Beauty Technology
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Beauty Technology
Do You Need a PhD to Be Pretty?
Most of our beauty products are, at their essence, quite simple - if you look at your stash of makeup, and notice that much...
Beauty Technology
This Makeup Artist Went to Work for a Tech Startup and Here’s What Happened
For a while here at Wild Beauty, I was posting on the regular - I'm more than a little obsessed with the the broader...
Beauty Technology
The Future of Facials? Trying Skin Laundry’s Ten Minute Laser Facial
You wouldn't be surprised if I told you that as a makeup artist, I love great skin. And you might think that I'd be...
Beauty and Culture
Is Your Makeup Killing You? Decoding Cosmetic Scare Stories
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...
Beauty and Culture
Do Facial Expressions Rule Emotions? My One-Woman Experiment in the Field, Plus How Botox Could Help Depression
How do our faces convey emotion? Conventional thinking tells us that we smile because something made us happy, or we frown because we're annoyed...
Beauty Book Reviews
Cult Favorites: Miss Craig
It's easy to make fun of vintage beauty regimens - any beauty fiend who's watched George Cukor's 1939 classic The Women is mesmerized by...
Beauty Technology
Beauty Inventions: The Hair Dryer
What would life be like if we couldn't dry our hair at will? In the 21st century, we take our clean, styled-if-we-want-it hair for...
Beauty and Culture
Creating Characters for Epic The Movie: Why Perfection is Overrated (Even in Hollywood!)
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...
Beauty and Culture
A Week Without Mirrors, Plus a Review 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...
Beauty and Culture
A Week Without Mirrors: My Space vs Their Space
Less than three days into my week without mirrors (inspired by Kjerstin Gruys' Year Without Mirrors, I noticed that I was feeling really annoyed......
My Writing
Book Review: The Makeup Wakeup
It's easy to assume that the makeup tips we pick up over time will accumulate into an always-better look. But after 40, that assumption...
Jodi Hilton Captures The Beauty of the Last Tattooed Women of Kobane
While documenting the war between Syrian Kurds and Islamic State fighters, photojournalist Jodi Hilton got the idea to make a portrait series of Syrian...
Blending Beauty Teas with the Ladies of R.L. Linden
Beauty is not just skin deep - it's deeply connected to health and habits. And natural beauty isn't just about looking natural - at...