But extracting them and refining them is the difficult part.
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John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
11 Jan. 2026
To find marginal gains in performance and stand out from an increasingly homogenous field of super shoes, brands are looking beyond refining the fundamentals.
The Englishman John French developed a scalable industrial method of production in 1651, although other peoples were already well on their way with production before this—for example, the Irish were distilling whiskey in 1405.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
The answer for me will always be The Hidden Words, by Baha’u’llah, written in the mid 1800s in Arabic and Persian, distilling the essence of all past religions for ease of use in the future.
Similarly, make sure to pay special attention to cleansing your jawline—another common breakout zone if makeup is left behind.
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Petra Guglielmetti,
Glamour,
6 Jan. 2026
This three-in-one purifier, humidifier, and cooling fan takes a well-rounded approach to improving your air quality by hydrating and deeply cleansing the air.
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