Typically, the mainstream media portrays thin as the only beautiful body type. Yet, here is an example of the mainstream media, promoting a beautiful, curvy woman. About: Lizzi Miller, A Poster Girl for Positive Body Image
I don’t want people confusing what I’m about. I just write love songs. CBS: Adele on her body image
I love recycled jewellery, not only because it is eco friendly but because it is a little different to the usual stuff. Style Eyes: Recycled Jewellery
After four years of dispatching fashion news with her signature biting humor, Amy Odell is leaving The Cut. Fashionista: Amy Odell Tells Us About Leaving The Cut
It’s easy to make your relationships more complicated than they are. Marc and Angel Hack Life: 12 Relationship Truths We Often Forget
When I am complimented on things that I didn’t like when I was 13, like my overbite and my mole, that’s when you realize that your imperfections are why people love you. My Fashion Life: Eva Mendes Talks to Marie Claire US about Body Image, Ryan Gosling, and Her Girl Crush on Julianne Moore
Cotton pillowcases are among the worst because they’re super absorbent and take the oil right out of your hair. Lipstick and Luxury: An Easy Way to Prevent Hair Breakage
She can’t seem to get anyone to talk about anything other than her weight, or her recent throat surgery. Celebrity Health and Fitness: Adele Stays True to Herself, Her Body Image, for Her Music
Designers Tory Burch and Tommy Hilfiger both told the New York Times that models that are either too young or too thin are still being sent to them by casting agencies. Fashionista: Ford Cops to Repping Underage Models
As our lives become more hectic, the need to slow down becomes more urgent. Daily Good: The Joy of Quiet
Do you know where your clothes come from? Without saying ‘Topshop’ or ‘River Island’ The Upcoming: Are You Ready for The Good Fashion Show?
I’ve been reading about Glossybox on other blogs, and now the unique subscription service has arrived in Canada. I was thrilled to receive my first pink Glossybox in the mail which includes five sample beauty products: my favourite nail polish brand, Essie (because it doesn’t chip) in my coveted nail colour, pale pink; a tube of Oscar de la Renta body lotion; Prevage anti-aging night cream; Elizabeth Grant moisturizing stick for lips; and Ahava mineral hand cream.
For the accessible rate of $15, Glossybox will surprise you each month with a new selection of beauty and skin care products. You can go online and create a personal beauty profile to get items tailored to meet your individual needs. Besides providing a practical way to test drive new products without plunging too deeply into you wallet, Glossybox gives us the opportunity to marvel each month and wonder what’s in store while we open our decorative pink box, a precious thing in our sometimes overly ordered lives.
Gotta start with Madonna’s phenomenal Super Bowl half-time performance. The woman is such a pro; she never disappoints!
Could fashion’s heavy reliance on unpaid interns be creating an unfair disadvantage for kids who don’t have their parents’ money to back them up? Fashionista: Are Fashion Internships Fundamentally Unfair?
Sometimes the most random everyday encounters force us to stop and rethink the truths and perceptions we have ingrained in our minds. Marc and Angel: 99 Tiny Stories to Make You Think, Smile and Cry
Take a look at a who’s who of the most influential bloggers of color today. Essence: Black Style Now: 40 Fab Fashion Bloggers (via Stylish Thought Facebook Page)
Via Beautifully Invisible Facebook Page
When I heard about Fit-to-Flick I was intrigued – not because I’d never heard of a hat you can push your ponytail through…(I have one of those). What’s interesting about Fit-to-Flick is that if you choose to wear it when you aren’t sporting a ponytail you don’t see a huge gaping hole at the back of your head. My ponytail hat was terrfic when I wore a ponytail but when my hair was down it was useless. Also the hole insisted that I wear my ponytail at only one height, not low or high but somewhere in the middle. Very limiting.
