Annie Kreighbaum is an artist, freelance writer and now the Senior Beauty Editor at Jane Pratt's new beauty website xoVain (!!).
According to her xoJane
profile, Annie is from Texas, enjoys helping elderly beauties pick out clothing at thrift stores, is a vintage clothing hoarder and smells like
salty body odor veiled thinly with notes of Tide detergent.
a Brigitte Bardot inspired 'do from day four of five days of tent-pitching pigtails
Unlike a lot of beauty editors, Annie's articles don't read like dull promotion tools. Annie has a knack for using self-depreciating, sarcastic and satirical humour that won't just make you snicker, but cackle and snort until every person in hearing proximity has left the room (ahem mayormaynothavehappened).
Annie provides beauty tips and ideas that are actually ORIGINAL and confusingly exciting to read about (how can you not want
outline nails or
sexy pigtails or to look like a
super-glamorous disco hooker!!!???)
She was kind enough to answer a few questions especially for The Lovelorn.
outline nails
1. Describe the beauty look you aim for in two words.
Unibrow glam.
2. What's one of the most underrated beauty essentials?
Lip liner. Nobody ever raves about it, until I read an interview with one of my beauty idols, Josephine de la Baume, about how she loves lipliner and also making out. I, too, love those things. So basically we're the same person.
3. You can only put makeup on your eyes or lips. Which do you chose?
Lips. I would have said eyes five years ago, but now I'd rather wear no makeup at all except for a stain on my lips and some moisturizer on my eyes and cheekbones. I have deep-set eyes, so there is a natural shadow.
super-glamourous disco hooker (looks expensive)
4. What is an item of clothing you probably wear too much?
This is hard... I used to run a vintage shop online (which I had to close when I started working for xoVain), so I have way too many clothes. I think everybody would agree that I probably don't wear bras enough--does that work? I'll never get used to working in an office.
5. You can choose one celebrity to follow you on twitter, who do you pick?
I'm sorry but I hate Twitter... too many features, it's very confusing. I had to make one for work. I'm trying to learn, but it's not very much fun for me unless somebody posts a photo. I'm a visual person! My preferred mode of social media is
Instagram and of course I follow Josephine de la Baume.
day five of five days of tent-pitching pigtails
Check Annie out on
xoVain
And be sure to 'like' her on
Facebook!
All images from xoVain.com
