I’ve run across a slew of articles bemoaning the trend of beauty treatments aimed at girls.  One recently criticized the opening of a salon for girls in the U.K  (“Don’t primp children out of their innocence,” The Telegraph).  Another one was downright frightening.  A mom gets her 7-year old daughter a voucher for– kid you [...]

Attorney and legal analyst Lisa Bloom just published a book, Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World.  Elle Magazine interviewed her about it.  In her book, Bloom argues that while women have made tremendous strides in society over the past decades, they are actually becoming dumber. She sites studies (the [...]

Being in the advertising world, I know what goes into creating the perfect beauty ad.  The product and its various benefits must be highlighted.  And, of course, the model must look AMAZING.  With the exception of Make-up Foreover‘s new campaign that asserts that the models’ photographs weren’t re-touched, all beauty pics are heavily manipulated.  If [...]