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Personal Essay

Essay

Glowing Up

The Complex Relationship Between Women and Makeup

My personal relationship with beauty will always be complex and imperfect. I cannot ignore the commercial aspect of applying eyeshadow and buying that new blush. But with my makeup on, I feel like a person who is capable, whose highlighted and powdered face indicates that I actually like myself. At 42, this is a magical feeling.

Rodan + Fields

Beauty

Rodan + Fields Radiant Defense Perfecting Liquid

The last step.

A finishing product from North America’s number one skin care brand.

Dior Lipstick

Beauty

A Short History of Lipstick

Pucker up.

The idea of colouring one’s lips has been around in some form since about 3,000 BCE.

Wishlist

Artis Fluenta Oval 3

Smooth criminal.

A must for the makeup bag.

Beauty

Fenty Beauty Killawatt Diamond Ball-Out Highlighter

Bright like a diamond.

Proceeds from this cosmic product go towards Rihanna’s Clara Lionel Foundation.

Beauty

Givenchy Beauty

Ma belle.

The coveted line of cosmetics lands in Vancouver.

Beauty

Mai Quynh

Painting party.

The celebrity makeup artist doesn’t like to follow the rules.

Beauty

Lilah B.

Keep it simple.

How a move to California changed the way one New Yorker saw beauty.

Beauty

Stellar Beauty

When the stars align.

Monika Deol noticed a problem with most beauty brands: they didn’t make a foundation that matched her skin tone. So, she took matters into her own hands.