Gucci Beauty isn’t afraid to cause a stir. When the brand relaunched under creative director Alessandro Michele last spring, it put out bold ’80s style ads that not only showcased its beautiful new lipsticks, but model Dani Miller’s imperfect teeth. The comments section was a mix of comments both trolling and praising the images, and…
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I’ve always been enchanted by huge, cartoonish eyes. After graduating from Disney princesses, I fixed my obsession on anime characters, whose colorful outfits and huge eyelashes equally spoke to me. Early on in high school, I idolized Zooey Deschanel and her wide-eyed look, and drew Twiggy lashes on my lower lash line when I went…
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Some people have an encyclopedic knowledge of, oh, American history, sports statistics, or Friends trivia. I, on the other hand, have a vast database of the best mascaras hardwired into my brain. Depending on who you ask, this is a much less useful skill than rattling off WWI facts, but seeing as it’s literally my…
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I have a very distinct memory of glueing my eye shut in an attempt to apply false eyelashes. I was probably 12 or 13, and it was Halloween. While I can’t remember exactly what I was dressing up as, I do remember the burn from the lash glue and the seconds of terror that I…
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Any kind of ’90s playlist. I love a good playlist on Amazon Music or Google Play. Do you have any particular favorite songs or artists to start the night off? You know, the Spice Girls always put me right back in the ’90s. Spice Girls, ’90s Britney Spears—or was that early 2000s? She started in…
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My obsession with eyelashes runs deep. When I was little, I was captivated by Bratz dolls’ huge drawn-on lashes and heavy bedroom eyes, despite not being allowed to play with them. (We were a Barbie household.) Twiggy was my beauty icon before I even started wearing makeup. When the time came, mascara was the first…
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