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How to Wax Your Own Eyebrows at Home | If you're looking for the best at home products and at home tutorials to help you learn how to shape your eyebrows and wax unwanted hairs yourself, we've curated all the tips you need! Whether you want to wax your brows with strips or with an at home natural DIY sugar wax, we're sharing brow shaping tips, videos, and tutorials to ensure your brows are always on fleek - even when you can't get to the salon!

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5 DIY Manicure Tutorials | If you're looking for tips and tricks and the best step by step tutorials to teach you how to get a professional looking manicure at home, this post is for you! Whether you're looking for an easy manicure for short nails, want to know how to do a French manicure on your own nails, how to give yourself the perfect gel nail polish job, or you're looking for some nail art inspiration, these manicure hacks and videos are full of ideas for a beautiful manicure that lasts!

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How to Cut Men's Hair at Home | If you're looking for step by step tutorials to teach you how to cut your son's, boyfriend's, or husband's hair, this post has everything you need to know. We're sharing the best tips from barbers plus video tutorials with step by step instructions, including the scissor over comb technique, how to fade hair with clippers, how to blend hair on the sides, and how to cut long hair on top with scissors.

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21 Retro Hairstyles for All Hair Lengths | The 60s, 70s, 80s, and even the 90s each had their own iconic hairstyles that are all coming back into style. Whether you need a gorgeous retro glam wave for a wedding, or want to rock vintage-inspired hairstyles on the day to day, we've included options for short, medium, and for long hair. From soft retro waves, to retro pin-up girl hairstyles, to retro Hollywood waves, wear these with a bandana and accessories for extra style!

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8 Glowing Skin Tips | If you want to know how to get glowing skin naturally at home, we're sharing our best tips and products! We all know that removing makeup at night is key for clear skin, but these beauty secrets and skincare tips go above and beyond. We're sharing common skincare mistakes to avoid, along with daily skincare routines for a clear complexion that glows from the inside out!

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22 Wet Hair Hairstyles for All Hair Lengths | If you're looking for quick, easy, and stylish updos for mornings you're running late and have no time for long showers, a blowout, and time with your flat iron or curling wand, we're sharing our favorite step by step hair tutorials to help you transform your wet hair into cute and classy looks to fool the world into thinking you woke up on time. With options for short, medium, long, straight, wavy, and curly hair, there's a style for everyone!

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7 Feathered Eyebrows Tips and Tutorials | If you want to know how to get feathered eyebrows, you're in luck! While microblading and microfeathering can yield beautiful results, you don't need to tattoo your brows to make them look fluffy and full. We're sharing 7 eyebrow hacks for a natural look you'll love. From the best eyebrow and makeup products, to easy application techniques, to step-by-step tutorials, learn how to adopt this trend as your own and keep your eyebrows on fleek!

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28 Hairstyles for Chubby Faces | If you're looking for slimming hairstyles for round faces, we've got 28 ideas to inspire you! Whether you have short, medium length, or long hair, there's a 'do here for you. Designed to elongate your face and take the attention away from your double chin, these styles work for straight, wavy, and curly hair. Wear these updos to prom or a wedding, or sport them on the daily to elevate your look!

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8 Dry Skin Remedies | If you suffer from itchy, dry skin, we're sharing our favorite DIY natural remedies for fast relief, along with the best store bought products for severe, extremely dry skin that needs a little extra TLC. Perfect for face, for hands, for feet, for legs, and for arms, we've also included 5 tips to help prevent dry skin from occurring in the first place, for happier, healthier skin that glows!

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How to Get Rid of Eye Bags | If you want to know how to get rid of puffiness and dark circles under your eyes naturally (and instantly!), we're sharing 10 tips and tricks for fast, overnight relief! From skin care tips, to DIY remedies, to 3 makeup tutorials to teach you how to hide under eye bags with makeup, you don't want to miss this! While we can't promise to banish your dark under eye circles permanently, these beauty hacks definitely help!

