Happy Thanksgiving!

By Sheila

This year, as always, I personally have so much to be thankful for — family, friends, health, safety, and the basic fact that I have found my passions and am able to pursue them.

I know I’m speaking for all of the Painted Ladies when I say that we are all extremely thankful for our readers. You all are the BEST! Thank you for being here with us and sharing your thoughts and experiences with us. We love you guys and we are always striving to do right by you all.

Also, Taryn and I would like to use this time to express our mulitude of gratitude to the bloggers of Painted Ladies. You guys ROCK and we are so grateful for you all. Thanks for sharing your knowlege and passion with us and our readers.

And, on a personal note, I would like to express my eternal gratitude to my friend and co-publisher Taryn and her husband, Ben. There is nothing more fitting than these two simple words: thank you. For everything.

We hope you all enjoy your days, and to give you all some reading material, here’s a few of our favorite posts from the archives! Sending you all wishes of health, abundance, and prosperity.

Expert Jessi goes to an antique store and finds something I will eternally be jealous of – how come I can’t find stuff like this?!?!

We talk to celeb makeup artist Stephen Moleski about his favorite things and get some great tips from him.

The event that encouraged me to follow my passions and start a beauty blog along with some great friends.

Expert Nicole shares her favorite tools.

Jeanne with the greatest lipliner tutorial EVER.

Megan reviews Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab … and sends me deep into lemming-ville for many, many of their scents.

Lisa shares some homemade beauty blunders.

Taryn’s review of Illamasqua.

Audrey Hepburn’s immortal words about beauty.

Our Expert Jason shares his advice for building a makeup artist portfolio.

Jessi shares some excellent beauty tips for people going through chemotherapy.

Jessi also shares her top 10 favorite products.