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Weekend Observations: When Frivolous Leads to Profound
How we LOVE to make fun of reality TV. We deem it as frivolous at best and downright brain-damaging at worst. Add the whole Kardashian dynasty to the conversation and we can’t help but cackle at...
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We Are All Too Sexy For UR Lab
There’s a lot of wonderful things I’ve inherited from my mother, including my desire for a strong family life (be both have 3 kids), a love for fashion and beauty, and the belief that women can kick...
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Beer, Beauty, Bad-ass Men
I thought I’d seen it all. And then I flipped through my feed of beauty-related articles and landed on a story about beer and men. Now, that’s not unusual. But when you hear about how the beer brand...
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Daily Shaving, Combing & Washing Mean A Ton More Than You Think
As someone who is often on the road or running around even when I’m back at my home base, I was immediately struck by these first few words of an article’s headline: “Traveling salon…” What I would...
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When Beauty Is Right In Front of You
Sorry folks for being down this past week or so… we had to do some maintenance thanks to all those pesky hackers out there. But all is good now! One of the many positive attributes of our digital,...
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What is the Definition of Beauty Anyway?
This question has been asked for eons. One of the most accepted answers for what we deem beautiful is a scientific or evolutionary one. We are attracted to certain people, especially faces, that...
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Even Centuries Ago, We Were Brainwashed About Beauty Ideals
We can’t avoid the barrage of images of perfect bodies every. second. of. the. day. As a mother of a a teenage boy and two preteens — one of which is a girl — I’m constantly squirming when I see...
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The Stark Contrast Makes It the Most Chilling & Appropriate
I couldn’t NOT click on the article. It was called “Chilling Beauty” and it shared the personal story of a visit to the beautiful, picturesque village of Wannsee on the outskirts of Berlin. In this...
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The Awe in in What’s Right Above Us
We get up, get ready for work, endure the work/errands commute, put in our many hours a day at the job — whether at home or in the office, race home, and tend to the kids, the home, you name it. We...
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How a Beauty Brand Does Philanthropy Right vs Contrived
When large, money-making corporations invest in third world countries, I’m always skeptical. Sure, they may be providing some benefit — funding or education — but I always wonder if the reason is...
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First Miss Iraq Beauty Pageant in 40 Years: A Sign of Progress or Not?
News Flash: Iraq is having it’s very first Miss Iraq beauty pageant in more than 4 decades! (NBC News) So how should we feel about that? As many of our loyal readers know, we often take a contrarian...
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How Beauty Truly Connects You to Yourself
When I looked at my feed today, a few different sources mentioned this study. What am I referring to? A recent study commissioned by Revlon and conducted by Fordham University about the effect of...
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It’s What You Do, Not What You Say
Growing up, we are all taught that actions speak louder than words. Working in an engineering-based company reinforces this thinking for me. It’s what you make that matters. And in my role, in...
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“Things of Beauty Affirm Our Power to Change the World for the Better,” Roger...
The Symmetry of Paris I have to admit I had a hard time thinking of what to write for today’s post. After the tremendous horror of this past Friday night in Paris, I did not now how to respond. All...
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What Do Beauty & Cannibalism Have in Common?
The title isn’t a tease. I’m going to give you the answer but I need to back track a bit. Beauty can now be judged by artificial intelligence. Yep, there is going to be a beauty contest using robots...
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Beautiful Protests: Don’t Dismiss Beauty Queens. The Chinese Govt is...
There’s a lot of different ways to protest. Unfortunately, we’ve seen some of the worst of them over the past few weeks. But, for the most part, challenging the status quo, the social wrongs we see,...
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“87% of girls aged 11-21 think women are judged more on their appearance than...
I came across this stat in a study conducted by Girl Guiding, a charity for girls and young women in the U.K. Though the study is a few years old, it was recently quoted in a Guardian article, “From...
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From Camels to Geopolitics: Why, Even in 2016, We Care About Pageants & What...
Over the past week I noticed a number of stories about beauty contests in my feed. That’s not unusual. What WAS weird was the type of stories. Of course there were a few about the Steve Harvey...
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Fashionable Protests: The Unexpected Source of Saudi Women’s Independence
With the glut of oil and rising Sunni – Shia tensions in Saudi Arabia, I’m sure all of us have been wondering,”what happens if the Saudi regime actually falls?” The impact will be dramatic, no doubt....
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Despite What David Brooks Says, We Can Experience the Deeper, More Spiritual...
The world-renowned New York Times columnist and author, David Brooks, published a piece on Friday that initially depressed me. In his Op-Ed, “When Beauty Strikes,” Brooks laments our lack of deep...
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