Small Fish in a BIG Pond: The Mode Media Bankruptcy Drama

Here's the thing: I blog because I have a genuine and slightly obsessive love for the beauty industry. Since I was young I've loved makeup, the art of painting faces and the ability to transform myself day to day to suit my desires. The beauty industry is not short of bloggers, and I am a very very small fish in a very big pond. Sometimes I kick myself for not having the guts to start Girl Loves Gloss sooner, when I was younger and probably appealed to a larger audience (because a 23 year can make almost anything look good, I swear) but I love the insight I have now as a 33-year-old woman and how makeup has played a part in my journey to get here. I remember when I signed with Mode Media in June 2015 I thought I had 'made it' - I was going to be monetizing Girl Loves Gloss and my social media outlets with advertising and the occasional sponsored post, and the prospect of making a few bucks (and oh boy, do I mean a few) felt like a great milestone with hope of many more in the future of this blog. 

Noteworthy Vol #1 | 5 Things Worth Reading and Watching This Week

Noteworthy is a new series where I catalog interesting things I find on the grand interwebs each week to share with you all. Some with be beauty, some fashion, others fascinating newsworthy tidbits I discovered that I thought we worth sharing. So without further adieu, here are 5 interesting things worth reading or watching this week...

The Beauty Lovers Tag

A couple weeks back the lovely Holly over at Bloomin' Rouge created a tag post with some fantastic questions that any beauty lover would love to answer - We're talking pet peeves, makeup artist groupies and guilty pleasures! Keep reading to see my answers, and think about what your answers would be as well!

Retail During the Holidays

Posts here on GLG have been a little slim lately, not for lack of ideas (I have SO many great posts coming, I swear!) but for lack of time. It's that old story of having a day job, and in my case that day job is in retail. If you've ever worked in any sort of service industry or retail (and everyone should be made to work a Christmas in retail once in their life in my humble opinion) then you'll know that familiar dread that comes this time of year. For many of us, the joy of the season is simply squashed a bit by working in retail, and regardless of what you do or don't celebrate there is only so much Christmas music a soul can be forced to listen to. If you don't read the rest of this post, that's fine but I'll leave you with this: Be nice to those who work in retail, hospitality, service industry, etc especially this time of year. You'd be surprised the last time they might have heard a 'Thank You' or a simple 'You too!' when they wished you Happy Holidays (or Merry Christmas, or Happy Hanukkah or whatever the hell else... it's not about that people! It's the thought!) If you have worked in such type of job industry, you might commiserate with me on some of these things... 

Five Favourites | Beauty Bloggers

If there is one thing I love almost as much as talking about makeup and beauty, it's reading about it from other awesome bloggers. I think blogs are such an important way to communicate about products (hence my involvement in it!) and really help connect the average consumer with the product in a (mostly) unbiased way. Here's a shout out to some of my favourites:

You Might Be a Lip Product Junkie When...

A couple months ago I posted this post titled "You might be a beauty blogger when..." and thought it was kind of a fun look into what it's like to be so passionate about the makeup and beauty biz in general. Then the other day I caught myself contorting my favourite lip product of all time into something unrecognizable to get the last drop out, and my inner monologue said, "You might be a lip product junkie when..."

If They Wrote It, I'd Read It

Left-Right: Caroline Hirons, Anna Gardner, Lisa Eldridge, Wayne Goss, Nic Haste and Sam Chapman

With the trend of Youtubers getting book deals lately I couldn't help but think of some of the youtubers/bloggers that I enjoy so much I would honestly go out and buy the hardcover for. These folks all have something really special to offer, and if they wrote it, I'd read it.