
Augustinus Bader The Rich Cream
expensive, and I’ve bought it four times

No entry fee. No submissions. No sponsors. A winner is something I used until it ran out, then bought again.
Fourteen months of testing, three climates, one honest shelf.
The pieces that survived the edit, and how I actually wear them.
Where I went, where I’d go back, and what I wish I’d packed.
Sleep, recovery, and the four things that were worth the suitcase space.
Malibu, room by room — and the cheap things that read expensive.

expensive, and I’ve bought it four times

the $18 one that beat the $60 ones

the one people ask about

eleven years, better looking every year

the ones I never take off

the one thing I would never sell

the only supplement I actually noticed
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