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Beauty News, Beauty Theories

Neurological Study Shows That Our Response to Art is Both Universal and Personal

No Comments 31 May 2012

(I have to confess before I launch into this post that I’m about to venture into a territory, ie. neurology, that I know very little about so bear with me…) According to a new neurological study conducted by a team at NYU, “connecting deeply to a work of art activates the same part of everyone’s [...]

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A Cultural Perspective, Beauty News, Beauty Theories, Pic of the Week, Weekly Essentials

Pic of the Week: The Audacity of Beauty

No Comments 29 May 2012

It’s amazing that in some of the poorest, most devastated countries, you can witness beauty all around you.  That’s what photographer, Maggie Steber, believes, and she catalogued such images of beauty in her blog, the “Beauty of Audacity.”  In this blog she shares 25 years worth of stunning photographs of Haiti and stories of the [...]

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A Cultural Perspective, Beauty Theories, Weekend Observations, Weekly Essentials

Weekend Observations: Holy Moly…Am I Floored By Her Beauty

3 Comments 27 May 2012

On my birthday, my cousin Erin mentioned the name Mimi Kirk to me via a Facebook message.  Given how many messages I got that day (I’m really fortunate to have so many loving people in my life!), I cataloged the info for another day. Well, I finally checked her out. Holy sh%^&t, this woman is [...]

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Beauty News, Week in Review, Weekly Essentials

Week in Review: 5/20-5/26

No Comments 26 May 2012

Take a look at what we had to get off our chests this week: How do I dress my age anyway?  Where do I begin? Weekend Observations: Dress Your — What Does that Mean? I get that CK wants to remain exclusive but, come on, he still needs to sell his stuff somewhere! Pic of the Week: [...]

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Additions to the Reading List, Beauty News, Weekly Essentials

More to Love: Additions to the Reading List

1 Comment 25 May 2012

What’s Your Virtue: A beauty brand not based on sexuality but inner beauty.  Think it will sell? http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/5/prweb9529728.htm How Sephora is truly taking advantage of the digital space http://www.webpronews.com/how-beauty-chain-sephora-is-taking-retail-digital-2012-05 Another example of how the world of beauty has a greater role to play in society http://thechronicleherald.ca/canada/98495-video-from-beauty-queen-to-civil-rights-advocate Feminine beauty on the Knokke Seafront http://www.marketwatch.com/story/feminine-beauty-on-the-knokke-seafront-2012-05-21 Anymore stories [...]

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