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Horseback Riding Lessons with Mom

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Horseback riding lessons with my mother taught me more than riding. In every ritual, there is the costume that transforms reality into something bigger. Ours began with squeezing into our second-skin breeches first, followed by the requisite…
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Charitable New Year's Resolutions

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Charitable New Year's Resolutions can help you reach your goals. Not only will you be a better person, but will help others too! Think back to all of your failed New Year's resolutions of years past: They probably involved some level…
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Best Holiday Nail Polish

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Nail polish is a must during the holidays! But, which to use? Since its UK debut in 2008, Illamasqua nail varnishes have taken the fashion and celebrity world by storm. Inspired by the dark and illicit glamour and decadence of Berlin's…
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How to Solve Conflicts at Work

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Women are good conflict solvers, so why do we have a hard time doing this at work? I often hear friends, colleagues or clients complain that others don't understand them. "He's not listening to me," or "She doesn't understand what I want."…
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Top Holiday Lip Gloss

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Lip gloss is a staple for the holidays. Here are my favorites. Okay, my beauty-consumed chicas. It's time to get glossed. Really glossed. Lip glosses are the je ne sais quoi of lip products, the finishing touch none of our lips can live…
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Best New Latin Restaurants

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Here is a list of the best new Latin restaurants to try in the new year. For nearly three decades, Esquire Magazine's John Mariani has published a list of the best new restaurants of the year. Each November it is highly anticipated amongst…
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Bizcochitos a lo Nuevo Mexicano

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Growing up in New Mexico, I was immersed in a unique mainstream culture that was strongly rooted in Spain and old Mexico. Everyone in the state, regardless of their ancestry, shares in these time-honored and beloved traditions. I have vivid…
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Flash Balms for Instant Beauty During the Holidays

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There's no way to get through holiday shopping/partying/traveling/not-sleeping-enough/up-all- night-wrapping-presents/dry, freezing weather—without the aptly-named Beauty Flash Balm ($45) by Clarins. The iconic, fast-acting mask that…
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Top Holiday Eye Shadows

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What holiday eye shadows to choose from? Here are my faves! What do you love more, chocolate and gold or onyx and silver? Exactly. You can't choose. Thank you. There's no point in stressing; you're just going to have to get both of these…