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Amber Katz
🏆 Everything I loved in July

Jul 28, 2026

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4 min read

🏆 Everything I loved in July

This month's favorites

Amber Katz
Amber Katz
📰 Weekly Reader: hiking sandals, Gen X Covergirl, and one wild GLP-1 stat

Jul 15, 2026

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1 min read

📰 Weekly Reader: hiking sandals, Gen X Covergirl, and one wild GLP-1 stat

The best of what crossed my inbox this week

Amber Katz
Amber Katz
💄Stick with me, kid

Jul 14, 2026

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3 min read

💄Stick with me, kid

Face and body chapsticks are having a moment

Amber Katz
Amber Katz
💉 The moisturizer that made my friend ask if I got Botox

Jul 10, 2026

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3 min read

💉 The moisturizer that made my friend ask if I got Botox

Spoiler, I didn't

Amber Katz
Amber Katz
💌 Everything I loved in June

Jun 30, 2026

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2 min read

💌 Everything I loved in June

This month's lineup: redness-calmer, back-scrubber, splurge-justifier, and one dress that does all the work.

Amber Katz
Amber Katz
✨ The Prime Day shortlist

Jun 23, 2026

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1 min read

✨ The Prime Day shortlist

Everything I've tried and loved that's on sale.

Amber Katz
Amber Katz
☀️ My summer body program (it's not what you think)

Jun 16, 2026

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4 min read

☀️ My summer body program (it's not what you think)

Tan, sandals, a Baby Houseman top, and zero regrets

Amber Katz
Amber Katz
🛍️ The products Dawn Spinner Davis buys on repeat

Jun 8, 2026

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4 min read

🛍️ The products Dawn Spinner Davis buys on repeat

Dawn's top 5 she's buying with her American dollars.

Amber Katz
Amber Katz
🌷 Everything I loved in May

May 29, 2026

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3 min read

🌷 Everything I loved in May

The May edit

Amber Katz
Amber Katz
🛍️ Former POPSUGAR EIC Sade Strehlke's current shopping list is as good as her Instagram feed

May 22, 2026

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4 min read

🛍️ Former POPSUGAR EIC Sade Strehlke's current shopping list is as good as her Instagram feed

Sade Strehlke's lash lengthener of dreams, the cleanser that pulls double-cleansing results with one wash, plus more.

Amber Katz
Amber Katz
💡The compact that finally did it

May 19, 2026

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3 min read

💡The compact that finally did it

Plus: two things I just found out about that I'm obligated to tell you immediately.

Amber Katz
Amber Katz
 🇮🇹 I cracked the code on Italian girl hair

May 12, 2026

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5 min read

🇮🇹 I cracked the code on Italian girl hair

(even though my DNA had other plans)

Amber Katz
Amber Katz
☂️ Everything I loved in April

May 4, 2026

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3 min read

☂️ Everything I loved in April

Hello from beehiiv!

Amber Katz
Amber Katz
💐 The Mother's Day gift guide

Apr 27, 2026

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2 min read

💐 The Mother's Day gift guide

Flowers that don't die, jewelry that means something, and skincare that actually works — a gift guide for the mom who deserves better than a last-minute candle.

Amber Katz
Amber Katz

Sephora Sale

💄 Sephora sale picks

Apr 17, 2026

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1 min read

💄 Sephora sale picks

A tight edit of the absolute best.

Amber Katz
Amber Katz

Best of March

☘️ Everything I loved in March

Apr 6, 2026

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3 min read

☘️ Everything I loved in March

The March Edit

Amber Katz
Amber Katz
🌊What I'm packing for my mini vacation

Mar 25, 2026

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4 min read

🌊What I'm packing for my mini vacation

Plus Amazon's Big Sale + more

Amber Katz
Amber Katz
🏆 My dry shampoo hall of fame has a new number one
LockSimple

Mar 20, 2026

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2 min read

🏆 My dry shampoo hall of fame has a new number one

20 years, 3 inductees, and 1 newcomer that blew the doors off.

Amber Katz
Amber Katz
💌 Civilian selects: Friday edition

Mar 13, 2026

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2 min read

💌 Civilian selects: Friday edition

Things I’m using and evangelizing — curated for the group chat.

Amber Katz
Amber Katz
💖 Everything I loved in February

Mar 9, 2026

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3 min read

💖 Everything I loved in February

My favorite things of last month

Amber Katz
Amber Katz

CBK, Makeup, Nails

💫 Once again, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy

Feb 24, 2026

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4 min read

💫 Once again, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy

The '90s are back, Love Story delivered, and I have selects.

Amber Katz
Amber Katz
🌸 Your spring lash report
LockSimple

Feb 10, 2026

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3 min read

🌸 Your spring lash report

Plus some cool discoveries of late

Amber Katz
Amber Katz

Top 5s

💅 Dory Zayas' top 5 beauty essentials
LockSimple

Feb 1, 2026

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2 min read

💅 Dory Zayas' top 5 beauty essentials

Her go-to nighttime cleanser, drugstore dry shampoo MVP, plus more.

Amber Katz
Amber Katz

OG Blogger Edit

💄 Tracy Perez Han's top 5 beauty picks
LockSimple

Jan 22, 2026

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4 min read

💄 Tracy Perez Han's top 5 beauty picks

Her picks include the perfect glowy SPF-spiked foundation, her workhorse bronzer, an essential lip mask, and more.

Amber Katz
Amber Katz

Best of the week

👑 Best of the week
LockSimple

Jan 15, 2026

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3 min read

👑 Best of the week

Seven things that made life instantly, almost suspiciously, easier this week

Amber Katz
Amber Katz
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Things I Buy as a Civilian

I've tested thousands of products in nearly two decades of beauty writing and blogging. Eighty percent are aggressively medium, 10% are actively bad — and 10% are AMAZING. This newsletter is about that last 10%.

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