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Pic of the Week: What is Beauty Anyway?

No Comments 23 April 2013

Passing by this rather gritty view of Manhattan’s train yards, I had to stop and stare.  (By the way, I wasn’t the one!) While others may see this spot as an eyesore, I see it as a majestic, authentic city landmark.  This yard symbolizes the constant flow of travel, people and all the ideas that [...]

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Pic of the Week: Self-Perception vs Reality

No Comments 16 April 2013

  Despite my expectations of Dove abandoning its Campaign for Real Beauty, the brand actually reinforced it’s mission with this video: Dove Real Beauty Sketches. The video is a profound viewing experience, and shows how unrealistic and harmful our self-perceptions truly are.  Sketch artists draw how women describe themselves and then compare their results with drawings that the [...]

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Pic of the Week: Hottest YouTube Beauty Celeb!

No Comments 26 February 2013

Yes, I was able to get up close and personal with Michelle Phan!  Sure, the pics are clearly taken from far way but that’s only because I was in the back of the theatre at this point in time.  Michelle and I spent a ton of quality time together waiting for each other’s moments on [...]

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Pic of the Week: Richard Scarry in Action

No Comments 19 February 2013

What’s so great about walking on the High Line everyday?  I get to see men-at-work, i.e., real construction workers building more awesome-ness in our neighborhood.  I feel like I’m witnessing Richard Scarry’s What do People Do All Day in real life (minus the whiskers, big ears and tails typical of his characters, of course ) [...]

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Beauty News, Beauty Theories, Pic of the Week

Pic of the Week: Cancer Isn’t Always Ugly

No Comments 12 February 2013

Stunning images of a woman with terminal cancer, Jill Brzezinski-Conley, who believes cancer can’t stop us from looking and feeling beautiful.  Go get inspired!

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