If you haven't heard, Facebook has removed its "feeling fat" emoticon this week, apparently in response to online petition that gathered 16,000 signatures. The...

True Colors (A Marble Relief Head of a Goddess), c.1st century A.D.-2014. Francesco Vessoli It's easy to imagine the ancients in monochrome. Their classic architecture...

As a makeup artist people usually ask me to make them look as young as possible. And I get it - any of us...

Just about everybody in modern society has something to say about weight - their own or someone else's. And it's usually not very nice....

Bad girls - we may fear them, and we're supposed to hate them. But some of us love them! I do, and I know...

"Beauty" has a reputation of being misleading. So much historical and imaginative treatment of beauty relates the fear beauty's power has over its subjects....

Finding remains of ancient people is rare enough - finding them well enough preserved to guess at their daily lifestyle is a revelation. In...

As a makeup artist, I get lots of questions from people on how to look younger. Maybe it comes in the form of "How...

You've seen the stories: There's Lead in Your Lipstick! Pthalates in Your Shampoo! Parabens in Everything!   Our cosmetics are awash in toxic chemicals, or so...

Orange Crush. Marilyn Minter, 2009. Enamel on metal, 108 x 180 inches. What would happen if you ate all your makeup - and it was...