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Beauty Redefined

Michelle Phillips

Feb 28, 2019
3 min

How to Build and Unshakeable Foundation

As a professional makeup artist who has worked in the entertainment industry for a very long time (20+ years), I've had countless celebrities sit in my makeup chair and share their insecurities, the fears they face, and how often self-doubt creeps in. Listening to their stories made me realize that they are real people with the same issues we all face... yet they had to step out in front of a camera despite it all. About 12 years ago, I was asked to step in front of the camer

Michelle Phillips

Feb 14, 2019
2 min

Self-Care Beauty

Most people think that self-care is selfish, but it’s not. Oftentimes, we spend so much time taking care of everyone else, that we end up feeling tired and burned out. This Valentine’s Day, I would like to suggest your goal be to take time out to care for yourself. When you do, you are much better for the loved ones in your life. Click Video to Watch this Week's "Monday Morning Beauty Bag with Michelle Phillips" on ABC TV! Self-care is all about bringing attention back to you

Michelle Phillips

Dec 14, 2018
3 min

Beauty and Style Holiday Gift Ideas

Are you looking for unique gift ideas for the beauty and style lover on your list? Here are a few of my favorites ideas, and trust me, you’ll want to add every one of these to your wish list too! Who doesn’t love a good deal on great gifts for the Beauty and Style lover in your life...and maybe a chance to grab some goodies for yourself? I am so excited to not only share a few of my favorites but I also have exclusive discounts for my followers today! DG2 Jeans Finding a pai

Michelle Phillips

Nov 27, 2018
2 min

Jeans that Flatter Your Body Type | Michelle Phillips Beauty

Recently a friend of mine suggested I try DG2 jeans. She promised me that once I do, I will be addicted to how they look on as well as how great they feel when waring them. I was certainly a skeptic but decided to give them a try. I may look small but since having three kids… jeans don’t typically fit well. Either they are too tight or too loose, or gap in the back when I sit. The list of issues I have when wearing jeans is endless. Until now… Designer Diane Gilman is kn

Michelle Phillips

May 9, 2017
2 min

The REAL YOU is Beautiful

This week's featured product is the Hydroxatone Active Infusion Moisture Mask. Try it for yourself... click here Now more than ever, we are overwhelmed with images of what the media views as beauty. This episode of "The Beauty Investigator" empowers women to break free from the crushing pressures in our media driven culture. As a mom of daughters, I want to encourage my girls, and you, to find the right balance. That is not to say that striving for beauty is negative, but

Recipe for an at Home Zen Spa Experience

Michelle Phillips

Sep 22, 2014
2 min

Recipe for an at Home Zen Spa Experience

For a moment I felt like a weirdo. Then in the next few seconds I thought, no I am not a weirdo! I want beige! In fact, I began loving the idea of beige even more as I started to think about what beige represents to me. It’s soft, simple, clean, timeless, like a pottery barn magazine, a spa, a zen place. Personally, I am gearing up for the change of season by creating more zen in my home as well as some zen in my daily life. As a busy mom, I am running around taking care

Michelle Phillips

Oct 9, 2013
2 min

Louise Hay is true beauty!

I had no idea what led me to that store any more than the divine hand that guided me to a copy of You Can Heal Your Life. I had never heard of Louise Hay, or any other Hay House authors, yet as I flipped through the pages her words touched me like no other book ever had. From the moment I opened the cover I couldn’t put it down. It felt as though she was speaking directly to me, touching me in a way that didn’t just encourage and strengthen my mind, it validated and invigora

What Motivates Visionaries To “Dominate” The World?

Michelle Phillips

Aug 26, 2013
5 min

What Motivates Visionaries To “Dominate” The World?

By Lissa Rankin Chris Guillebeau’s World Domination Summit. This very inspiring conference was peopled with those inspired by Chris’s manifesto “A Brief Guide To World Domination,” which is less about colonization and more about saving the world. Gretchen Rubin is saving the world by teaching people how to be happier, Don Miller is helping people rewrite the stories of their lives, Nancy Duarte is helping people tell stories that can change the world, Bob Moore is changing th

Michelle Phillips

Aug 7, 2013
2 min

Warning :: Pleasure + Connection Ahead

By Nancy Levin I made it part of my ritual nearly every day on this trip to go for an outing up on the High Line, which meant crossing several of the avenues west in order to get there. And there’s a lot of construction! When I used to live here – and for many years after – I walked around guarded, closed off, uninviting. I’d scowl and practically bark if a construction worker even looked at me, let alone talked to me. And eye contact – never! But on this trip something shift

How to Overcome “Imposter Syndrome” and Believe in Yourself!

Michelle Phillips

Jul 31, 2013
3 min

How to Overcome “Imposter Syndrome” and Believe in Yourself!

By Erin Cox How do I know these horrible statements? Because I’ve asked myself every one of them at one point or another over the past year. I’d left a career where I’d felt confident and knew where I stood. It was… well, boring. I was no longer pushed out of my comfort zone. Then I quit and entered the world of being a writer and speaker. I’ve never felt more alive, free, joyful… and fearful of not being “good enough.” While heading author’s cocktail party at my first Hay Ho

Like a fine wine we get better with age.

