Dr. Vanessa Rodriguez Dear Megan, What falsies do celebrities use? They always look so real on the red carpet! – Katie M. Oh the life of the rich and famous. The clothes, the parties, the glamour and, most importantly, the lashes! For decades we have obsessed over celebrity makeup looks, and tried (unsuccessfully in my case) to recreate … Read more
A few months back I posted a blog called “How to Make Thin Brows Look Fuller..Instantly“. It was a hit. It was one of the most read blogs of the summer. In that blog, I talked about how to achieve feathered brows. But I was only a beginner when it came to feathery brows. Since then, … Read more
It’s hard to remember a time before Anastasia Beverly Hills iconic brow products became a staple in every makeup lover’s collection. Since 1997 Anastasia and her daughter Claudia have defined the eyebrow game like no other company (see: my other long love letter to the ABH brand). Many have tried to match Anastasia’s success but … Read more
Admit it: We all do crazy things in the name of blackhead extermination Recently, you’ve probably seen different varieties of viral videos going around, of black peel-off masks and the horrors (and plethora of cursing) that ensue when women try to peel them off their entire faces. Just google “peel off face mask gone wrong” … Read more
This blog is part of the Farm to Face collection, which launches on November 1st. Each week we show you exactly how we made one of the ingredients that go inside of your beauty products. If you want to follow along the process, subscribe to updates here. Spearmint (Mentha Spicata) The most gentle of all the mints … Read more
Dear Megan, Are you selling makeup and skincare now? I noticed that your blog has makeup products for sale. – Talia B. So this isn’t technically a “beauty question,” but it’s an Amalie-specific question, and that’s close enough! I’ve received this question several times in the past 2 weeks, since we started working with ShopStyle, so … Read more
As a beauty blogger, one of the questions that I get most often is: “Isn’t drugstore makeup the same as high-end makeup, just with better packaging?” For the longest time, I muttered out “Yeah, basically.” The thing is, when you look at the labels, the ingredients all start to sound the same. There’s so … Read more
We are rounding out Breast Cancer Awareness month, but thankfully we’ve still received some great press from some amazing blogger friends! Check out the weekly buzz below: #PINKWINK Buy One Give One for the Cure with Wink by Amalie – Honey Girl’s World October 18th, 2016 We love Honey, and she loves #PinkWINK. In … Read more
This post has been a very long in the making – over 6 months at this point. I haven’t written a skin update since last summer when I definitively called it quits on Benzoyl Peroxide because even though derms can’t seem to agree on whether or not it ages skin, my skin was aging very … Read more
To those of you reading this in the US, you probably know today as Veteran’s Day or Armistice Day. Many of you are taking advantage of the government holiday by staying home, in observation of the armistice signed between WWI Allies and Germany on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month … Read more