Wow, I thought my beauty-booty habit was bad. Turns out tweens, those 9-12-year-olds who are unfortunately the target of all entertainment and brand advertising these days, are spending $500 million a year on beauty products.
For the love! I remember when I was that age, Dr. Pepper Lip Smacker was a luxury. The thought of glopping [...]
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Tweens: The REAL Product Whores
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged makeup consumers, tween beauty on May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“That’s a Botox Situation”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beauty, botox, dermatologist on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I love my dermatologist for her candid analysis of high-priced face creams (“mostly bullshit”), SPF 60s and above (“SPF 30 is all anyone can do”) and the general wealth of beauty information out there (“some good research, not a lot of facts”). So I eagerly queried her about the best method of attack for a [...]
Take 2 of These With a Tall Glass of Placenta…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged japanese, placenta, strange beauty on April 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am all for harvesting nourishing, anti-aging ingredients from just about anything (unless said harvesting inflicts harm on living things). But I think I might draw the line at slapping afterbirth on my face. A Japanese company called Nihon Sofuken has managed to package and market a line of products called Placenta 360000, which contain—yes—afterbirth. [...]
Vanity Is Underrated
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beauty, health, product whore, sirens, vanity on April 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
OK, so I love beauty products. No, seriously, I LOVE beauty products; am quite obsessed with them, actually. One might call me a … well, you see the name of the blog.
Now, while I am unabashedly girly, my interest in beauty also relates to the value I place in a healthy lifestyle and the products [...]
