For most of my life, my nails were boring. Bare, or one safe neutral, maybe a single color if I was feeling brave. Then I started doing mod, clashing, maximalist sets — polka dots next to stripes, a different color on every finger, little whimsical nothing-matches manicures — and somewhere in there they quietly became…
I’m religious about face sunscreen and then completely forget my lips — which is backwards, because lips are one of the most vulnerable spots on your whole face. They have almost no melanin, so they have close to zero built-in sun defense, the skin is thin, and the lower lip is one of the most…
Texas summer has a way of eating makeup alive. By noon, full-coverage foundation has slid into your collar and you look more melted than dewy. The look that actually works in this heat is the opposite of all that: cloud skin — soft, blurred, velvety skin that looks like you, lightly filtered. It went viral…