Sable Yong

2 weeks ago | coveteur.com | Sable Yong

The first bob that imprinted in my psyche was Audrey Tautou’s cheekbone-grazing brunette French bob in the film Amélie. I was in high school and had just cut my hair into an ill-advised pixie, constantly pawing at the herd of cowlicks on my head that I called a hairstyle at the time. I now had a north star in Tautou’s flippy little coif. That it was French made it all the more appealing—the aughts birthed the indie twee scene and “French girl beauty” as we know it, after all.

1 month ago | airmail.news | Sable Yong

I caught up with one impeccably put-together friend a few weeks ago over a leisurely lunch, Italian in length. As we got up to leave, she pulled out a black leather lipstick tube from her purse and twisted it up to reveal a charcoal black bullet that she skimmed over her mouth—no mirror. It left behind an incongruous light pink stain. This friend wouldn’t dare touch a nail polish darker than Ballet Slippers, hence the lipstick caught my eye.

2 months ago | nylon.com | Sable Yong

When MAC Cosmetics launched its famed Strobe Cream 25 years ago, it must’ve known what our overly-powdered faces were craving: a hint of flash, signs of a lived life — you know, glamour. A turn-of-the-century optimism and cyber-futuristic outlook replaced the impossible-to-maintain matte mandate of the ‘90s, and soon, shimmery and frosty finishes took over.

Jan 15, 2025 | theguardian.com | Sable Yong

I’d like to think it’s no longer standard to impulsively demonize a partner’s ex. But even the super secure are not immune to a bit of what experts call retroactive jealousy. In pop culture, it’s still a common theme: in Obsessed, Olivia Rodrigo fixates on a boyfriend’s ex. Most of Gracie Abrams’s Secret of Us, Sabrina Carpenter’s Taste and Banks & Doechii’s I hate your ex-girlfriend also betray similar compulsive thoughts about a partner’s former lover.

Dec 10, 2024 | bylinebyline.com | Sable Yong

The internet’s dominating beauty presence too often obscures the richness that beauty can offer. By Sable YongPublished I remember the first time I learned I was hot. It was the early aughts. I had signed up to one of those Myspace-adjacent social media websites; it was very hot pink and Hot Topic-coded and had Lipstick-something in the name.