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Stay Young? No. Stay Happy.

April 30, 2013 in Body Image, Face, Gender, Health, People, Society, Style

When we are young, we often don’t think about the person we will be when we are 30 or 40. In fact, we don’t even think of ourselves reaching that age. It all seems to come back to the stigma attached to growing old. But, it doesn’t have to be such a bad thing. We often hear middle aged women talk about how young people should, ‘live while you have the chance’, or thinking aloud with, ‘I wish I was your age again.’ Why do they have such strong views on youth? It’s one of two things: the regret of [...]

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Real Beauty and My Ideal World

April 23, 2013 in Body, Body Image, Entertainment, Face, Gender, Health, Mental Health, People, Society, Style

Last week a Dove ad went viral and while Mandi has given her opinion, I wished to give mine. It features a forensic artist drawing a number of “real women” without seeing them – he draws by the women’s description. The women describe their perceived flaws rather than their best features. “Tell me about your chin?” the artist asks one woman. “It kind of protrudes a little when I smile”, she says. “Your jaw?” he asks another. “My mother told me I have a big jaw” she replies. After this first drawing session, the women are encouraged to spend time with [...]

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Real Beauty Sketches by Dove: My Take

April 19, 2013 in Body, Body Image, Current Affairs, Face, Gender, Health, Mental Health, News, People, Self, Society

This week, Dove released a video called Real Beauty Sketches. I had been holding off watching this, purely because of the people’s reaction to this video. There were those who thought, while the message was lovely, “ERMAGHERD Dove is owned by the same company that make Lynx body spray! How can we listen to anything they say?” Apparently both brands being owned by Unilever is enough for people to miss the point Dove were trying to get across. Then there were those who were almost euphoric with how awesome it is, and how awesome the message was, and awesome Dove is, and [...]

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Beauty: Best Natural Face Scrub

March 21, 2013 in Face, Food & Recipes, Lifestyle, Style

Today I’d like to share with you a face scrub I made up. The best one I’ve found – it’s natural, it’s cheap and it can actually be made from things you already have in your pantry. My skin is really sensitive. Like, touch it with mint body wash and be covered in red lumps and bumps for 2 weeks sensitive. So when I wanted a facial scrub I had to be careful about what I put on my face. In my time I’ve tried a few different face scrubs, everything from St Ives Apricot Scrub to Chanel Gommage Microperle [...]

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Does Makeup Feed Our Insecurities?

February 12, 2013 in Body, Body Image, Face, Gender, Lifestyle, People, Self

On a night out recently with some friends we were deciding whether to continue on to another, much bigger venue. One female friend protested. Her reason? She wasn’t wearing any makeup. Being my typical self I told her to stop being so ridiculous and I (truthfully) told her she looked perfectly fine and did not need makeup on in order come out. Another lady friend was happy to make a night of it and crash at my place, but on one condition: that I had ‘good’ makeup for her to wear to work the next day. To cut a long [...]

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Holiday Gift Guide: Women

November 29, 2012 in Body, Entertainment, Face, Fashion, Food & Recipes, Gender, Home, Style, Technology

Today’s guide is for the women in your life – your wife, sister, friend, mother, aunt, cousin, mother in law… We all know how hard it can be to find gifts for people so we’re aiming to make it as easy as possible with these guides. If you have anything to add to the list, leave it in the comments! Also, don’t forget our gift guide for men. Although I’ve separated these by gender, I highly recommend both gift guides as gender just ain’t that simple! And if the girl in your life is a bit of a geek, check [...]

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Video: The Human Anime Doll

October 3, 2012 in Body, Body Image, Entertainment, Face, Fashion, Film & TV, Hair, Health, Style

How far would you go to look like a cartoon character? This woman has gone to fairly extreme lengths to look like an Anime character. 19 year old Anastasiya Shpagina has transformed herself into a living, breathing anime character, and she’s posted a video tutorial to show you how to do it too. Anastasiya is part of a growing movement known as “Cosplay” or Costume Play which has been around for a long time but, with the help of the internet and social media, has found its’ footing firmly within current culture. With over 16,000 fans on one Facebook page, over 13,000 [...]

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What I Learnt From The Red Lipstick Dare

September 21, 2012 in Body Image, Face, Fashion, Health, Mental Health, Self, Style

Anyone who follows me on Twitter, is friends with me on Facebook or checks out my pics on Instagram would know by now I’ve been doing the Fox In Flats Red Lipstick Dare. If you’re unfamiliar with the red lipstick dare, allow me to enlighten you. The concept is basically this – you wear red lipstick for 7 days straight. From when you get dressed in the morning to when you take off your makeup at night. The dare is run by Fox In Flats and was inspired 12 months ago by a book called Anonymums. For the one year [...]

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Pretty? I’d Much Rather Be Beautiful

September 17, 2012 in Body Image, Face, Health, People, Self, Society, Style

Last week I read this post from a woman saying “Please don’t tell me I’m beautiful” and it brought to the surface a long held belief of mine. In my opinion, beautiful is one of the highest compliments you can be paid. Beautiful is one of the best things you can be. Why? Because it’s not about what you look like, it’s about who you are. I’ve spent a fair portion of my life being told I’m pretty. Especially when I was incredibly thin, and being as tall as I am, “you’ll be a model” was a commonly heard phrase. [...]

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IMATS: Must See for Movie Buffs

September 12, 2012 in Body, Celebrity, Entertainment, Face, Film & TV, Style

Wandering between a Zombie and an Alien I snap a few shots before examining one of the models of Adam Savage’s head used in Mythbusters. It is an odd place to be, but at IMATS looking odd is the norm. We all have funny things that have nothing to do with our lives we fall into, for me, one of these things is the International Make-up Artist Trade Show at Darling Harbour, I have nothing to do with make up as a general rule, but one day I saw it in the Sunday paper and thought it would be a [...]

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