Cream or powder blush? Glossy or matte lipstick? With so many options at the beauty counter, how is a woman to choose? Un-furrow your brow, Tai Beauchamp, our Compacts & Vignettes blogger, is the perfect guide to let you know what must-haves you’ll need in your beauty booty and which are, well…best left untouched.

With close to ten years of experience in the fashion and beauty arena—including stints at Harper’s Bazaar, O, The Oprah Magazine, Seventeen, and VIBE Vixen, Tai knows what’s now and next. She has appeared on Inside Edition, The Today Show, Good Day New York, BET, CNN, and The CW, and she frequently contributes to In Touch Weekly Magazine. Tai says “beauty and fashion are integral part of a woman’s life—for some it’s a necessary evil; for others it’s a lifeline.” Tai wants women to really know their choices when it comes to fashion and beauty, “the good, the bad, and the well, not so stylish.” Consider Compacts & Vignettes (and Tai) your inner fashion and beauty voice.

Together with the iVillage Beauty & Style team, Tai will bring you the latest scoop on beauty and fashion buys, insider info on how to (or not to) pull them off, plus in-your-face style advice so you can make the savviest style decisions.

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Illustration by Johanna Goodman

Johanna Goodman lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She attended Boston University School for the Arts and Parsons School of Design in New York, where she earned her BFA in Illustration in 1992. She has since been painting and drawing for such clients as Rolling Stone, Time, MTV, The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Billboard, RCA, The Progressive, A+M Records, the WNBA, and many others. Her work has garnered awards from numerous organizations including The Society of Publication Design, Communication Arts, and American Illustration.