Ask MetaFilter questions tagged with beauty Questions tagged with 'beauty' at Ask MetaFilter. Tue, 25 Feb 2014 00:14:40 -0800 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 00:14:40 -0800 en-us 60 Is this a very shallow reason for breakup? I have been dating my girlfriend for couple of months. I think she is caring and very smart. I have two problems with her that to me seem very shallow however it seems that they still matter to me. When I met this girl I thought she was sexy and reasonably beautiful. I still think she is in a very good shape but I do not think that her face is that beautiful. Obviously if I want to rank her beauty compared to other people I dated before, she is going to fall at the bottom. Now this has not bothered me in the beginning of our relationship but now that I have seen her without makeup many times (after 6 months) I feel it influences my relationship with her. Another think that bothers me about her is her not using deodorant that much. She just seems to believe in her self so much that she believes her natural odors should be ok. For example she forgets to cleanup before I go down on her and I sometimes lose my erection when she does not smell good down there. I wanted to ask her to do it couple of times but I am afraid I might hurt her feelings. Dont get me wrong, she is in general very clean. I think because she is very confident she thinks she is so sexy that a little smell should not turn me off. Reality is it does turn me off. In the beginning it did not influence me that much but now after couple of months it does. Should I assume that I do not love her since I think like this? I had difficulties with my exes before her. However, there were completely different categories. I kind of feel ashamed about asking this question or even thinking about breakup for these reasons.,2014:site.257719 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 00:14:40 -0800 beauty breakup face partner's reasons relationships mbn1455 Beauty Tube Noob I bought the <a href="">L'Oreal Double Extend mascara</a> based on its many recommendations here, but am having a heck of a time removing it. What am I doing wrong, and how are you doing it right? For reference: I use the OCM and not soap to cleanse, I have tried holding a wet washcloth to my eyes then gently wiping, using just my hands and water, and mineral oil and grapeseed oil based eye makeup removers. I can't ever seem to get it all off and am left with sticky black globs on my face and eyelids, or trying to scrape it off individual lashes with my nails (this results in pulling lashes out as well tho, a less than ideal solution). This can't be the experience that all of you are having, is it? TIA!,2014:site.257190 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 10:35:33 -0800 beauty beautytubes eyemakeup l'oreal makeup resolved PaulaSchultz Help me get pretty, without feeling ugly! I want to learn how to apply makeup. For fun, for the art of it, and so that I will have the ability to enhance my natural beauty when I choose to. But I'm a little worried that I'll end up feeling like I should wear makeup all the time. I'm also worried that I'll end up feeling ugly instead of beautiful - that I'll be taught to closely examine my face for all sorts of "flaws" that I never saw before and won't be able to unsee. I want to feel pretty, not the opposite! Do you have any suggestions for a "how to apply makeup" website/tutorial/resource that is fairly positive, down-to-earth, and not hypercritical? Any related advice?,2014:site.255329 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 21:19:31 -0800 beauty makeup fullerenedream Looking for first- or second-hand expereinces with no!no! hair removal There's a new version of the <a href="">no!no! hair removal system</a>, so I'm taking another stab at asking the hive mind for their opinion. The question was asked back in <a href="">2008</a> and <a href="">2004</a>; back then it was new and pretty unknown and now the usual online sources have as many good reviews as bad. Five years later, I'm hoping there are enough MeFites that have tried it to get a better sense of how well it works. I'm mainly looking to use this on my chin and lady 'stache, but for the cost I'd end up using it in other places.<br> <br> For the purposes of this question I'm not interested in any other methods of hair removal or speculations on its efficacy, just personal stories from you and people you know that have used it.,2013:site.254423 Sat, 28 Dec 2013 18:05:24 -0800 beauty chin grooming hair hairremoval IWantToBelieve no!no! resolved Room 641-A Setting up a prop kit for beauty product photographs I am starting a blog which will feature photographs taken by my boyfriend and myself. He is a professional video cameraman and also an excellent photographer but neither of us are stylists. Can you help with some prop and set up ideas? The blog is beauty and food related with reviews on products, skincare and makeup tips/looks, and then a section on food with recipes, restaurant reviews etc.