I’ve loved makeup ever since I was a 12 year old watching makeup tutorials on Youtube. My first “splurge” was for Urban Decay’s now discontinued Naked Palette (at the advice of a beauty Youtuber), and as I’ve gotten older, I’ve continued to spend time hunting for products I think are worth my while. Luxury makeup, like luxury skincare, seems like a beast, but if you know what to look for, it’s very much worth the splurge. Once you add a Chanel lipstick or a Georgio Armani foundati...

Okay, I have a confession to make. Blush has never really been a staple in my makeup bag. There, I said it. I used to live my life fully dedicated to highlight and bronzer only, but I'm now starting to see what all the hype is about. Better late than never, right? I guess I should take the opportunity to explain myself a bit. My gripe with a lot of blushes in the past is that the colors just never quite looked right on my Brown skin. I always thought any shade of pink was really pushing thin...

A few weeks ago, I was in the market for a new eye shadow palette, and I thought I was just going to go with a tried-and-true neutral/nude one. They're so versatile, so I really don't need to think about another palette. That's especially true for the ones with a big selection of shades—you've got numerous day and night looks there.But as I was browsing and doing my research, I read my colleague senior beauty editor Erin Jahns's recent story about pink eye shadow going viral, and I was intrig...

Say hello to Unfiltered, a fresh beauty series where you’ll get an exclusive glimpse into the dressed-down beauty routines of our favorite celebrities. They’ll reveal their guilty-pleasure beauty practices, the five-minute-routine product lineup they can’t live without, the one good-skin tip they’ll be forever thankful for, and so much more. To bring every conversation full circle, we ask each celebrity to send us a selection of self-shot, filter-free photos of their choosing to capture...