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 …
Anything Can Happen
If 2025 was a year of recomposition, then 2026 is about what becomes possible once something has grown strong enough to trust itself. Recomposition is …
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 …
HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE 2025
The holidays are here, and if you’re looking for a few small, thoughtful gifts, I’ve put together a little F.A.C.E. Makeup Artistry gift guide to …
The Stillness of Gratitude
An open letter to my beautiful clients, customers and readers There is a liminal feeling when the mirror seems to ask a question. It invites …
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
Taylor Swift’s New Album Is a Warning Sign of Who I Don’t Want to Become
Taylor Swift’s latest album The Life of a Showgirl is difficult to forget because it’s so alarmingly hollow. What lingers is the sensation that something …
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, …