The Beauty Ideal

The Beauty Ideal

Beauty is a powerful tool, and like any powerful tool it has the potential to be used as a destructive weapon. This wikizine is dedicated to discussing the beauty ideal, and how the pursuit of this ideal can go from a blessing to a curse.

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Ren Skin Products

Ren Skin Care
REN pioneered the concept of Clean products. REN is a advanced skincare range that use the most active and sophisticated natural extracts whilst avoiding the synthetic compounds of many skin care and beauty products. REN Clean products work in harmony with your skin and help boost its natural function , ensuring it’s better able to combat the stresses of everyday life and the environment which can speed up the aging process of our skin. The REN Clean beauty range is used by leading model Kate... Read Full Story

BEAUTY WARS: Skinny or scrawny? Fashion gets an ugly look at itself.

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jen-hunter.htm Models Jen (size 12) and Marianne (size 0) squared off across the pond…and Jen’s the last woman standing. Probably because Jen ate breakfast.   As you might guess, I’m not a huge fan of those Who Wants To Make Me America’s Most Smartest Supermodel shows which pit skinny self-impressed morons against other skinny self-impressed morons, and which are judged by petty, sarcastic, self-enamored has-beens who hate every single contestant for being younger than they are.   I was... Read Full Story

Why The (Not So) Long Face? - why starlets all look the same

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Big, wide-set eyes. Round cheeks. Short, upturned noses. Pouty lips. Put it all together and what do you get? A darling, adorable baby. Or a fame whoring media-crazed starlet. It all depends on what you’re selling. Hollywood, for example, is in the business of selling… well, everything. And nothing sells better than sex. After all, you wouldn’t want to buy a product-placed Pepsi sold by a troll, unless you’re a member of a small and, one would hope, anonymous fetish club. On the other hand... Read Full Story

Burts Bees Lip Shimmer

Burts Bees Lip Shimmer
Burts Bees is a natural ingredients based product range, which many of you will be familiar with. Burts Bees have some fabulous kits including a hand repair kit and foot kits. They also have Burt’s Bees Lip Shimmer - They’re made from natural ingredients like vitamin E, coconut and sunflower oils to moisturize and highlight your lips. They come now in eleven yummy shades. Perfect for everyone, except the indecisive. Also keep a eye out for Burt’s Bees Lemon Butter Cuticle Creme. While the... Read Full Story

BEAUTY WARS - How To Make A Pretty Penny

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‘Deal Or No Deal’ suitcase models enjoy a hefty paycheck. Who says women don’t earn as much money as men? Oh, right. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Average pay gap by gender according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2005 Well, not to worry ladies. Sure, you might be facing an extra rough couple of years financially, but take heart! There is always a way to boost your income right up into (or at least near) the men's bracket… just get pretty! While it is true that women... Read Full Story
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