Two days ago I had an 8:00 a.m. Zoom call and – because I overslept – I had only 50 minutes to shower, wash my hair, get dressed, and apply my makeup. Just thinking about this situation raises my stress level! It was a down-to-the-wire race to make it in front…

Even the smallest tweaks in our makeup application can make a major difference! So today I’ll share some mini makeup artist tips that make a maxi difference! If – like many of us – you’re dealing with sparse brows and/or white and grey brow hairs and would like…

As a makeup artist doing online Zoom makeup consultations with women over 50 across the globe, I’ve had the privilege of meeting and working with some truly delightful, spirited women. Many of these women needed answers to some really perplexing…

The first line of my friend and former business coach Colleen’s recent email hooked me. She wrote: “No, I’m no Indiana Jones, but I did step out of my comfort zone and try something completely new last Saturday.” By the end of the day, after trying something new, Colleen felt…

The other day, I was running late and had about 15 minutes to throw on some clothes, whip on some makeup and hop in the car to make it to a meeting on time. When I started to apply my face makeup, the first thing I saw on my makeup counter was a sponge, which I promptly grabbed…

Many of us, when we enter our 60s, feel more grateful for each passing day, more confident in our decisions, and more able to make better choices about how to spend our time. But we also notice quite a few more physical changes. In fact, we sometimes notice…

Thanks to TikTok, Taylor Swift’s song “Lavender Haze” and the past spring and summer fashion runway shows, the color purple is having a major moment in the beauty and fashion world. And it’s an easier color to wear than we might think because purple…

Do you remember back in the 90s and early 2000s when much of drugstore makeup was. quite honestly, a hot mess? It didn’t apply well, it wasn’t very long-lasting and for the most part, it just didn’t look very good. Well, fortunately, in the mid-2000s, drugstore makeup…

For years, most of us heard that the way to hide under eye dark circles was to apply a slightly lighter shade of concealer over that area. Well, that’s partially true, but the best way to cover those dark circles is to first apply a color corrector and then a lighter concealer. That’s because…

Have you ever looked in the mirror and thought, “Wow, this makeup just doesn’t look good,” but you couldn’t quite solve the puzzle of what was wrong? Sometimes it feels like we’re looking in the mirror at a good serviceable Chevy when we’d rather be looking…