New Year's Eve is upon us, at least in my neck of the woods, so let's take a hypothetical look ahead to 2015 and see what may be trending. Now, I have basically no evidence to back me up on... Read more →

Well, it's the end of the year, so you know what that means - time to reflect on beauty in 2014 and the big trends. This is by no means a definitive list; it's just what caught my eye this... Read more →

In lieu of Curator's Corner today I'm doing my yearly picks and pans, i.e., featuring the design highs and lows for makeup this year (see previous years here and here, and here). My faves for 2014: 1. Mika Ninagawa for... Read more →

It's been a really crappy couple of weeks and I'm just now finally caught up on the massive pile of posts I had planned. At least the exhibition's up though, right? Anyway, here are some links. - Racked goes deep... Read more →

I'm pleased to bring you the Makeup Museum's holiday 2014/winter 2015 exhibition! As you may have guessed, I went for a stars and angels theme this year. I have never seen makeup companies release as many products with stars on... Read more →

I loved last year's holiday coffret from Cosme Decorte so it's no surprise I'm pleased with this year's version. King of Sweets features the same basic design as the 2013 coffret - a red outer box with a laser-cut scene... Read more →

I can't even remember what I was researching when I stumbled across this site chock full of vintage compacts, but I'm so glad I did. I was dazzled by both the quantity and quality of this person's collection, and then... Read more →

Via Beautezine, a few months ago I discovered that Sephora Canada was holding a nationwide contest for its makeup artists to create illustrations for Lancôme using only their products around the theme of their holiday collection, called Parisian Lights. The... Read more →

Sigh. Poor little neglected Makeup Museum! I had what can only be described as the week from hell, which, now that I think about it actually lasted over a week. Between everything going wrong last week for a major work... Read more →

Links for the week. - Legendary milliner Philip Treacy will be teaming up with MAC come spring. I don't know about the products but the early promos look great. - As if we needed more proof the '90s are back,... Read more →