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Alessandra Codinha
Into the Gloss, intothegloss.com
Former Eye Reporter for WWD, Codinha was “paid to party,” tracking trends at galas and fetes around New York. Now she works at Into The Gloss, where she shares great beauty products, plus her tips and tricks for getting it right. As Codinha sees it, beauty is not about a perfectly made up face, but rather, about finding the right products to make you feel good. Image by Emily Weiss. When the holiday season rolls around… I start layering (everything, from moisturizers to my socks) and preemptively buying too many presents. The holidays are all about… Spending time with the people you love, sequins, and a great, party-ready red lipstick. As a kid I spent the holidays… Giving people presents too early because I was overly excited about it. Now I spend the holidays… With my family, drinking hot chocolate spiked with peppermint schnapps, and loving up my dogs. The holiday season makes me feel… Pink cheeked, bright-eyed, very happy!
One thing I do every year is… Inevitably going a little overboard in the gift-buying department. My favorite holiday tradition is… Advent calendars, holiday parties, going to church at midnight on Christmas Eve with my family and then driving around to look at the Christmas lights on the houses nearby (or not so nearby—we really love Christmas lights).
The best gift I ever received was… Some pieces of my grandmother’s jewelry, first edition copies of my favorite books (and, when I was 14, James Thurber’s “Carnival”), a jar of Crème de la Mer from my mother’s bathroom—the gift was her not getting annoyed about it.
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