<br> <br> The food section is not a problem at all and neither are the makeup looks, and photographs of me demonstrating products, applying makeup and holding things.<br> <br> What I am running out of ideas for are photos of static products. We have been using a makeshift light cube and are looking to purchase or make a proper one and the lighting is coming out beautiful. But the tubes or pots are just kind of sitting there and it's very minimalistic. Throwing some parts out of focus is nice and my bf is very cabable of producing a lovely shot.<br> <br> What I am looking for is a small 'kit' of props to use to make things more interesting. Small blocks for things to stand on to change the height. A glass dish to squeeze some product on. That's all I've got right now. <br> <br> Please help me with some ideas of things to put in my prop kit. Not too expensive, and readily available would be good. I'm also going to check out some magazines and online sources so ideas for good examples are appreciated too.<br> <br> Thank you.,2013:site.253472 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 15:34:54 -0800 beauty blog camera photo photograph prop Youremyworld I'm looking for an article about an old woman that looks fabulous. Roughly a week ago I read an article about an elderly woman (eighties or nineties) that looked fantastic for her age. I cannot find it. She has dark short hair. I believe she was a professional dancer. There was a picture of her doing the Tango or maybe Salsa. It could be another dance that I am forgetting. There was a photo of her in jeans. There were about 5 pictures of her. In the article I think she talked about doing yoga or dancing. I think there may have been a link on Facebook. I thought I had seen it on the Huffington Post. It could have been an online newspaper. Does this ring a bell for anybody? Thank you.,2013:site.252474 Sat, 23 Nov 2013 10:58:41 -0800 age article beauty dancer defying physical professional resolved woman youth Fairchild What are the greatest EU/UK bath &amp; beauty products? So, every time I go looking for recommendations for makeup, etc. (here, and Makeup Alley, mostly), the majority of highly rated items are US products that are usually impossible or expensive for me to get, which is why I'd like your tips for your top-rated favorite bath and beauty items made-locally / available in Europe at reasonable cost. Maybe I can replace a few things, and find some new gems. Specifically, for example, I use TheBalm BalmShelter tinted moisturizer, and totally adore it, but because I have to order from the US, or from someplace that ships it from the US, it's expensive. I use Cetaphil lotion because I need an extra-moisturizing, gentle body lotion in a large size (those cute little tubes and tubs of body butter or balm just don't last long enough for me), but I have to pay 20+ Euros for the large size (versus around $7 for lucky US people). I use Urban Decay eyeliner pencils when I can source them on eBay, but again, super pricey. Thank goodness for Greek company Korres for a lot of great stuff I can actually get cheaper here in Greece, but I need more Eurocentric fabulous finds.<br> <br> Likewise, I read up on wonderful scents for reasonable prices on Fragrantica, and usually find that they aren't so reasonable ordering from here (if I even <em>can</em> order). I love my favorite Korres cologne (Iris Lily of the Valley Cotton), but would like to try something new and yummy every now and then without paying twice the price or more.<br> <br> What are your "holy grail" and favorite make-pretties and smell-wells from this side of the pond? Also, if you know of any online EU/UK-oriented boards that rate and recommend products, I'd like to check them out.,2013:site.251773 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 05:39:59 -0800 bath beauty British EU European favorites fragrance HG makeup products scent UK YourFaves taz Make Me Fancy. For a bunch of reasons (some good, some bad) I have the next two and half months totally free. I don't have to do a thing, I have no reason to make any more money and I've got oceans of time, a nest egg of savings, and a gym membership. Previous times like this I've focused on making my skill-set or apartment better/fancier, but now I want to focus on myself. No creative projects, no learning and growing, just pure, unabashed vanity. What can I do in two and half months to get all kinds of pretty? Ideally during the day. Things I have already done:<br> <br> Gotten a ridiculously expensive haircut and highlights.