How is your skin holding up with the onset of winter hitting us in … t-minus eight days officially? The premonitions of cold weather come to us in the form of chilling wind and dry skin.

It’s definitely time to switch up your skincare and go for something with a little more oomph—move from gels to creams and balms, including in your eye skincare routine. My favorite this season is a much-loved Kopari savior, the Kopari Starry De-Puff Eye Balm with Hyaluronic Acid and Caffeine.

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We love this eye balm so much we even have an exclusive discount code that’ll save you 20 percent on this incredible product. Now through December 15, enter code “STYLECASTER20” at checkout to snag the Kopari Starry De-Puff Eye Balm with Hyaluronic Acid and Caffeine for $22.40 instead of $28.

Read more about the incredible product below!

Courtesy of Kopari.

Kopari Starry De-Puff Eye Balm with Hyaluronic Acid and Caffeine

With a silky and super light formulation, hydrate and nourish the entirety of the area of your eye with this super balmy, brightening eye skincare. Bonus points for the light refracting minerals that give you an immediate glow.

Kopari’s experts also recommend using the eye balm as an undereye primer for seamless makeup application

A hyaluronic acid and caffeine powered eye balm that delivers a pick-me-up to help de-puff, illuminate, and refresh tired eyes.

Kopari’s clientele have nothing but rave reviews about the product, saying it’s the only eye cream you’ll ever need. One customer said, “I’ve been obsessed with this eye cream for years. It is the only eye cream I continue to buy over and over. I use it first thing in the morning with a splash of cold water on my eyes to get them de-puffed for the day and again on top of my makeup just dabbed under my eye. I also use it on my lips! It’s a quick moisturizer for chapped/dry lips without being heavy like you put chap stick or a gloss on. I hope it’s never discontinued.”

Shop the eye balm at Kopari.com now.

Melissa Gorga’s Green Sequin Dress on Instagram

Real Housewives of New Jersey Instagram Fashion 2022

According to Instagram Melissa Gorga had the ultimate girl’s night out in Vegas with Brandi Glanville, Tamra Judge and Kristin Taekman the other night. And while we’re sure like us you’re suffering from some serious FOMO, thankfully you don’t need to when it comes to her party-perfect green sequin dress.

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Gina Kirschenheiter’s Red Satin Pajamas on Instagram

Real Housewives of Orange County Instagram Fashion 2022

Gina Kirschenheiter took to her Instastories to promote the CaraGala holiday sale (use code 22HOL40 for 40% off your entire purchase!) in these super cute and very affordable red satin pajamas. Which we’ve linked down below so you too wake up looking even more holiday red-y in no time. 

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Photo: @GinaKirschenheiter

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Kristin Cavallari’s Black Fur Trim Puffer Jacket on Instastories

Kristin Cavallari Instagram Fashion 2022

In the corner of this Instastory Kristin Cavallari wrote “wearing all black for the foreseeable future.” And tbh we don’t blame her considering this black fur puffer jacket is something we’d never want to take off (unless it is to expose a cute black shirt underneath). 

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Faryn

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Photo: @KristinCavallari

Originally posted at: Kristin Cavallari’s Black Fur Trim Puffer Jacket

This article is the follow-up to the last blog, where I discussed why writing your memoir matters. We touched upon the importance of identifying themes.

Here we will examine and explore what happens after you’ve outlined your book themes. That will enable you to plot a patchwork story. Think about memoir writing in the same way as writing a novel. The difference is that your account happened to you.

Can You Imagine Yourself as a Character in a Book?

I do book coaching for flummoxed clients who have a story but don’t know where to begin, how to organize their thoughts on paper (proverbially), and how to utilize the themes to create a dramatic tale. For example, legalized gambling is a significant theme in one client’s life.

How did he take that and build a compelling story that people wanted to read?

First, he wrote in the third person, distancing himself from his “former self.” The theme was analyzed and picked apart to reveal what drove him to gamble in the first place! It wasn’t due to watching an uncle play cards on a Saturday night at the house. It was due to his severely constricted childhood in a religious household where NOTHING was allowed.

Can You Recognize a Subplot in Your Story?

Gambling is the central theme. The sub-plots include:

• a tremendous amount of childhood abuse bordering on indentured servitude,
• how religion shaped the character’s worldview,
• how an insufferable family shielded him from the outside world.

The three sub-plots propelled him into a life of borderline crime and intrigue. Molding his character, the events surrounding his upbringing become relatable throughout the book. The package makes for a thrilling story.

“No story lives unless someone wants to listen. The stories we love best do live in us forever. So whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.”

— J.K. Rowling

Are You Bombarded with How-To Emails from Unknown Sources?

Know your source. Research the “experts” before taking what they say as the be-all and end-all. I like to get inspiration from various people to keep it fresh. Here are some of my processes.

I like using Excel spreadsheets to outline each aspect of my work. In determining the theme for my current book, I broke out the theme(s) (and sub-themes) into three areas. Emotional, Physical/Events, and Career.

It went something like this. Dynamic theme: resilience and naivete. Physical: worldwide travel in Europe and Asia. Career: entrepreneurship, visionary, and perseverance. The overarching plots include building businesses in foreign countries from scratch, raising venture capital on a shoestring, and making foreign partnerships flourish.

Can You See How Stories Begin to Emerge?

And then the fun part begins – writing out chapter outlines. There are many right or wrong ways to start your memoir, as each writer has their method. I like organizing before I begin the “fun” part with one caveat. The spark of inspiration, the magic, has to happen first; otherwise, there is nothing to write about for me.

Before writing the outline for each chapter, follow the process of a) determining the arc for the chapter, b) identifying the theme for the chapter, and c) bullet point the beginning, middle, and end of the chapter.

Outlining enables you to be crystal clear about the outcome of each chapter so you can thread it together in a cohesive whole. It doesn’t take away from the creativity of writing; instead, it provides a solid foundation and framework upon which to build.

Let’s Have a Conversation:

Have you considered writing your memoir in the third person? Do you think this will give you objectivity over your own story? Would an outline work for you? If not, how would you plot your story, chapter by chapter?