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Behind the Scenes with Vikings Makeup Artist Tom McInerney

Anyone who mentions the TV series Vikings around me knows I'm a big fan. It's got everything: History! Violence! Men in Leather! And that's...

Painted Ladies: Adele Bloch-Bauer, Gustav Klimt’s “Woman In Gold”

She was the Mona Lisa of Austria - her mysterious beauty enthralled everyone who saw her. For years, she was simply called the Woman...

Vintage Makeup Workshop with Gabriela Hernandez, Creator of Bésame Cosmetics

There's a lot to love about Old Hollywood movies: the dialogue is fantastic, the sound effects are minimal, and the stars aren't likely to...

Jodi Hilton Captures The Beauty of the Last Tattooed Women of Kobane

While documenting the war between Syrian Kurds and Islamic State fighters, photojournalist Jodi Hilton got the idea to make a portrait series of Syrian...

On Being Happy – and Beautiful – at One Hundred

As a makeup artist people usually ask me to make them look as young as possible. And I get it - any of us...

Chantelle Brown-Young & Desigual Bust Through Another Beauty Barrier

Beauty acceptance has hit a new level with Desigual's hiring of Chantelle Brown-Young for their Autumn 2014 campaign. Brown-Young, who models under the name...

Aroma M Atelier Visit with Maria McElroy & Alexis Karl

So often we think of creativity as a solitary endeavor - the artist toiling away in private, jealously guarding the secrets to her vision....

Painted Ladies: Victorine Meurent, Manet’s Modern Muse

She was the Kate Moss of her day, her face ushering in a realist art that shocked the Paris bourgeoisie. But who was she?...

Blending Beauty Teas with the Ladies of R.L. Linden

  Beauty is not just skin deep - it's deeply connected to health and habits. And natural beauty isn't just about looking natural - at...

Blue Eyeliner, Tattoos, and Face Packs: Beauty Secrets from a Prehistoric Siberian Princess

Finding remains of ancient people is rare enough - finding them well enough preserved to guess at their daily lifestyle is a revelation. In...

My Writing

Beauty Archetypes: Witches

  What is it about Witches? We can't get enough of them. For women they speak to our fantasies of glamour and power, even as...

Cult Favorites: Miss Craig

It's easy to make fun of vintage beauty regimens - any beauty fiend who's watched George Cukor's 1939 classic The Women is mesmerized by...

Is Wearing Makeup Unvirtuous?

Quite often when I tell another woman that I'm a makeup artist, she'll respond with an immediate confession about her makeup habits. "I don't...