<br> Teeth-whitening and super-powerful toothbrush buying.<br> Clothing mostly all tailored.<br> Went to a dermatologist to get some medication to clear up red spots.<br> More frequent gym-going (although suggestions on exact things to do in the time span would be good.)<br> <br> If it matters, male, late 20s, NYC. Local suggestions and services very appreciated. Trying to avoid what I usually do when these come up and just drink and watch TV for three weeks.,2013:site.251629 Sat, 09 Nov 2013 12:50:22 -0800 beauty body care clothing haircut indulge luxury male massage men NYC selfimprovement skincare slurge spas teeth twomonths vanity The Whelk Hate hair dryers. Should be drying my hair. Solution? It's getting cool again and I'm thinking that maybe I should start drying my hair before work so I don't show up with wet hair. But I hate hair dryers. Can I use something like <a href="">this</a> instead of a hair dryer? How do I do that without ruining my hair? My mother, God bless her, used to style my hair when I was a little girl, giving me immaculate pigtails. However, the years of having to sit still while she burnt the tips of my ears with the hair dryer has made me hate hair dryers. We own one now but I think it's maybe 10 years old and is largely to help us put plastic on the windows when it starts getting cold out. <br> <br> Since I hate hair dryers, I usually go to work with wet hair. I realize this is probably not ideal and I think it would help me up my professional game if I started drying my hair. Plus it's getting cold and there's something very disconcerting about having my hair freeze when it's wet. <br> <br> My hair is thick, straight, and a little longer than shoulder length. My current morning routine with regard to my hair is shampoo and conditioner, comb the water out, throw a towel around it, comb it again to put a part in it, and let it air dry. I wash and condition my hair every day. That's probably overkill but I actually think that the condition of my hair is pretty good - it's shiny and healthy looking, in my opinion. When it starts getting colder and my hair gets dry, I have put stuff in it after the shower to prevent it from getting static-y. <br> <br> I thought of getting something like <a href="">this</a> and using it after combing and toweling off some of the water. But I don't know anything about using hair tools. I've seen how the woman who cuts my hair drys it and it looks like there lots of clips involved. I also don't know with a tool like that if one would wrap the hair around it like one does with a curling iron, or if one could just use it like a hair brush. <br> <br> Would a product like that one help me get dryer hair without spending a lot of time on it or do I need to use a hair dryer? Either way, do I need a product to protect my hair so it doesn't get damaged by the heat? If I did get a tool like that, what is the best way to use it? <br> <br> Thanks for your help and apologies if this is a dumb question but I thought someone out there might be able to help :-) If you have any other suggestions for dummy-proof pretty hair, I'd appreciate it. Goody spin pins didn't really hold for me. I have an <a href="">updo stick</a> from Conair that works reasonably well on wet hair. About halfway through the day, it starts falling apart but by then, my hair is usually close to dry (but then it's super flat).,2013:site.250440 Fri, 18 Oct 2013 08:46:42 -0800 beauty hair haircare kat518 Old wisdom about beauty I'm looking for books featuring old wisdom about skincare and haircare. Recipes and advice. I'm thinking orris root powder, muslin cloths and buttermilk, brush your hair 100 times before bed. From the English-speaking world or otherwise. Either written in previous centuries, 20th century, or recently. Even 1950s-60s if they don't rely too much on commercial products. There were a lot of books about grandma's beauty routine printed in the 1970s. Can anyone suggest some classics or particularly good ones? Similar to <a href="">this</a>. Note: there should be absolutely no mention of Dr Bronner's or the oil cleansing method.,2013:site.249923 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 03:59:30 -0800 beauty cosmetics haircare skincare inkypinky iOS Fashion and Beauty Apps for the Woman Who Has (and knows) Everything (Alternative Title: You're Beautiful When You're Angry) I'm in a mean mood and I'm looking for fashion and beauty apps on my iPad to cheer myself up. I was impatient with iPad fashion and beauty apps before, and I'm even more short-tempered about it now. What iOS fashion and beauty apps do you recommend that will impress and delight even me?