By: Annelise Vintila I was driving though the drive-thru for my morning coffee the other day and I noticed in the mirror a forehead line; I panicked because I thought I wasn’t supposed to be getting those ‘till I hit 40. I’ve been getting multiple grey hairs and laugh lines, but I JUST turned 27 and […]

By: Annelise Vintila I distinctly remember putting on my mom’s lipstick and eyeliner at the age of 8 and admiring myself in the mirror. I completely missed the outline of my lips and my eyelid but I was truly proud of myself; I had never seen myself with any makeup on with the exception of lip-gloss […]

By: Annelise Vintila My childhood best friend is platinum blonde since birth, and though she has plenty of body hair, you can’t physically see it unless you hold a microscope to her upper thigh. I, on the other hand, have so much hair that a gorilla would be jealous and I have been dealing with that […]

By: Annelise Vintila I recently returned to Canada from spending a year abroad in Europe and started a job three days after coming back because of my over-glooming debt. A week after working and spending 50 hours on my feet, I noticed my body shut down by becoming incredibly tense and I began having severe migraines. […]

By: Annelise Vintila Like all teenagers I had an obsession with the most popular boy band of the times, One Direction. I was seventeen years old and I had already gone to six of their concerts, stalked their social media profiles, read their daily horoscopes and planned to get a 1D tattoo on my wrist. I […]

By: Annelise Vintila Makeup artists are called ‘artists’ for a reason; they are able to evaluate a person’s visage and contour and elevate their features to look like the best version of themselves. A makeup artist sees a client’s face as a blank canvas where they can create their best piece of art and to transform […]

By: Annelise Vintila Since I could remember, I always envied screen sirens like Sophia Loren and Elizabeth Taylor for their effortless cat-eye look; one stare in the direction of a man and he would be cast under her spell. I admired the power of the eternal sensual glare of long lashes and glossy eyes and how […]

By: Annelise Vintila I know how I get when I am running on 3 hours of sleep, have not eaten a balanced meal in a week and constantly on the move from one errand to another; I am grumpy, irritable and bitchy. When I feel myself getting rundown, I try to fit in a relaxing activity […]

By: Annelise Vintila I remember my late grandmother’s appearance very vividly; grey curly hair, soft brown eyes, short stature and distinct varicose veins on her legs. I asked her about them multiple times as a curious child and she always told me that she’s had them since her 40s and that as a teacher, she was […]

By: Annelise Vintila Some days I wear loads of makeup, some days I go natural to let my skin breathe. Either way I choose to present myself, I try to feel as confident as I can. A harsh truth I learned only while having the experience of growing up is that some superficial people will treat […]