Beauty Report Card

If you were to walk into my room, it would take you about three seconds to know my makeup aesthetic. My desk is 10% for work and 90% for makeup, since I have dozens of products poking out from the drawers and scattered all across the surface. I'm by…

I’m not very adventurous when it comes to makeup. I’ve always been a swipe-of-mascara, dab-of-concealer, and swoosh-of-bronzer kind of gal. Needless to say, eyebrow care wasn’t always at the top of my to-do list. Before quarantine, I’d get my…

While I’d love to say the simplistic, au naturel approach to beauty I’ve taken in my 30s is a direct result of feeling more comfortable in my own skin, I’d be lying. Yes, I’m a bit more at ease and gentle with myself these days but, if I’m being…

When the fact that I wash my hair once a week comes up in casual conversation there are two reactions: horror and envious disbelief. It's a slow change physically, and it requires overcoming old perceptions of what "clean" means. At first I was…

Down in the valley of Chucalissa, Mississippi, the lines around The Pynk — that is, the fictional strip club centralized in Starz's hit drama P-Valley — always wrap around the building to see Miss Mississippi grace the stage (and, um, the pole). In…

Despite my occasional acne, rosacea, and bumps, I'm grateful for my combination skin. In the winter, I don't need to slather on heavy products to combat flakiness, and in the summer I get very minimal oil. But, as there aren't loads of products…

It took decades for me to develop real patience with my hair. And I'm the first to admit that, at times, it's still a struggle. Between perm damage, bad dye jobs, scissor-happy stylists, and just the plight that regular upkeep can bring, it can…

For the past five years, I've committed to a life with a bob. Although it limbos in length, from grazing my collar bone to hitting just above my chin, I've managed to remain diligent in my short hair status. And then the pandemic hit. Interestingly…

The nostalgia of fragrance has the tendency to be more incredible than the scent itself. For instance, one of my earliest memories of scent was food cooking in my grandmother's kitchen. To this day, anything reminiscent of that aroma can stop me…