Beauty

Your Invisible Identity

When I was a little girl, my mother’s high heels, pearls, and perfume captivated me. As a woman, I latched on to Mom’s propensity for heels and have carried on the stiletto love, but try as I might, pearls and Chanel No. 5—the essence of my mom—were never really me. But oh, how that fragrance [...]

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Body Modification vs. Cosmetic Surgery

WARNING: Links and images in this post may be difficult to look at and are not appropriate for young viewers. OK, this post is not my usual subject matter. I promise it is a momentary diversion. Last night I decided to watch Extreme Dr. 90210, thinking it would be, well extreme-but-pretty plastic surgery. Like Heidi [...]

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{Essie} Pink Parka

OK, I don’t normally appreciate photos of feet unless they belong to a foot model. And I wouldn’t post photos of my tootsies if I weren’t so chuffed about my new pedicure. Or if I had hooves. But since a photographer I used to know once begged me to let him take photos of my [...]

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Heidi 3.0

Alright. Forgive me. But I had to share this. The January 25, 2010 issue of Who magazine, Australia, features those photos of Hills star Heidi Montag. That’s Heidi 3.0, the new Heidi who really isn’t Heidi at all, it seems (well, not after 10 procedures in a day). She explains her view on cosmetic surgery [...]

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A weave as wardrobe? Uh, no.

OMG. OK. I really thought I had seen it all. Really. But I must stand corrected, cause these übercreepy accessories totally take the cake. Next time you’re looking for some statement-making jewelry, why not throw on these human hair earrings and necklace? What…are you afraid people might think you’re the descendant of some clan of [...]

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Wrinkles…ugly on faces…and outfits.

I just scooped these from Twitter. First, @thecoveted posted this about LiLo, which continues to reinforce my sermon about the dangers of tanning. And drugs…yeah, they’re no good either. But, anyway, here’s the tweet: sometimes i wonder how people ‘get away’ with the party lifestyle, then i get reminded, they don’t. http://twurl.nl/hyby5q Did ya click [...]

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Homage to Halloween: Plastic Surgery Horrors

I so wish I could not blog about this, but I have to. I can’t not do it, because it’s so freaky and bizarre. So I’ve filed this under Homage to Halloween: Plastic Surgery Horrors. Real-life masks, if you will. Here we go. Back in the day, Carrot Top used to live in my neck [...]

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Typical Girl

That’s what the superkawaii Target cashier said to me when she rang up my purchase: Then she said, “The only thing missing is chocolate,” to which I responded with a laugh, then reassured her, “Actually, it’s not. I’m going right over to Starbucks [inside Target, of course, God I love the USA] for a iced [...]

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Manscaping 101

I recently read He Said/She Said: Should Your Guy Groom? in the October 2009 issue of Marie Claire. The article, by Lauren Iannotti and Doug Donovan, offered commentary on why men should or shouldn’t groom themselves to the degree that women do. Iannotti was vehemently opposed to metrosexually-bent manscaping, while Donovan was all for manis [...]

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Sidetracked

It happens often to me. Getting sidetracked, especially online. I’ll read about a great blog in a mag, go look for it online, click through links on the new site/blog I’m checking out, and the next thing you know, I’m mesmerized by a fantastic image of Brigitte Bardot in her prime (a still from the [...]