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Creating Characters for Epic The Movie: Why Perfection is Overrated (Even in Hollywood!)

Mary Katherine from Epic One of the more fun and surprising things about blogging is getting invited to swag-erific events. Not very many – Wild Beauty isn’t up there in the numbers, nor is it...

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A Week Without Mirrors, Plus a Giveaway of Kjerstin Gruys’ New Book

In support of Kjerstin Gruys’ new memoir detailing her year without mirrors, a call was put out for beauty bloggers to take a day off from looking at our reflections. Inspired by both Kjerstin’s...

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A Week Without Mirrors: My Space vs Their Space

Making Her Toilet, by Chase William Merritt, 1889 Less than three days into my week without mirrors (inspired by Kjerstin Gruys’ Year Without Mirrors, I noticed that I was feeling really annoyed… I...

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A Week Without Mirrors

Venus at her Mirror by Rubens, 1612-1615 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...

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Beauty Bytes: April 26, 2013

Beauty pageant contestants have long been accused of all looking alike. After all, their competition involves reaching towards an “ideal” standard of beauty. But the convergence of beauty ideals...

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Peggy Olson at Work? Cosmetics ads from 1968

“This is No Amateur Blonde” – Helene Curtis In Mad Men, we’ve recently seen Peggy Olson going after the Heinz Ketchup business. Women in advertising were often in charge of accounts catering to...

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“Real Beauty Sketches”: Why Dove is Pushing the Wrong Buttons

Dove’s Forensic Sketches Most of us are familiar with Dove’s “Real Beauty” campaigns, which broke cosmetic advertising ground by including more body types and ethnicities than the usual skincare...

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The Future is Now: 3 Predictions for Your Skincare Routine

The New York Spa and Wellness Show is a trade show featuring the latest equipment and treatment options for spas and skincare salons. From big-name salon skincare to upstart technologies, ideas...

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War Paint

Photo: Tyen for Vogue Paris Do you watch Vikings? I’m totally hooked, and between the violent clashes between cultures (and the costume details), I’ve been musing about Floki’s eyeliner. Fierce is...

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Faces: Thérèse Le Prat

Photos by Thérèse Le Prat As a makeup artist, I love faces – that goes without saying. But I don’t just love a pretty face with makeup on it – there are interesting faces everywhere, and all kinds...

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Beauty Bytes: March 22, 2013

Girl Model A lot is made of the fashion industry’s extreme beauty standards, and how women consumers feel pressured to look like thirteen year old girls. But what about the girls themselves? Girl...

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Music Video: Miranda Lambert – “Mama’s Broken Heart”

When love goes wrong, what’s more important – how you look or how you feel? Should you “hide your crazy and act like a lady”? Or let those feelings rip, and rage on? Miranda Lambert gives the whole...

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Beauty Bytes: March 15, 2013

Scar Stories 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...

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Beautiful People: Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr She was called “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World” – and as a Hollywood movie star, Hedy Lamarr was certainly one of the most stunningly beautiful women of the twentieth century....

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Is Wearing Makeup Unvirtuous?

Quite often when I tell another woman that I’m a makeup artist, she’ll respond with an immediate confession about her makeup habits. “I don’t wear much makeup,” she’ll say, somewhat timidly, before...

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Other People’s Makeup: Jennifer Fraser

“I’m into creativity in all its forms – writing, painting, dance, movement, and music. So I love makeup – I love all the colors.” Zaza‘s multi-instrumentalist Jennifer Fraser brings elegance to her...

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Beauty Bytes: February 22, 2013

File under “It took me hours to look this casual”: Los Angeles carpenter Johnny Harrington had been growing his beard on-and-off-again for years, but since the 32 year old was spotted by a...

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The French Beauty Secret Magazines Won’t Write About

We’re all familiar with the articles and books about French women’s beauty secrets. The secret moisturizers, the insouciance, the je ne sais quas - we in America are held in thrall waiting for the...

