Category: Women’s Issues + Awareness

Celebrity Makeup Artist Tips on How to Look Better Right Now

Tonya Riner

Supermodel Stephanie Seymour once said: Beauty is not something you can just decide that every once in a while you’re going to take part in. You have to take care of yourself. I couldn’t agree more but sometimes life calls for taking part in queso, chocolate and cocktails. Afterward, it Read more

Tonya Riner

Tonya Riner started doing makeup as a teenager in her two-stoplight hometown in Kansas. From there, she declared herself a professional, and has spent the last twenty-five years on fashion shoots and shows, on both coasts, and in Europe. Tonya's work has been featured in Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. She was included in Allure Magazine’s Directory as one of the best makeup artists in the United States. Her long list of celebrity clientele includes Heidi Klum, Erin Wasson, Julie Anderson, Rachel Hunter, Chandra North, and Lauren Bush. Backstage, she has worked alongside Frederic Fekkai and Ted Gibson. She was a member of the beauty team for Beyonce’s Blow video. For Tonya, one of the most rewarding parts of her job is spending time, one-on-one, with models and clients. She finds that ordinary barriers fall away within minutes of the start of a makeup session, leaving space for instant intimacy and the shared pursuit of beauty. Connecting with extraordinary people from all walks of life fuels her passion for her work. As a consultant, Tonya works with creative teams to devise strategies for beauty brand product development, most recently for the company, Beauty for Real. She enjoys working with products from both the manufacturing and marketing ends. Moving forward, she would like to be instrumental in the development of the kinds of beauty products she, herself, would want to use.

A Case for Volunteer Travel

Amy Martin

Pack your bags, you’re going on a guilt trip. Many of us have resorted to spend time with our families. This resort style vacation with our family includes hours at the community watering hole, unfortunate group photographs complete with sun-burn lines and Caribbean-inspired braiding. As far as we know, we Read more

Amy Martin

Amy was born on the wrong side of the Holland Tunnel, and has considered this just-missed connection to be a metaphor for her life ever since. Later, she traveled north to New England and received her degrees in Philosophy, Theatre and French. The years to follow have been spent traveling the world and working on multiple projects in Kenya, in a desperate attempt to save humanity. Amy spends most of her free time daydreaming about being French — but you can also find her in the garden, in the kitchen or on her yoga mat. Amy writes about travel, ethics, life and everything in-between.

A Definitive Guide to Handwritten Thank You Notes

Nathalie Findlay

Yesterday, a friend who received a thank you letter was so thrilled that he decided to post it on Facebook. The letter was perfectly ordinary but the fact that it was handwritten made it noteworthy. It’s both sad and opportune: the scarcity of the handwritten note means that when you Read more

Nathalie Findlay

After completing a degree in Fine Arts and another in Interior Architecture, Nathalie began modelling in New York, Hamburg, Munich and Paris where she eventually decided to base herself. Always on the lookout for opportunities to grow, she combined her modelling career with other areas of interest, working for the Canadian Embassy, Christian Liaigre, A Small World and Sotheby's. She has also enjoyed appearing regularly as a presenter and speaker for television and media events and as a pit-lane reporter on Eurosport. Exposed both personally and professionally to the intricacies of etiquette and protocol, Nathalie now focuses on applying her extensive knowledge-base practically, addressing matters of refinement, image and manners for individual and corporate clients with Lifestyling, a consultancy she created in 2007. Nathalie lives in the French countryside with her husband, their baby and two Korthals.

Chasing False Hope and the Miracle Cures for Cancer

Jenny Heitz Schulte

Poster’s preface: This is my story, told through my eyes, to the best of my recollection. It’s purely anecdotal in nature; I have no way of knowing if my father’s cancer would have gone a different route if he’d listened to the traditional doctor’s advice. I do know that the Read more

Jenny Heitz Schulte

Jenny Heitz Schulte is a Los Angeles based writer, blogger, certified Pilates instructor, and avid exerciser. Her passion, besides her husband and daughter, is aerial trapeze. She is the creator of the blogs Fem40Fitness and Find A Toad.

