The Best Beauty Bits in Cat Marnell’s How To Murder Your Life
We can’t stop talking about ex-beauty editor Cat Marnell’s memoir How To Murder Your Life, a cautionary tale about her very publicized struggle with drug addiction. Our favourite parts are the delicious beauty tidbits from her stints as a beauty editor at outlets like Lucky and xoJane. The book divulges all sorts of insider-y details on the perks of the job as well as the glamorous and not-so-glamourous aspects of the magazine publishing industry. So many, in fact, that we went back to bookmark them. Allow us to share.
Cat Marnell “How to Murder Your Life”
1. Beauty brands are as hard to pronounce as fashion designer names Intern initiation: learning how to pronounce names like Biologique Recherche and Chantecaille by either a) Googling the crap out of it or b) butchering the crap out of it. “Internships: they are full of awkward moments, and uncomfortable initiation rituals! For example: Charlotte used to leave me lists of products to “call in” for stories. Like: Biologique Recherche P50 Yves Saint Laurent Touche Eclat Givenchy Le Prisme Yeux Quator--smoky? Kérastase Bain Satin leave-in Chantecaille blush in Emotion.” (Page 95) But since she had to do it over the phone (the horror) rather than email, it resulted in teachable moments like how to properly pronounce Touche Éclat. (Which, by the way, is neither tush-aye-clat or touchy clat, but toosh-ee-clah). (Pictured above: Yves Saint Laurent Touche Éclat)