<br> <br> Because right now, I'm all like: another magazine app? I have all the magazines already, and these apps cost money to be any use at all and besides they SUCK. Another wardrobe management app? They mostly SUCK and the only ones that maybe theoretically don't SUCK, at least to the undiscerning user, require hours of fiddly editing to get the background out of a photo and it's just not worth it. Another shopping app? That's original and anyway I don't buy new things. A virtual nail art app? Duh, I HAVE nails, why wouldn't I just use those?!? Socially network and show your outfits to all your imaginary friends on Instagram? Explain a) why I would want to do that and b) why I would use your sucky app to do it.<br> <br> Seriously, the fashion/beauty section is so full of dross, I don't know why anybody bothers.<br> <br> What I'm looking for, what would please me, is more apps in the vein of the ones I already actually like. These are: New York <br> Times The Collection,, Pulse News, Style Me Girl, and Fashion Fix. I also like OnMyFace and MakeupAlley. I confess a sneaking enjoyment of AllWomenStalk. I used to like Blind Lemon, but it lapsed.<br> <br> Everything else though? GRAR. <br> <br> There's got to be some more stuff out there that will please even me. Surely.,2013:site.248048 Sat, 07 Sep 2013 05:40:11 -0800 apps beauty fashion iOS recommendations resolved tel3path Can I look and feel fabulous in 24 hours? I am attending a wedding tomorrow night, have been on a diet and am thinking of some last minute things to do before hand to get myself ready to look and feel good. Any advice/strategies apprecaited :) So there's a big party where I want to look my best. I need your ideas on what you do for yourself when you are going out to look/feel good,<br> <br> 1 week: To help me feel good with a bit more time, I have been on a strict diet for 7 days and have lost a few pounds, I'm getting a new shirt in dark colours too.<br> <br> 24 Hours: Got some beauty tips to make me feel glowing, like a teeth whitening kit, an eye mask. All the ususal before hand... Good scrub, do hair and makeup, scenting, iron clothes etc. <br> <br> Please give me your best 1 week /24 hours ideas to look and feel great before going out, and more specifically last minute tips and ideas, maybe even last min stretches exercises or foods to make me glow/feel great :)<br> <br> (non gender specific, and homemade ideas all cool) xx,2013:site.247473 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:14:08 -0800 Beauty dressing feelgood lookgood makeup party krisb1701d Poppin' my hair cherry! I'm getting my hair dyed (well, highlighted) for the first time tomorrow. When should I work out? Should I keep using sulfate-free shampoo, or should I switch to special stuff for dyed hair? BONUS: give me stories about being extremely happy after dying your hair :). I currently have very dark brown hair, fair (but not the fairest--think the second-lightest foundation) skin that freckles in the sun, and light eyes. I would like to add dark copper highlights. My brother has nearly identical coloring, and his facial hair comes in copper and looks great. If I like the highlights, I might dye all of my hair.<br> <br> Questions:<br> <br> 1.) If at all possible I want to run tomorrow. Should I run before or after my appointment? Looking around online said that sweat either way won't do much. The appointment is at 2:30, and regardless of the time I am perfectly fine with just rinsing my hair when I'm done. <br> <br> 2.) I currently use sulfate-free shampoo. Should I switch to color-saving, or is sulfate-free enough? Do I need to use color-saving conditioner as well? Can anyone recommend a good drugstore brand to buy? <br> <br> 3.) I'm really, really excited to do this, but also very nervous. Please give me your stories about loving your hair after dying it, <em>or</em> about a huge hair mistake that you managed to fix easily. <br> <br> Due to the mess and sharing a bathroom with fifty people, I'm not interested in henna. I've also already read through <a href="">this</a> thread. <br> <br> Finally, if I ever do get around to dyeing my hair all copper and I eventually move to do it myself, hair dye suggestions would be wonderful :).,2013:site.246653 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:33:07 -0800 beauty hair hairdye redhair obviousresistance Help me help my skin. What is the best thing you've done to improve your skin? I'm 31 and my sensitive, splotchy, freckly, white skin needs some TLC.,2013:site.246082 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 15:50:23 -0800 beauty dermatology skin Triumphant Muzak Sustainable forestry management aka the loveliest leg hair ever. How do you keep your hairy pins (and bits) in tip top condition? I'm blessed with relatively fine, pale and contained body hair. I also believe that ladies' bodies are just as lovely <em>with hair as without</em> and admittedly, I couldn't give a rat's arse about regular hair removal. <br> <br> What I <strong>am</strong> interested in is keeping my underarms, legs and pubic hair as beautiful as possible in a relatively natural state. You know, the type of beautiful hairy legs, which when exposed would inspire women to a life without waxing and make partners nudge their ladyfriends and tentatively ask "Would you grow au natural for me?."