Finding myself on the precipice of my 30s (I'm about to embark on the very final month of my 20s, in fact) has left me in a wholly reflective mood. Cliché? Maybe. But there's something about approaching the end of a decade that's transitioned you out of your teenage years and propelled you into adulthood that feels monumental. There have been plenty of fundamental learning curves along the way (including accepting a job at a bank that really wasn't the right career move for me, or that squash ...

I don't even want to know how much money I used to cough up for monthly, weekly, and sometimes even twice-weekly salon blowouts pre-pandemic. I've never been good at styling my own hair, and if there's any silver lining from the past year, it's that I've had the chance to get intimately reacquainted with my hair au naturel. For the sake of my hair's health, I've been trying to give my stressed-out strands a break by laying off the heat and air-drying roughly 80% of the time. Here and there, ...

When it comes to eyebrows, there are so many different factors to consider when identifying your ideal arches. From face shape to hair color, the perfect eyebrows can mean something drastically different from person to person. Despite the bevy of enviable brows constantly on display, the fact is that what looks best on your favorite celebrity just might not be the ideal look for you. With so many different contributors to consider, it might feel like a daunting undertaking to discover the ...

Before I started writing about beauty almost a year ago, when it came to shopping for beauty products, my main spots were Sephora and the local drugstore. I didn't really give much thought to other retailers because I pretty much had all my needs met with those two—I could shop my tried-and-true makeup and skincare brands. Because I didn't really experiment with a bunch of new products, I always knew what I was going to get and that each store would be stocked with what I wanted.Fast-forward ...