Monthly Archives: July 2012

Summer Beauty Products: A Minimalist Routine

In the deepest, hottest part of summer, it’s just too hot for a regular beauty routine. Everything sweats or slides off, and the heat saps any energy to do much more than pour a cold drink. But there are ways to compact your beauty routine, and keep your beauty cool as well. Here are some products that can take the heat – some of them are from my working makeup kit, some have been introduced to me through Wild Beauty, …

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Is Photoshop an Enemy of Feminism?

There’s been a lot of press coverage of Seventeen Magazine’s “body peace treaty” lately, and I’ve been getting questions about it myself. What do I think about it? How much are magazines Photoshopping models into unrealistic Superbeauties? And should magazines only use “realistic” looking models?

 

Though I’ve worked in fashion for ages, I’ve also spent plenty of time around feminist debates about women’s representation in media. And I think there’s an interesting dynamic here that’s not being reported.

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