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What's in a Name? Remembering Elijah

What’s in a Name? Remembering Elijah

It’s been three years since Elijah died. Elijah was my first cousin, born three months after me. I got the call during our annual family vacation to Maine – nobody could reach us, since the cell phone reception there is so spotty. We packed up immediately and drove the six hours or so back to Rhode Island. It’s a surreal and shocking memory – did it really happen? Sometimes it just seems like an…

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Red Carpet Manicure Color Dip Gradient

I haven’t done a lot of nail art lately. With a newborn, it was completely impossible and I rocked bare nails for ages. Now that he’s older I find that there is more time – but not that much time. I wore gel polish for quite a while, but I found that I can’t ever really get two weeks of wear time. Early in July, I saw The Daily Nail post about a dip powder system from Red Carpet Nails(that was ON…

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#Dip #glitter #nail art #pink

A Letter to My Son for His Birthday

Dear Eli,

A few days from now will mark an entire year since you were born. My mind can hardly fathom how this year has already gone by; your newborn days were so long and I was so tired, but now it seems like the days and months speed by and catch me, totally unprepared. I’m in awe of the person you are becoming, of your development and personality. Though this birthday won’t mean anything to…

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Perfectly Mediocre: Birthday Reflections

One of my best gal-pals in college had a long standing birthday tradition. Every year, she wrote a letter to herself, to be opened on her birthday next year. She would read last year’s letter, reflect on the year, and write the letter to her next year self. I really love birthdays – much more than New Years, it seems like such a perfect opportunity to reflect on the year. It’s a day all about you…

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#cupcake #food #rainbow #unicorn

Shaving Mom's Wings: Reflections on Hair

Shaving Mom’s Wings: Reflections on Hair

A post shared by Hannah Pearlman (@shewantsatutu) on Jun 28, 2017 at 1:03pm PDT

Every so often I get an urge. This urge tells me, “try something new!” which usually means do something to my hair, though occasionally this urge manifests as a desire to pierce my ears or try different makeup. I don’t know why I feel this way, sometimes I just want to shake things up! Back in April, after…

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#memory #mom #reflection

Maybe I'm not a Gryffindor: 20 Years of Harry Potter

Maybe I’m not a Gryffindor: 20 Years of Harry Potter

I have taken approximately a bajillion sorting hat quizzes online, and I’ve always cheated. It’s obvious which answers will put you in Gryffindor, so I’ve always selected the most Gryffindorish answers. After a lot of careful thought, if I’m being honest I have to admit that I’m probably actually in Ravenclaw – although Harry Potter, himself, was able to convince the sorting hat that he belonged…

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I Wear Makeup for Me - Self Love

I Wear Makeup for Me – Self Love

There are days when I don’t leave my house, other than to pick up the baby from daycare; before Eli was born, there were days I didn’t leave the house at all. Working from home can sometimes feel lonely and isolating. Add to that the early mornings (Eli, seriously, please sleep!), it’s easy to feel like a greasy slob. Even before I started working again, the one thing I prioritized for myself was…

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#glasses #makeup #parenthood #selfie

Healthism: Pregnant Belly, Fat Belly

Pregnancy is weird. I’ve never felt particularly in control of my body, but pregnancy amplified that sensation; suddenly, it seemed that my body was doing all sorts of things I had no idea it could do, all on its own. Although I found pregnancy to be difficult and uncomfortable, I couldn’t stop admiring my body. While it may be cliche to reference “the miracle of life,” pregnancy really is…

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#Health #healthism

Terrariums: Plants that are Pretty and You Won't Kill

Terrariums: Plants that are Pretty and You Won’t Kill

I love lampplants. Homes with plants in every nook and cranny always seem so vibrant and bright; you know those houses where there’s a giant fern in the corner, and orchids on the counter, and herbs growing in a box by the window? I want. However, I always thought this dream was an impossibility. You see, I am an indoor plant killer. It’s mostly because I am inconsistent and forgetful, and I…

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Developing a Quirky Style: Funky Glasses

Of all the Friends, I’ve always identified most with Phoebe. That may be controversial, but she’s just so kooky, sincere, and fun. [aside: I want to let you know that I have serious problems with the show, most notably that 1) I really hate the whole plot line of “Monica used to be fat and now she’s not and look how hot she is and isn’t it funny that she was such a cow?” 2) Stop making gay jokes.…

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Makeup and Outfit of the Day: Summer Fabulous

Sometimes I get sucked into the consumerism that often seems to come with blogging. It makes sense – if you want to monetize your blog, you gotta hustle and sell! But that’s not why I started blogging; my interest came from a place of fun. I fell into a hobby and I wanted to share it. That’s what I want to get back to, but I’m not exactly sure how to do it without sounding sales-pitchy.

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Welcome to She Wants a Tutu!

A lot of life has happened since I stopped blogging nearly two years ago.

I stopped blogging because I got tired. The nail polish and beauty blog world started to feel very small and over crowded. It seemed that I would never going to be THE BEST, and that was discouraging (which is silly. Just because I’m not the best doesn’t mean a thing isn’t worth doing, you know?). Blogging as a business is…

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#update

Changes are Coming!

Hi friends. It’s been a little while… ok, it’s been nearly two years. Just wanted to let you know that I’m updating ye olde blogge. It was brought to my attention that I accidentally emailed my subscribers A LOT yesterday. I’m so sorry about that. I hope you’ll stick around, because I’ve got some big plans.

xoxo

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Daniel Jackson shot supermodel Christy Turlington and Calvin Klein creative directors Francisco Costa, Italo Zucchelli and Kevin Carrigan for WSJ. Magazine. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself. [blockquote]”Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can…

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Hailey Baldwin striking a pose with a hoard of puppies! Gabriel-Kane Day-Lewis breaking into song! Hari Nef slinking about in a décolletage-diving blazer! Welcome to a Fashion Week model casting—Vogue.com style. And it wasn’t just a typical waiting-around-for-fittings affair, either. Instead, call it the ultimate playground of all casting calls, starting from the outside, where Phil Oh lensed the…

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