November 18, 2009

Pascal Dangin The Master Retoucher or The Extreme Art of the Photoshop


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Alternatively this post could have also been titled Everyone in the Public Eye Gets Photoshopped. I think it's important to stress this phenomenon as a blogger so that no naive souls think they have to try to emulate or marry gods and goddesses. 

I happened on a New Yorker article from last year about the emblematic work of Pascal Dangin whom you may not know by name but whose work is widely publicized in fashion magazines. His job is emblematic of today's obsession with digital perfection. Our criteria have been pushed so much that we almost cannot look at a normal photo without thinking that it could be a little more superhuman-perfect...

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November 17, 2009

The Deets on Ashley Green's 60s Look at the New Moon Premiere in L.A. {Celebrity Looks}


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Ashley Green went completely retro 60s for the premiere of New Moon yesterday in Los Angeles. I am amazed at how authentic her look is. Of course with Mad Men, it's given food for thought to many a viewers like, no doubt, expert makeup artist Vanessa Scali who did the look for Lancôme. While Mad Men to me looks a bit theatrical 60s, where you can feel the 21st century looking at the 1960s, this look here is fresh, natural, never over-the-top while capturing the youthful, simplified glamor of the period.

"The look was classic 60's," reports Vanessa. "Well-defined eyes with lots of lashes, a strong brow and clean skin with subtle pink/coral cheeks and lips."

To start, Vanessa evened out Ashley's "nearly flawless skin" with Lancôme's Effacernes concealer in Light Bisque underneath the eyes.  "It gives clean, fresh, flawless coverage," she said. Bobbi Brown's Foundation Stick followed. Lancôme's Blush Subtil in Shimmer Pink Pool topped the apples of the cheeks...

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Meet the Beauty Beast: 100 000 ans de beauté {Beauty Reads}


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You have not yet been properly introduced to this beauty beast, but I just wanted to share with you how substantial and heavy this book about 100 000 years of beauty is. After perusing the press release, I decided to purchase it as it looked pretty much like a must-read to understand not just the meaning of looks, but of life.

When the beast landed at my door, I had no idea it was it because I thought this must be a bunch of bottles, or something of that order to be that heavy...


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November 15, 2009

Steam Cream: The New Way to Hydrate from the UK + Beauty Collector Alert


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UK brand SteamCream does just what it seems to imply in its evocative name; this is not just poetry: they incorporate "pure, unrefined steam" in the process of making their all-purpose cream in order to get an exceptional, glistening texture that is touted as being super diffusive and maximally ready to be absorbed by all your pores once it hits the skin. I am not sure what "unrefined steam" might mean concretely, but I know I want to try this cream.

Maybe you won't benefit from the misty climate of Albion, but you can get some wisdom from the country's traditional reliance on an enhanced level of humidity.

The cream contains a luscious list of ingredients: oatmeal infusion, almond oil, glycerine, lavender oil, orange flower water, cocoa butter, organic jojoba oil. Special care was devoted to the perfume for the cream which is a blend of essential oils...


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August 8, 2009

Photoshopped Twiggy Sparks Political Controversy in Great Britain {Beauty & Society}

Remember Twiggy? This is how she used to look in the 1960s:

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She was the 1960s for many.

Here is another look where her signature silhouette is particularly twig-like:

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Now a controversy is raging in the UK because Twiggy just came back at age 59 to be the face of Olay and members of the Democratic Liberal party think there ought to be a law stating that photoshopped ads are so, so that naïve children and teenagers do not start thinking all this is realistic.

All fashion photographies are photoshopped to make mouths look bigger, eyes more cat-like, legs longer, skin poreless, bodies slimmer. It's a vice of the fashion industry who can never find a human being that is perfect enough to incarnate its brand. I once watched a program where a beautiful model was being "fixed" at every stage of the photo shoot to see if they were getting what they wanted...

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August 7, 2009

Carol's Daughter to Launch Disney Princess Tiana Line


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Carol's Daughter is thrilled to be able to contribute to what the brand considers a landmark moment with the release of the new Disney movie The Princess and the Frog featuring for the first time an animated character of African-American heritage in the lead role. To accompany this event, Carol's Daughter has created a limited-edition line of hair and bath & body products which they say is very effective and made with natural ingredients such as aloe leaf juice, cranberry extract, sunfloower seed oil, olive oil etc. Although everyone can use them, African-American hair was specifically kept in mind when devising the products...

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August 6, 2009

Guerlain Cashmere Lip Gloss in Rose Pondichery 01 (2009) {Beauty Review}


cashmere-gloss-guerlain.jpgGuerlain says that the Gloss Cashmere Lip Gloss is inspired by traditional lip powder used by Indian women from the subcontinent. It probably sounds more exotic and interesting than to say "No need to powder your lips anymore after applying lipstick to make the color stay on and look matte." This is exactly what it does as an obvious new-generation lip gloss with an almost alien texture it is so high-performance...

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