A Skincare Routine for Tweens
Setting up your tween child with a good skincare routine as they approach puberty is truly a gift. We have many thoughts on this and product recommendations to share as well.
Setting up your tween child with a good skincare routine as they approach puberty is truly a gift. We have many thoughts on this and product recommendations to share as well.
What I thought was a great deal turned out to be the beginning of a terrible nightmare. I share because I care.
Now that I’m a mom to a baby, my make-up and skincare routine needs a total reboot.
Absolutely everything you need to know about gettin’ your nails “did.”
If you’re considering trying at home waxing, skin reactions are common. Here is some advice on how to help should that happen.
Some helpful tips and things we wish our mothers had taught us about taking care of our skin and hair when we were teenagers.
Oompa, Loompa, Doompadee Do…
Trying to save some dollars at the salon? Amalah endures the waxing options for the at-home masochist so you don’t have to.
The come-hither eye, or cat-eye, as it is also known, is a simple matter of technique and practice. Let us show you how to create this look.
Dear Amalah, I just returned home from a LOVELY tropical vacation (wait, scratch that, I should be courting your sympathy here)…uh, a very long and taxing journey. And while unpacking I discovered that two of my favorite eyeshadows shattered in my luggage. The compacts are…
Hi, your blog is awesome, and I’m only 16! I have a question, I hear people talking about their hair “blow out” or something like that, but I have no clue what it is. Could you explain it? -not even going to try to make…
Hey Amy! OK… this isn’t REALLY a beauty question. But I thought I’d call on your unflappable expertise anyway. Anyway, I LOVE fashion, love beauty products, basically love anything that gives me that little ray of hope that someday I could be some amazing glamour-mama….
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…
Hi Amalah, Love love love love love the smackdown. I followed your foundation routine religiously (including buying a Sephora brush) when I wore makeup… I stopped turbaning my hair as soon as you suggested it (and yes, my hair is happier.) Ok, so my skin…
I think we’ll take a break from the reader demos next week and tackle some reader questions, but for today? A super-easy, natural-looking daytime routine from Luisa (of The Wednesday Chef fame, omg!!). This one’s especially great for concealing and distracting from those pesky undereye…
Woot! Another demo! This one is courtesy of Khanh, who writes: Okay, so I need to preface this demo with something: I’m Asian. However, unlike most Asians, I wasn’t blessed (cursed?) with the single eyelid. Nope, I got the coveted white-girl double eyelid. Soooo I’m…
Happy Monday, everybody. Say hello to Sarah. Hi, Sarah. Today Sarah is going to demonstrate one of the most popular looks out there for evening eye makeup: the smoky eye. It’s sexy, it’s dramatic…and it’s also easy to screw up and go right past “smoky”…
If you need a new fragrance but haven’t been shopping for one in a while, Amalah shares her tips how to buy a new perfume.
Amalah- I think the eye make-up routine you suggested for this person sounds awesome! I think I have a similar deal going on — a lot of eye make up looks overdone on me. I have tried to re-create what you suggest but I think…
Dear Amy, I have recently decided that: A – I am getting old B – My skin has always sucked C – Well, I want better skin now – that’s all. I’ve never had much of a “skin care routine.” I have been using random…