A DOSE OF PRETTY BLOG

I believe that all women are pretty without makeup--and can be pretty powerful with the right makeup.  --Bobbi Brown“Least likely to work in the beauty industry.” I’d be willing to bet that, given the opportunity, my high school classmates would have slapped that label on me without batting an eye--no doubt about it. You see, I was the athlete. I was the ugly duckling. I was the one who couldn’t ever seem to feel comfortable in her own skin....

Anxiety is a word that seems to be on everyone’s lips these days.People are busier and more “social” than ever with social media, but not necessarily happier. Fortunately, we’re beginning to have an honest, public discussion about it. If you’ve ever suffered from anxiety, you’re in the company of about 40 million other Americans. Almost all of us have dealt with anxiety in one form or another, and all of us have our own ways of dealing with it.If...

We all know women who seem to have unshakable confidence. They are who they are, and they say what they need to say.And if we’re being honest: it’s hard not to wonder how they do it (and, if we’re being really honest, it’s hard not to be a little jealous… but we’ll talk about that).While even the most confident women have their off days and aren’t totally immune to insecurities, anxiety, or heartbreak, they do seem to do things a little different...