Michelle Phillips

Jul 5, 2013
2 min

Like a fine wine we get better with age.

When I was growing up, I thought 50-year-old women were old; they were on the downside of life. Or were they??? I know I’m not the first half centurion to say age is only a number. We have to say that, right? Growing older can be a challenge. We must work hard at looking good, keeping our mind sharp, and maintaining our weight and health. Nothing comes naturally any more. But, to be honest, I truly feel the best I have felt in many years. I am stronger, more confident, much w

Michelle Phillips

Jul 4, 2013
2 min

Whose voice is running in your head?

I know those voices all too well. Several years ago, after going through a difficult divorce, I lost my job of 12 years, and found myself raising three small children with no money. For months I paid my bills with credit cards and when those ran out, I applied for welfare. As I struggled through a downward spiral, voices from my past played like a broken record telling me that I wasn’t good enough, smart enough, or pretty enough. That was until my best friend Lori called

Clean Your Closet…And Get More Creative?

Michelle Phillips

Jul 1, 2013
3 min

Clean Your Closet…And Get More Creative?

CC Image courtesy of Librarian by becaberry on Flickr Living in my small, quaint, 1959-built house is cozy and I wouldn’t trade my house for anything (except maybe a similar version right on the beach when I retire). The only downside is that the closets are 1959-sized (read: very, very small). I’ve overtook two of our three closets. The upside to having such small closets is that it forces you to do a purge every couple of years. As I just typed the word couple, I cracked up

Michelle Phillips

Jun 18, 2013
3 min

What is True Beauty?

As a makeup artist, I’ve made a career out of working with both celebrities and regular people from all walks of life. It has been my job to make these men and women look and feel their best before appearances on TV, film, and the stage. As I worked to get my clients “camera-ready,” I began to see a clear connection between who these individuals truly are and how that translated into their outer beauty. I realized that the magical “it” factor we all search for as women had no

Michelle Phillips

Jun 6, 2013
4 min

…then I’ll be happy!

by Celebrity Makeup Artist, Self-Esteem Coach and Best Selling Author Michelle Phillips We’ve all said something like this, “When I lose weight, find the right guy, or get a better job”…then I’ll be happy. For so many of us there is a little voice inside that makes us think having what someone else has, or what we don’t have, will make our lives better. We look at the people around us; friends, colleagues, even celebrities, and think that if we could just have a perfect part

Michelle Phillips

May 6, 2013
3 min

Mind, Beauty, Spirit with Celebrity Makeup Artist Michelle Phillips

We are among the first generations of women who have the ability to be or do anything we want. The women before us fought long and hard so that we could lead countries or corporations, or stay home as mothers and lead our families and communities. We are stronger and smarter . . . yet we are lost! We’re stuck between what we could be and what we think we should be, searching to balance that with our femininity. We’re grasping to attain our ideal of beauty with the belief that

Is it time for a “Spiritual” Spring Cleaning?

Michelle Phillips

May 6, 2013
2 min

Is it time for a “Spiritual” Spring Cleaning?

By Celebrity Makeup Artist, Life Coach, and Bestselling Author Michelle Phillips Nature has a beautiful way of cleansing to purge what is no longer serving it and make way for renewal. Old leaves fall off and gentle winds carry them away to help the trees gather water and brace for the cold. With the spring thaw comes a flurry of new foliage to cover the bare branches and the growth starts anew. In many ways, we as people have adopted a similar schedule for our own cleansin

Michelle Phillips

Jan 21, 2013
3 min

Your Significant…Self? How To Be The Best YOU For Any Relationship

That famous country song said we were looking for love in “all the wrong places” but maybe we were actually looking in all the wrong ways. You might have a “list” of what you are looking for in your ideal mate or you might be looking for that special someone who “completes you”. In the process you might be bringing in that same person who we may think is our type yet the reality to finding love successfully may be asking the question, “What type are we?” Before you put on you

Michelle Phillips

Jan 4, 2013
3 min

Breaking the chain of low self-esteem

Recently my friends and I celebrated the life of an amazing woman who was truly an inspiration for us all and who so beautifully illustrated the importance of creating our personal value. The day my friend Jan realized how her low self-worth was allowing her abusive marriage to continue and how that relationship was affecting her children was the day that she said enough and left. She took her kids to a shelter and started over with the desire to always be treated the way she

Michelle Phillips

Nov 28, 2012
3 min

Inner Peace on Earth- for a truly beautiful Holiday

For many people this season it’s difficult “to be jolly”. Financial woes, loss, loneliness, and family stress can feel like weight of a heavy snow more than ever around this time of year. By the way, if you broke in to song with that first sentence, this may article may not apply to you but read on… Something that you hear a lot around now is “Peace on Earth, goodwill towards men!” More than any other times of year, around the Holidays we tend think about what we can do to be