Think of it as a little game of beauty divination. The idea is simple: when something unusual happens while you’re getting ready, treat it as …
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Be the Author of Your Wedding-Day Beauty
So when the morning comes, you’re not waiting for your turn. You already know what to do. Your bridesmaids can learn, too, through a bridal …
After Five Years, I’m Back on Social Media
For the past four years, I’ve recapped what it has meant to live off social media both personally and professionally. Somewhere along the way this …
Substance > Surface
Usually, what draws us in is the person animating the face: their smile, eye contact, expressions, energy, and particularity. We don’t experience a face as …
The Poetry of Presentation
The product is never just the product. We bring our memories, insecurities, desires and ideas about beauty to it. The same lipstick can feel like …
Consequences
Time never argues with neglect.
A National Lipstick Day Tradition
To celebrate, enjoy our National Lipstick Day favorites: 💄 Lipsticks — $18 ✏️ Lip Pencils — $16 One to wear. One to write.
A Feast For Starving Eyes
One of the least acknowledged forms of generosity is beauty made by ordinary people on ordinary days. These acts are rarely profitable. Often they are …
Following Your Heart Is Harder Than It Sounds
“Follow your heart” is among the most common pieces of advice we receive, and perhaps one of the most misleading. The phrase suggests that the …
What Remains When Nothing Properly Ends
Absence of closure rarely gets named directly, perhaps because it is so socially awkward. The pain of things that have not properly ended, and therefore …