Coffee Break: La Petite Robe Noire Lip & Cheek Tint
I picked this up in Bergdorf’s a few weeks ago while shopping with my friend Auntie M — I was killing time while she was looking at the Guerlain perfumes and was curious because the container looks...
View ArticleBeauty Wednesday: My Hanacure Mask Review
Recently, while watching Santa Clarita Diet, I turned to my husband and said, WHOA: Drew Barrymore’s skin looks amazing. Sure, she’s playing a zombie who feels amazingly alive now that she’s undead —...
View ArticleThe Best Cruelty-Free Beauty Products (Reader Favorites!)
After putting together our Slow Fashion Shopping Guide and sharing more recent posts on brands offering stylish vegan shoes for the office and clothing and accessory brands for the stylish vegan...
View ArticleHow Much Makeup Do You Wear For Work? (Open Thread)
We’ve talked a lot about MLBB lip glosses and tinted lip balms lately, as well as how much time you spend on your hair for work — but something we haven’t discussed in a long while is makeup for work:...
View ArticleHow to Go Gray… Intentionally
Ladies, have you ever considered going gray intentionally? I’ve known a lot of darker-haired women who went blonde when their grays started to bother them, but recently I noticed one of my Facebook...
View Article14 Great YouTube Tutorials for Updos
Do you have an upcoming job interview or important meeting, or just want to look a little more polished at the office day-to-day? An updo is one way to keep your hair up and out of your face when...
View ArticleBeauty Wednesday: My Hanacure Mask Review
Recently, while watching Santa Clarita Diet, I turned to my husband and said, WHOA: Drew Barrymore’s skin looks amazing. Sure, she’s playing a zombie who feels amazingly alive now that she’s undead —...
View ArticleThe Best Cruelty-Free Beauty Products (Reader Favorites!)
After putting together our Slow Fashion Shopping Guide and sharing more recent posts on brands offering stylish vegan shoes for the office and clothing and accessory brands for the stylish vegan...
View ArticleOffice Makeup, Weekend Makeup, Party Makeup: How Much Do You Mix It Up?
I was going out somewhere recently, and I overshot the mark on makeup — I wanted to do more than my daily makeup look, but less than my evening/date night/party look, and landed up far too close to my...
View ArticleHow Do You Find New Beauty Products?
So here’s a fun question for today: How do you find new beauty products and decide which to buy? If you’re looking for a new mascara, for example, do you wade through tons of online reviews? Ask your...
View ArticleHair Accessories for Grown Women: What’s Appropriate for Work, Play, and Beyond?
Because everything old is new again, scrunchies, headbands, and claws are back in style and being offered as hair accessories for grown women, and I can’t wait to hear readers’ thoughts on them. I...
View ArticleSunday Riley’s Good Genes vs. Drunk Elephant’s Sukari Babyfacial and Glycolic...
I haven’t tried every AHA/BHA/exfoliating acid product out there, but I’ve used some of the good ones that readers often talk about, and since the big beauty sales (and holiday gift sets!) are all...
View ArticleHow Often Do You Wash Your Hair?
Here’s a fun question for today that seems simple but will probably have a huge range of answers: how often do you wash your hair? Do you use shampoo or a separate cleanser every time you wash your...
View ArticleOffice-Appropriate Perfumes: Do They Exist?
Here’s a topic we haven’t discussed in about a thousand years: perfume at the office. DO office-appropriate perfumes exist, ladies? If so, what are the business etiquette rules for perfume? When I...
View ArticleCoffee Break: The Sleep Styler
I recently bought a set of jumbo heat curlers and, because I have zero skill with curlers, I was looking at a lot of YouTube videos trying to figure out how to put them successfully — when I saw a...
View ArticleWhat Online-Only Beauty Brands Do You Love?
There are so many brands now that don’t seem to exist in the main stores but are huge driving forces because of social media — so what online-only beauty brands have you tried based on social media...
View ArticleCoffee Break: Maximas Silky Hair Clip
We’re heading into “get this hair off my face right this instant” season — and while we’ve rounded up easy work updos in the past, I don’t think we’ve ever done a Coffee Break feature on this fancyish...
View Article6 Brands That Offer Safe Beauty Products
When you shop for makeup and similar items, do you check ingredient lists, and do you specifically look for safe beauty products? A few months ago, a New York Times editorial on cosmetics safety, “Do...
View ArticleCoffee Break: Browvo! Conditioning Primer
I was raving to Kat recently about my new favorite eyebrow product, so I suggested I do a mini Browvo review for the readers! The brow product I’ve been using for a while didn’t always do a great job...
View ArticleCurly Hair: Where to Start, What Products to Try, and When to Quit
Today let’s have an open thread for women with curly hair — what are your best tips, resources, techniques, and HG products? Where did you start your curly hair journey, and how long has it taken you...
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