The Makeup Monologues

I got an ask on my tumblr asking about tips on how to start a beauty blog! Here are my tips for beauty blogging, punctuated by pictures of my blogging station at my mom's house so you can see a bit behind the action! 1) Blogger is your friend.  If you don’t have a google+ account, make one and start with blogger. It’s a lot easier and user-friendly than tumblr. You can see all your comments, stats, and drafts in one simple place. It’s honestly and truly one of the most user-friendly interfaces I’ve dealt with. I can’t even change my stupid theme on tumblr but on blogger it was so simple to customize and add widgets! Make sure you get the app, too, if you’re going to be using a phone to upload your photos. My blog station is actually the dining room table. 2) Decide what you want to post.  Is it reviews, makeup looks, something else or all of the above? Write a list of post ideas. Some of mine include: Product reviews, Product wishlists, Favourites of the Month, Emptie...

I just got 11 new reviews drafted with pictures! Now to write them... Now I'd like to ask something of my readers. Would you rather see more 1. High End beauty reviews 2. Drugstore beauty reviews 3. Budget beauty reviews 4. Challenges 5. Tutorials? Also, for anyone who loves beauty, I'd like to direct you to the forum I participate on- http://www.ourbeautytalk.com/ . It's an amazing community of supportive ladies and gentlemen where we talk about subscription boxes, discuss indies, post our empties, gab about new releases and so much more! I'm turntrekgodhead on the site. I highly recommend you join if you've even the slightest interest in makeup (which you evidently do if you're reading this!). You won't regret it!

I made some updates to the blog so hopefully it looks a bit better now! The sidebar width has been decreased so that landscape photos won't cut into it anymore. I've also been accepted to be a part of the Canadian Beauty Bloggers network! I'm so honored! Learn more at beautybloggers.ca .