I was a little leery of this book. While it's been on my Amazon wishlist for a while, I was concerned that the author, an economist from Harvard, would take a topic I adore and turn it into something dreadfully... Read more →

In preparation to see the exhibition in collaboration with the Makeup in New York event next week (so excited!), I bought Lips of Luxury by Jean-Marie Martin-Hattemberg. The book is full of beautiful, and true to the title, luxurious vintage... Read more →

Compacts and Cosmetics: Beauty from Victorian Times to the Present Day by Madeleine Marsh provides a brief history of both the U.K. and U.S. beauty industries from the 19th century through today. Sorted roughly by decade, the book features an... Read more →

I must say that the title of this blog entry is misleading. There isn't really much content to review in this book, but there sure are some wonderful vintage compacts to drool over! I guess it will be an overview... Read more →

I'm pleased to see that the topic of beauty is slowly becoming a legitimate field of study. It hasn't been looked at as critically or academically yet the way fashion has, but we're getting there. Recently I came across several... Read more →

I had an easy week on account of all the snow here, which I have to say was pretty sweet. Too bad I didn't get more done blogwise, but at least I got a lot of decluttering done - as... Read more →