Perhaps this is what beauty does when we carry it long enough. It moves inward and becomes reflex. Cosmetics always felt like this to me …
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Wearable Love: Makeup, Fashion, and the Heart
Love is not only a feeling; it is a practice. The feeling comes from the practice itself, from repeated decisions we make to return to …
On the Medium We Let Decide
There is a brief elevator scene in Mad Men in which a young model explains to Pete Campbell that she was called in for a …
On Snow Days
What We Hold Up to the World
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 …
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 …