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The Duty of Beauty: Vanity in Downton Abbey

Any of us who are into fashion and beauty watch Downton Abbey with an eye for the details: the clothes and jewelry, and of course, the hair and (imperceptible) makeup. But I’m also struck by all...

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Wild Beauty Is $elling Out! (Sort Of)

I’ll just say it outright: Wild Beauty is slowly becoming monetized. For the past few months, I’ve been looking at ways to step up the game here, and many of those ways involve capital expenditure....

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Beauty Bytes: February 8, 2013

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...

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Beauty Inventions: The Eyelash Curler

The modern eyelash curler is iconic – and for those of us in the beauty business, it’s indispensable. It seems simple enough, but the eyelash curler has been through many, many revisions. Eyelash...

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Beauty Bytes: February 1, 2013

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...

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Makeovers in the Movies: The Skin I Live In (La Piel Que Habito)

As January ends, it’s occurred to me that I haven’t posted anything about makeovers. And since January is National Makeover Month (in the US media), it’s possible that I have been neglecting my...

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Wild Beauty Places: Osswald Parfumerie

I love a beautiful perfume. But shopping for a new one can be insane. The crowds and noise at most department stores are overwhelming – you can’t hear yourself think, much less tune into the...

Jan 24, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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Beauty Archetypes: Tattooed Ladies, Part Two

When we look at Tattooed Ladies, we often think of them in the context of individuality, self-expression, and self-ownership. And in the United States, the history of women and tattoos is generally...

Jan 22, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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Beauty Pageants and the Mason Dixon Line: Why the Divide?

Shekinah Monee, New York City’s Perfect Miss The New Miss America, Mallory Hagan, has provoked some uncomfortable chuckles in her adopted hometown of Brooklyn. Raised in Alabama, she moved to New...

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Beauty Bytes: January 18, 2013

Mostly when people discriminate against others because of their skin color, it’s racist. But what do you do when your own race is weirded out by you? Africans born with albinism face more than just...

Jan 18, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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The First Official Portrait of Kate Middleton is Just Awful

The first official portrait of Kate Middleton has been revealed, and oh boy, what a disaster! The artist, photorealist painter Paul Emsley, told The Mirror he found that the Duchess of Cambridge’s...

Jan 11, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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Creating Characters for Epic The Movie: Why Perfection is Overrated (Even in Hollywood!)

A Week Without Mirrors, Plus a Giveaway of Kjerstin Gruys’ New Book

A Week Without Mirrors: My Space vs Their Space

A Week Without Mirrors

Beauty Bytes: April 26, 2013

Peggy Olson at Work? Cosmetics ads from 1968

“Real Beauty Sketches”: Why Dove is Pushing the Wrong Buttons

The Future is Now: 3 Predictions for Your Skincare Routine

War Paint

Faces: Thérèse Le Prat

Beauty Bytes: March 22, 2013

Music Video: Miranda Lambert – “Mama’s Broken Heart”

Beauty Bytes: March 15, 2013

Beautiful People: Hedy Lamarr

Is Wearing Makeup Unvirtuous?

Other People’s Makeup: Jennifer Fraser

Beauty Bytes: February 22, 2013

The French Beauty Secret Magazines Won’t Write About

The Duty of Beauty: Vanity in Downton Abbey

Wild Beauty Is $elling Out! (Sort Of)

Beauty Bytes: February 8, 2013

Beauty Inventions: The Eyelash Curler

Beauty Bytes: February 1, 2013

Makeovers in the Movies: The Skin I Live In (La Piel Que Habito)

Wild Beauty Places: Osswald Parfumerie

Beauty Archetypes: Tattooed Ladies, Part Two

Beauty Pageants and the Mason Dixon Line: Why the Divide?

Beauty Bytes: January 18, 2013

The First Official Portrait of Kate Middleton is Just Awful

Beauty Archetypes: Tattooed Ladies (Part One)

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