Welcome to the Makeup Museum's first Curator's Corner of 2015! Actually it's my very first post of the year! I wish I could say that 2015 is off to a great start, but I can't. I'm dealing with two chronic, very lengthy and difficult to treat health issues. They're nothing life-threatening and of course I'm extremely grateful for that, but they're definitely impacting my quality of life, i.e., I just found out the injury I've been struggling with for 7 months is worse than previously thought and my running future is very uncertain. :( I'm really at the end of my rope. Plus I hate the post-holiday winter season – nothing much to look forward to, just a long, dark, cold wait till spring. So posting might be a little spotty until things improve.
Now that I've got that update out of the way here are some links.
– XO Vain discusses some of the strangest animal-based ingredients in skincare, while Bust matches up ancient beauty ingredients with their modern-day counterparts.
– Another major cosmetics company gets slapped with a lawsuit allegating racism.
– Into the Gloss reviews a new exhibition at MoMA PS1 that imagines Roman busts in color…I love the idea that ancient statues were colorfully painted!
– Gwyneth Paltrow allegedly spends $20,000 a month on beauty treatments. As with Jessica Simpson, I'm not sure why the cost of celebrities' beauty regimens is anyone's business…they're paid to look good!
– Lady Gaga will be the new face of Shiseido this year, and the ad campaign will include her selfies. I hope the campaign retains at least some of her weirdness.
As for product reviews, I got through some Tom Ford lipsticks. The rest will be posted next week. At some point I'll get a review up for the Nude Dip quad as well.
The random:
– Here are some crazy animal-inspired high heels.
– So many good points in this piece that celebrates 2014's women in punk.
– Fifteen things you may not have known about Portlandia (but I knew most of them!)
– Meet the very first street style photographer, dating all the way back in 1906.
How's 2015 treating you so far? Did you make resolutions and if so, what are they?