Aging Eyes: Where No Eye Cream Has Gone Before
by Amalah
Amalah – I am really noticing my age in my eyes, and am interested in trying some products to make them look better. What I can never tell is where you are supposed to put said products. Under the eyes, yes, but do you put them on your eyelids? Is there any miracle serum out [...]
Green for a Day: Homemade Beauty Treatments
by Amalah
This morning’s beauty ritual: Yes, really. I’m soooo expensing my grocery bill, y’all. So, as promised, after Googling homemade beauty recipes far and wide (here’s just a sampling of what’s out there), I opted to go with whichever ones I could make without a special trip to the store. This was surprisingly easy — the [...]
The Smackdown Checklist
by Amalah
Hi Amy! I decided, somewhat randomly, at the beginning of July to start a program of Improving Myself, with a goal of adding one new thing to my routine every two weeks that is good for me in some way. First it was flossing (surprisingly successful!), then eating breakfast in the morning, and I’m currently [...]
Get This Actual, Real-World Look: Liquid Liner
by Amalah
I used a black liquid liner in college. I would do this heavy black line around my eyes and then a little up-and-out cat eye thing in the corner. I would do this over white eyeshadow. I would also cry myself to sleep at night a lot, so clearly, I was going through some emotional [...]
Get This Actual, Real-World Look: Bare Minerals for Day & Night
by Amalah
While I have still not personally used the INSANELY POPULAR Bare Minerals line (I’ve had weird itchy reactions to bismuth in the past and am just a little askeered of what slathering it all over my face might do), when Tara volunteered an eye-makeup demo using the line, I knew a lot of y’all would [...]
Do I Really Really Need an Eye Cream?
by Amalah
Dear Amalah, I only recently discovered your column, and yet I have managed to spend hours perusing the archives already (and that’s saying a lot considering I have a 3-month-old daughter who keeps me on my toes!). I’ve become a fan overnight. Not only have you thoroughly entertained me, you have also answered a lot [...]
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