The 2015 Color of the Year is Marsala, a reddish brown color with its namesake derived from the Sicilian wine region. As the name denotes, this a warm color with a deeply rooted earthiness. Makeup artists typically associate a color such as Marsala with matte finishes and autumn trends which makes me curious why this was chosen as the color to represent the entirety of the year 2015.
Read moreBeauty + Astrology : Scorpio
Scorpio is a sign well known for it's attributes of mystery and intense emotion with natives stereotyped as lusty but dangerous femme fatales and power-hungry tyrants alike. All of these aspects are true of the Scorpio archetype but I prefer to think of this sign as a deeply secretive and loyal archetype-- the true embodiment of the line "I'm not bad... I'm just drawn that way."
Read moreBeauty + Astrology : Virgo
The sixth sign of the zodiac and the harbinger of cooler temperatures and longer nights, Virgo is typically assigned a rather dull stereotype of being the sign coinciding with the end of summer and qualities of being deeply altruistic, analytical, and detail-oriented. I think it is more exciting to explore the subversive side of this sign because at the core, this sign is a crossroads of emotion and reason.
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