Today I received my Fit-to-Flick hat via post and the intelligent design allows for a ponytail by way of a slit which virtually disappears when not in use. Also, the size of the slit allows you to wear your ponytail at pretty much any height you desire. Freedom! Besides its practicality, the hat is fashioned from all natural fibres which are soft, breathable, warm and silky-feeling.
I love the girl power behind this brand and the way its genesis arose from a personal need. Says founder Hannah Bomze:
While traveling through Italy on a wintry visit with my boyfriend, I got sick of taking off my beanie for every photo in an attempt to look decent in photographs. With a ponytail in my hair and the beanie on, the hat didn’t cover my ears properly, my silhouette looked like an alien’s, and my hair was a disaster when I took the hat off for photos. Needless to say it was a rather cold and unphotogenic trip.
Enter Fit-to-Flick. The company began as a school project for a class I was taking at NYU’s Stern School of Business in the spring of 2011. After a semester of many design ideas and conversations with people in the industry, I created a line of headwear that looks chic with or without a ponytail.
Here’s a front and back view of the ‘Charlotte’ style and color I received:
So often, it’s the hot, new–and young–actresses that get all the red carpet love at award shows. Not so at the Golden Globes. Fashionista: A Look at all the Stars over 45 Who Stole the Red Carpet
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve avoided wearing my prettiest clothes because I was saving them for a nicer occasion. Weightless: Self-Care is Never a Waste
Beyonce‘s latest promotional image for album “Four” has caused quite a stir–and unfortunately the buzz has got nothing to do with the music. Fashionista: Critics Accuse Beyonce of “Whitewashing”
Consumers are becoming more aware of ethical issues and many are wanting change. But how can we help to drive this change? Style Eyes Ethical Fashion Blog: Is Boycott the Answer?
Most successful people were not born into success; they simply did, and continue to do, things that help them realize their full potential. Marc and Angel Hack Life: 12 Things Successful People Do Differently
Go to The Beheld for an interesting piece on Janis Joplin and beauty.
Dolly wrote “I Will Always Love You” in 1973 and Whitney Houston covered it in a huge way for The Bodyguard soundtrack in 1992.
Fotoshop by Adobé from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.
Fashionista: Are Today’s Lesser-Known Campaign Stars Alienating Brands’ Target Customers?
Golden Globes red carpet walkers took on a challenge: wearing dresses and designs made using green processes. Refinery 29: Chanel, Valentino, YSL, Tom Ford & More Go Green at the Golden Globes
The relationship between strength and vulnerability is counter-intuitive. Daily Good: How Vulnerability Can Be A Strength
Via Already Pretty: Smaggle: How to Walk in High Heels…And When Not to
Youtube: Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus
I have let go of my inner critic. I don’t need her anymore. By Anika: I don’t need her anymore.
It’s not where we stand but in what direction we are moving. Marc and Angel: 101 Simple Truths We Often Forget
The big news this weekend of course was that Beyonce gave birth to a baby girl. If you’re like me and sort of missed her whole pregnancy here are some shots of the singer glowing throughout. Jay-Z has already released a song about the new baby! It’s called Glory and you click the link below to hear it.
I’m very opposed to plastic surgery. I think if—God forbid—you’re in an accident, or if you were cursed with a nose like Pinocchio, you’d have to go and get it fixed. But just to get nipped and tucked, I think it’s very painful, very expensive, and having been in hospitals as much as I have, subjecting yourself to surgery when you don’t need it is not a smart thing to do.
Via Fashionista.com, I’d like to share with you an insightful interview with MAC’s latest muse, Iris Apfel. Beauty blog Into The Gloss records some sound advice from the style maven on being timeless and true, including the above quote on the perils of plastic surgery and this:
I’m not good at putting on makeup, but you have to be a moron not to be able to put on lipstick. Now since I’m older, I don’t do my eyes anymore because when you’re older, your eyelids wrinkle. If you use blue or green, and you’re not really expert, you end up looking like a turtle.
Have a peek and let me know what you think!
