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    An Update on Eczema and Allergies- February 2025

    It has been many months since I wrote a post about how my eczema and allergies are. Even though I haven’t mentioned or updated about how I’m doing, they are getting better.

    By essieofwho February 25, 2025
  • Blog,  Cooking,  Lifestyle,  Personal & Comentary

    A Few More Thoughts on Allergies and Making My Own Food

    Over a week, I wrote a post about making my own bread due to my allergy to an ingredient commonly put into breads I normally eat these days. Since then, I started to wonder if there are other foods with…

    By essieofwho September 19, 2023
  • Blog,  Cooking,  Lifestyle

    Baking My Own Bread and Why I’m Frustrated With Ingredients in Store Bought Bread

    I have realized for the past few years that finding bread made without my allergens is becoming harder to do. This problem has become worse over the past year. I have noticed my favorite place to buy bread at (a…

    By essieofwho September 14, 2023
  • Beauty,  Blog,  Heath/Safety,  Lifestyle,  Skin Care,  Uncategorized

    Allergies, Beauty Products, and Why It is OK to Take Beauty Product Breaks

    It is a new month and I had many plans for posts. The mostly dealt with testing products I own or recently purchased and writing review posts about them. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. Three days into the month, I decided…

    By essieofwho April 17, 2023
  • Beauty,  Blog,  Skin Care

    5 Tips for Buying Skin Care Products for Allergy Suffers

    Since I was a child, I struggled with allergies. One of my most memorable problems as a child was with the soaps I used. The soaps my parent bought me was not hypoallergenic and cause me to have an allergic…

    By essieofwho January 27, 2022
  • Blog,  Heath/Safety,  Lifestyle,  Personal & Comentary

    How I Am Doing This Allergy Season- Spring 2021

    If you followed my blog for a while, you probably read me mention my allergies a few times in my posts. The reason why I talk about my allergies so frequently is due to the affect make up, skin care,…

    By essieofwho April 27, 2021
  • Blog,  Candles,  Home,  Lifestyle,  Personal & Comentary

    Why I Can’t Use Bath and Body Works Candles Anymore (But Can Use Other Brands)

    A few months ago, I made multiple Bath and Body Works haul posts in which I talked about buying Wallflowers as replacements for candles. I also mentioned that I cannot use nor burn Bath and Body Works candles anymore. Before…

    By essieofwho February 19, 2021
  • Beauty,  Blog,  Fragrance

    7 Tips for Picking Perfumes for Allergy Suffers

    Since I started this blog, I tried to expand my knowledge about beauty as well as get out of my beauty comfort zone. One of the areas I tried to focus on was perfumes. Although I love the smell of…

    By essieofwho March 5, 2019

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Hello! My name is Jessica Anderson, formerly known as Mary Ruth Anderson online, and I am a woman who lives in the Sonoran desert of Arizona. I started this blog in order to encourage myself to fulfill my dreams as well as talk openly about anything I am interested in.

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