I'm so very excited to announce the Makeup Museum's special exhibition in honor of Stila's 25th anniversary! I was too overwhelmed to do a full history of the brand, so I decided to just focus on the famous Stila girl... Read more →

I'm not sure where I was from May through September of 2011, but I totally missed the news about an exhibition on the history of makeup at the Couven Museum in Germany. Sponsored by Babor, the exhibition displayed cosmetic items... Read more →

As you might have guessed from the lack of activity around these parts, I am sad to report that things have remained quite difficult on the personal front. I don't want to go into details, but let me just say... Read more →

This will be a short post as I don't have much information on these, but I still feel the need to highlight other cosmetics museums around the globe and online. A couple years back Project Vanity led us on a... Read more →

As a quick followup to the summer 2018 exhibition, I wanted to share the images that inspired it. Obviously this will be a very photo-heavy post without much substance, but what better time to take off our thinking caps and... Read more →

I understand that the summer 2018 exhibition themes are, once again, not original or thought-provoking, but they definitely got me dreaming of lazing in a hammock under some palm trees on a tropical island filled with exotic colorful birds. Flamingos... Read more →

This will not be a full review of MoMA's Items: Is Fashion Modern? since, as we know, my reviews are less than stellar. But since the exhibition showcases several makeup items, I thought I'd share my perspective on their inclusion.... Read more →

There were so many great artist collaborations this holiday season - some of which I'm still hoping to write about before January 1st - but ultimately, magpie that I am, the sparkly stuff won out as this year's holiday/winter exhibition... 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 →