The junk in my hand bag

I can't believe I had all this stuff in my bag!

• pens
• Mascara
• MAC Lipliner
• 3D glasses
• MAC Lustreglass
• Nailene French Tip Pen
• Random Lipgloss
• Essie Resort Collection
• Guess purse and bling bracelet
• Magic company coupons
• Random change
• batteries for car immobilizer thingy
• Nimue Sunblock
• Bioderma sunblock X 2
• CH 212 Sexy
• Blackberry Cover (BB in for repairs)
• permanent marker ?

http://www.thestyleandbeautydoctor.com/2010/11/exclusive-mac-to-produce-a-nicki-minaj-pink-friday-lipstick/


"The Style and Beauty Doctor has some exclusive news on a possible upcoming lipstick from MAC!
I might have some good news for all you MAC and Nicki Minaj fans! A bright pink lipstick is reportedly coming out really soon to coincide with the rapper’s debut album “Pink Friday”.
Sources say it’s a vivid fuchsia and is said to be like a mix of MAC Pink Nouveau and Girl About Town Lipsticks. The “Pink Friday 4” lipstick could only be available online and for four consecutive Fridays only.

Minaj’s Pink Friday album hits stores and iTunes on Monday, November 22nd."

So what is beauty anyway ?

Don't you just love LOLcats?


Yes ,so I've been thinking - what is beauty? What do I think beauty is - without the shackles of the media telling me what it is? How do you know someone is beautiful? What is the difference between being beautiful and attractive? So many questions !


On BBC Lifestyle (channel one eighty something on DSTV ) the other day I was watching a show called "Miss Naked Beauty" . Knowing DSTV it was probably a two year-old repeat of the show but it quite relevant to today's blog post. If you click on the link you can read a bit more on the show http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/M/missnakedbeauty   

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So they take a group "normal ladies with physical hang-ups" with different body types (apples, pears, oranges, peaches, mesomorphs, ectomorphs . . .you get the picture!) and strip them down-in all senses of the word- and through a series of episodes coach them to become more confident . I happened to catch episode 4 that dealt with the perception of beauty.


In the UK , glamour modeling is big ( I think in Bollywood terms they would call it "the Item girl a.k.a Koena Mitra"). Many young British girls aspire to be glamour models. They serve as a kind of benchmark for beauty. What is a glamour model you might ask? Think FHM , Jodie Marsh, Pamela Anderson, WWE Divas. As the saying goes - "a picture is worth a thousand words" . Go see what a glamour girl is http://www.plunderguide.com/top-25-british-glamour-models/.


On the show they want to rattle the belief that the fake glamour girl is beautiful. They pushing for a return to "wholesome beauty" and not the plastic-fantastic Barbie beauty.

Glamour Model Look

Naked Beauty Look

 
The pic at the top shows the women all dolled-up Katie Price style and the bottom pic shows them in all their naked glory. So where do they look more attractive? Your thoughts?