The first-ever “plus size” winner of “America’s Next Top Model” had a lot to say about modeling when my friend Sunny Gold (creator of the incredibly awesome HealthyGirl.org) interviewed her last week. …
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The first-ever “plus size” winner of “America’s Next Top Model” had a lot to say about modeling when my friend Sunny Gold (creator of the incredibly awesome HealthyGirl.org) interviewed her last week. …
I’m continuing to brush up on my Milady’s, and have also set about reviewing the thick packet of Appearance Enhancement License Laws (that link is a pdf, yo) put together by New York’s Division of Licensing Services, who, …
So, I’m cruising around on the Personal Care Products Council website, as you do, and I notice something ah, interesting under Links of Interest:
Right at the top of the list of “Government” links, there’s this site, CosmeticsInfo.org. So …
Now I know why I’ve been watching “Veronica Mars” reruns instead of reading the newspaper in the morning: Creepy stories like “First Signs of Puberty Seen in Younger Girls,” from Monday’s New York Times, which reports on a new …
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So, tonight, a Beauty U student brings in the newspaper because the front page story is “Local Madam Arrested for Terrorizing Sex Slaves.”
“I can’t believe I went into that place!” she says. “I didn’t know what it was!”…
You know, like when you had a sub at school, so all they did was show movies? Maybe that post title didn’t need this follow up explanation?
Well then, moving right along, because THIS video is maybe even better than …
You’d be forgiven for thinking that the Paycheck Fairness Act (currently pending in the Senate) is a little off topic for a blog about the beauty industry, seeing as the vast majority of beauty industry workers are female. In fact, …
In case you missed it, the New York Times‘ front page story yesterday was all about how for-profit trade schools are raking in beaucoup bucks in tuition right now, taking advantage of desperate-for-work students and federal financial aid programs …
I admit to being fully impatient with anyone who thinks a tax on tanning salons is a bad idea. Of course, thus far, that group is mainly limited to tanning salon owners (shock) who feel their “one little industry” is …
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