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Beauty and Culture
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...
Beauty and Culture
Could Wearing Makeup Make You Better at Everything?
When I tell a "serious-minded" person about my business, there's an automatic assumption - often stated - that my job involves making stupid people...
Makeovers in the Movies
Makeovers in the Movies: Now, Voyager
Makeovers are so often dismissed as superficial - nothing more than a quick romp through some stores and a beauty salon. But quite often...
Beauty and Culture
Is Photoshop an Enemy of Feminism?
There's been a lot of press coverage of Seventeen Magazine's "body peace treaty" lately, and I've been getting questions about it myself. What do...
Beautiful People
Makeup as Performance: Cindy Sherman
Do we create our own identities, or are they created for us? In the age of seemingly infinite aesthetic choices (including surgery), are our...
Beauty and Culture
Who’s Afraid of Wrinkles?
Recently I met a Celebrity Dermatologist who gave me quite a lecture on exfoliation, and how I should do more of it. This isn't...
Makeovers in the Movies
Makeovers in the Movies: Vertigo
Makeovers in the movies are so often about brightening up the place: prettifying a nerdy girl, replacing a boring wardrobe - even spicing up...
Makeovers in the Movies
Makeovers in the Movies: Grease
There's nothing like the vicarious thrill we get when we see a makeover in a movie. In the blink of an eye, a made-over...
Beauty Book Reviews
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...
Miscellaneous
Inside Beauty: Why You Can’t Match Makeup Colors in Magazines
Ever seen the perfect makeup color in a magazine and gone to the counter to buy it? It's never the same color. Or texture....
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Undercurrents
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...
Makeup Portfolio
Assorted Beauty
Makeup Portfolio
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