Annie Walton Doyle

Who could have predicted at the turn of the century that one of the biggest (if not the biggest) trends in makeup would be contouring?

Remember your first foray into the makeup world? Everything was more fun then. Colors were chosen in a magpie-like fashion.

On the difficult and important topic of highlighter, I’m torn.

During such trying times, there is one trusty frenemy whose shadowy presence always sneaks back into my life. Benzoyl peroxide, I wish I knew how to quit you.

For a long time, I suspected that primer was a bit of a swizz. Makeup to go under your makeup, you say? Sounds very “Emperor’s New Clothes” to me.

Companies — like, say, L'Oreal — wouldn’t just use the broad, vague, abstract concept of diversity (by hiring Munroe Bergdorf) to lure in customers... would they? But you have to remember — companies are about money-making first and foremost. Sometimes, they’re not really about much else.

As someone with a longstanding and deep love of a shine-face, powder blush has always been somewhat of a problem area for me.

Sometimes with skincare, it’s the satisfying science speak which lulls you into a state of security.

Do you have a good side? I definitely don’t have a preferred “side.” I am sometimes pictures of myself for my job, and I don’t know which side is better.