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

Makeovers in the Movies

Makeovers in the Movies: The Skin I Live In (La Piel Que Habito)

As January ends, it's occurred to me that I haven't posted anything about makeovers. And since January is National Makeover Month (in the US...

Beauty Book Reviews

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....

Beauty and Culture

War Paint

Do you watch Vikings? I'm totally hooked, and between the violent clashes between cultures (and the costume details), I've been musing about Floki's eyeliner. Fierce...