Beauty(ish) Wednesday: How Do You Deal with Insect Bites?
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View Article12 Easy Updos for the Office
This post was last updated in September 2022. Hair is one of the key pieces to looking polished. Perfecting a quick, sophisticated updo can be a simple way to have great work hair (and great interview...
View Article5 Beauty Tips for Winter
What are some of the beauty-related things you do in the winter (or especially do in the winter)? Here are a few things that I do… We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program,...
View ArticleEasy Makeup Products to Keep At Your Desk
We haven’t had a discussion on easy makeup to keep at your desk (or in your bag) in a while — what are your favorites to keep on hand? I would define “easy” as products that go with everything (and...
View ArticleNails for the Office — What’s Appropriate in 2023?
We haven’t discussed nails in a long while — what are your thoughts on nails for the office? Are there any rules in 2023? Are there any lengths, colors, or decorations that are perhaps not appropriate...
View ArticleWhich Beauty Products Can You Not Live Without?
OK, sure, that’s a loaded question, but as many of us are traveling for summer, I think it’s an interesting question — which items in your makeup/toilette collection do you happily swap out for...
View ArticleLong Hair, Older Women, and Work
Readers had an interesting threadjack the other day about what constitutes “long” hair, which made me think about this old discussion about whether older women can have long hair “and still be...
View ArticleWhat Makeup Shades Have You Worn For Years?
Here’s a little question for today: what makeup shades have you worn for years — the ones that you’ve worn so long people now think of as “your” color? The Makeup Shades I’ve Worn for Years I’ve had a...
View ArticleOur Favorite Hair Products in 2023
It’s been a while since we talked about our favorite hair products — what are yours, readers? We asked each Corporette writer to share their favorite shampoos, conditioners, and other hair styling...
View ArticleWhat Are Your Best Holiday Makeup Tips and Tricks?
Holiday party season is upon us… Do you have any holiday makeup tips and tricks? Have you learned anything new (a hairstyle, a makeup technique) or bought a new product you’ll definitely be using for...
View ArticleMakeup Tips for People Who Wear Glasses
I’ve been an glasses wearer for a long time, and these days I’m only in contacts a few times a year. But I’ve never really looked into the best makeup tips for people who wear glasses, so I thought...
View ArticleHow I Deal with Dark Circles Under My Eyes
Like a lot of people, I feel like I have slightly dark circles under my eyes that get worse when I’m tired or not feeling well — and like most women, I’ve found my own ways to deal with these dark...
View ArticleOpen Thread: What Are Your Thoughts on Plastic Surgery?
While we’ve published past posts sharing individual experiences with plastic surgery such as rhinoplasty and breast reductions, as well as non-invasive procedures like Botox, microblading (a guest...
View ArticleLiquid and Cream Blushes I’ve Bought and Loved
I seem to have a problem with buying a lot of liquid and cream blushes (great for the summer!) so I thought I’d do some mini reviews… readers, which are your favorites at the moment? (Do you have any...
View ArticleAre You Using Semi-Permanent Makeup?
There’s been a trend cropping up on TikTok: women showing a pre-bedtime routine involving lip tints, self-tanners, eyebrow dyes, henna’d freckles, and more. When they then wake up in the morning (and...
View Article3 of the Best Self-Tanners for 2024
If your pale, post-winter/spring skin needs a boost, or you naturally have a medium or darker skin tone and want some enhancement, a self-tanner may be just the thing. Today we're rounding up three of...
View ArticleHow to Style Long Hair for Job Interviews
What's the best way to style long hair for job interviews if you're a woman in your early 20s? Could wearing it down make you look too young? Reader D wonders: How should a 20-year-old style her long,...
View ArticleWhat Nail Polish Colors Are Your Favorite For the Holidays?
What nail polish colors are your favorite for the holidays? Are you the once-in-a-blue-moon manicure person, a regular at the salon, or a DIY expert? (Or are you a fan of fakes, whether stickers or...
View ArticleWhat Are The 3 Most Expensive Beauty Products You Own?
Yesterday's post about my new love of Chantecaille got me thinking about how I generally really hate to spend money on beauty things — but the few that I have I really do love. I thought it might be a...
View ArticleWhat Are Your Favorite Beauty Tools?
When I mentioned my new favorite foundation the other week, I also mentioned that I've been using a brush to apply it. Which led to some commenters discussing: fingers, sponge, or brush? I thought it...
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