In my posts, Ethics in Fashion: Labor and Environmental Concerns and Ethics in Beauty and Fashion, I discuss several concerns regarding the fashion and beauty industries including pollution, waste, and labor. In terms of pollution, contaminating water sources, dumping, and the chemicals involved in manufacturing and dying fabrics and garments caused for birth defects and…
Month: April 2017
UD: Urban Decay Up-Date
Urban Decay has had some recent product launches that have had beauty vloggers going mad- the Vice Special Effects lip toppers among them. While innovations such as lip toppers and brow mascaras seem like they’re new, women have been using glosses, lipsticks, and mascara for decades, and this is nothing new! My aunt used to…
Dressing for Your Lover
We all know there are aspects of fashion and beauty each sex finds attractive- and you may have heard women say they’re dressing for men or women. When discussing womenswear, there are “guy shoes,” maybe sexy vixen stilettos, and there are dresses that are a girl’s girl, something men might find too something or other……
Vicuña: Wealth in Wool
In modern history, the animals rightfully owning the en vogue skins and furs have literally been hunted to the brink extinction; and in at least 13 cases, made extinct!!! That’s right, we totally wiped out a species- the Steller’s Sea Cow, which is similar to dugongs and manatees. Whenever a species is targeted for its…
Dr. Brandt Pores No More Primer, Oxygen Mask, Sleep Serum, and Time Reversing Cream Reviews and Demo
Dr. Brandt was a renowned dermatologist and physician- I met him when my aunt used to see him- I was sad to learn of his death after filming this video, in which I demo and review his anti-aging and skin-care products, including two from the DNA collection, or Do Not Age. Pores No More Primer…
Fit for Free
Whether you’re a student, a struggling artist, a confessed shopaholic, or just strapped for cash- you don’t have to spend to shed pounds. What? No meal plans, gym memberships, books, expensive food? Yes! Believe it or not…I’ve usually worked out in-home or outdoors for free. See my previous post on my fitness routine and weightloss:…
Fashion Adulting: Closet Curation, Spend or Save
When you’re young, you buy what appeals to you, what you think will make you stand out and seem different- paying little attention to fit, silhouette, print and color, or whether or not the garment wears you. As you mature and grow into your style, you learn what to splurge and save on, what flatters…
Spoiled Rotten: Fermented Ingredients In Beauty and Skincare
You’ve likely already ingested something fermented, or rotten, and not known it- wine, balsamic vinegar, cheese…but would you consider incorporating rotting ingredients into your skincare regimen? In a W Magazine post, “Why the Korean Beauty World Is Going Natural, and Why You Should Too,” Gillian Sagansky quotes Sarah Lee of Glow Recipe as stating…
Hard-Water's Effect on Hair and Skin
In my previous post, H2-Oh-No: Hard Water Irritates Skin!, I discussed how hard-water had affected my skin. After noticing and hypothesizing over patches of inflamed flushed areas all over my body, doing some research, and self-diagnosing, I concluded I did not have a sudden bout of eczema, but rather hard-water dermatitis. In a Vogue.com article,…
Racist Beauty: Hiding the Real Natural You
“Mom, what happened to your hair?,” I exclaimed. She stood before me, and I assumed she had gotten a perm or some sort of hair treatment, but the truth was…I had never seen my mother’s natural hair texture until the end of my twenties! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBH6qzXCk6o] We often will see a video of a black…
