Things I bought, things I want
How much is too much to pay for a button-down? That was my question after being gifted this frankly perfect shirt, from…
the Sephora sale cheat sheet – a short but sweet list of rediscovered loves and the best new launches
The most hyped beauty sale is back and I know that Sephora has pulled off the best marketing heist in recent years…
The Friday wrap-up
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The Truth About Butter Biscuit Blondes
We’re back with another episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino)…
How to make meaningful change
Before we get started, I should mention that various versions of this piece have been sitting in my Drafts folder for at…
The best resources for extended sizes
For reliably well-made and highly wearable pieces that are fairly priced, it’s tough to beat Universal Standard. You will find the widest…
Would You Get Adult Braces?
Hello and welcome to another edition of THE DON’T BUY LIST! Are adult braces the ultimate emblem of contemporary beauty culture? A…
Suddenly, spring jackets
Let’s start with this perfectly chic pale pink suede number: I like that it’s cropped but not too cropped, and it comes…
Things I bought, things I want
As anyone who’s been around here for a while knows, I brake for a good tuxedo shirt, and this striped one has…
The Friday wrap-up
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