The Report Card

I never really watched The Bachelor because I knew that every season was more of the same — sorority girls and buff bros battling it out for happily-ever after televised bliss. Serena Kerrigan, a confidence coach, is decidedly the anti-Bachelorette.…

I don't wear much makeup. I am the type to store eyeliner, mascaras, and lipsticks for years without ever using them. But when it comes to skin care, especially during the colder and drier months, I am quite religious about the products I use and…

Many have had to adjust to a new normal in the wake of coronavirus. For me, specifically, this included unintentionally sharing a living space with my significant other. What started as an attempt to remain close and connected during the pandemic,…

Up until I discovered I had rosacea a few years ago, I'd always thought of cleansers as an insignificant step in my skincare routine — there to take off makeup and sweat and not much else. That all changed when I realized that every redness trigger…

I didn't realize how much I changed my hair until I started dating in my early twenties. Whenever I'd upload my favorite photos on an app (pro tip: one selfie, one full body, and one personality shot), my looks were always different, and it'd be the…

My at-home manicure routine is typically as follows: I slap on whatever polish color is closest to where I'm sitting, accidentally smudge like seven of my nails because I'm not patient enough to let them fully dry, and then watch them chip away for…

I come from a camping family. Summer breaks meant stuffing our Volvo station wagon full of gear — tents, sleeping bags, boots — and heading from our home in the Bay Area to somewhere in the mountains of California. Now as an adult, I find myself…

I'm not particularly proud to admit this, but I recently discovered 17 lip products in my everyday Cuyana leather makeup satchel. I'm fully aware that this might sound a bit (OK, very) absurd to most, but putting on a bold lip for the day has always…

Growing up, my mother wasn’t strict about too much... but makeup was the exception. We weren’t gifted glitter makeup cases or a rainbow-hued assortment of nail polishes, as my mother had certain colors that were deemed “too grown." Anything red or…

I learned everything I know about skincare from my mom. Don't get me wrong: as a child, I often joked about her frequent trips to the dermatologist, being an apothecary for beauty products and having a multi-step routine so long, that it seemed…