a fairy tale (and new red lipstick) for valentine’s day

Allow me, dear reader, to impart upon you a fairy tale: A weary princess – nay, queen – stumbles wearily through the village, merely fulfilling the obligations of her kingdom. In this case, her kingdom of skincare, a domicile fraught with violent history but has seemed to finally reach its period of peace and prosperity….

the acme of acne

While I’ve drifted from its original purpose, this blog was, as its point of creation, intended to be a place where I deposited each and every one of my thoughts regarding what the hell I was putting on my face. I have tried . . . so many . . . beauty products it’s difficult…

Stumbling Toward Vanity

We all have our shallow things that we miss during this time of social distancing and trying not get sick and die. The beauty industry, I bet, is suffering pretty hard due to the necessity of getting up close and personal with strangers. Then again, I heard around the 2008 recession that beauty is “recession-proof,”…