There is a certain comfort in this kind of coincidence. It suggests that our private preoccupations are not as private as we imagine. That ideas …
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Lover’s Eye: A Galentine’s Beauty + Art Night
Grab your friends and come play! Begin your evening at F.A.C.E. Makeup Artistry, where mirrors, pigment, and possibility set the tone. This Galentine’s night is …
26 Things I’m Looking Forward to in 2026
This year, I’ve been thinking less about what I should accomplish and more about what I want to lean into. I keep asking myself: What …
Gifting, Receiving and the Space in Between
The holidays tend to magnify gift-giving into something louder than it needs to be with the endless lists and urgency. Somewhere along the way, the …
Too Early, Too Late, All at Once: Navigating November’s Beauty Tension
As a makeup artist and business owner, I feel this tension sharply. I’m told to bombard — to post, create, share, and sell — because …
The Slow Review of a Beautiful Moment
There are things we think we know right away such as whether we like something, whether we feel beautiful, and whether it worked. But beauty …
Embodying a Space: The Intimate Art of Dressing Its Essence
The Girl Gets the Guy *After the Eyeliner*
There’s something weirdly magnetic about a movie makeover. The girl steps out from behind her old hairstyle, the camera pans up, and boom, she’s visible, …
Chasing the Chase
Born in 1987 (barely), I’m a Millennial. I grew up on a steady diet of TV shows and movies that centered around a girl, living …
Let’s Tell the Truth
Let’s tell the truth. Makeup is not salvation. It is not a time machine. It will not make you young again, nor will it deliver …