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Warning: graphic images of self love! Oops, too late – Harvey Nichols, one of Patsy and Edina’s favorite shops on AbFab, is opening a three-storey Beauty Bazaar in Liverpool, and they’ve just released the advertising artwork. With the slogan “Love Thyself” and mirror images of a model in graphic eyeliner moving in for a kiss with herself, the photo straddles the line between self love and, well, self love. The store, which will be 22,000 square feet large, will …
Be careful taking the bus today – Barbie Flu is catching! In Odessa, Ukraine, there are now three(!) young women who’ve self-recreated themselves as the iconic doll. First it was Valeriya Lukyanova (aka”Amatue“), whose surgical modifications helped create her own fairy tale reality (she also teaches astral projection). Now two more “Barbies” have emerged: Valeriya’s friend, Olga Oleynik (“Domenika”) has also had surgeries to accentuate her otherworldliness. And 19 year-old makeup and hair artist Anastasiya Shpagina (“Anime”, pictured …
What is it about Witches? We can’t get enough of them. For women they speak to our fantasies of glamour and power, even as we fear their negative connotations. But why do we have all this imagery of witches? And what are witches, really?
For quite a long time, “Witch” (in Europe, at least) was sort of a blanket term for various practitioners – herbalists, midwives, spirit healers and conjurers…there wasn’t really one way to be a witch, …
Beauty pageants will never die. in Saudi Arabia, the third annual “Miss Congeniality” pageant was held on Monday. In a country where strutting on stage is forbidden, the practice of young women competing before a panel of judges lives on. Only the contest is based on piety and ambitions for social change – as well as confidence, literacy, charisma and theatrical performance. The winner, Maram Zaki al-Saif, who holds the title of Saudi “Queen of Ethics”, intends to help people …
“I want to look like a piece of art every day.” Reign Apiim brings her art to life. “I’ve been studying art and art history since I was in junior high, and why not bring that into my look?” The recent Parsons graduate took some time to find herself: “I started with my hair – I was dyeing it and cutting it to look like my favorite pop stars. But then I realized – I’m an artist, my most valuable …
How does globalization affect the beauty industry? Does it depersonalize us or could it “repersonalize” us? James Poulos, who covers politics and culture at Forbes, hosted this talk at Huffington Post, asking questions about organics, global beauty standards, the rise in beauty spending, and whether men should be wearing makeup.
The panel of experts includes me (in my first video appearance), along with representatives from the organic skincare community and a psychiatrist specializing in teen self-image. A lively …
Salma Hayek eats fat! Going against the Hollywood-style deprivation and size zero obsession, the Oscar-nominated actress tells Harper’s Bazaar UK, “If you exercise too much and you don’t eat enough, it takes its toll on the skin. Everything starts ageing. And you know what? You look miserable.” Those of us who see superskinny models without makeup are inclined to agree. But while her diet and body issues will be the focus of most of the press coverage, she has …
“Man wishes to see himself because he is vain, and he’s afraid to see himself since, being vain, he cannot tolerate the sight of his flaws.” Pierre Nicole, Jansenist Theologian, 1669.
There’s been a lot of talk about mirror fasting and what it means to go without looking at one’s own reflection on a daily basis. Many who do it talk about freeing themselves from constantly checking their appearance – and not just their physical appearance. Autumn Whitefield-Madrano …
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