Catching up on some links.
– Here's a fascinating, although too brief, article on ancient Roman beauty habits. I want to buy the author's book now! Also enjoyed this post at Collecting Vintage Compacts.
– Speaking of vintage compacts, see the original Estée Lauder gift-with-purchase compact.
– I should probably update my faux freckles post to include the new rainbow freckles trend and its offshoot, glitter freckles. I also wonder how long it'll take for the black light makeup fad to turn into glow-in-the-dark freckles.
– Hair trends include checkerboard hair and the delectable cinnamon swirl hair. Also, this stylist recreates art masterpieces using hair as a canvas.
– The average woman spends 22 and a half minutes getting ready every day. I take about the same amount of time…if you add an hour. 😛
– In stupid beauty inventions, we have a completely inefficient automatic lipstick machine and a rather unnecessary wearable nail polish holder. (Just put the bottle on a counter or the floor – I really don't know what the point of a special holder is.)
– Anti-grooming has made its debut as the men's equivalent of the no-makeup look.
– This is one '90s beauty technique I don't remember.
– The future of beauty marketing? No, not plastics. Makeover apps are the way to go. Case in point: Sephora's new lipstick try-on app.
– It's about time MAC came out with their own rewards program.
The random:
– I had always meant to write an essay on Riot Grrrl fashion/style as a followup to my thesis, but AnOther beat me to it.
– Murdering plushies just for a few seconds of entertainment is so cruel. :( Also cruel is the fact that no one likes my name anymore (although this wasn't exactly news to me, sigh).
– The season 3 Broad City trailer is way funnier than my smackdowns. Also funny (for Simpsons fans, anyway) is this truly magical website.
How have you been?