Beauty Foods

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Summer of Smoothies: The Sheherazade

This week's smoothie is all about pleasure. The Sheherazade is smooth, sensuous and sweet. The dates, macadamias, honey, and nutmeg seduce the senses, as...

Summer of Smoothies: The Purple Pow!

Those of us who love purple tend to overdo it. Clothes, bags, phone and iPad cases - I have to check myself to make...

Summer of Smoothies: Strawberry-Orange Summer of Love

This week's smoothie is all about love. The strawberries, almond milk, and spices are reputed aphrodisiacs, and the oranges are said to promote friendship...

My Writing

Faking It

"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....

Vanities: Art of the Dressing Table

Let's face it: we humans love to dress up. Long before we were using metal tools, we were painting our faces and bodies, combing...

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...