Natalie Budnyk
Revisiting The Sleeping Beauty
This essay was originally written on April 24, 2013 for a college course called Age of Cathedrals. In order to preserve the integrity of...
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Natalie Budnyk
- Nov 22, 2021
- 4 min
An Online Shopping Guide for Small Business Saturday (2021 Edition)
As the headline says, it's 2021. We've all grown accustomed to buying things online over the past two years: groceries, toilet paper, the...
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Natalie Budnyk
- Jan 4, 2021
- 7 min
Mining for Lore in Star Wars: The Clone Wars
It all re-started with Baby Yoda. You weren't going to get Disney+, but he was so cute, and his mysterious metal dad seemed kind of hot....
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Natalie Budnyk
- Nov 23, 2020
- 5 min
A Small Business Holiday Shopping Guide
If you too have screamed internally at the latest Instagram interface update, I’d like to offer you this consolation: you might actually...
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Natalie Budnyk
- Nov 4, 2020
- 4 min
The Underworld: So Hot Right Now
It seems like every day a new interpretation of Hades pops up on my Twitter feed. With the release of Supergiant’s mega-successful video...
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Natalie Budnyk
- May 6, 2020
- 2 min
Indiana Jones & The Film Library of Doom
Picture this, it’s 10pm, late enough that you could go to bed but not late enough that you can’t start a movie. You check your Letterboxd...
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Natalie Budnyk
- May 3, 2020
- 6 min
Game Night, But Make It Zoom
"Social Distancing" is the buzzword of 2020 -- though "quar" and "iso" might be giving it a run for its money lately as people try to...
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Natalie Budnyk
- Nov 27, 2018
- 5 min
Should I get a gift for my boss?
The answer is, probably "yes" if your goal is to make the recipient happy. That can't be stressed enough. The goal needs to be their...
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Natalie Budnyk
- Nov 4, 2018
- 2 min
A Recipe for Unsolicited Bread
Last night, I had a craving for chicken parmesan, as one does during a Netflix binge that cannot be categorized as casual. I don't know...
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Natalie Budnyk
- Sep 27, 2018
- 3 min
High/Low: Mascara
This is a topic makeup artists will fight you on: how much should you spend on mascara? Most of my friends who do makeup for a living say...
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Natalie Budnyk
- Sep 13, 2018
- 3 min
FINISH HIM!
I know that title is vague as hell, but I'm still laughing at it because of the gif I made below. In this post I will lay out a list of...
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Natalie Budnyk
- Aug 25, 2018
- 6 min
Like Literally Always a Bridesmaid
When you hit your late twenties, something nobody warns you about is that you will have to go to SO. MANY. WEDDINGS. Also, you've always...
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Natalie Budnyk
- Jul 28, 2018
- 3 min
I Call It "Green Soup"
Farmers markets are magical places. My personal favorite is the Union Square Greenmarket because of their huge selection. I think I spend...
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Natalie Budnyk
- Jul 26, 2018
- 9 min
CVS Has a Fountain of Youth Section Now
DISCLAIMER: I am not nor will I ever be an expert on Asian beauty, because (spoiler) I'm white. If you want some info from the source,...
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Natalie Budnyk
- Jul 21, 2018
- 3 min
Alexa, We're Out Of Milk
As a New Yorker of about 7 years, I'm rarely ever in a true supermarket anymore, which is sad because I love Publix. Like so much. It's a...
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Natalie Budnyk
- Jul 9, 2018
- 3 min
A Beauty Routine to Compete with the Heat
I know. It's hot out. Like so, so hot out. But the heat is a perfect excuse to embrace your natural skin and let it breathe a little...
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