Hello, beautiful people. Today I’m sharing the best cruelty free makeup brushes for gifting 2026. Makeup brushes are a great gift to give, and they’re also one of the beauty products readers ask me about most often. After all, the right brushes make eyeshadow blend faster, foundation look smoother, and makeup feel fun instead of…
Pick Three: Cruelty-Free, Fair, Olive, Dry Skin. The Drugstore Won’t Give You All Four Four filters, zero products Hello, beautiful people! Today I’m talking about why there is no cruelty-free fair olive foundation for dry skin at the drugstore. The first foundation I ever owned, in the mid-90s, was the palest shade of a drugstore…
Cool toned brow products are hard to find, especially at affordable prices. Most brow pencils, pens and gels pull warm, orange or even green on my very fair olive skin. This is my collection of the cool toned brow products that work for me, updated for 2026 with my current go-to eyebrow pencils, how I…
Hello beautiful people! Today I’m sharing the best cruelty free makeup removers for 2026. I have dry, sensitive skin and rosacea, so I’m picky about what I use to take my makeup off. I first published this list in 2015, and I’ve rebuilt it around what I use now, plus more cruelty free options at…
Hello beautiful people! Today I’m sharing the best cruelty free makeup primers for 2026. I first wrote this list in 2014 as a top 10. My favorites have completely changed since then, so I’ve rebuilt it into two sections: my 13 favorite face primers and my 13 favorite eye primers. I have dry, sensitive skin,…
Hello, beautiful people! Today I’m bringing you the best cruelty-free foundations for under $15. A long time ago (2019) I wrote about the best cruelty-free foundation for under $10. Thanks to inflation, I had to raise the cap to $15 to find good options to share. I’ve put the affordable foundations into three categories: Normal…