Hello, beautiful people! Back in 2017, my friend Tashina from Logical Harmony broke the upsetting news that NARS was no longer cruelty free after they started selling in mainland China. Many of you reached out to ask me for alternatives, and this post was born. Sadly, nothing has changed: as of 2026, NARS is still…
Hello, Hex Squad! Today I’m sharing some of my favorite alternative makeup brands to try in 2026. This is not an exhaustive list of every single alternative beauty brand in existence, only the ones that I’ve personally shopped at and purchased from. All opinions, as always, are my own. I do also mention if any…
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…
Happy New Year my friends! It’s a New Year New Hair around here, as I finally decided to break my pink and black color combo. While I loved my Manic Panic Pink Warrior and black hair, after 3 years with it, I was ready for a change. From UV-reactive glow-in-the-dark Pink Warrior, I switched to…
Hello, beautiful people. Today I’m bringing you fair makeup swatches on my very fair neutral cool skin tone, by Cordelia Frost. As a pale beauty expert who has been creating beauty content for the past two decades, I love swatching and sharing makeup with you. Photos were taken outdoors in direct sunlight and indoors in…
Hello, beautiful people. I’m Cordelia Frost, and for two decades I’ve tested indie and gothic eyeshadows on my blue-green eyes and very fair skin. I’m sharing the best eyeshadows to enhance blue green eyes, aka cyan eyes. My eyes are a unique shade of cyan, shifting between blue and green depending on what I wear….