It’s nearly impossible to open up a pro’s makeup bag without seeing a Beautyblender. That iconic little egg practically invented a category of its own and is well loved for applying foundation with an airbrushed finish. To say it changed my life would be an understatement, I never really understood what foundation was supposed to…
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I don’t really understand why she never just took me to the hairdressers to get it sorted out. In the end I ended up with this green, gingery tinged mess of a hair for a good year. There are hardly any photographs of me from the age of 14 to 15, and if there are,…
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One of my first makeup memories is using a drugstore stick concealer—the kind that looks like a beige crayon—to clumsily cover tweenage acne and undereye circles (I’ve struggled with insomnia since I was about 12 and it was already starting to show). I used that chalky stick for about a year until a friend introduced…
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Wondering how to apply concealer correctly? The way you put on your concealer is just as important as the concealer itself. You can have the best concealer and foundation in the world, but if you apply it incorrectly, it does more harm than good. Think: Flaky patches, exaggerated fine lines, and big red pimples that…
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PHOTO: Photo: Katie Friedman; Design: Emily Kemp Fact: There’s nothing more annoying than waking up with a massive pimple—especially around that time of the month. And for anyone who’s attempted to cover up a breakout during the summer, you already know all too well about the struggle that comes with applying concealer to oily, sweaty…
Read moreFor an industry that’s all about expressing yourself, the beauty world definitely moves in packs. Take how things went down with the Urban Decay Naked Heat palette: once everyone fell in love with its mix of bronzey-red colors, tons of other brands came out with their own spins. Now, people are wondering if something similar…
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