Dessert for Dinner 🍓
Gifts, garlands, and good moisturizer.
I’m not sure when I decided it was acceptable to order dessert for dinner, but one night I did. Strawberry cake instead of an entrée, and I’ve never looked back.
You know that quiet rebellion that happens when you stop doing things out of habit and start doing them out of joy? That was it for me.
I’d spent years skipping dessert, waiting for special occasions, waiting to earn it.
The older I get, the more frustrated I feel about all the tiny ways I’ve tried to be “reasonable.”
Now, on the rare occasion I go out to dinner, I skip straight to what I actually want.
Dessert. Every time.
And slowly, that’s become my approach to everything.
Fewer obligations. More strawberry cake. One day closer to building a life that feels like dessert for dinner.
A few weeks ago, Sydney from Hibi Youth reached out. Her MIL reads this newsletter. And I don’t even know how to explain how much that means to me.
Genuinely, this right here, this little corner we’ve built together, is my favorite part of everything I do.
You. Us. This.
Sydney and I jumped on a call. She was literally glowing. Effortlessly cool, passionate about her brand, a mom, an entrepreneur with orders stacked to the ceiling behind her.
I have sensitive skin. The kind that punishes me for trying new things. But I’ve been using Hibi Youth for a few weeks now, and my skin is finally hydrated for the first time in years. It’s improved tenfold.
Here’s what I’m using:
The Dew Glaze: Colostrum meets tremella mushroom to soften, fade fine lines, and hydrate.
The Glow Nectar: Bakuchiol (nature’s retinol alternative) meets Vitamin C to brighten and firm.
The Restoration Balm: Bison tallow meets soothing date extract and blue tansy for overnight renewal.
My skin feels better. It looks better. It is literally glowing.
The Good Stuff Gift Guide
Researched, overthought, and zero fluff.
I stayed up way too late again, ignored every responsible thing on my list, to find us the best gifts of the season.
But not just this season. All seasons. The timeless ones.
Every single item in here has been vetted, tested (or deeply researched), and is the kind of thing that actually gets used and loved.
All the gift guides are finally live!
All updated until Christmas, with the good stuff only.
Can’t find the right gift in the guides? Paid subscribers can just email me. All season. Your holiday gifting hotline.
I’ve spent years testing holiday decor. I’ve tried every cluster light brand. Every tree stabilizer system before discovering that beach umbrella stakes are somehow the answer. I know which exact Afloral garland actually bends without snapping because I’ve snapped three others.
After years of trial and error, I’ve learned what works, what doesn’t, what’s worth investing in, and what’s better to skip.
The good stuff’s below.
Free trial for 7 days. Opening it to 25 people.