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Press & Events List
- “Makeup Design, Compulsory Beauty, and the Modern American Woman, 1920-1960.” Paper presented at the Women’s History Network 32nd annual conference at Royal Holloway University, September 5-6, 2024. https://womenshistorynetwork.org/curating-the-female-self-32nd-whn-annual-conference/
- Lin Yin, “Vintage Beauty Collectors,” Vogue China, May 2024. https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/2qtl-p541iMYdgAHj_vlBA \
- Hanna Ibraheem, “Makeup Shaming: The Psychology Behind It and Why We Need to Stop,” Stylist Magazine, December 2023. (paywalled) https://www.stylist.co.uk/beauty/makeup-shaming/851403
- “LGTBQ+ Makeup History Highlights.” Talk given at First State Heritage Park as part of Delaware Pride Festival, June 10, 2023.
- Beatriz Serrano, “Glow skin: Why the post-pandemic era and TikTok have relegated contouring to the past,” El Pais, April 20, 2023. https://english.elpais.com/society/2023-04-20/glow-skin-why-the-post-pandemic-era-and-tiktok-have-relegated-contouring-to-the-past.html
- “Makeup Moderne: The Art Deco Influence in Cosmetics Design.” Talk given to the Art Deco Society UK, March 14, 2023. Video of the talk is available to rent: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/makeupmoderne/846193574
- “Ancient Allure: Egyptomania in Makeup.” Paper presented at the inaugural conference of the International Society for the Study of Egyptomania, October 22-23, 2022.
- Arabelle Sicardi, “Made in Vain: A Taxonomy of Eye-Opening Beauty Design,” Ssense, February 9, 2022. https://www.ssense.com/en-us/editorial/culture/made-in-vain-a-taxonomy-of-eye-opening-beauty-design
- Alexandra Pauly, “A Brief History of Blush: Why Rosy Cheeks Are Trending,” June 3, 2021. https://hypebae.com/2021/6/history-of-blush-makeup-return-sales-trend-increase-coronavirus-covid-19-pat-mcgrath-labs
- Molly Chatterton, “Under the Loupe with the Makeup Museum,” March 26, 2021. https://www.lillicoco.com/blogs/love-lillicoco-blog/under-the-loupe-with-the-makeup-museum
- Kevin Maier, “Mythos Schönheitsideal im Mittelalter (Beauty Ideals in the Middle Ages)” Fokus, October 12, 2020. https://fokus.swiss/lifestyle/gesundheit/schoenheitsideal-im-mittelalter/
- China Plus America, “Makeup Sales in the U.S. Shift During Pandemic,” October 12, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/pD3K7t9KMS3Pdwue/
- Nikhita Venugopal, “How Beauty Brands Turned Desserts Into A Marketing Tactic,” October 9, 2018. https://www.nylon.com/articles/beauty-brands-desserts
- Heather Schwedel, “On the Oscars Red Carpet, Keep an Eye Out for Boob Contouring,” February 24, 2017. https://slate.com/human-interest/2017/02/boob-contouring-is-the-latest-red-carpet-makeup-trend.html
- Wendy Brandes, “Like Lorde: Indie Beauty Firms Offer Lipstick for Punk Pouts,” Huffington Post, March 25, 2014. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lipstick_b_4976742
- Janelle Erhlichman Diamond, “Lipstick Jungle,” Baltimore Magazine, January 2010.