Category Archives: Musings

How to do a 1970′s Makeup Application

I get so many people asking me about how to do various makeup styles from different genres. Clearly the 1970′s is a really popular era, as my short post on 70′s makeup gets a lot of reader traffic! I don’t get many opportunities to do makeup from different eras, but it seems like the 1970′s...

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Should I Sign up to be a Stella & Dot Stylist?

This is something that I hear from women many times when they are thinking of possibly signing up as a stylist. I really do find that this is a hard question to answer, as everyone has a different story and many reasons to attempt this type of business. But it is the question I get...

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Stella & Dot Sign-up Special

It is Spring finally and everyone is feeling a bit lighter – I notice feeling a lightness from seeing all of the green and blooms out my windows. It is a season of Colour too and there is especially plenty of cute outfits and JEANs in great colourways this season. Stella & Dot is right...

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Synesthesia? Who knew?!

In 2006 while I was still working at Benjamin Moore, I took a Colour Training seminar put on by the Natural Color Institute from Stockholm, Sweden. We learned about a Natural Color System which builds on how the human sees color. Color is a subjective visual sensation and to characterize it, you have to describe...

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Carry on – Keep calm and let go!

Over the past year or two I have had a few situations where I really just confronted something uncomfortable. This is NOT something that is in my character. I dislike confrontation and have always been kind of wishy-washy when it comes to seeing people as they really are portraying themselves. By that I mean, giving...

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