Whenever people hear that I write about eco beauty trends, chemicals in personal care products, and the like, they immediately want to know what products I use and why. (And I have to explain that Beauty Schooled isn’t …

Whenever people hear that I write about eco beauty trends, chemicals in personal care products, and the like, they immediately want to know what products I use and why. (And I have to explain that Beauty Schooled isn’t …
Pretty Price Check: Your Friday round-up of how much we paid for beauty last week.
Shhh — technically, I’m still on blog-cation (oh ew, don’t you hate when bloggers combine that word with absolutely everything?). But there has …
Beauty U goes on winter break tomorrow, so I’m gearing up to take the next 12 days off from blogging for Christmas, New Year’s, and the plentiful eating of real chocolate. It’s all good — we’re gearing up for …
My 600-hour adventure in esthetics school. Read about the project, or catch up with weeks 1-7.
I’m making vocabulary flash cards for our Chapter 11 test, and thought I’d drop some knowledge on you, from Milady’s Standard Fundamentals for …
The Pretty Price Check: Your Friday (only now it’s Monday) round-up of how much we paid for beauty this (last) week.
Glossed Over: Taking a closer look at what advertisements are really selling.
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On Tuesday, I told you about American Apparel instructing female employees on eyebrow grooming. Now, bellasugar is reporting on two cases where elementary school children are in trouble over their hair. A Milwaukee first-grade teacher cut off one …
Glossed Over: Taking a closer look at what advertisers are really selling.
I’ve tried so hard to like American Apparel, with its “Made in LA” sweatshop-free guarantees. Lately, they’ve gotten more press for thinking neon high-waisted leggings …
The Pretty Price Check: Your Friday round-up of how much we paid for beauty this week.
(Well, except maybe Chandler who pointed out that it’s ultimately just medical waste. Estrogen-containing — and thus most likely breast cancer contributing — medical waste.)
Chickens, that was just the beginning.
And now that we’ve started down this rich-people-will-put-anything-on-their-faces road, …
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