When I re-launched Makeup Madeover in March, I was (and remain) hellbent on having in-depth, holistic and humorous conversations about beauty–warts and all. In light of the heartbreaking news about storytellers and creatives who have inspired us in accidental and profound ways, I am compelled to say I can empathize personally with those who experience grey […]
Meghan Asha, CEO of FounderMade, a super-connector clearinghouse that hooks up innovative beauty brands with retailers, investors and customers, shares how she finally got past feeling unattractive, her go-to makeup brand and the surprising 90-year-old she always talks to. “I felt like a duck in a swan pond,” says Meghan Asha, reminiscing about her angsty […]
If you want to know what’s new in the beauty space, block off June 11 on your calendar right now. That’s when the Consumer Discovery Show (CDS), one of the hottest beauty events in NYC this year, will be taking place. Organized by powerhouse brand FounderMade, there’s simply no other event like it. Combining networking, discovery, […]
A daughter’s perspective on life and loss; dying femininity and how beauty truly prevails from within. In 2006, a month after my father had died from his year-long bout with kidney cancer, my mom was diagnosed with a Stage 4 brain tumor called a glioblastoma. For the next year and a half, I watched […]
Learning to embrace my God-given Filipino looks in a white world. In 1994, I was on a mission to look like Aaliyah. The problem was, I’m not black. The notion of Asian beauty escaped me, so I was in search of something better. My caramel skin—sometimes mocha in the summer—is generally considered dark for a Filipino. […]
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 […]
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, […]
