Thank you. One of my closest friends is estranged from her mom. Seeing how happy and successful she is (compared to how fucked up her life was when her mom was still in it) should be enough proof that not everyone should be close to their family. I myself had some terrifying encounters with her mom (and the man she…

I never get tired of this subject. (Not even just weddings, but cutting bad relatives out of our lives.) Out and about in in the world estranged adults of awful parents don’t have a lot of positive opportunities to talk about the estrangement, and it is so freeing to be able to be honest with our friends, coworkers,…

Girlfriend and I are expecting to get married in the next couple years (yes we’ve talked about it, I just haven’t proposed yet). And both of our stance on it is sort of:

NOT OK.

Food.

Stowaway, like every non-PoC-owned makeup brand, doesn’t have enough shades (repeat after me: TAN IS NOT A FUCKING COLOR) and only has boring lipstick colors that will barely show up, if at all, on my pigmented lips. Nice try, though.

OH, btw I also get pretty good results with ColourPop eyeshadows as well. They’re not true creams (kinda cream/powder hybrid), but they don’t sting, and pretty great wear for five bucks each! (Also their blushes are excellent.)

I could use some advice regarding acne. Before pegnancy, I had only occasional breakouts, then I got pregnant and broke out like crazy. It continued after our son was born, and it still continues today. I cut wayyyyy back on sugar and junk food, wash my face once daily with Lush’s Aqua Marina face cleanser, and once…

On days when I’m in a hurry, I forget the brows (I have a fringe, so they’re not really visible), use YSL Fusion Ink foundation, a YSL Glossy Stain on my lips, a cream blush (applied with fingers), eyeshadow primer and the taupe from Tom Ford’s Golden Mink eyeshadow palette (I have hundreds of eyeshadows, but that…

I’m just gonna drop a post in here to share my biggest skin-care revelations from my 15 years and counting of having difficult acne-prone skin. Mine is VERY oily (whole blotting paper soaked before noon oily) and I have invisible pores. You can see how this combo is not fun. It basically gets clogged if I look in the…

I didn’t even REALIZE that it was my UD primer and eyeshadow that was making my eyelids kind of sting, and my eyes water like crazy (duh). And most other liners (I liked the Dior waterproof pencil) were just ugh. Pencils are too imprecise and hard to get between lashes with, and most of the liquids either the brush…

Also 43! I don’t have a lot of under eye issues, but I do have very oily skin, so migrating eyemakeup was always a problem. Shit that helps me :

I have easily-irritated eye skin, plus oily skin, plus I sweat if it’s over 70 degrees. My absolute HG is YSL Effet Faux Cils cream liner in a pot.

Gift idea: diamond cream

Yeahhhh, it is never a good idea to include someone who hates your fiance — and called you up to tell you! — in your wedding party. You’re, like, triple-dog daring them to keep their mouth shut through a lot of celebrating and task mastering. I don’t care what facade she’s putting up now, there’s a better chance than…

Thank you to everyone in this thread for sharing. My relationship of 6 years (lived together for over 5 of them) recently ended and I am just crushed. I go to sleep thinking about her, dreaming about her, and waking up thinking about her. I sleep on my bed sprawled out onto the side she used to sleep on so that I can…

There are apps out there that challenge you with tests before you’re allowed to call or text certain people, or use certain apps. I had one on my phone after my last breakup. Man, did it save me some embarrassment.

I already have a break up app. It's called Eat24 and it delivers fried eggrolls...to my front door.