beauty

Dear Readers,Just wanted to let you know that I started a beauty blog called All About Beauty. Despite its name, it does not pretend to be exhaustive, rather to be very eclectic in its approach to the phenomenon of beauty put in social, cultural, and historical contexts.....

I received this announcement from the Bombshell Bargains girls and let me tell you that their website looks like a treasure trove of hip beauty bargains. I looked at the prices and thought they were very reasonable until from the corner of my eye my attention got caught by a sign saying, what?

 As a follow-up to the debate initiated by Gretchen of Beauty Hatchery on whether or not to rub perfume I thought it would be worthwhile to ask a chemist what he thought of the question. I more specifically wanted to ask what might be happening when one rubs perfume onto the skin vs. spraying it. Turning to a trusted source, I put the question to Dr. Ryan M.

Dear Santa,I've been a very good boy this year, having only spent half of my life savings on scented oddities and trips to Bergdorf Goodman (NYC). I really tried my best to spend less than last year, but with a move from Osaka to Pittsburgh, I'm afraid I may have exceeded my budget just a bit. Shipping 8 boxes of 400 fragrances halfway across the world is no easy feat, and definitely not cheap!