Hi friends, I’ll be brief. I’m moving my beauty updates to Substack for various reasons. Won’t you please sign up? You’ll be sporadically delighted with product reviews, industry insights, beauty culture critique and a whole...
Love it or hate it, Amazon is one of the easiest and most efficient ways to shop online – and I’m about to make it even easier. In my work as a lifestyle & commerce writer, I write a lot of gift guides, round-ups or single product...
Here’s a minor beauty trend that most of us should skip, but might enjoy reading about. Dark Under-Eye Circles? The Kids Say It’s Cool
If you’ve always favored fluttery skirts and leg warmers, you may just have been ahead of your time. Balletcore, is having a moment. As I explained in Teen Vogue: “Balletcore is a spin-off of trends that began with cottagecore and evolved to...
Shaving your eyebrows is a truly terrible idea, but apparently it’s a trend. Here’s an article about some celebs doing it and some random folks explaining why they do too. I’m briefly quoted in the piece. I have lots of thoughts on bare brows, I’ll...
In my work as a beauty historian I always teach about beauty visionary Madam C.J. Walker, America’s first documented Black woman self-made millionaire. I also regularly lecture about Barbie, and her impact on beauty culture and the way she’s evolved...
Here’s a fun career milestone, I’m now a contributor to InStyle.com where I’m writing about my beauty, fashion, and lifestyle brand obsessions and products I think you’ll love. Here are my first two articles: I’ve Had Dark Under-Eye Bags My Entire...
Summer is here in full force and most of the country is schvitzing through a heat wave. Whether you’re in a deep funk— or worry you’re emitting a bit of a funk— this is an excellent time to be thinking about deodorant. Check out this extremely fun...