Christy Turlington thinks modeling is so over-rated, plus more on the Story of Cosmetics and the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010.
Entries Tagged as ‘Beauty Overheard’
June 28, 2010
[Beauty Overheard] Beauty School is Not Hot.
But beauty school students are. And the distinction is key.
April 29, 2010
[Beauty Overheard] It’s 10 PM. Do you know what makeup your daughter is wearing?
18 percent of girls ages 8 to 12 are wearing mascara on a regular basis. Some moms are endorsing this. Is that like telling your kid that she’s ugly?
April 12, 2010
[Beauty Overheard] Jane Fonda is not proud of her plastic surgery.
Jane Fonda tells Larry King she “caved” in her stance against plastic surgery. I want her to woman up and fight the good fight once more.
April 1, 2010
[Beauty Overheard] Somebody get Lady Gaga a sandwich.
Lady Gaga refuses sustenance in New York Magazine. I’m hoping she was kidding.
March 25, 2010
[Beauty Overheard] Nell Irvin Painter on race and beauty.
Nell Irvin Painter (author of THE HISTORY OF WHITE PEOPLE) talked to Salon about the intersection between race and standards of beauty.
February 17, 2010
[Beauty Overheard] Another fine reason to go Team Jacob.
Well here’s Robert Pattinson on surviving the cover shoot for the March issue of Details: “I really hate vaginas. I’m allergic to vagina. But I can’t say I had no idea, because it was a 12-hour shoot, so you kind of get the picture that these women are going to stay naked after, like, five [...]
February 2, 2010
[Beauty Overheard] J.D. Salinger knew pretty (and bad poetry) when he saw it.
Okay, so this is reading, not hearing. But in honor of J.D. Salinger’s recent demise, Peculiar Beauty has a great post on his thoughts on beauty. My favorite, from the story Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes: “Christ, it’s embarrassing–I start thinking about this goddam poem I sent her when we first started goin’ around [...]
January 25, 2010
[Beauty, Overheard]
From a proud grandmother, pondering whether her granddaughters, ages 9 and 6, are beautiful: “Sometimes Tabitha looks terrible, sometimes Aurelia looks lovely — it’s really too soon to say. But you do wonder, what will they be?” [Have you heard something pretty unbelievable about being pretty? Send your quotes to beautyschooledproject [at] gmail [dot] com [...]
