I feel refreshed, a little more put together, and more inspired. I don’t sleep that well, so I tend to feel tired throughout the day, but putting on makeup brightens my day and wakes me up, plus it seems to take away the tiredness I can sometimes feel on my face (not so much the look, but my face...
BROWN! Ha, ha, ha. When I started wearing makeup, I was all about brights!
Not too many! The two that are standing out while I attempt to answer this question is my first press dinner (MAC, San Francisco Fashion Week) and when I collaborated with MAC on an eyeshadow.
I haven’t used any in a really long time. Before, I occasionally did it when MAC had a special event for an upcoming collection but only a handful of times!
I tend to like warm, cozy scents that are heavier, usually with vanilla and amber somewhere in the notes.
I usually get dressed before I’ve decided on what makeup to wear, so I usually end up going back and changing if I find the color of my top is too drastic/at odds with the makeup I ended up wearing. For a special occasion, I tend to pick what I’m wearing and have my makeup coordinate with it.
I’m sure part of it is that I live a lot of my life online and within the online beauty community, but I really just like the modern era where I feel like there is so much more freedom in what people wear (in makeup but also in clothing) – there is just a lot more room for individuality and...
For me, it’s usually just by virtue of trying a lot of new products and often living in a world of “I need to try these 20 products in the next three days, how shall I put it all together…” which sometimes inspires creative choices.
For palettes and anything similar that is breakable, I like to wrap in clothes, like pajamas (in case everything shatters, I wouldn’t be devastated if my pajamas were stained). I usually carry-on, but if I checked my luggage, I’d also put in a slim foam layer underneath the lids of plastic and...
