Makeup application can feel like the ultimate active self-portrait. When we do our own makeup, we confront ourselves. We then travel around and showcase our …
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The Neighborhood
These are interesting times and aiming for perfection is exhausting. We can each learn and lean on what we can do to boost our own …
Life Imitates Art
We are portable self-portraits, our lives imitating our art. Like it or not, we are all up for interpretation.
Permanence Paradox
Photo: Glenn Hall Photography
The Painter Without a Palette
When we envision painters, we also picture signature tools of their trade: paint brush, paint, canvas and the palette. When we imagine a makeup artist, …
Pick Your Poison
Either way, the influence and reliance of makeup has power. Unless you always or never wear makeup, you are a human variation of a Before …
Memento Mori
Memento Mori — (Latin: “Remember you must die.”) –is the ancient practice of reflection on our mortality. There are several ways to practice acknowledgement of …
Mise En Place
For better or worse, our daily habits greatly dictate life outcomes. How we compose our homes to support our daily routines is imperative. Every room …
Color Monogamy
Choice: the ability to make a decision when you have two or more possibilities. We live in an unprecedented age of options. And that can …
Pro/Con of On/Off
Is it a pro or a con to have the ability to personally advertise what you do professionally, around the clock, during and outside of …