That creepy Shiny Suds video is history, thanks to (outraged) consumers like you. Good news for feminism? Bad news for environmentalism? It’s not clear what’s happened to Method’s support for the Household Product Labeling Act (sigh) but the company sure needs women to keep buying their eco-friendly cleaners. So nice that it realized rape narratives [...]
Entries from November 2009
November 30, 2009
The official BSP product policy.
So, what’s wrong with this picture? Why yes, those are some delicious eco-friendly product samples, which just arrived from indie beauty line sumbody (tag lines: “Handmade. Pure. Earth-friendly Skin Care for the Eco-Minded Consumer.”) And they are all packed up in lovely, landfill-clogging, styrofoam peanuts. Oops. This seems like a good time to outline my [...]
November 25, 2009
the makeup practical.
My 600-hour adventure in esthetics school. Learn more about the project, or catch up with weeks 1, 2 and 3. Sometimes, practicing makeup feels like a middle school sleepover. But when we take our Makeup Practical (that’s Beauty U speak for a test that involves a physical demonstration) there’s no talking allowed. We’re suddenly aware [...]
November 24, 2009
the matter of lightening up.
No, it’s not a skin condition or his attempt to woo Twi-hard fans. Sammy Sosa is stepping up to fill the Michael Jackson void as the latest celeb-of-color to become um, less colorful thanks to skin lightening creams. The Root has a great essay on the cultural ramifications of his progression to pale. And Sammy’s [...]
November 23, 2009
(Glossed Over) People Against Dirty Campaign
Glossed Over: Where we take a closer look at what advertisements are really selling. I am all for the sentiment behind this video, sponsored by Method to raise awareness about the Household Product Labeling Act, which would require cleaning products to list all of their ingredients on the label. At the moment, Mr. Clean and [...]
November 20, 2009
placenta. on your face.
I had my first Beauty U facial last night — whenever we don’t have any regular customers in the spa, the senior students borrow one of us freshman girls to practice on — and it reminded me to tell you about this. Jezebel is pretty sure that the Daily Mail is over-hyping this placenta facial [...]
November 19, 2009
the fantasea face.
My 600-hour adventure in esthetics school. Learn about the project, or catch up with Weeks 1 and 2. We’ve been practicing the daytime face for two weeks now, so tonight, Meg and I are messing around in our FantaSea makeup kits. They’re filled with clever compartments and secret drawers, all fitted with perfectly pressed cakes of [...]
November 18, 2009
career opportunities.
During a back wax, pants should be worn. (This guy is not Frank. And he did it for charity.) Miss Jenny asks us to go around the room and talk about which field of esthetics we’re most interested in pursuing. Everyone is deciding between being a makeup artist or “medical esthetics,” which is where you [...]
November 17, 2009
esthetics is a science. see: skin transplants.
My 600-hour adventure in esthetics school. Read about the project, or catch up with Weeks 1 and 2. So, it’s not all trips to the mall and fancy eyelashes, kittens. Tonight we studied the history of skin care. Oh, those Egyptians and their wacky kohl eye shadow — great for making eyes look larger and [...]
