Beauty Book Reviews

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Photographing a World of Everyday Beauty

It's not really news that there are beautiful people everywhere, is it? And not just because we're surrounded by Photoshopped images of perfection, either....

Last-Minute Gift Book Ideas for the Beauty Maven who has Everything

Have you finished your holiday shopping? Probably not, unless you're incredibly organized. And even so, there are always a few people who aren't that...

Book Review: Toss The Gloss

Andrea Q. Robinson knows a lot about beauty - she's a legend in the cosmetics industry. As a student in an all-women's Catholic college,...

Book Review: The Power of Glamour

You'd think that after working in the fashion, beauty, and entertainment industries for ages, I'd have a lot to say about the subject of...

Painted Ladies: Madame X

  To us in the 21st century, masterworks in painting convey a classicism and elegance that seem nonexistent in the modern world. But in the...

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...

Faces: Thérèse Le Prat

As a makeup artist, I love faces - that goes without saying. But I don't just love a pretty face with makeup on it...

Wild Beauty Booklist: Awesome Beauty Books to Give (or Keep!)

Books make great gifts, and beauty books make even better gifts - at least for the makeup mavens in your life. Here is a...

Book Review: The Makeup Wakeup

It's easy to assume that the makeup tips we pick up over time will accumulate into an always-better look. But after 40, that assumption...

Book Review: Erotic Capital

We all know people who get by on their looks. For women, that has often been the only way to get ahead. But when...

My Writing

Stealing Beauty: On Cultural Appropriation in Fashion

If there's any constant in fashion, it is that it always changes. And part of that change is fashion's taking of inspiration from every...

Is Your Makeup Killing You? Decoding Cosmetic Scare Stories

You've seen the stories: There's Lead in Your Lipstick! Pthalates in Your Shampoo! Parabens in Everything!   Our cosmetics are awash in toxic chemicals, or so...

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...