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Four Indonesian Hors d'Oeuvre Recipes That'll Make Your New Year's Eve Party Sparkle

Stenly A. • Dec 22, 2025

Ingredients: • 1 cup all-purpose flour

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Host Gifts That A Host Would Actually Enjoy

Staff Writer • Nov 10, 2025

What a shame it would be to stay cozily cocooned all winter long! How boring would it be to miss stepping out into those sparkling nights, properly turned out, your planner filled to the edges with social functions and dinners? But no matter how stylish you show up to the party, nothing can make you look and feel more foolish than showing up...

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A Note From The Editor + 10 Ideas

Raine Clark • Oct 1, 2025

Dear Friends, Autumn seems to be the perfect season for the introverts of the world. Everything seems to move in slow motion, and sitting back in a state of deep observation is more likely to be forgiven this time of year. If you don't feel like speaking, don't speak. If you don't feel like expending much energy on social obligations with people...

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Pretty Mocktails For An Autumn Night

Staff Writer • Sep 30, 2025

Recipes and Photography by Stenly A. We recently sat down with Indonesian chef, Stenly A., to talk about all things Asian Autumn. We all know about the pumpkin spice that comes out every Fall, but this year, we wanted to look at Fall drinks from a different angle. Well-versed in East and Southeastern Asian fusion cuisine, we asked him to...

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Bringing the Pakistani Tradition Into Your Modern American Home

Staff Writer • Sep 30, 2025

Hey friends, Today, I am thinking about home decor!

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An Exercise In Imagination

Staff Writer • Sep 30, 2025

I once doom scrolled before bed every night for an entire month. What a terrible idea. I couldn't focus during the day. My thoughts were jaded, and it made my mind simultaneously wired and numb. If you would ask me whether it was the information overload that really did me in, the emotional baiting, or the intrusive marketing that was thrown at...

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Musings on a First Date

Staff Writer • Sep 30, 2025

We've all gone round and round on this topic for about two generations. Yet, still no consensus has been reached. At the end of a nice evening with a potential romantic partner, who makes that decisive reach for their wallet? It’s one of the most critical moments in the world of modern heterosexual dating. When handled improperly, by either...

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4 Kinda Harsh Personal Growth Truths You Need To Remember

Staff Writer • Apr 28, 2025

This one's a short one today, but sometimes the smallest reminders pack the biggest punches. Be your best and most genuine self, always. Lots of love from L&F. Your only competition should be yourself, and that way, you will always walk away the winner. Are you a happier and better person than you were yesterday? Are you any closer to your life...

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5 Ways To Treat Yourself This Valentine's Day

Staff Writer • Feb 12, 2025

Found yourself without a date for this Friday night, and none of your girls are free for a galentine's party? Don't worry, it's happened to the best of us here at L&F magazine, and over the years we've figured out a few ways to send ourselves the ultimate signs of love that go beyond a 14 step nighttime skincare routine. So listen up, and take...

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An Indonesian Comfort Recipe To Get You Through The Winter

Stenly A. • Dec 19, 2024

If there's anything that screams winter, it's fried food! Whether you seek it out to keep the seasonal depression at bay (take your vitamin D, ladies!) or you're just bulking up for hibernation, fried food always seems to hit the best in the wintertime. Going back to his Indonesian roots, our resident chef, Stenly, is the real MVP here, and he's...

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Hand Care: A Hidden Aging Snitch

Staff Writer • Oct 22, 2024

Hey friends, It's time to talk about skincare. And I know that lately it seems like the whole topic of skincare has become completely overdone, and that sometimes your boyfriend's bottle of dish soap actually kind of works (he might be onto something). I don't know about you, but I sometimes get a bit disillusioned with the whole thing when I...

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5 Things Every Friend Needs For Their Autumn Wardrobe

Staff Writer • Oct 7, 2024

When your knits start to pill, don’t toss them out. You can easily spruce them up with an electric knit shaver, or do it the old fashioned way with a knit comb. But if you choose the knit comb, make sure you have the afternoon off because, you’re in for one long and soothing

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When Stress Hits Different: Recognizing and Reducing High Cortisol in Women of Color

Sharlotte Siobha • Oct 1, 2024

By Sharlotte Siobha Before we jump into the details, let's take the time to go over what cortisol actually is. Essentially, it’s a hormone that our adrenal glands produce as a reaction to stress. We call it ‘the stress hormone’. What cortisol does once it’s released it helps you manage stressful situations by making you more alert, giving you an...

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Honey, He's Just Not That Good For You!

Mica Symone • Sep 30, 2024

By Mica Symone Photography by Khoa Võ

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Kohl: A Natural Eyeliner Alternative For Autumn

Amber Hamid • Sep 30, 2024

By Amber Hamid Photography by Marcelo Chagas

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Tales From Behind Your Closet: The Black Stays Dinner Club

Raine Clark • Oct 10, 2023

Hey Friends, I'm back again with another creepy lingerie story for you, hope you all enjoyed the last one for some light reading in the dark before bed. I've been finding it pretty fun to take you all into the worlds of your favorite fictional friends, and their many acquaintances. Today's story comes from Alex's rather large mental library of...

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Tales From Behind Your Closet: The Vintage Peignoir Set

Raine Clark • Oct 3, 2023

Hey Witches, It's spooky season once again, and I don't know about you, but I am ready for a whole month of accidentally freaking myself out. Get ready for second guessing all of those bumps in the night that you usually sleep through, because this month I'm dedicating the blog to telling you all some fictional short stories that'll give you the...

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How to Romanticize Your Autumn With Lingerie

Raine Clark • Sep 18, 2023

Hey friends, I'm back, and it's finally that time of the year again! I'm ready for some bright foliage, cozy sweaters, warm drinks, and the long-awaited social season. But what really makes the essence of Autumn so different from the other seasons? I'll tell you—it’s moody. Now hear me out. We experience Autumn through our senses, and time seems...

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The Thing About Sexy Lingerie

Raine Clark • Sep 11, 2023

Hey friends, I'm back again, and this time I'm gonna make it a bit shorter because I've got some of my trashy reality tv episodes just waiting for me to catch up on. Ok so on with the lingerie theory for today... Sexy lingerie is simply a tool, and nothing more, because the wearer is the one that does the heavy lifting. Now, hear me out, because...

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Self-Confidence & Lingerie: The Real Quiet Luxury

Raine Clark • Sep 4, 2023

Hey friends, It's Raine again, and I'm back with another late night thought about lingerie and fashion. You know how rather recently, there's been a trend where everybody is trying to look wealthy, but like...quietly? Well, somehow I found myself on quiet luxury t*ktok the other night, listening to that one person with the clearest skin ever...