Sandy wreaked havoc this week in NYC but thankfully we’re all safe and Beautyskew stayed on  Here’s what we shared: Why do I have a pavlovian response to high heels?  Can I change it? Weekend Observations: Will this Addiction Ever Cease? Take a look at the wild, crazy, ALIVE hair on the heads of young female [...]

Sit back and have a “read”: A new exhibit about the beauty of black women in history http://qctimes.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/visual/beauty-of-black-women-focus-of-figge-exhibit/article_33832a50-f92e-11e1-bc88-0019bb2963f4.html Toxic Beauty: A retrospective of Frank Moore’s work before his untimely death http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/07/arts/design/toxic-beauty-the-art-of-frank-moore-at-nyu.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1347153176-bQVdehBr827NiA2ZmQgjsg I may be a promoter of aesthetics but some think numbers are just as beautiful http://www.mitchellrepublic.com/event/article/id/69711/group/homepage/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAGOAZA74ikggVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=PrbtMo6nBmQ&usg=AFQjCNEisZTg2vIMf06hGBGPwEsNwahx1g Another example of beauty pageants being a source [...]

Cassandra Jackson, Professor of English and contributor to the Huffington Post, wrote a fascinating article about the bitter-sweet transition that more and more African-American women are participating in ( Is Natural Hair The End of Black Beauty Culture?).  No, I’m not talking about becoming male. I’m referring to their journey from chemically straightened hair to natural [...]