Sunday, July 18, 2010

Is your skincare/makeup harmful?

Our skin is by far our largest organ we slather it in creams that our supposed to help us be radiant, cellulite free, toned, bronzed. We also expose it to pollution and the suns rays on a daily basis but what are we really putting on our skin and could our products be harmful to our bodies? Everything we put topically on our skin is absorbed into our bloodstream scary right!

Dr. Mercola from Telegraph UK says:
Putting chemicals on your skin is actually far worse than ingesting them, because when you eat something the enzymes in your saliva and stomach help break it down and flush it out of your body. When you put these chemicals on your skin, however, it is absorbed straight into your blood stream without filtering of any kind, so there's no protection against the toxin. The five pounds of toxic chemicals per year you may be absorbing from the use of toiletries and beauty products are largely going directly to your delicate organs."

Check out this great site which can look up your products at home and tell you if they are harmful or not:

http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/

Friday, July 16, 2010

Oh Japan you so crazy!

Movie Night with Belle De Jour




Last night I watched Belle de Jour a provocative and emotionally complex film about sexual inhibition, liberation, and obsession. Highly controversial for the time which is probably what makes me like it so much. If you haven't seen it do yourself a favor

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Furry Faces leads me to Furry Brows


Don't get me wrong I love a good Boy Brow. The bigger the brow the better in most cases but Topshop took this brow idea to a whole other level! These images are from Topshops blog.

Topshops Fall 2010 show

Berlin Fashion week!



Germany I love you but come on Bearded Ladies oh wait I mean Bearded Bald ladies. Have we run out of ideas for makeup or have I just gotten use to the normal aesthetic of what beauty is?

http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2010/07/berlin_fashion_week_slideshow.html#photo=6x53824