RSSThe Best Thing About Aging 1
March 8, 2010
When you’re blonde and you shouldn’t be, it feels tense to be around. Remember the relief when Pretty Woman took off the blonde wig? You FELT your insides relax.
Read moreLIPLINER IS SO EASY…EXCEPT FOR ONE THING
May 20, 2008
I know what you’re picturing : the awful dark line after the lipstick has worn off.
No, no. Don’t go there. Those are memories from another decade. If that happens anymore, it must be intentional. There is no other reason to look that way.
Read moreLAURA MERCIER ON AGING IN AMERICA
May 1, 2008
Laura Mercier is a very famous French makeup artist. She is most recognized in her field for her trademark “flawless face”. Her makeup line is available online as well as at many upscale department stores.
In this interview at PrimeTimeHealth, Laura Mercier talks about her mission to make American women feel good about getting older. She credits her French origins for her ability to see beauty everywhere, not only in the young.
Read moreTHE BEAUTY AND POWER OF HDR PHOTOGRAPHS
April 8, 2008
I am endlessly awed, humbled, and inspired by human creativity. You can say any amount of bad about the species, and much of it would be true, but there is imagination and vision within each one of us that is stunning to behold.
Meet Xavier
I have realized that I notice very much how things look. A bit less, how they smell. Hardly at all how they sound. Not how they feel. How they taste? I don’t care enough, or else I’ve just replaced that care with a stronger concern about overall nutrition.
PRODUCT REVIEW : MAYBELLINE VOLUME XL SEDUCTION LIP PLUMPER
March 10, 2008
One way of telling a computer to display text in a certain way is to use a language called HTML. If I inserted the text in front of a word, sentence, or paragraph, and then I inserted at the end of the text, the computer would display everything enclosed between these symbols in a bold font. You could read it as < start bold font> and .
Product Review
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DISCLOSURE AND BEAUTY BLOGS
February 18, 2008
On January 31, 2008, the NYT published an article entitled Skin Deep, about beauty blogs and the women who write them. Only 2 years ago, the cosmetics industry treated them as an annoyance. Blogs about beauty are now seen as influential and reach a wide audience.
Who do you trust?
Gradually over the past ten years, the marketplace (consumers, us) has transferred its trust away from conventional advertising. We have come to resent being marketed at and manipulated with sales pressure and enticements. We put our faith in experts, or the people around us whose experience seems similar to our own.
Read more6 MAKEUP SHIMMER DO’S
February 16, 2008
In the article published on January 18, 2008, entitled 10 Wrong Ways to Use Shimmer in Makeup, … well, I made it sound as though there was no right way to use shimmer in makeup. Not true. Shiny products have the ability to bring out the best (as well as the worst). It only takes [...]
Read moreTHE DOVE CAMPAIGN FOR REAL BEAUTY:WATCH THESE ADS
November 24, 2007
Children in the line of fire Dove has produced some powerful advertising campaigns in recent years, aimed at redefining the meaning of beauty in our culture. Most of you have seen these ads already, but I’ll put the clips here to watch. … The first one, I found terrifying. I could only watch it once [...]
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