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‘STOP TRYING TO CALM THE STORM. CALM YOURSELF, T ‘STOP TRYING TO CALM THE STORM. CALM YOURSELF, THE STORM WILL PASS.’ —Unknown
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My daughter went back to school virtually today, and while the Type A in me is excited we’re back in some kind of routine, I had forgotten just how chaotic and impractical distance learning is. A province-wide internet outage took down her teacher within 2 hours, shattering any hopes I had of grabbing a little time to myself to get caught up on all of the work stuff I’ve been putting off for the last 3 weeks. I’ve dried tears, prepared snacks, provided new Zoom logins, helped with grade 4 math, and I even made paper plates out of construction paper for a last minute craft.
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Wash, rinse, repeat.
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All is good in our world again, and soon we’ll dive back into those math problems and whatever else is on tap for homework before I retreat to my office to print off tomorrow’s agenda and worksheets. We’ll all play Roblox before dinner to help us unwind after a crazy day, and I’ll stay up later than I want to tonight trying to get caught up because I know tomorrow will bring more unforeseen challenges, and I hate starting my day feeling behind schedule.
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Parenting in a pandemic is extra messy, and if this sh*t storm has taught me anything, it’s that we need to give ourselves a hell of a lot of grace right now. There will be days where we’re super productive and get through everything on our never-ending ‘to do’ lists, but there will be many more days where we feel like we’ve accomplished absolute nothing.
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It’s on these difficult days that we need to remind ourselves that our most important job right now is making sure our kids are healthy and happy, and that they feel safe and loved. When they look back on this time, they won’t remember if the house was clean and the laundry was folded, how often we ordered takeout, or if we gained weight. All they will remember is how we showed up for them - even on the days we were struggling to show up for ourselves.
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If the return to reality has you feeling overwhelmed today, stop trying to calm the storm. Take a deep breath, get present in this moment, remind yourself what’s important, and focus on that instead.
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We’ve got this. 💙
BACK TO REALITY… . Are you ready to get back at BACK TO REALITY…
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Are you ready to get back at it?
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While we’ve certainly been busy organizing, packing, and getting our new home ready and didn’t really relax as much as we’d hoped to over the holidays, I’ve enjoyed operating at a slower pace the last couple of weeks. We’ve stayed up late, slept in a little bit each morning, had too much to eat and drink, and enjoyed a break from routines and schedules. 
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Toronto is currently under lockdown, so my daughter is going back to school virtually tomorrow while my husband and I continue to work from home. It’s not ideal, but we’ll make it work and I’m excited to get back into a routine. The time away from my computer helped me reset and recharge, and I feel like I’m starting 2021 with more realistic expectations of myself. And that feels good.
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2020 was definitely not my favorite year, but when I look back at the last 12 months, a lot of really great things came from it. It gave me more time with my husband and daughter and brought us much closer than our busy, pre-2020 lives would’ve ever allowed. It helped me reconnect with friends I had lost contact with due to the craziness that is being a working mom. And it helped me form amazing new friendships that I will cherish forever.
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I know 2021 is likely going to be just as challenging - if not more so - as 2020 was, but for the first time since becoming a mom, I finally feel like I have a tribe of people around me. I feel less lonely than I’ve ever felt in my life, which is hilarious since we have been holed up in our house for ~10 months, but it feels pretty amazing.
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I’m not sure where I was going with this post, but suffice it to say I’m ready to caffeine and conquer! ☕️
‘ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LIFE. KNOW THAT ‘ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LIFE. KNOW THAT IT IS YOU WHO WILL GET YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO GO, NO ONE ELSE.’ —Les Brown
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I think we can all agree that 2020 was the absolute shits, and I know we’re all looking forward to a chance to start fresh in hopes that the universe will be a little kinder to us in 2021. 
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Of course, our lives aren’t going to magically go back to the way they were at 12:01 am. It’s not easy to be positive right now, but instead of getting stuck in the suck, remember that the only thing you have control over is your attitude.  You can continue to feel sorry for yourself and mourn all the ways your life has changed, or you can straighten your crown and focus on all of the good things happening in your life.
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If you dig deep enough, you’ll see that there is so much to be grateful right now.
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And if you can’t think of anything that you feel proud of or that brings you joy, then it’s up to you to create it. Accept responsibility for your life. Stop making excuses and be the change you want to see. 
