
With the breathtaking Erykah Badu in the ads (which
you loved) and a devastatingly chic white opal glass bottle with 23K gold accents,
Tom Ford White Patchouli ($92) certainly has the bells and whistles that make up a cult classic. But as it turns out, I would still wear this fragrance if it came in a plastic spray bottle sold on the street.
White Patchouli is characterized as a "floral-infused wood fragrance," so the patchouli is surrounded by notes of peony, rose, and jasmine.

I'm beginning to really like the concept of products that work while I'm fast asleep (and wide awake, of course). But, I'm beginning to not like the dark circles and puffiness that have made their way to the area just underneath my peepers. So, when team member
jennIRL wrote to me about an interesting new depuffing product, I had to give it a whirl.

Determined to protect my hair against heat styling, I picked up
Nexxus Sleek Memory Straightening Smoothing Spray ($12.99). When just a heat protectant spray would have done, I'm always curious about hair products that say they can change the texture of your hair (not products like at-home perms, but products like Wash 'N Curl Shampoo). But the claim Nexxus makes on this spray seems semi-plausible: their Sleek Memory technology can lock in the results of a heat styling tool.

In an effort to find a new makeup routine for Fall, I decided to try
Clinique Brush-On Cream Liner in Deep Brown ($14.50). Lately, I've been sticking with liquid liners that come in pen form because I can't draw a straight line. The brush it came with was immediately a red flag for me — it's only a couple inches long and the tip isn't tiny or flat.

Back in junior high, my girlfriends and I used to have slumber parties galore. We watched blockbusters like
Teen Wolf and bonded over the slathering of "zit cream" to heal our overactive hormones.
Fast-forward to present day.