Sable Yong

3 weeks 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.

1 month 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.

Nov 18, 2024 | arabellesicardi.substack.com | Arabelle Sicardi |Sable Yong

Greetings. I’ve been super busy disassociating and weeding my social circles of unmasked Trump supporters, how have things been for you? I wish there were more meaningful opening salutations because who is fine, really, and if you were, wouldn’t that be the weirdest response of them all? Anyway, we’re alive, for now, and I’m grateful we’re hanging out. For some reason I have been asked my opinions on gift giving more than usual this year so I decided to consolidate all my 1-1 responses to this post.