Lockdowns Destroyed Our Human Energy Exchange Economy and I Want it Back

My husband and I went to a comedy club with friends a few weeks ago. I was afraid to go - would the comedians be funny? Or would we be sitting...

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Makeup as Ritual: Man as Art

We in the beauty business like to think of ourselves as modern - we try the newest products, seek the latest tricks, and read up the latest technologies. And...

The “Yoga Body”

We see them everywhere: some are serene, blissful, meditating in drugstore fliers. Others - lithe visions of feminine happiness, stretching in yogurt and maxi pad commercials. And then there...

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,...

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