It feels silly admitting this but a dream of mine ever since I was young has always been to work at a retail makeup counter. Reminiscing on religiously visiting my local mall’s makeup counter every weekend in my teens floods me with such intense nostalgia. I worshipped the girls who worked there for their flawless,…
I’ve had the most amazing, small, close-knit clique of friends for over ten years now. We like to consider ourselves sisters. We all met during the iconic era of Tumblr when we’d congregate daily in what would sometimes end up being 12-hour-long Skype calls. Back then, we’d gab and gossip about mutual interests like pop…
I actually can’t believe it’s been a whole four years since I’ve updated this blog. But it’s like they say, better late than never, right? It feels like there is so much I have learned and so many places I’ve been in that (kinda long?) period. Lately, I’ve been taking up journaling (I’m obsessed with…
I saw somebody say something daft about Janice Dickinson’s modeling career on X (formerly Twitter) the other day and it inspired me to write about her in the start of what will probably be a short series of posts about my favorite models (that I write while trying not go insane during quarantine). Janice Dickinson…
The beauty industry is like many others in that it is ever-changing and constantly evolving. Brands have been selling cosmetics to us for a very long time, and they’ve gone about doing that in many different ways— but none more lucrative than promising to you that your favorite celebrity LOVES them. With the rise of…
The era of the supermodel may be over, but the striking beauty of the women who served as the muses to fashion’s biggest names– particularly in the 1990s– seems to serve as inspiration for women’s beauty routines everywhere today. It’s now more than ever that we’re over-lining our lips, cutting our creases, and sculpting our…
Something that I’ve always been just a bit embarrassed by has been my obsession with reality TV, and America’s Next Top Model was one of the first of many reality TV competition shows I’ve come to love throughout my life. The faces of girls like Yaya DaCosta, Kelle Jacob, Dani Evans, and Fatima Siad all…