<br> <br> For the record, my husband is already supportive of my hairy legs and bits, I'm happy to do selective trimming and yes, I am one of those pesky feminists.,2013:site.245890 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 10:20:17 -0800 beauty bodyhair hair leghair maintenance pubichair pipstar Books on philosophy and beauty, art, narrative, or metaphor I'm well-read but pretty uneducated when it comes to philosophy, aside from having a working knowledge of the Post-Structuralists. I'm looking for philosophical books (it doesn't matter it they're canonical or not--I have not read most of the canon, but I also haven't read a lot of related books) that explore one or more of these areas: beauty, art, or narratives. (I just started Lyotard tonight, so no need to suggest him.) I have also plundered the following thread and am checking out the suggested books: <a href=""></a><br> <br> I write a lot of poetry, so if any focus on poetry, that'd be cool. (I know about Poetry Language Thought.)<br> <br> But I also like a lot of other topics under these broad umbrellas. Anything, really. Just in case you need more specific tips, conceptual art/writing, installation art, storytelling, minimalism in music, the nouvelle vague in film, just about anything to do with gender, and non-narrative/avant garde cinema are always winning topics in my book.,2013:site.245670 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 01:41:07 -0800 aesthetics art beauty film music narrative philosophy mermaidcafe Take me from Nottie to Hottie. I'm a beauty noob. Make me into a beauty pro. Who can teach me how to hair and makeup? I think I'm OK at hair and makeup. I, unsurprisingly, was a a stone cold geek growing up, and didn't really start thinking about these things until law school. I'm a 28 year old medium-to-light skinned South Asian. <a href="">This is my head</a>. I am the only child to immigrant Muslim parents, and had unusually mean-girl nerd-girl friends growing up. My mother basically does not wear makeup and I have never in my <i>life</i> seen her leave the house with her hair in anything but a bun. My hometown friends told me I was a slut for wearing dark makeup (black eyeliner). They (as WHITE girls, of course) wore nonslutty brown eyeliner. God, they sucked. Anyway, this is how I emerged into young adulthood knowing how to do two things to my head: put a eyeliner and a little brown eyeshadow, and laboriously straighten my natural loose curls with a flat iron. <br> <br> In my late twenties, I have grown comfortable enough to add: <a href="">red lipstick</a> (that's beach hair, not how I do my hair). I also usually wear bronzer since I have gained some weight, apparently all in my goddamn cheeks. I have tried to read about this and buy makeup (mainly MAC and Nars). It just never seems to look right. I know I should, like, "shade in the crease and blend" and stuff, but I never look like the end result of these tutorials. When I was younger, I thought cheap makeup was the problem. Now that I am buying a bit nicer stuff, I think I am the problem. The few times I've asked friends to do my makeup for me, I end up IMMEDIATELY washing it off. I don't know if I've just become accustomed to the way I do it. I think they generally have put very shiny, pearlized shadow over my eyes such that I feel like a brown girl with white girl Barbie makeup. It has been depressing. I've ventured to Sephora and department store makeup ladies, but this has not really been fruitful either. I asked a Nordstrom lady to help with the dark circles under my eyes, for example, and she said "nothing will." Um. Thanks. Bye. The Sephora ladies are awesome, but the two times I've tried them, I wound up just looking the same as I came in, just under a fuckton of foundation. <br> <br> Hair-wise, I either . . . put my hair up in a bun, or pull it down over my shoulders, either straight or air-dried curly. I don't know how to do anything else. ANYTHING else. I see other women with cool different styles. I am never one of them. I own sprays and serums and gels and pomades. I just don't know what the hell to do with them. I have tried in vain to follow many youtube tutorials, it just never turns out right. