
I'm Taylor,
I started Provanity Cosmetics as a rebellion against conventional makeup
I started Provanity Cosmetics because I was sick of beauty compromise. I want to do my makeup however I want without fucking up my skin or aging it twice as fast.
I love full glam, I love makeup that looks like makeup, and when I went to an engineering school with 70% men, makeup was the only thing that kept me sane.
I’ve always had a hard time with my skin, breakouts as a teen and an adult, dryness, redness, and it really sucks - the way your face looks has a big impact on your confidence.

I started paying attention to ingredient lists and trying out clean makeup to see if it would help.
Two things happened: my chemical engineering degree helped me realize how disgusting the ingredients in most makeup products are… and my skin started to get better.

I had one problem though, clean makeup didn’t wear the way I wanted it to. It’s really good at natural makeup or no makeup makeup, but I want something that can do full glam.
This all happened around the same time I was finishing up my chemical engineering degree when I realized it was a degree in pipes. I was going to be miserable for the rest of my life working in a factory.