It's officially spring in the Northern hemisphere, but I still wanted to do a quick catch up on winter, which, for the purposes of this post was January-March. - So sad to have missed The Cult of Beauty exhibition at... Read more →

It was a very busy summer indeed! I blinked and it was basically over. Let's try to catch up, shall we? - Lots of beauty history bits and bobs, including Sephora celebrating its 25th anniversary, Guerlain unveiling a company archive... Read more →

Lots going on behind the scenes! Not necessarily a bad thing, but doesn't leave much time for blogging and social media. Realistically Curator's Corner will have to be cut down even further so that it's on a quarterly basis instead... Read more →

Plus links from...oh, the past 6 months. It's been a while. - Signing up for this online makeup history course at the Victoria and Albert Museum as soon as it's open to the general public! Also hoping they hire me... Read more →

Between being distracted by the nonstop avalanche of particularly horrible current events and my inability to realistically estimate how long it takes for me to write anything, two months' worth of links had to be condensed into one post. Sigh.... Read more →

Belated April links. - I was saddened to hear of the very untimely death of makeup artist A. J. Crimson. I hope someone will publish a biography and catalogue of his work. - Interested to check out this new documentary... Read more →

Links for one of my least favorite months. - In beauty history, Lucy Jane Santos discusses both the historic dangers and scientification of beauty, while Minsooky takes a look at the rather sordid history of Dr. Palmer's skin whitener. If... Read more →

Late late late links, once again. - I was truly honored and overjoyed to be interviewed by the great Arabelle Sicardi for an article on makeup and beauty packaging over at SSENSE magazine. - Congratulations are in order for the... Read more →

Whew! It's been a while since Curator's Corner made an appearance. Links from January (and maybe a few from December.) - I so wish I could see this exhibition of exquisite powder boxes. Fortunately there's an interview with the collector... Read more →

Some fall 2021 links...late as usual. - This article makes me think I should try to watch more makeup tutorials. - Enjoying this new weird beauty magazine. A MM collab would be so cool! - My prediction a while back... Read more →