Miscellaneous

A Week Without Mirrors: My Space vs Their Space

Less than three days into my week without mirrors (inspired by Kjerstin Gruys' Year Without Mirrors, I noticed that I was feeling really annoyed......

Beauty and Culture

The Duty of Beauty: Vanity in Downton Abbey

Any of us who are into fashion and beauty watch Downton Abbey with an eye for the details: the clothes and jewelry, and of...

Miscellaneous

Inside Beauty: Why You Can’t Match Makeup Colors in Magazines

Ever seen the perfect makeup color in a magazine and gone to the counter to buy it? It's never the same color. Or texture....

My Writing

Beauty Book Reviews

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...

Beautiful People

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...

Beauty and Culture

Beauty Archetypes: Villainesses

Bad girls - we may fear them, and we're supposed to hate them. But some of us love them! I do, and I know...