I'll be the first to admit that contouring can go from pretty to pretty scary a little too quickly. When done right, it should enhance your beauty, not disguise or transform it into something entirely different. My goal is to never look as though I've contoured - it should ...read more
I'm generally not an eye shadow girl. I either go out bare-faced and natural (with just serum and some concealer), or cat-eye glam à la Sophia Loren or Eva Mendes (or, recently, with sunset eyes that I achieve using blush). Once a year—always around the holidays—I'd whip out the ...read more
In high school, the only time I wore makeup (and anything besides my soccer uniform, for that matter) was before a big dance. When I finally discovered mascara, eyeliner, and foundation in college, it felt like a total game-changer, and I instantly embraced smokey eyes, bold ...read more
Alina and I have an epic combined obsession with beauty. We make a fairly cliché girl duo at the office, where whenever one of us walks in, the other has instantaneous questions about what we did with our hair, brows, lips, and more that morning. The exchange and flow of beauty ...read more
I didn’t get into makeup much until after college, but over the last eight years of blogging (thereby experimenting with hundreds of looks and having my photograph taken daily), I’ve developed some mantras I live by when it comes to beauty. From skincare and nails to hair and a ...read more
A few days ago, I was attempting to get back into one of my favorite pre-pregnancy dresses (this one, if you're interested) and right as I was zipping it up, the seam burst and just like that, I was recreating a scene from The Hulk. My pride was momentarily shattered, but ...read more