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WTF is up with all this contouring?

May 25, 2017 | Leave a Comment

WTF is up with all this contouring?

I suppose, like everything else that’s unfortunate in make-up these days, the extreme contouring trend started with a Kardashian. But the truth is, make-up artists have been contouring their clients since the dawn of time (I know, I was there).   For the lay person, make-up is about controlling light, and using tones from light […]

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Make-up: the crayons of adulthood

February 17, 2017 | Leave a Comment

Make-up: the crayons of adulthood

As the world’s most skeptical beauty professional, I find myself brooding over the psychology and sociology of makeup; its uses and abuses, and the business of it.   I have come to the conclusion that for many women – and I mean adults – make-up is a toy, and now more than ever, cosmetic companies are […]

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The seduction of the “free gift”

May 21, 2015 | 2 Comments

The seduction of the “free gift”

You know you want it; the alluring and intoxicating gift with purchase, known by the acronym “GWP” in the beauty-obsessed community (and finally, a legitimate use of the verb “to obsess”). I’m not doing the research necessary to pinpoint the exact moment when this thing started, because I doubt you care.  Most of us are aware […]

Filed Under: 2015 Tagged With: beauty pitfalls, products

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