It’s officially been four full years since I stepped away from social media, both personally and professionally. That’s 1,460 days without scrolling, posting, or performing. Four cycles …
Makeup
In the Blink of an Eye
They say everything can change in the blink of an eye and in beauty, that’s often true. The tiniest details generate huge change. But beyond …
Put On Your Lips: What Maxine Taught Me
Some people shape us in ways we don’t realize until much later. It’s rarely the speeches or the life lessons that reach my center, but …
When Time Was Painted in Poison
Before beauty was filtered, it was radioactive.Before time was measured by app notifications or wrinkle creams, it was painted by hand onto the faces of …
Lipstick Letters
There’s something irresistibly cinematic about scrawling a message on a mirror with lipstick. It can be a love note, threat, or truth. In film and …
Too Close to Touch: Beauty at a Distance
What if you don’t apply the makeup to yourself? What if you applied it to the reflection of yourself in the mirror? What does it mean …
LIP SERVICE MAKEUP CLASS
Celebrate National Lipstick Day a day early by giving your lips the attention they deserve. In this hands-on class led by makeup artist Erin Hendley, you’ll learn …
The Art of Seeing: Self vs. Subject
Traditional artists are trained to study light, form, and contrast—to pay attention to the curve of a jaw, the hollow of a cheekbone, the way …
To Wear It or Make It: A Question of Beauty
Walk into a gallery and beauty is everywhere: framed, hung, sculpted, arranged.Walk into the studio where it was made, and the beauty often stops at …
The Nude Illusion: When “Natural” Isn’t Naked
John Berger, in Ways of Seeing, makes a haunting distinction:“To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognized for oneself.”Nakedness is …