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 …
psychology
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 …
A Lip Color Warm Up
Sometimes, experimenting with beauty comes from curiosity. What would it feel like to step a little outside your comfort zone, just enough to see yourself …
Burning Down Beauty’s Old House to See What’s Left
The modern day beauty industry was built on scaffolding that’s starting to rot: filters, referral codes, marketing gimmicks, and the manufactured scarcity of “limited editions.” …
What Is It About Progress?
What is it about progress that is so incredibly difficult to see in real time? It exists in the smallest of knowings and subtle shifts …
What Makes Me Come Alive
Sometimes I wonder if I’m chasing beauty, or if beauty has been chasing me all along. My favorite kind of beauty lives in the in-between. …
Am I Investing in What Makes Me Come Alive?
There’s a question I return to again and again, both in beauty and in life:Am I investing in what makes me come alive? It’s easy …
The Mirror of Desire: Beauty and the Pull of What Others Want
Why do we want what we want? René Girard’s theory of mimetic desire says our desires are rarely born in isolation. We don’t simply want something because …
What Color is a Mirror?
We like to think of mirrors as neutral, faithful witnesses to what’s “really there.” But even science tells us this isn’t true. A mirror leans …
The Gentle Art of Seeing Ourselves Clearly
Acceptance is often misunderstood. It isn’t giving up or apathy. And it certainly isn’t about pretending we love every single thing we see in the …