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. <br> <br> Can you help me, internet? I have vaguely hipster style tastes, if that helps. You will pry my bangs away from me when I shrivel up and die. I am an unmarried, childless attorney, so I can't look too alternative, as much I would love to. But it does mean I have disposable income to spend on fancy products/whatever if necessary.,2013:site.244958 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:08:51 -0800 beauty frivolity hair howto makeup anthropomorphic 애교살 Is the interest in the bag directly under the eyes, <em>aegyosal</em>, as a beauty symbol purely a Korean phenomenon? Is there a Japanese or Chinese word for the area? <br> <br> <a href=""></a>,2013:site.244419 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 21:09:01 -0800 beauty korea skin slowlikemolasses Help me get my glow on in 21 days My boyfriend has been away for four months, and will be returning in just over three weeks, i.e. a little earlier than planned. I haven't been completely slothful while he was away but I have fallen into some bad habits: late nights watching TV, drinking too much coffee, getting stressed about work, half-assing my workouts, moping around missing him. My skin is sallow, my midsection dough-y, and I feel like my light has dimmed a little. I really want to be at my best to welcome him home. So, what can I do/eat/get done to me to get my glow back over the next 21 days? Do you have a secret eating plan that gets quick results? A magical yoga routine? A miracle cream? If it helps to know this, I am female, forty-ish, moderately active, a size ten who would like to be a size eight, with red hair, green eyes, and sensitive skin that is prone to redness. I work full-time but am prepared to devote a good couple of hours per evening, and more on the weekends, to this little project. I'm also putting this in the "health and fitness" category rather than beauty since I am more interested in exercise and food tips than makeup etc., although those are always welcome, too.,2013:site.244221 Sun, 07 Jul 2013 04:05:06 -0800 beauty glow health quick-fixes resolved skin rpfields Is this originally a French proverb? And is my grammar correct? "Beauty is the sister of vanity and the mother of lust". My translation in to French: "La beauté est la soeur de la vanité et la mère de la luxure." I originally saw this phrase in French as "La beauté est la sœur de vanité, et la mére et la luxure". So that would roughly translate as "Beauty is the sister of vanity and the mother of lust". I have also seen it expressed in English as "Beauty's sister is vanity, and its <strong>daughter</strong> lust." My translation would be: "La beauté est la sœur de vanité, et la fille de la luxure." I asked on Yahoo Answers if my grammar was correct, but one of the responses said it should be "la mère" and not "la fille". Hence, my question. Is it originally French in origin? And if so, is it mother of lust or daughter of lust? Either way my translation would be: "La beauté est la soeur de la vanité et la mère de la luxure." Or La beauté est la soeur de la vanité et la fille de la luxure. Are these two translations grammatically correct? Also, is La necessary before "beauté"?,2013:site.243848 Sun, 30 Jun 2013 14:38:47 -0800 beauty french frenchgrammar frenchphrase grammar lust mother proverb russianproverb sister vanity mrducts Waiting, waiting to feel attractive... I'm a female in my very early twenties. I feel like I've been waiting for my entire life to "become" attractive, and this kind of thinking is becoming a drag. I'm not completely repulsive, and I'm not overweight (BMI-wise, I'm actually on the lower end of normal), but I have never felt physically attractive in my life. (Personality-wise, I think I am okay.)<br> <br> I've always had flat, thin, and relatively little hair. I have had persistent acne and severe hyperpigmentation; I've experimented with a bunch of products but have had almost no results. I don't know what my body type is (perhaps straight/slight hourglass), but I do wish that my proportions were different. My face is plain and perhaps mildly unpleasantly shaped. I'm not unfit but I guess there is room for improvement.<br> <br> On top of that, I'm a very low-maintenance person-- I was always too busy with school and lab research to care much. I couldn't be bothered to get contact lenses (my prescription is also too high to get contacts anyway at this point), and I don't do makeup (don't have much desire to either). I can be picky about what clothing I wear because I place a high priority on comfort and tend to prefer plainer styles and colors. If I feel like an article of clothing is unflattering on me, I'll almost never wear said article of clothing. I'm also a student so I exclusively purchase clearance and sale items and don't have money to revamp my entire wardrobe in one fell swoop.