Essays

October in Review: Fear Looks Good in High Gloss

How beauty helped me hide things I didn't even realize I was afraid of.

Oct 27 •

Scary Beauty: The Wildest (and Most Horrifying) Treatments I’ve Ever Tried

From microwaving my armpits to getting foundation tattooed onto my eyelids, here are the beauty experiments that still haunt me to this day.

Oct 20 •

The Shower Theory: How One Ritual Keeps My ADHD Brain in Check

My morning shower is the unofficial starting bell of my day—the mental cue that it’s time to get my shit together and actually start working.

Oct 15 •

The Free Treatment Trap: How Being a Beauty Editor Messed With My Head

Plus—in the name of transparency—every treatment I've ever tried (that I can remember, at least).

Oct 9 •

Minimalism, Maximalism, and the Case for Refusing To Choose

Minimalism restores me. Maximalism fuels me. Here’s why the real freedom is in embracing both—on my own terms.

Sep 25 •

Why I’ll Never Be the “Just Relax” Girl

Beauty routines have always been my workaround for a brain that can’t sit still. This is how they became my sanity.

Sep 11 •

Starting Over Is My Superpower

But that doesn't mean it's not scary as hell.

Sep 4 •

One Last Sip of 'Slow Down' Summer

A final toast to the season of doing less, feeling more, and finding joy in the small stuff.

Aug 15 •

Every Year on My Birthday, I Take a Naked Photo—Here’s Why

Giving "birthday suit" a whole new meaning.

Jun 2 •

Bikini Season Was Always My Relapse Season—Here’s What I’m Doing Differently This Summer

TW: Eating disorders

May 29 •

How This Former Tan-aholic Found Her Glow—Sans Skin Damage

The hardest breakup I've ever been through was with a tanning bed.

May 20 •

When My Beauty Routine Couldn’t Save Me, I Decided To Go To Rehab

And 30 days later, I have a whole new perspective on perfection.

May 12 •

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