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Some of my Travel Beauty Recommendations (and Tips and Tricks)
Whether for an overnight stay or for a weeks-long excursion, packing beauty products for travel is an exciting process but also an...
Oct 31, 20213 min read
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Steps to Skin Rehab (How To Recoup Your Skin After Heavy Makeup Wear)
With Halloween fast-approaching, (see my article here for a great resource on makeup and costume inspiration) I became apprised to the...
Oct 23, 20214 min read
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Product Review: Kosas Weightless Color Lipstick
Kosas is a natural-based makeup brand founded in 2015 by Sheena Yaitanes. She describes herself as a “chemist, artist, entrepreneur,...
Oct 16, 20213 min read
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Beauty Buzz Spotlight: Alyson Tabbitha YouTube Channel
For anyone looking for some great, last-minute Halloween makeup and costume inspiration, I highly recommend checking out the channel of...
Oct 9, 20211 min read
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Product Review: Glossier Cloud Paint
Glossier's Cloud Paints are one of the brand's most iconic, sought-after products. And being the diehard Glossier fan, I have been...
Sep 27, 20213 min read
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The Pros and Cons of Beauty Subscription Boxes
Sephora Play!, Boxycharm, Boxswalla, Ipsy, the list goes on. The amount of beauty-based subscription boxes and services seems to go up...
Mar 24, 20213 min read
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3 Of the Best (And Easiest!) "Under the Weather" Makeup Tips
Whether you are muddling your way through this year's Spring seasonal allergies or if yours come more in Fall or if the cold and flu...
Mar 3, 20213 min read
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Salut de la French Beauty Secrets!
Last year, I wrote an article sharing my research about beauty secrets from Ireland, one of the places of my heritage. This, in turn,...
Feb 3, 20214 min read
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2020 Beauty Favorites (and a Rapidfire Last-Minute Gift Guide Therein)
2020 has been a year of lots of beauty explorations, leading both to discovering new favorites and also rekindling love for old ones. ...
Dec 9, 20206 min read
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5 Tips for Rocking a Red Lip This Holiday (and Beyond!)
Few things in the world of aesthetics spell timelessness, glamour, and festivity more than a red lip. As such, for many, it has become a...
Dec 2, 20204 min read
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Doing Some Beauty Good (Beauty Gift Ideas With Charitable Tie-Ins)
The Holiday bustle is starting to buzz. and for many of us, I think the Season is going to be even more of a reprieve than ever. While...
Nov 11, 20203 min read
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The Beauty of Neutral Blushes
For the past two years, I have been a devotee of berry-toned and crimson blushes, really loving the looks of an accented red cheek to...
Oct 7, 20203 min read
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The Best Eye Makeup Shades For Your Eyecolor
As much as makeup is about personal taste and preference, there are some scientific principles that tell us how our eye perceives color...
Sep 2, 20203 min read
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Product Review: CoverGirl Perfect Point Plus Eyeliner
CoverGirl is one brand that is very good at keeping a lot of their old, classic products in their line while still launching a decent...
Aug 19, 20203 min read
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3 New Makeup Techniques I've Learned About and Been Trying
Over the years, I have built a very solid makeup and beauty routine that I know works for me and that I enjoy doing and execute quickly. ...
Jun 10, 20203 min read
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Tips for Choosing: Your Perfect Nude Lipstick
Whether you are seeking an everyday staple or the perfect understated companion to your smoky eye, finding one's perfect nude or neutral...
May 27, 20204 min read
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Adventures in Fingerpainting (3 Advantages to Doing Your Makeup With Your Fingers)
Makeup artists are often quoted as saying that the key to perfected or editorial-style, makeup application lies in the use in good...
May 6, 20203 min read
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Product Review: Burt's Bees Lip Balm
There are few brands both more classic and more wholesome and more legend in the world of Green/natural-based Beauty than Burt's Bees,...
Apr 15, 20202 min read
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Tips for Choosing: The Best Highlighter For Your Skintone
Whether we want to add a bit of dewiness to freshen up our complexion or we want to be shining like a beam from outer space, highlighter...
Feb 26, 20202 min read
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Red Lipstick: A History.
No doubt if you have read many of my posts on this blog thus far, you will have learned that I am a diehard fan of red lipstick. Whether...
Feb 12, 20203 min read
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