Beauty Technology
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Beauty and Culture
A Week Without Mirrors
What would a day be like without looking at ourselves in a mirror? The idea of seeing our own reflections - first thing in...
Beauty and Culture
Beauty Inventions: The Eyelash Curler
The modern eyelash curler is iconic - and for those of us in the beauty business, it's indispensable. It seems simple enough, but the...
Beauty and Culture
Mirrors – A Short History
"Man wishes to see himself because he is vain, and he's afraid to see himself since, being vain, he cannot tolerate the sight of...
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...
Beauty Technology
Botox, Empathy, and the Rise of the Robots
Anyone who's watched a few episodes of The Real Housewives can attest: it's difficult to decipher emotions on a heavily Botoxed face. Now a...
My Writing
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...
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...
Beautiful People: Hedy Lamarr
She was called "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World" - and as a Hollywood movie star, Hedy Lamarr was certainly one of the...