smith & cult
so many beauty brands seem to struggle with finding the sweet spot between pretty, craveable packaging and formulas that deliver on their claims. several brands do the cool packaging thing well (milk...
View Articlekjaer weis mascara
you can keep your better than sex, your perversion and that l’oreal mascara every celebrity and their makeup artist won’t stop talking about. (newsflash: it smudges!) i have found the little black...
View Articlethe best of november beauty
hi strangers. i don’t know how, but it’s freakin’ december. life continues to spiral and swirl in NYC – in all of the best ways, promise. it’s just that everything seemed to get bigger, faster and...
View Articleclean as a mother
for whatever reason (life, motherhood, work stress – all of the above), i have never appreciated a shower as much as i do these days. more often than not, i’m sharing my shower time with a little...
View Articlebecca aqua luminous concealer
sunday scaries in full effect over here as i negotiate tylenol consumption with a sore-throated 4 year old and prepare to send my husband off for his 4th consecutive week of work travel. (sigh – i’ve...
View Articleilia limitless lash mascara
Photo by Ana Maria Moroz mascaras in my life have come and gone, but the hunt for perfection continues. i’ve tried what feels like one hundred, and only a very few have made the hall of fame (and a...
View Articleon delaying the new year
Photo by Daria Shevtsova A few people have told me that January is a trial month. That, if you choose, the new year begins on February first – and I’m very on board with that philosophy this year. But...
View Articlepretty little distractions
photo by Daria Shevtsova I’m trying to find simple pleasures at a scary time. So whilst working from home and homeschooling a kindergartener, I’m burning through some beauty samples and minis that...
View Article2022 will be the year
Photo by Dominika Roseclay I’m aware of how dangerous that sounds, given the current climate and all of our high hopes for 2021, but if nothing else…2022 *will* be the year I turn 40 (gulp). Although...
View Articleit’s a big one
Photo by cottonbro. This month, I turned 40. It felt only slightly momentous and more like just another day. Another day to be grateful for what I have, what I have accomplished and hope for what’s to...
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