2021’s beauty decluttering project is here! (Check out what I used up in 2020 in this post) Project Pan, inspired by Beauty News, is a plan to completely use up beauty products to get them out of my collection. I don’t want to waste them and just throw them away if they still work fine…
Best & Worst in Beauty | 2020 Edition
All year, I’ve been on a mission to declutter my overflowing beauty product collection. Some was given to me in gratis from my time working at Sephora, others I purchased even though I knew I didn’t need more stuff. I’ve been tracking my progress through my Project Pan and Empties monthly updates, and today I’m…
Self-Care Tips That Got Me Through Grad School
Featured Image by RF._.studio from Pexels Part 2 in my Self-Care in STEM series is all about the self-care techniques that helped me get through grad school. (Part 1 was on my self-care in undergrad & my first job out of college – read Part 1 here) Grad School After working at my first job for 3 years,…
How Self-Care Helped Me Through Undergrad
I’m all about helping other women in STEM prioritize self-care in order to minimize burnout; if we don’t look out for ourselves, who will? One way I’m doing that is with my video series Self-Care in STEM (follow me @sharanadarcel to watch it on IGTV). To kick it off, I shared how self-care has helped…
Why I Quit My MLM
I signed up to be a consultant for Jamberry in December 2015, originally for a discount on cute nail products I knew I’d be buying, and as a way to bring in an extra income as a grad student without a full time job. The first couple years were really fun: minimum 30% commission on…