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Instead of thinking of 2021 as another year of lockdowns and restrictions while we wait for vaccinations to take place and herd immunity to take hold, look at it as an open book. 
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12 new chapters. 365 new chances. 🥂
‘BE PRESENT WHERE YOUR FEET ARE.’ —Unknown . ‘BE PRESENT WHERE YOUR FEET ARE.’ —Unknown
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What do you do when you have downtime?
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I haven’t had time off since last Christmas. We hit the ground running in January as we were planning a 2-week family vacay in March and wanted to do ALL THE THINGS beforehand so we could unplug and enjoy the trip. Our vacation obviously got cancelled, and we’ve been on autopilot ever since. I feel like the pandemic has either made people really busy, or extremely bored. There’s no in-between!
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My team and I have been busy working ahead over the past couple of months as I really wanted to unplug and unwind for a few weeks over the holidays and now that the craziness of Christmas is over, I don’t know what to do with myself!
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I’m caught up on This Is Us, we finally watched The Undoing, I’m almost done Open Book, I’ve done a lot of drawing on my iPad, I’ve had a lot of wine, I’ve eaten a ton of chocolate, we’ve played games, I’ve done my nails…and I’m bored, lol. But unless I find something else to do, I have to face packing up this house (we’re moving, ya’ll!) and I can’t face that just yet.
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👇🏻how do you unwind?
‘WHAT IS CHRISTMAS? IT IS TENDERNESS FOR THE PAS ‘WHAT IS CHRISTMAS? IT IS TENDERNESS FOR THE PAST, COURAGE FOR THE PRESENT, HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.’ —Agnes M. Pahro
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The holidays are going to be extra hard for many this year. Whether you’re living under a lockdown with travel restrictions, voluntarily cancelling plans to keep yourself and the ones you loved safe, or dealing with heart-breaking loss, please know that you are not alone. 
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While we are all navigating the same storm right now, remember that we’re not all in the same boat. If you are lucky enough to be surrounded by excitement and chaos, enjoy the insanity of it all. Embrace the mess and be grateful for all your blessings, and don’t forget to check in with those who are less fortunate than you are. 
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And if there’s an empty chair at your table due to distance, sickness, or loss, remember that it’s okay to not be okay right now. The holidays can be hard at the best of times, and this year is unlike any we’ve ever experienced. Feel the feels, reach out to others, and be kind to yourself.
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Merry Christmas my beautiful friends! 🥂
‘WORRYING IS LIKE PRAYING FOR THE OUTCOME YOU DO ‘WORRYING IS LIKE PRAYING FOR THE OUTCOME YOU DON’T WANT.’ —Denis Morton
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This is your Monday morning reminder that no amount of anxiety can change the future, and no amount of regret can change the past. Worrying about something you have no control over does nothing but interfere with your ability to be fully present in this moment. So, inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit (also a Denis Morton quote), and have faith in your ability to handle whatever life throws at you. ☺️
Is this thing on? . It’s been a MINUTE since I p Is this thing on?
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It’s been a MINUTE since I posted here, and I’m not even sure I’m the same person anymore, lol, so I figured I’d re-introduce myself.
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My name is Gwen and I’m the founder and managing editor of Meraki Lane - a website dedicated to sharing all of the latest tips and trends to help you be the best version of yourself in the least amount of time. 
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I’m 43, married to the man of my dreams, and the proud mama of a feisty 9-year-old who has an infectious personality and love for life. I grew up in Singapore, live in Toronto, and have an unhealthy obsession for clothes, shoes, peanut butter, makeup, and my Peloton bike.
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I’m also anxious AF. I’ve struggled with high functioning anxiety since I was 9, but you probably wouldn’t even know if you met in IRL. I grew up at a time when mental health challenges were something to be deeply ashamed of and it took a global pandemic for me to finally realize that it’s okay not to be okay.
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I’ve been thinking a lot about this little account of mine and how I want it to evolve. I’m never going to be a beauty influencer, I suck at taking photos of my food, and no one on the internet wants to see videos of me working out. While I love seeing other people do these things, they fall way outside of my skill set and comfort zone.
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What I can offer is a candid look at my life with anxiety - the things that help me cope, the quotes that make me think, the mantras that keep me grounded, the products I love, and the memes that make me laugh and remind me not to take life too seriously.
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My experience with anxiety probably won’t look like yours, but even though I may not be able to relate to your struggles, my hope is that I make you feel a little less alone. 💙
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