I've noticed that many indie brands are really pulling out all the stops for Halloween in recent years. Forget special holiday packaging - these companies put their energy into crafting some spooktacular design for Halloween items. Here are my picks... Read more →

It's the final Curator's Corner of October, which means soon the Museum will be in holiday makeup mode - so much good stuff this year! In the meantime enjoy these links. - Bust had a nice little history of lipstick,... Read more →

Let me start off by saying that I am not a dog person. It might have something to do with having a truly nice cat for 18 years (always wanted to cuddle and never hissed once!), or regularly being exposed... Read more →

Hopefully you're not forest-ed out since I have many more woodsy things I'd like to share as a follow up to the fall exhibition. This was a very rich theme and I had so much fun exploring it. Here are... Read more →

Welcome to the fall exhibition, finally! I know you're probably more excited about holiday releases at this point, but I still wanted to do a proper fall exhibition, late though it is. I had originally planned a very different exhibition... Read more →

Even later than usual, but here are some links. - I'm starting the Halloween spookiness early by including this roundup of terrifying beauty treatments. I had heard of some but not all (lard hair pomade, anyone?) - We might have... Read more →

Apologies in advance for this short and rather sloppy post on Burberry's latest palette...the Curator is both generally exhausted and busy as a little bee working on more exciting things like the fall exhibition and some truly amazing holiday collections.... Read more →

I have no idea how I missed this adorable collection when it was released last fall, but I'm glad I managed to track it down. Since there are so many Disney collaborations I tend to be fairly selective as to... Read more →

A few months ago I was watching the Instagram stories of one of the many beauty bloggers I follow, and she was at an exhibition full of stunning macro photos of makeup. I knew immediately the artist behind them would... Read more →