When you’re sick you almost don’t want to wear any makeup but there are ways to manage makeup when you have a cold. Statistically there’s no increased risk of contracting a cold during the change of seasons, anecdotally, people often complain of getting sick this time of year. If the fatigue, aches, sore throat and…
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I'm a full-time blogger, former makeup artist and lover of all things design. I like jadeite, Jack White, grenadine, mary janes, vampire books, Morrissey, Djarum cloves, and retro-futurism.
Extending Your Haircolor, Part Two: Stalling Salon Visits
Earlier this week, we posted about best practices for coloring your hair at home and extending your haircolor. Getting to the salon, as stated, sometimes is just impossible. Things come up, excellent stylists book up- and if you, like me, have some super-premature gray hair, those in-between periods can be nearly unbearable. (It doesn’t help…
Review: R.E.M. Spring is a Hair Removal Game Changer
If you’ve ever had laser hair removal before, you know that during the process you must shave areas being treated, but cannot wax, pluck or otherwise pull hair out by the root. Thusly, my daily shaving habit began. Seven years later, I am still stuck shaving. I can’t wait for stubble to grow out and…
Mascara Melee: Five Top Formulas, Road Tested
Even at their best, mascaras are a bit difficult to gauge. Very, very rarely do you find one that just “wows” you. If it doesn’t run and it doesn’t clump, it’s basically an awesome mascara, right? Even a really impactful mascara can be difficult to commit to, because you always want to find that really amazing curling, lifting,…
Rediscovered: Lancôme Dual Finish Powder Foundation
Don’t we all love new and innovative beauty products? A lazy Saturday trip to Sephora can yield an unexpected shopping bag full of new to market goodies, many of which we gleefully dish about on this very blog. But perhaps as gratifying is the discovery of an older standard that you’d forgotten or previously overlooked…