beauty Archive

2November 13, 2009
Does Makeup Keep You From Getting Laid? (Or, When He Professes He Likes The ‘Natural’ Look)

Don’t you just hate it when your man turns to you and says, “I like you better without make-up,” or makes some comment about how he “prefers the natural look”…
0November 13, 2009
Make-Up Works: Exaggerated Beauty Gets Noticed

Also in the December issue of Psychology Today, Mina Shaghaghi reports on the findings of a series of studies by Richard Russell of Gettysburg College which explains the “allure of…
4November 8, 2009
When Beauty Is A Crime

I have a modest collection of vintage vanity items. (My collection and I have even been featured in Collectors News magazine.) And indeed, I’ve often wondered about the vast popularity…
2October 9, 2009
Reporting On The Mayan Predicted Demise Of Our Planet

Early in 2010, Greta Sandler smelled the green, envisioning great commercial success in the “green” environmental movement. She cut and pasted digitally merged Shamanistic traditions and historical beauty tips, “recycling”…
0September 30, 2009
Whatjamacallit Wednesday, For Fans Of Blowdryers

A vintage (circa 1920′s-1930′s) photo of a model “using a then state of the art modernist hair dryer”; photo taken by illustrator Charles Gates Sheldon. Somehow, it sort of makes…
0September 22, 2009
Being Frank About Female Insecurity

“If I had as many love affairs as you give me credit for, I would be speaking to you from a jar at the Harvard Medical School.” ~ Frank Sinatra…
0September 9, 2009
Odd Curator’s Notes & Whatjamacallit Wednesday

Consider it stuff I could have tweeted if I weren’t so long-winded & too lazy to work within the 140 character limit; yes, you can take the title to mean…
1September 3, 2009
Cheap Thrills Thursday: Throwing Out Body Issues

They say you can tell a lot about a culture by their garbage — “they” being anthropologists, social scientists, & historians (their amateur varieties too), folks who monitor consumerism, as…
0August 24, 2009
An Ugly American Watches A Beauty Pageant

After an incredibly busy & exhausting weekend (this was just part of it), I spent a few hours just loafing on the couch Sunday night. Channel surfing, I happened upon…
0August 6, 2009
Exercise Care When You Light-Up Near Trains

From Gillian Atkinson’s “Dealing with Wedding Day Nerves” photo set at The Ephemera Network.
5July 13, 2009
Of Farrah Fawcett & The Trouble With Feminism

I was kitsch-slapped myself, reading this line (in one my feeds) from Linda Lowen’s post regarding Farrah Fawcett’s death: Considering the fact that Fawcett was one of those impossible-to-live-up-to female…
0June 22, 2009
Can’t Be A Sleeping Beauty On Real Issues

Via Teacups & Couture I found the works of photographer Dina Goldstein which follows up with fairy tale princess and their “happily ever afters.” Goldstein shares her exploration of Disney…
1June 9, 2009
“Milwaukee Blue”

In the 80′s, I worked in the cosmetics area of a department store — but not just for any cosmetics brand, it was Estée Lauder; and not just any department…
0June 1, 2009
Vintage Roadshow

Now, be careful; there’s a monster at the end of this post… Couture Allure shows how to stretch your wardrobe with a vintage sheath dress. Debutante Clothing introduces Vintage Style…
1March 19, 2009
How Can Any Man Love A Listless Cranky Woman?

By drugging her, I guess. At least that’s the impression I get from this vintage ad for Jayne’s Tonic Pills found inside the 1941 Jayne’s Almanac,published by Dr. D. Jayne…
0February 25, 2009
Beauty Tips From The Fishbowl

Forget mascara, eye liner, etc. For big wide eyes just stand behind your fishbowl or brandy snifter and peer into it at all times. As Pishi shows us, your eyes…
3February 13, 2009
You Can’t Cover Your Fingernails In Velvet, Even When You Want To

I thought I was going to have this fab-u-lous Valentine’s Day beauty project for you, but I ran into a few problems along the way… I had the concept: Wrapping…