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Vintage Avon Perfume You Can Still Buy Today

As a former Avon representative, Avon's beautiful and affordable lines of perfume will always be near to my heart. But with the recent public interest in vintage fashion, so has there been an interest in vintage fragrance and cosmetics. Below is a short list of vintage perfumes you can still buy today! For over 130 years, Avon has been producing signature fragrances, as well as cosmetics and home goods, that have become a staple in homes all over the world.

5 Essay Pre-Writing Strategies for Diverse Learners

Pre-writing is the first step in the writing process and is designed to get your thoughts on paper and to organize your ideas to make writing the paper easier. Despite its importance, pre-writing is an often overlooked part of the writing process. Many students are eager to jump right into the essay drafting process to save time, but is this a good idea? Skipping pre-writing often makes the drafting process longer and can end in a lower-quality essay.

How to Create A Successful Etsy Product Listing

Etsy is a popular online shopping website and a platform for small artists, crafters, and creators to sell their products to a global market. It is also an excellent place to find vintage goods and craft supplies. For sellers, Etsy provides an opportunity to reach a wide market of customers who are willing to pay prices that respect handmade and vintage items. But before you make a sale on Etsy, you have to make a listing that attracts and entices buyers.

What’s in a (Southern) Name? Double-Barrel Names and Southern Identity

Being born below the Mason-Dixon line always felt like a belt looped one ring too tight. It fits—but it isn’t comfortable. You wear it because you must, because things are strange and incomplete and too casual without it. The feeling of being too much resonates for many who don’t fit in with the traditional tintype of Southern identity, but it’s not easy to hide. It’s right there in every church potluck between the potato salad and deviled eggs.

The Life Cycle of Financial Planning: Financial Planning for Every Stage of Life

Many people think of money management and financial planning as static concepts whose fundamentals don't change very much over time. In fact, the way we approach our finances can and should change as we progress through the different stages of life. This article discusses strategies for financial planning and money management as they relate to aging and where an individual is in their life cycle.
• What Is Financial Planning?
• The 4 Components of a Personal Financial Plan
• Why Does Age Matter

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T. S. Eliot: Critical Analysis

What Is "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" About?

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," like much of T. S. Eliot's work, questions societal norms and points out the flawed living of empty social rituals and linguistic cliches (Damrosch 733). It is a story that echoes into today's hollow society and tells the tale of one man's experience with unrequited love and greater longing for something bigger than "tea and cakes and ices" (Eliot 736).

Tombow Monograph Shaker Mechanical Penci Technical Description

The Tombow Monograph Shaker Mechanical Pencil is a mechanical pencil designed to reduce time
consumption when writing and taking notes (see Figure 1). It features many of the same components of a
standard mechanical pencil – a lead guard, an external barrel, an internal barrel, clip, and eraser. What makes
the Tombow Monograph shaker different from other mechanical pencils on the market is the innovative
Japanese shaker mechanism. This internal mechanism allows pencil lead to be extended through shaking the
pencil in addition to pressing the eraser cap to extend lead. There is also a clear window towards the bottom of
the pencil to show the inner working of the shaker mechanism. This product is available in a variety of color
combinations as well as limited edition character designs and is no larger than the standard mechanical pencil.
This pencil takes 0.5 mm mechanical pencil lead and features an eraser that extends the total height of the
pencil to approximately 7 inches.