Blogmas Day 10: 2024 Best in Beauty, Makeup
I love a favorites list, youtube video, TikTok - you name it, I’m consuming it. 2024 was jam-packed with makeup content and launches, and I want to share which products I think were the best of the best.
Best Makeup Articles
My Go-To Makeup Routine
A quick video of my makeup routine and links to all the products I use. Plus, a few other beauty products that are on my radar and a chat about hand creams.
If you follow me on Instagram, you might already know that I love all things skincare and makeup!
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Tried Roz— didn’t love for me! I have thick hair that is oilier at the roots and drier at the ends. It may be better for fine/medium hair and hair that tends to be drier. It was a little too rich/waxy for my hair type! xx
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Dec 3
Here to validate that Working Hands is also the best hand cream I’ve found, even though the packaging leaves a lot to be desired! 🥲
No mask, no makeup
the story of the cover art for my new song, Just More Love
The single cover for my new song, Just More Love, is the first time I’ve put out music and used a photograph of myself with no makeup on and my hair not done.
I never really understood why women use so much makeup. I grow up in a scientific family. My father was a cosmos chemist. His last work was to determine the crystallization and exposure ages of lunar material (moon rocks). My mother never put on makeup. Generally, women in the scientific community do not wear makeup. I believe it is thought of taking valuable time away from their studies and projects. So, good for you to publish images without makeup! Keep writing and singing.
Just thank you!
Ordinary Beauty
A feeling of settlement
When a holiday rushes towards us, we can become overwhelmed and think others are doing it better than we are, whatever “it” is — hosting, being guests, being “just us,” thinking ahead, worrying (are some people better at worrying than you and I? Probably not).
I am definitely the best at worrying! No contest! 🤣 But with these daily doses of Auntie Leila and the slow, lifelong acquisition of housekeeping skills I think I will eventually be able to lay the sillier worries to rest and offer up whatever remains.
The post “ordinary beauty” was especially lovely, and would make a great mission statement for my newly discovered “higher” calling (as a woman) to home and family. Even, perhaps especially, now that I am quite old, and so often alone.
When I admitted that “disorder is my middle name,” my priest patiently instructed me in spiritual tactics to tie my home duties to my morning offering. That takes practice and I am grateful.
And now, since enrolling in The School for Housewives, I’m no longer baffled, uncertain what to prioritize. You give readers multiple tried and true plans of attack for everything I was reluctant to start. The posts are all short and sweet, they are unfailingly spiritually and technically actionable.
Though much at home remains to be done, I’m working smarter and am inwardly renewed. And yes, cooperating with God in the mundane has rewards even now.
I’m sure I’m not the only reader who sees your name in the inbox and thinks, “Thank God, the reinforcements have arrived!”
Celebrating Human Beauty
Restoring Human Beauty to its Rightful Place as a Work of Art!
Fellow Art Lover,
The Weekly Edit // 12.11
a makeup haul + new gift ideas
Greetings. I’m writing to you from a car filled with two screaming little ones in a parking lot while I wait on the older two at an activity. Excuse any and all errors…. this is going to be quick & d…
The Makeup and Hairstyling Guild Announces Nominees
NOMINEES FOR OUTSTANDING MAKE-UP ARTISTS & HAIR STYLISTS ARE:
Best of Beauty
A tight edit of the best: hair, makeup, skincare, body care, and more
If there’s one thing I know, it’s beauty. Particularly clean. I was on the founding team of Saie, have worked with and on countless beauty brands, and advise some of your favorite beauty founders.
We ALL needed this! Thank you! 🤩😘
Loving all these things, thank you for doing this! It was a ton of work for you. xoxo PS: I tried the ROZ products but was sad to see they have Fragrance/Parfum in them; I think this makes them not clean :( since as I'm sure you know the "fragrance" ingredient can hide hundreds of chemicals.
Humans need beauty.
Doing a mix in my hotel room might have changed my after show rituals, new mixes and more...
Hey there,
Loved this so much Bobbi! I saved your quote, “You’re either a red lipstick person or you’re not." Red is my favorite lip color. I love wearing Cool Gloss in Great Red 💋
I have always been stumped by red lipstick and am so glad to see you acknowledge that it isn’t for everyone. I feel like a clown when I put it on- which of course likely contributes to my feeling icky wearing it. But here’s to short red nails! 💃💯
Saie Beauty
The 'must have' products
As a creator I get invited to many beauty brand events and I recently attended an intimate dinner to celebrate the launch of Saie Beauty in the Middle East. It was a beautful gathering with an extravagantly long table decorated with stunning Lilac and White flowers. I had only ever tried one Saie Beauty product which is the Super Glowy Gel (which I love…
Yes I do love their products, blendable and not expensive comparatively. For work it offers that subtle tint, perfection
Gift Guide: For The Beauty Obsessed
Violet Code Approved Makeup, Skin, Body and Haircare
Today’s letter is in partnership with Violet Grey, the retail beauty holy grail!
