What started as a hashtag for charity (#nomakeupselfie) back in March 2014 has now morphed into a full-blown trend. While it seems that fewer people wearing makeup could have translated to many lost sales, for fall the beauty industry wisely... Read more →

Last year I made a pilgrimage up to Manhattan to catch the exhibition of vintage lipsticks at the Makeup in New York show. This year I realized I had to go back for the 2014 show since it featured an... Read more →

I've obviously been very busy given the neglect of this poor little blog, but I was still collecting links over the past few weeks. Here's a massive catch-up. - Here's a great piece at The Hairpin on the myth of... Read more →

Like many longtime Simpsons fans, I was extremely pleased to see this collection from MAC. I've been watching the Simpsons since I was 11 (even titling a previous blog post with a Simpsons quote), and while I've been disappointed in... Read more →

I came across this concept for a DIY cosmetics setup via The Fox Is Black a few weeks ago and I can't get it out of my head! London-based designer Lauren Davies came up with a "collection of analog tools... Read more →

Makeup Museum (MM) Musings is a series that examines a broad range of museum topics as they relate to the collecting of cosmetics, along with my vision for a "real", physical Makeup Museum. These posts help me think through how... Read more →