Into The Gloss

"I spent most of my life as a ballet dancer striving for classic perfection and beauty. After I stopped, I was ready to have more fun defining what beauty meant to me." Read more

"I've learned that if you wear bright lipstick, people won’t really notice the rest of your complexion." Read more

"I happen to think people are more interesting when they look ugly." Read more

"I love to be told that my hair is very complicated. If a hairstylist wants to hook me, they should tell me that I have very difficult hair to cut." Read more

Or blush as lipstick. Your choice. Read more

The fashion blogger (and newly minted editor of Cosmopolitan.com) on begging for work, double-washing her face, and piling on the glitter Read more

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"I get to talk to so many people in a day, and I’m always asking everyone what they use," says the Poland native. "That’s how I’ve found everything I now use. I only wear a few products, so I want them to be great." Read more

"At the end of the day, you just have to take care of your face. I’m being honest with you." Read more

"The band name is about saying ‘no’ to projects when your heart isn’t in it. It’s really important to make active choices in life. It leaves space for the things you really want to do." Read more

"I love life—I don’t want to spend two hours getting ready in the bathroom every day." Read more

"I am probably exaggerating, but I think I was the first person to use Bioderma Créaline in Saudi Arabia." Read more

"Do I feel beautiful? No. But I feel all sorts of other things instead, like exuberant and glamorous." Read more

To check luggage or carry on? To be or not to be...perfectly put-together while on the road (or in the air)? These are the questions facing well-traveled venture capitalist Henry Davis. Read more

The blogger on building her business, from cold calls to Condé Nast HR, to "monetizing" content, and what's next Read more

"One of the first mean comments I got on my site was someone who said I had ‘slutty eyebrows.’ I cried and called my friends saying, ‘I had no idea my eyebrows were slutty!’" Read more

A very grown up, not-at-all goopy gloss Read more

The makeup maestro's dispatch from Kenzo's Spring 2014 show Read more

"For filming, we walk a fine line between looking like real people and looking camera-ready. It takes a full hour-and-a-half in the makeup chair every day to complete the look." Read more