While I want to thank you Anna, my wallet is feeling lighter 😂 . I just hit up your favorite things. My Christmas I love me gift. ❤️ Happy Holidays . You are the best . Love ❤️
Laverne Cox and Beauty
Defying the TERFs
I wrote this some years back for Playboy. I was looking for it recently and discovered it seems to have disappeared from the interwebs. It’s one of the things I’ve written I’m proudest of, so I thought I would republish it.
It’s ironic that TERFs are upholding the very patriarchal norms that they are allegedly trying to overthrow. Do they not see that patriarchy and white supremacy are two sides of the same coin?
I want to be a part of a feminism that works to uplift all of us. Otherwise, what is the fucking point?
Feminism without Intersectionality is misogyny, pure and simple. If you are not including all women, including those who are disabled, or sex workers, or elderly, or trans, or non-binary, or those any shade darker than marshmallow, you aren’t fighting for women. You are fighting for patriarchy. You are fighting for dehumanizing other women. You are fighting for those women to be victimized, fetishized, infantilized, etc. When the most marginalized get rights, everybody’s standing improves. So many people forget that if rights can be taken from one person or group, they can be taken from everybody.
The beauty we miss
On slowing down: a lesson from times past (and passed)
Near as regular as the cycle of the sun itself, my mother falls asleep each night on her left shoulder, facing the television, with her glasses on.
Beauty Advent Calendar 2024
A brief intro to who we're doing & how we're doing it
Some Notes on Beauty
Elaine Scarry’s "On Beauty and Being Just"; also: a class on writing sex
A few quick notes:
I never liked it, but "beauty" as a topic was so forbidden in grad school in the 90s that it did give us some cover? If Elaine Scarry could talk about beauty, maybe the rest of us could? (God, it's bringing it all back, including how sick I was during those years). I found Dave Hickey's "Air Guitar", which came out about the same time, so much more compelling, but he's a very different sort of writer.
The natural cosmetics brand our family bought when I was a teenager was called "Beauty Without Cruelty," which seemed to me both inaccurate and un-sexy.
Beauty that Transcends Division
Propagating a Positive Vision of Humanity
Considering the background of politics, extreme weather, floods, and wars, these are intense and uncertain times. It often seems like social media is a battlefield.
Lessons in glowing skin from makeup legend Pat McGrath
Perfect for the high summer humidity
This morning I attended a masterclass with Pat McGrath Labs, where makeup artist and education manager for the brand Petr Simon Fridrich shared a simple yet highly effective tip for a fresh, natural base. As a beauty icon and prolific talent, Pat McGrath has a number of makeup signatures – high voltage eye looks, crystallised lips – that each bear her d…
Drops of Beauty #247
December 10, 2024
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” - John Burroughs
My 10 Holy Grail Beauty Products of 2024
From Skincare Saviors to Makeup Magic, These Picks Truly Deliver
After trying hundreds of beauty products this year, I’ve narrowed it down to my ultimate top 10.
Hi Stacy, I’ve got wavy, curly hair that is long and the latest things I’ve been doing so that it behaves is you need a towel that’s for curly haired people so your hair doesn’t frizz. I also put Kerastase conditioner and whatever else I’ve got on my hair preferably over night then wash it the next day. I only wash it twice a week as well. How this helps
Vol. 107 - Climate Adaptive Beauty
When Adjusting is the Only Option
In today’s issue, I’ve partnered with consulting practice FutureStandard to explore one of the most important emerging trends in beauty: Climate Adaptation. As the environment continues to challenge us with rising temperatures, unpredictable weather, and pollution, it’s clear that our skincare routines need to adapt. But what exactly does that mean for …
The best thing I’ve done for my skin this year is move to a colder climate with a lower UV index. I’m basically refrigerating myself 🥶
RFK Jr: America's Beauty Czar
Listen now | Episode 7 of The Review of Mess Podcast
We’re back with another episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I <3 Mess (a fashion newsletter from Emily Kirkpatrick).
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