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New Must-Have Beauty Products | 2019

New Must-Have Beauty Products | 2019

There are a lot of shades to love from those reviewed in 2019, but what are the products that I'd like to add to my vanity (or my mental must-haves section of my "makeup library" as my vanity doesn't fit everything I'd like it, too!). Think of these as the products that I remember fondly; they’re...

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How to Apply Blush - Everything You Want to Know!

How to Apply Blush - Everything You Want to Know!

Blush can really add a lot to a look, but it can be easy to over-apply color and be unhappy with the end result. A lot of blush application is in the technique and adjusting that technique for different types of formulas, especially more pigmented formulas or shades that offer more contrast from...

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Best New Makeup Formulas | 2019

Best New Makeup Formulas | 2019

Every year, new formulas are introduced, which may or may not be replacing a newly-discontinued formula.  Sometimes the formulas are truly superior to past formulas on the market, and other times, they're just so-so.  At year-end, I like to consider all the new formulas I've trialed in the last...

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How-to Use Your Makeup Collection More Often

How-to Use Your Makeup Collection More Often

As new beauty products release at an ever increasing pace, sometimes it can get easy to forget what we have or favor new purchases over long-time favorites and other past purchases. Whether you have a streamlined set of products or everything but the kitchen sink, I think there's a tip that just...

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Survey Says... January 1st, 2020

Survey Says... January 1st, 2020

Happy Wednesday! Here's this week's survey, which you can copy and paste and share as a comment.

  • Your skin tone/coloring:
  • What lip product have you started the year with?
  • What cheek product have you started the year with?
  • What eye product have you started the year with?

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How to Apply Liquid Blush for Luminous Skin

How to Apply Liquid Blush for Luminous Skin

2020 is likely to be a year where we continue to see more offerings in liquid and cream forms as we gravitate away from matte finishes and continue embracing more natural and luminous finishes. Liquid blush can be a tricky beast to master, but if you use our tips on how to apply liquid blush, you...

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Lipsticks Over $15 | 2019 Editor's Favorites

Lipsticks Over $15 | 2019 Editor's Favorites

It's so hard to pick favorites! I really do suffer from appreciating different finishes, types of formulas, undertones, and a plethora of shades.  Lisa Eldridge's Velvet Lipsticks were as good as billed, which I finally reviewed in 2019 (they sold out so quickly that I was waiting for a restock to...

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How to Apply Powder Highlighters for the Ultimate Glow!

How to Apply Powder Highlighters for the Ultimate Glow!

Here are our top tips on how to apply highlighters, whether you want to achieve a lit-from-within glow or sparkle like a discoball with how shiny your highlighter is, this is the place to start!  We'll work through some guidelines on how to choose the right highlighter, what highlighters work...

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Lipsticks Under $15 | 2019 Editor's Favorites

Lipsticks Under $15 | 2019 Editor's Favorites

How many lipsticks did you wear this year? I might have donned some 750+ lipsticks (across all types, pencil, liquid, traditional) over the last year! Lipstick is the most competitive category; it's the one that I feel like I'll never, ever cover well because there are so many formulas that...

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