In my defense: We were at PopFest.
What is PopFest, you’re asking? It’s okay, I hadn’t heard of it either because I don’t listen to Pop98.3, the local radio station of choice for the 11 to 14 set. Of course, …
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In my defense: We were at PopFest.
What is PopFest, you’re asking? It’s okay, I hadn’t heard of it either because I don’t listen to Pop98.3, the local radio station of choice for the 11 to 14 set. Of course, …
When I went to The Makeup Show a few weeks ago, I was struck by how expensive the “quality” professional products were — even though we were supposed to be paying professional prices, discounted even further because it was a …
There is a very important hyphen in the title of today’s post, because we’re not talking about makeup (as in cosmetics, as in, the word that doesn’t usually have a hyphen), for a change. We’re talking about Make-Up Hours at …
Client Nine is a tiny girl with big eyebrows.
When I go out to the reception area to get her, she jumps right up when I call her name. And the woman sitting next to her says to me, “Don’t …
Over the past few weeks, I have concluded that there are two types of people in this world: People who blister and burn at the merest suggestion of hair removal via waxing (that would be me) and people …
Client Eight is a shy 16-year-old girl with a small bit of acne around her hairline. (Hair products, people. Hair products.) I ask if she has any concerns about her skin and she immediately starts talking about her break-outs: “I …
It’s been ages since Beauty U took us on a good, old-fashioned field trip, so I was more excited than you might think to give up my Sunday and trek into New York City for The Makeup Show.…
First, the last installment of my beauty work stuff. This is how often I do the hardcore beauty work. (Yes, for me, this is as hardcore as it gets. Remember how everyone’s “normal” is different?)
A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR …
Yesterday, we talked about my daily routine and Amy had the most interesting comment: “…what I do each day comes down to cost, time and guilt.”
Ah.
Yes, exactly.
Over on Feministing, Hollywood Marie said “Basically, …
So, traffic tripled yesterday with Part One of this here series on beauty labor. Which makes me think I’ve either touched a nerve here, or you’re just the type of folk who like to snoop in other people’s bathroom cabinets.…
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