Hater Nation

Andrinique Davis

I have been missing in action for a couple of weeks and I want to tell you why. I learned a valuable lesson over the last weeks, ”Not everyone wants for your Good.” Have you ever thought and believed without a doubt that certain people in your life always want Read more

Andrinique Davis

Andrinique is a BADASS Life~Style & Goals Coach, Spiritual Mentor, Meditation Facilitator, ( trained via Michael Bernard Beckwith founder of Agape International Spiritual Center & Gabrielle Bernstein AKA the Spirit Junkie ). Andrinique is also a Health and Wellness Coach, ( Certified at The Institute for Integrative Nutrition ) and currently training to become a certified igolu leader. Prior to realizing her life purpose / soul mission, Andrinique worked as a Human Resources Professional in the Luxury retail arena, heading up the HR and Recruitment functions for Luxury brands such as Macy's, Bloomingdales, Lord & Taylor and Hudson's Bay. Andrinique also owned an operated a high successful Wedding & Event Planning company "Andrinique Special Events" based out of LA with offices in NYC and Merida, Mexico. Early on in her my career, Andrinique worked as a professional model for Elite Model Management, (petite division) out of Chicago and NYC. Andrinique's intention is to share her story and her journey in hopes that it will help others find their place of Authentic Power, and to lift the universal vibration from Mediocre to Greatness. Her wish is to guide, motivate, inspire and connect with anyone who is seeking their life’s purpose.

50 Shades of Wrong: How to Find the Best Foundation

Tonya Riner

What’s your undertone? Cool, neutral, warm? Do you know how to tell? Do you care? If you’re looking for a foundation it’s important. Finding the right one can be a work out, to say the least. Here’s what you’re up against: Your foundation should be imperceptible on your skin. That Read more

Tonya Riner

Tonya Riner started doing makeup as a teenager in her two-stoplight hometown in Kansas. From there, she declared herself a professional, and has spent the last twenty-five years on fashion shoots and shows, on both coasts, and in Europe. Tonya's work has been featured in Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. She was included in Allure Magazine’s Directory as one of the best makeup artists in the United States. Her long list of celebrity clientele includes Heidi Klum, Erin Wasson, Julie Anderson, Rachel Hunter, Chandra North, and Lauren Bush. Backstage, she has worked alongside Frederic Fekkai and Ted Gibson. She was a member of the beauty team for Beyonce’s Blow video. For Tonya, one of the most rewarding parts of her job is spending time, one-on-one, with models and clients. She finds that ordinary barriers fall away within minutes of the start of a makeup session, leaving space for instant intimacy and the shared pursuit of beauty. Connecting with extraordinary people from all walks of life fuels her passion for her work. As a consultant, Tonya works with creative teams to devise strategies for beauty brand product development, most recently for the company, Beauty for Real. She enjoys working with products from both the manufacturing and marketing ends. Moving forward, she would like to be instrumental in the development of the kinds of beauty products she, herself, would want to use.

Cleopatra’s Skincare Secrets Revealed!

Margret Avery

Cosmetics and perfume were essential to life in Ancient Egypt; they excelled in the realm of beauty, and their rituals continue to hold our interest in the present day. Black eyeliner never seems to fade away in the beauty world, and the Egyptians paved the way for its seductive and Read more

Margret Avery

Margret Avery expresses her talents through being a singer / songwriter / actor / writer and poet. She has also worked as a freelance makeup artist with her work gracing the pages of many editorial and commercial publications. The passion to express through song led to her writing and continues to grow with equal tenacity. Margret has contributed as a writer to Suite101, Women’s Voices for Change and now proudly for Feminine Collective. Margret’s writing is included in Feminine Collective: Raw and Unfiltered Vol 1 and that makes her smile on a daily basis. Her music can be heard on Spotify, Pandora, CDbaby, Soundcloud, Reverbnation and NumberoneMusic.

Live With Intention Right Now

Elizabeth Regen

We ask it, as parents, every time we scroll through the photos on our phones and spot a pic of our little one—two years ago—when he was only 18 months old. Now he will turn 4 years old soon—and off they go to preschool. Wasn’t I just trying to decide if Read more