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more about #standardsofbeauty more comments → RainbowBrite: My friend once asked me what makeup I would use if I could only use one thing before going out of the house - my answer was eyebrow powder. My brows a... more » Ailatan: Don't forget about the cankers!!!! Eyebrow related: overplucking is a pet peeve, not good people, let the bush grow wild! more » Cimorene: Dude. Bleaching your eyebrows is super dangerous. Bleach that close to your seeing-organs is just an accident waiting to happen. Even the most control... more » LadyFabulous: I used to have THE. BEST. EYEBROWS. EVER. They were lush and fantastic during the era of the pencil-thin brow. And then my brows met an evil threading... more » Zombies make the heart grow fonder: I don't think they warrant obsession but if someone were to say: "The right shape for your face can make or break it" -I wouldn't necessarily disagree... more » morninggloria: I wish that I only had one eyebrow to worry about. Two is just too much. more » Snowbunny: Due to a very controlled case of trichotillomania, my eyebrows are meticulous (unless I lose control, they they're eyeliner meticulous) so I really wo... more » Scout: I've had my "Brooke Shields" all my life and they aren't going ANYWHERE! trends are stupid. I'm Classic! more » Aesop's Foibles. YES.: It's funny, because I typically don't notice peoples eyebrows, but every so often I'll notice my own. I used to pluck them reeeeaaally thin and would ... more » LaFemme: I can't follow these trends. I have very limited eyebrow options- it seems like instead of having 100 fine, short hairs making up my brows, I have abo... more » gherkinfiend: I am obsessed with my eyebrows. I pluck them daily (or twice daily sometimes) since I suit slim brows but was born with woolly caterpillars above each... more » andBegorrah: Eyebrows are the happy trail of the face. Treat them well. more » msAnthrope: Oh please. I love how they make "eyebrowlessness" sound like it would be equally flattering on any facial shape. When I was in high school and painfu... more » Armed with Vitriol: I think I maybe have tweezed mine too thin over the years. Right now I'm "growing them back out" which means they're currently quite shapeless and wild. more » Lymed: Now I'm confused. So I'm going to play it safe and pluck my right eyebrow into oblivion, but leave my left full. more » -
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Eyebrows: The New Thing It's Your Duty To Obsess Over
On July 16, in The New York Times, William Van Meter wrote, "The newest trend in eyebrows is to get rid of them altogether." A headline in today's Times reads: "After Overplucking, It's Time To Call The Professionals." Oh dear. More » -
#comicrelief
Sarah Haskins On Bizarre Beauty Contraptions & Why Marketers Don't Get Women
In addition to the latest hilarious Target: Women, there's an interview with NPR, in which Sarah Haskins talks about mocking badvertising and crappy marketing toward women: More » -
#eyeofthebeholder
How Do We Define Beauty?
Is your preference for a low nose or a high nose? According to a recent study, North Americans and Brazilians identify beauty differently, especially around where your features are placed. But is nose height the only subjective beauty standard?
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#livingdolls
Child Pageants: American Pasttime Exported Across The Pond
The latest U.S. export to land on foreign shores? Child pageants. The BBC3 documentary Baby Beauty Queens follows contestants in the first-ever Mini Miss UK contest, and, as Eleanor M. blogs for The F word: it's "surely a new low." More » -
#clips
Addicted To Beauty Should Be Called "Vanity Is Ugly"
Actually, from what the cast members reveal in this preview clip, the new Oxygen show (premiering tonight) could be titled Plastic Surgery Overload. These men and women don't just work at a "medi-spa" in Southern California; they're customers: More » -
#oldiesbutgoodies
"A Scrap-Book For Homely Women Only"
From 1887: Advertising has always tried to convince us that we need improving! "Plainer sisterhood," did you know that you can fix ugly ears and fingertips? Plus! "How to sit for a photograph successfully." [Vintage Ads] -
#standardsofbeauty
"Devoted Fans Flock To Her Concerts… Crazed Men & Women Paw At Her"
"In Rio… they look at the butt. I myself do that. I can't say a woman is pretty if she doesn't have a nice butt." — Andressa Soares, better known as Brazil's Mulher Melancia: Watermelon Woman. [Vice] -
#hairapparent
How Hair Affects African American Girls' Self-Esteem
Taking a cue from Chris Rock's documentary Good Hair, today's Tyra examined how black women — including little girls — feel about their hair, and the (at times painful) lengths they go to alter it. More » -
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Some Women Choose "Youth" Over Money
According to a study, women are willing to give up 10% of their savings to look 10 years younger. Of course, the study was conducted by a company called Sustainable Youth. More » -
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What If Women Weren't Afraid To Grow Old?
The following two words make absolutely no sense together and yet are pitched to women, daily: Anti-aging.
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#standardsofbeauty
Healers Or Salesmen?
A consumer group sent 3 women to 30 cosmetic surgery clinics, where doctors pitched the "hard sell": "You need a boob job. It will boost your chances of finding a man." Leakage, scarring? Not mentioned. [News.com.au] -
#cutups
Plastic Surgery Exposé Reveals Doctors' Instincts Aren't Always Pretty
Writer Melanie Berliet is 27, slender and attractive. So why did a doctor propose she get $33,000 worth of lipo and plastic surgery? More » -
#adlibs
Dove Finds Women Give Elastic Definitions Of 'Beauty'
Do you ever like to imagine stories about people you see on the street? Dove asked female strangers to share first impressions of one another on video, and the results are strangely uplifting. More »
