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While my friend and colleague originally made this to prevent pregnancy-related stretch marks, it also sneakily became the go-to moisturizer for men. They love it! So here’s to all the pregnant women I know—and their husbands.

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For all my girls that don’t want eyelash extensions but, like, want eyelash extensions—this is for you.

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I love hairspray, and it makes me happy. I bought a dozen of these to use—but also for decoration in my bathrooms. Anything that further reinforces that I am a cool girl. When I was growing up, I never could have hairspray until I was 16 and even then, I could only afford one can. Start at the bottom and now I am here!

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This is the brush everyone wants and didn’t know they wanted. It’s what I buy for my friends that have everything.

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I bought this for myself because I can’t continue to ask Tina for freebies. I am embarrassed—I’ve asked her for more seven times already.

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This is for all the men in my life that love to look well-rested and healthy, but have yet to embrace concealer and foundation like real men do, like the movie stars do!

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These patches are a necessity to get through the pressure of the holidays with rosy cheeks and a smile. I like to put them on the bedside tables at home for all of my holiday guests.

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I bought this for my mother who, as much as I try to get her to get Botox or adopt a 12-step skin care routine, refuses to do anything but naturally and gracefully age. She only uses Vintner’s Daughter.

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All my lovely neighbors in my building are getting this. I am not saying I am controlling, but I do prefer this scent at home, and I gently discourage people from disrupting the glamour by burning something, well anything, that isn’t VIOLET GREY’s exclusive Santal 26 candle in black glass for the winter months.

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I bought four of these little black bottles for each of my best friends, as I’ve got them all hooked on it. I keep these bitches upgraded and stocked on the daily. Duh!

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This formulation was created by my friend and colleague, Fara Homidi, to get that fresh-off-the-runway makeup look at home, or even in the back of a cab. The Essential Face Compact is really in a class of its own: It creates what Fara calls a skin veil, replacing the need for a separate foundation, concealer, and highlighter. I bought this for my fancy friends that often get their makeup done by a professional—sometimes even by Fara!

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This is for Jules’s third-grade teacher, Miss Howard, whom I adore and shower with expensive-but-worth-it skin care and perfume.

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I bought this for my accountant to prove a point that I do, in fact, understand frugality: It is responsible to buy a $3,000 FDA-cleared, derm-quality tool to use at home rather than drop five grand on quarterly in-clinic laser treatments. If only there were an at-home Botox treatment?!