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Mathmatical Navelgazing 2013 In Blogging

Mathmatical Navelgazing 2013 In Blogging

As a part of my "Oh my god, its not 2013 anymore, what the hell" review,  I decided to go through and determine what it is Ive felt compelled to write about all year by categorizing and graphing the content from this blog. 

To do this, I divided my posts into fourteen general categories. The categories included:

Beauty Bullshit posts: These posts explained the lack of science behind inflated product claims.
Example post- Beauty Bullshit: Fat Girl Slim

Beauty Myths posts: These posts were similar to Beauty Bullshit posts, but they looked at claims that were not being promoted by specific products or companies. Rather, they were simply crappy claims being passed around as fact.
Example post- Beauty Myths: Should You Be Worried About Mineral Oil?

Comparisons: These posts put products to the test, determining their efficacy in head-to-head comparisons. 
Example post- Mega-Comparison: Eyeshadow Primers

Drugstore Dupes to the Test: These posts looked at alleged "dupes", comparing them to their more expensive counterparts.
Example post- Drugstore Dupes to the Test: Smashbox Photo-Finish Primer vs. Monistat Anti-Chafing Gel

History Posts: These posts looked at the history of cosmetics.
Example post- Chic Antique: the Braids of the Vestal Virgins

How Does it Work? Posts: These posts looked at products that actually do work and explained the mechanism.
Example post- How Does it Work? Deodorant and Anti-Antiperspirant

Math Posts: These included calculations of value.
Example post- Birchbox vs. Ipsy: A One-Year Analysis by the Numbers

Miscellaneous Posts: If I couldnt categorize it elsewhere, I stuck it here.
Example post- Why I Dont Plan on Buying Anything from Michelle Phans Em Cosmetics

My Experiments: These included my various empirical-esque projects.
Example post- What Is Living on Robyns Makeup Brushes: A Horror Story

Random Sample Grab Bag Posts: My perfume reviews.
Example post- Random Sample Grab Bag: Perfume Reviews Part 4

Reviews: Self-explanatory.
Example post- Review: Stila Magnificent Metals Foil Finish Eyeshadow in Dusty Rose, Metallic Emerald, and Comex Gold

Science (Misc.) Posts: Any science-related post that didnt get stuck elsewhere was categorized here.
Example post- The Environmental Ominousness of Polyethylene Cleansers

Subscription Box Reviews: Reviews of Birchbox, Ipsy, Wantable, and Julep.
Example post- Wantable December 2013 Review

Tutorials: Also self-explanatory
Example post- Terrible Tutorials: How to Cover Your Acne and Scarring

Obviously, some of these categories overlap, but I went ahead and used my best judgement in categorization.

Sorted by month, my data looks like this:


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