a look.” Read the rest of this entry »

Every Avon brochure has an item or two highlighted in splashy color pages combined with a rock bottom price and a fun flirty look. The Sand Art Lip Gloss I mentioned in a prior entry is a great example. It was super cheap. It smelled nice, and it looked weird and cool and full of summer sun. Every single customer purchased one – or two or three. No one in their right mind would purchase these kinds of things alone at a store but hot colors and close ups of sexy models licking their lips make us women temporarily insane. Read the rest of this entry »

Cellu-Sculpt Anti-Cellulite Slimming Treatment comes in a sleek, gray 6.7 ounce tube with a purple cap. Right now, in Campaign 10, Avon is running a special. You can try Cellu-Sculpt for two weeks, and then, and only then, you pay your representative if you are pleased with the product. If not, you hand over what you didn’t use and pay absolutely nothing. Read the rest of this entry »