Beauty

A love letter to the glosses that grew up with me I love a gl oss. It ’s not optional for me. It’s a step in my routine I will never skip. Gloss is the final touch that makes makeup feel finished . Without it, everything else feels incomplete. What’s funny is that growing up, I hated gloss. I associated it with sticky lips, hair getting caught every two seconds, and that overly shiny, juvenile feeling. But looking back, I think that had less to do with gloss itself and more

A guide for the acne-prone girls who are tired of doing everything “right” If you’re acne-prone, you already know how exhausting skincare advice can be. You do the prescriptions. You change your diet. You switch laundry detergent. You spend hundreds on products that promise clear skin, and somehow, your acne still gets worse. That was me throughout 2025. I’ve struggled with hormonal, painful acne for years, especially along my lower jaw and chin. And in the last few months of

A real-girl guide for anyone who loves makeup but is tired of breaking out If you’re acne-prone, you already know the heartbreak of this sentence: “But it’s my holy grail.” That was me. Over and over again. I love makeup. I love getting ready. I love sitting at my vanity, putting on concealer, blending bronzer, feeling like myself again. But for years, every time my skin flared up, I blamed my hormones, my stress, my diet, and just about everything except the makeup I was put