If you find yourself prone to purchasing on impulse or often feel like you purchase products that are well-reviewed, popular, or buzzed about but don't actually find you love them like you feel you should, this list of tips might help you figure out how to better understand your own preferences and...
With the beauty industry releasing more and more products and with greater accessibility to those launches, it's no surprise that some have felt like they've overindulged or have reached a point of saturation and are approaching future purchases with a more critical eye. Whether you're on a makeup...
Building your own eyeshadow palette is easiest when you understand your own preferences. Examples: If you love mattes and only use a few shimmers, the number of mattes vs. shimmers in your palette should reflect this. If you prefer less smoky looks, then you want to make sure you have less deep...
Here's part two explaining how I look at, classify, and understand color, which reflects how I describe products in reviews and how they're classified in the Swatch Gallery (which is truly a work-in-progress as I refine and get a better understanding of depth, undertone, and how relative that is...
Describing colors and undertones is a challenge. It's something that I've been working on for almost 15 years, especially because no matter how well I might calibrate my colors on my end... I can't control how they're viewed on a plethora of devices, screens, and lighting conditions. (Seriously,...
Have you ever seen two products and thought it was impossible to decide between the two of them? Do you have two similar shades in your stash but haven't been able to explain why one stands out to you over the other?
There are more obvious ways to compare between two products, like looking at the...
Yesterday, I shared my methods for breaking down an eyeshadow palette into more digestible pieces to see color combinations more readily. I also shared some more advanced methods that built off of those basics. All of those techniques work across all palettes, even more chaotic ones, but let's try it...
Have you ever looked at an eyeshadow palette and just been lost at how to start using it? Sometimes the color combinations jump out at us but other times, they're harder to spot. I have a very methodical approach to initially looking at an eyeshadow palette to visualize the types of color...
One of the easiest ways to add pops of color is to the inner and outer portions of the eye area or as an eyeliner (either on the upper lash line or lower lash line). You'll notice that there's a trend in these looks: the color is on the inner and outer portion with more of a...
Blush can really add a lot to a look, but it can be easy to over-apply color and be unhappy with the end result. A lot of blush application is in the technique and adjusting that technique for different types of formulas, especially more pigmented formulas or shades that offer more contrast from...
