A couple of days ago, I came across a clip on a girl in China who is getting plastic surgery to look just like Jessica Alba: Self-esteem and freakish ex-boyfriend issues aside, I think it’s interesting that this young woman is out to not only fix up her nose or skin, but to assume the [...]
[image via msjtan2 on Photobucket] Can you not help but be dazzled by kawaii Japanese eye makeup? Kirin of Tokyo Kawaii, etc. recently shared and explained a segment on Japanese TV that got me thinking about what it takes to get this wide-eyed look together. The TV segment explores the lengths to which young Tokyo [...]
For years, I have been perplexed by magazine covers, cosmetics, special treatments, and articles of clothing that hype up on cellulite. Until now, I have had no honest understanding of what cellulite is, and why so many people are apparently fixated on it. Ignorance, however, would not do, so I decided to enlighten myself on [...]
CNNGO posted an interesting story by La Carmina on Asia’s most extreme fashion trends today, which included references to long pinky nails in Southeast Asia, Guro (“emergency room chic”) in Japan, and “mantyhose” in India. Among the extreme trends were novelty eyelashes. The picture provided in the gallery was pretty crazy (less like lashes, more [...]
[Photo from Smileburst Dentistry] A couple of days ago, I took to wearing a specially designed mouth guard, filled with a clear gel that I inserted into the mouth guard with a syringe. The gel opens the pores of my teeth and bleaches them, but for the next week or so, I’ll not be able [...]
The other day I found myself musing about body inflation with the brilliant Lela Chu, and she pointed me in the direction of two additional crazy radical body mods: suspension and 3-d implants. You’ll find pictures and links below. Nyaaaah! So. Suspension. Wow! While I think this would make for fabulous torture, I cannot deny [...]
So I was poking around Bizarre’s site, and POW- there it was: body inflation. Wow. So… ok.. I’m REALLY afraid of needles, and this is… well, it freaks the hell out of me, but it’s also deuced fascinating! Anyway, read Bizarre’s post on it. There’s lots more info and also a bunch of more pictures, [...]
I just finished reading Survival of the Prettiest by Nancy Etcoff, which is fantastic. Near the end of the book, Etcoff discusses conspicuous consumption. I was already familiar with the term (which basically refers to consumption of goods to flaunt one’s wealth or status), but what Etcoff did that was particularly interesting is describe how [...]
