Category: Week in Review

Here are the topics that got us excited this week:

• Educating our children to find beauty, not ugliness: Weekend Observations: At What Age Does Beauty Discrimination Start?
• Laura Mercier’s challenge to our expectations of perfection Pic of the Week: What is Flawless?
• The introduction of Halal make-up You Are What You Put on Your Skin
• A survey on how green we expect our cosmetics and skin care Are You Putting Thought Into Your Choice of Beauty Products?
• Some more great pieces to read on the topic of beauty More to Love: Additions to the Reading List?
  

This week’s topics:

• Mad Men‘s insights that still ring true Weekend Observations: Some Things Never Change
• The quest for beauty mirrors our quest for other forms of positive change Beauty, A Symbol of Potential
• Pic of the week: Broadway’s Unique Fashion Show Broadway’s “Sidewalk Catwalk” Draws to a Close
• An unlikely combination of booze and beauty Beauty and the Bar: A Love Story
• Tod’s cool way of taking advantage of the digital space Digital: Luxury brands are Getting the Hang of It
• More articles to add to the list More to Love: Additions to the Reading List

What got piqued our interest this week?

• The value of small words of encouragement Weekend Observations: The Power of a Few, Kind Words
• Maybe diet plans have it all wrong Who Needs to Diet When You Can Have Good Sex?
• The awesome move on the part of Vogue to feature a gorgeous 40-something year old on its September cover Pic of the Week: And the Most Coveted Cover Goes To…
• Kids and fashion: should the two go hand in hand? Children’s Fashion: My Double Standard
• The positive role of beauty on your health Can the Pursuit of Beauty Be Healthy?
• More provocative reading More to Love: Additions to the Reading List

This week we shared:

• A parallel between the role of plating and image making Weekend Observations: What Plating Teaches Us
• A survey to get a read on how much we raise a beauty related topic How Much Gabbing about Beauty is really Happening
• A hilarious interview with Mad Men beauty, Christina Hendricks Pic of the Week: The Power of Persuasion
• A discussion about definitions of beauty with Fred Nazem Interesting Definitions of Beauty
• The negative role of beauty is predominantly male professions Beauty, a Liability in the Jobs that Matter the Most
• More interesting tidbits to read More to Love: Additions to the Reading List

What intrigued us this week?

• The inevitability of beauty related conversations popping up in our daily chats Weekend Observations: Gabbing About Beauty
• Brit’s pick for the most beautiful age How Old is Beautiful?
• Hillary’s awesome rehearsal dinner attire as pic of the week Pic of the Week: What a Makeover!
• Essence Magazine’s appointment of a white fashion director Will Essence Be “In Fashion” Anymore?
• The pros and cons of the new rage: 50’s glamour Is the Return to Old fashioned Glamour a Good Thing?
• More juicy reading material More to Love: Additions to the Reading List

Have a splendid weekend!

What captured our attention this week?

• Ex-North Korean spy, Kim Hyon-hui’s transformation from murderer to best-selling author to national agent thanks, in large part, to her beauty A Pretty Pardon
• The new amazing “natural” sculptures along the West Side Highway in NYC  Stonehenge Along the Highway
• Gray hair as a fashion statement Gray Matter
• American’s intense love for jeans and the American dream What’s Behind our Love Affair with Jeans
• Newsweek’s series on beauty Did Newsweek Get it Right?
• Even more food for thought More to Love: Additions to the Reading List
  

Have a great weekend!