The Jugalow For our Spring Cleaning challenge, many of us tried to purge things that, let’s be real, are difficult to abruptly eliminate. It might seem easy to delete tens of thousands of emails or suddenly Mary Poppins the crap out of your house, but these things are really about built-in habits — and some […]
30 Day Spring Cleaning Challenge
High Street Market After being ridiculously proud of ourselves with the New You challenge in January, we thought we’d do it again: this time for Spring Cleaning (i.e. What should we clean in or out of our lives for a month?). Our closets? Bodies? Inboxes? We’re sooo excited. Follow along and choose one for yourself, […]
5 “New You” Challenges, Who Succeeded and Who Failed?
On January 1, five determined staffers of The Makeup Blogger repudiated New Year’s Resolutions, instead committing to self-assigned New You challenges by giving up (or taking on) a habit for 31 days straight. Some of us went with eliminating food choices, while others sought to change their relationship with technology. Sounds simple and even a […]
January: The New You Revival
At The Makeup Blogger we’re all for taking small steps toward your goals, whether it’s something simple like eliminating unnecessary apologies (e.g. “Sorry!” when someone bumps into you) or finally turning your passion project into a full-fledged business. So instead of declaring on Facebook that we’re going to pull a total 180 in 2017, we’ve […]
Resolve to Tell Yo Truth in 2017
Illustration by Rebecca Flato Truth be told: I’m a bit of a fibber. I’m not an out-and-out liar; my deceit is the kind that many of us indulge in—people-pleasing, refraining from telling the whole truth, lying when I’m afraid to be fully authentic, in relationships and in life. I justify my lies by telling myself […]