Magic Wand: The Maybelline Interview
Every single girl in my high school had a tube of Maybelline mascara. It was, to us, the ONLY mascara; plump with promise that your newly enhanced lashes could waft a date your way. There’s a powerful...
View ArticleLip Service
Say what you want about high heels; for me, the defining external hallmark of femininity is the painted lip. Most little girls reach for Mommy’s lipstick as soon as they can toddle. When I bought my...
View ArticleKnocking down the shine—secrets from a Hollywood makeup artist
I had the great fun of being Turner Classic Movies Film Festival VIP Kimberly Truhler’s wing-woman and roomie this year. Kimberly’s fashion-in-film and Hollywood history expertise made her TCM’s go-to...
View ArticleMust-See Movie Makeover: How to Bait a Parent Trap
I’ve never seen an audience laugh as hard in my life as when I watched Disney’s 1961 The Parent Trap at the 2012 TCM Film Festival. Hayley Mills herself introduced it and the audience, who clearly...
View ArticlePreparing for TCM Film Festival: Paparazzi-Proof Prettiness
My first photographic “oh, dear” happened in 3rd grade. I’m sure if my mother had known I’d planned to wear my junior fire marshal badge proudly on my pretty school dress on school picture day, she...
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