by Erin Burks

Get excited beauty lovers! Festival season is approaching and we all know what that means: it’s time for bold, creative — and let’s face it: insta-worthy makeup. Last week, NYX Professional Makeup announced itself as the exclusive beauty sponsor for both weekends of Coachella 2019. This NYX Professional Makeup Official Coachella Partner collaboration will result in…

by Julia Esguerra

It’s no secret that glowing skin is highly coveted by a lot of women. It signals youth, radiance, and healthiness — and who doesn’t want to have that? A lot of women mistakenly think that getting glowing skin is next to impossible unless you use expensive beauty products. However, that’s not the case! With proper determination…

by Ciera Chang

LaVonndra Elle Johnson is the founder of botanical based luxury skincare brand Elle Johnson. With a background in retail, she decided to launch her own line after dealing with years of issues with oily skin and blackheads. Keep reading to learn more about a day in the life of Elle, the challenges she faced when starting…

by Matt Torres

When it comes to the world of video and coordinating a video production, the process of planning is an important step that should not be forgotten. If you fail to prepare properly, you and your team can end up wasting time and money for hours of unusable footage. No one wants to kick off video…

by Erin Burks

Get ready, Instagram lovers… IGTV is now coming to your feed! While the long-form video feature has been available both within Instagram and on its own dedicated app since last June, now users can elect to share an IGTV preview to their main feeds. It’s a smart move on Instagram’s part to help drive up…

by Brie Holland

Tips from an agency photographer on how to keep your natural hair healthy with low maintenance, protective styles. The natural hair movement is flourishing in the black girl community. We’re saying goodbye to relaxers and straighteners and hello to twist outs and wash-n-go’s. Our natural hair is something we don’t feel we need to hide…

by Ciera Chang

A single mother and breast cancer survivor, Cashmere Nicole took these challenges as inspiration to launch her own makeup brand Beauty Bakerie in 2011. Her message of empowerment, happiness and well-being serves as an inspiration to all. Get to know more about Cashmere, her inspiration for her beauty line and why she believes it’s important…

by Alicia Lopez

People love a good smear. There are few things more satisfying than seeing a clean swatch of your favorite products. Or even multiple swatches! Swatches are trending in the beauty world, both in photo and video content. There are some people that have a whole job on set dedicated to creating swatches of the featured…

by Ciera Chang

When Urban Decay announced the funeral for its cult-favorite Naked Palette, beauty lovers everywhere were devastated and weren’t sure they would ever find a neutral palette with the same effect again. Last October, we got a gleam of hope with the launch of Naked Cherry that gave us endless options of rosy red shadows. But…

by Sam Carbajal

Design works beyond just making that website you’re shopping on or that brochure in the lobby at your insurance agent’s office aesthetically pleasing. Design should be created with the goal of making whatever you’re browsing or reading simple to understand and follow. You’ll oftentimes see designers refer to this process as consistency. When creating a…