Couldn’t get enough beauty-in-culture reading this week?  Never fear, we curated some more! A reminder of the risks of certain beauty habits being practiced both 1000′s of miles away and close to home http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2984786.ece French beauty, Emmanuelle Beart, launches campaign against plastic surgery as a result of her own botched surgery http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2113481/French-beauty-Emmanuelle-B-art-launches-campaign-plastic-surgery-looks-ruined-botched-ops.html?ito=feeds-newsxml An interesting perspective on [...]

Some more curated beauty-in-culture reading! OK, maybe a bit out-of-date but still interesting: an exhibit dedicated entirely to Aphrodite! http://www.bu.edu/today/2012/goddess-of-love-and-beauty-takes-center-stage/ Beauty’s TOP 100 articles of the year…wowza! http://www.marketwatch.com/story/beautys-top-100-articles-of-the-year-skincare-newscom-guide-to-the-years-top-articles-on-skincare-hair-fashion-and-lifestyle-2012-03-05  Can plastic surgery redefine our image of beauty?  What do you think? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2110892/Can-portraits-extreme-plastic-surgery-patients-redefine-notion-beauty.html?ITO=1490 The title just spoke for itself!:  ”Brazilian Waxing: A Spiritual Practice” http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/emelia-symington-fedy/brazilian-waxing_b_1315045.html?ref=style&ir=Style&just_reloaded=1 What drove [...]

The Huffington Post published the post “Are We Addicted to the Idea of Perfection” by Jennifer Howard PhD.  She bemoans our quest to look perfect.  It’s so evident, she says, that despite these recessionary times, plastic surgery is on the rise.  Can’t we spend our time, effort and money on fixing what’s on the inside?  [...]