If you’re going to keep citing her as the correct kind of model of color as per your personal estimation as someone unaffected by the problem, at least have the decency to get her name right. It’s “Iman”, not “Imam.” She is not a Muslim prayer leader.

Ours is a quiet story due to circumstances. Danny is disabled and comes from poverty. When we met in 2010, he was a highly-paid IT worker taking care of himself as well as supporting his youngest sibling and his former addict mother. By the time I proposed, in fall of 2013, we’d been dating for three years and he was…

My reception is this weekend. My husband and his friend are picking up the cake. Now I cannot stop freaking the fuck out. *heavy breathing*

My partner and I eloped in September 2013; we just now told my family. My mom is doing a thing for us in my parents’ backyard in June. I am actually super grateful for how small and soon it’s going to be. Less time to fuss over every damn thing.

I emailed them to do it and I wear makeup regularly and know a lot about it, enough to blog about it sometimes and give people advice. I’m going to do mine this weekend and I’m guessing they’ll post it a while after that.

Ah, contouring, the one area where being a neutral-leaning-warm-toned brown person makes my life with makeup easier rather than harder. What looks subtle and pretty on me looks like dirt streaked all over the face of a more "average" (white) skin tone. I'm going to revel in that (and forget that it's nigh impossible…

You could always go in and ask to try out both at Sephora. That's how I did it.

I got a deluxe sample of that Fresh Seaberry Oil last Christmas season and it is the shit. Seriously. Weird use: My hard, stubborn blackheads won't come out even with pore strips and steaming and scrubs and extractors and stuff, but if I take a hot shower in which I scrub with a konjac sponge, use the Boscia Black…

Setting spray can help with that. So can primer. With my oily skin and hatred of touch-ups/reapplication, I use both.

I tried both on the same day once — DS on the right side of the face, AN on the left. DeSlick was awesome at keeping my face oil-free (so awesome that it aggravated my rosacea, but that's another story). All-Nighter was better at keeping the makeup on my face.

That sounds kind of awesome!

Even if they do, OCC would likely still sell on their site. OCC's Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale was 20% off everything, even sale, so I think that would work for most of us.

I did that with primers, but it only took me getting about halfway through them to realize I'd found my HG. Now I have a million deluxe samples of primers that I know won't work as well for me. Maybe I should give them away.

Keeping it classy when everything is the worst feels terrible. All the internet hugs. If you live anywhere near me, I will buy you all the wine.

This. Especially in the case of those of us whose skin shade, face shape, tone, type, etc. really didn't match product inserts or magazine tutes.

The problem with the Revlon, though, is that it only comes in one shade.

Hunting for a job after years of hunting for a job in a recession as a freshly-minted graduate sounds like hell to me. I went through my old sent messages recently and felt compassion for my past self. I was customizing resumes and sending out cover letters to the tune of 50-100 a day for 4-5 years with little to no…

I tried that PhotoReady Eye Primer + Brightener and honestly, it sucks, at least on my tan-ish neutral-to-warm skin. My undereye area looked ashy instead of brightened. The far, far superior dupe is Maybelline's Dream Lumi Touch Highlighting Concealer. It comes in 6 (six!) shades, is cheaper, and has a better…

That Crown brush is my favorite thing I've ever gotten in any box ever. The pointy side is good for creases and for waterline smudging/blending. I've had it for a few months now and there's no shedding or anything despite copious use, travel, and washing.

For the love of all that is matrimonial, live-tweet the fuck out of that.