What would a day be like without looking at ourselves in a mirror? The idea of seeing our own reflections – first thing in the morning, or anytime we want to check something out – is so easy and automatic that we don’t even think of it. Mirrors surround us – in our bathrooms, our bedrooms, and even on the street if we live in a city. The ubiquity of mirrors in our lives mean that we are constantly checking …
Scars: we all have them, and we usually do our best to hide them – the damage makes us feel vulnerable. But there’s healing from telling others our stories. Esther Armah from Emotional Justice is inviting teens of color to share their “scar stories” as part of 30 Days of Fly, an initiative designed to help girls aged 13 to 25 recognize their individual beauty and strength. Launched on March 9, 30 Days of Fly includes a month of …
Yo Dawg, I heard you like lookin’ good: the hottest new male model is here, and he’s a 3 year old shiba inu. His site is blowing up, and why not? It’s not just cats that rule the Internet. I just wish I’d thought of it first…Menswear Dog.
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Say it with me: “Eyelash Jewelry” – it could be the next new thing after 3d nail art. Etsy seller Natalie Russo wanted a more colorful and sturdier alternative to flimsy false eyelashes, so she got out her craft supplies and got to work. Featuring farm animals, fish, and cupcakes, the whimsical bead/wire/polymer clay/feather creations seem like they’d be too heavy, but Natalie says they’re as wearable as false lashes. She tells Fashionista.com ,”If I can’t walk down the …
Guess it had to happen: with the rise of “healthy at any size”, there is now a fearful backlash by one woman who is worried that fit people are now being stigmatized. Britton Delizia is a Las Vegas fitness model who is sick and tired of being told to “eat a sandwich”, and has started a Kickstarter to raise funds for a book to fight the stigma of being a fit woman. Now I know that my skinny friends get …
Is there a connection between beauty and danger? Maria Susana Flores Gámez is the latest Mexican beauty queen to be connected to the country’s drug gangs, dying in a shootout against the Mexican army. Unfortunately, it appears to be a trend: in her state of Sinaloa, home to a powerful drug cartel, at least three other title holders have been linked to druglords and even drug crimes themselves. And in Sinaloa’s capital city of Culiacan, a beautiful woman is said …
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 …
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 …
“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 …
Ever notice that the women of Fox News wear a lot of makeup? Many of my fashion colleagues assume it’s an accident resulting from letting the Prom Queen take over the makeup department. But no, it’s no accident – it’s called the “Fox Glam”, and those orders for more makeup come from the top. Liza Mundy, Washington Post journalist and author of The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners Is Transforming Sex, Love and Family, has …
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