<br> <br> I was not made fun of for my appearance as a child, but my parents would make off-hand comments about my appearance/weight/dress that I would sometimes take personally. I suppose there is a part of me that relates social popularity with physical attractiveness as well, and it will probably not surprise you to read that I'm very introverted. <br> <br> Anyway, for years I've told myself that eventually-- perhaps after my acne goes away, or perhaps when I'm not so stressed with life, or perhaps when I lose 5 pounds-- I'll become more attractive. I don't think being more attractive will make specific things about my life better, but I do think that it could give me more confidence and energy overall. But I feel like I'm waiting for this future that will never come. This doesn't interfere with my daily function, and all in all it seems like my concerns are just average dissatisfactions that almost everybody experiences at one point or another. Still, I think that it's counterproductive to keep on thinking, "<em>when I'm prettier...</em>" <br> <br> What suggestions do you have for me? I would appreciate both immediate actions I can take as well as some perspective on this.,2013:site.243665 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 16:15:05 -0800 appearance beauty fitness health makeup resolved wardrobe gemutlichkeit I'm Held Captive by Dior's Eau Sauvage Parfum! What Else Is Similar? I'm a huge fan of Dior's perfumes, but I picked up a sample of their Eau Sauvage Parfum and I'm destroyed by it. What else am I missing out on in the Fumiverse that is reminiscent of this group? HUGE, HUGE LOVE FOR THIS SCENT. I'm also a big fan of Dior Homme, Terre D'Hermes and Guerlain's L'Instant. <br> <br> Guidelines: <br> <br> - Doesn't matter if it's traditionally male vs. female as far as marketing goes. <br> - Major bonus points for citing a classic/vintage scent that can conjure this level of hypnotic allure.,2013:site.243389 Sat, 22 Jun 2013 18:54:11 -0800 beauty cosmetics perfume Lipstick Thespian Looking for an in-text reference for a concept attributed to Kant I'm looking for an in-text reference for a concept apparently put forward by Immanuel Kant. I would like to know where in his own writings this concept was actually addressed. So basically I'm writing an essay on aesthetics. On the Wikipedia article concerning itself with this subject there is a paragraph on Kant which runs as follows:<br> <br> "For Kant "enjoyment" is the result when pleasure arises from sensation, but judging something to be "beautiful" has a third requirement: sensation must give rise to pleasure by engaging our capacities of reflective contemplation. Judgments of beauty are sensory, emotional and intellectual all at once."<br> <br> Basically, there is no citation and I would like to know where, in his own writings, he actually states something along these lines. The especially important part is the idea that judgments of beauty are based on sensory, emotional, and intellectual experiences.<br> <br> As a bonus, if anyone would like to direct me to similar ideas (or even criticisms *of* this idea) in the writings of other philosophers and academics, that would be greatly welcomed. <br> <br> Thanks so much.,2013:site.243148 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:12:36 -0800 aesthetics beauty Kant philosophy heylight Science My Beauty - or Debunk it! Getting married in a few months, which means I want to start any facial/beauty regimens now. I don't usually do this stuff, so am entranced by the field of options. However, I know that this field contains the biggest BS factor of any out there. Please give me your best ideas of things that are scientifically proven to work, or that there is at least some data about why it works or would or wouldn't work. Please also tell me which of the things I'm considering looking at are drecht or dangerous crazytown. Help me not waste my money or wind up maimed. I have skin issues - prone to acne/blackheads, with slight dark "acne scarring" - ie not actual pocks, but dark places where acne used to be. I have ridiculously long hair: prone to split ends and breakage at the ends. I also am carrying more weight than I would like to be for the wedding itself.<br> <br> <br> Things I'm considering:<br> <br> 1. Facials. Is this worthwhile at all? Any particular ones? <br> 2. Microdermabrasion<br> 3. Chemical Peels<br> 4. Lipotropic Injections<br> 5. Lipo laser? <br> 6. Any use in these hair treatments to make it smoother overall?<br> <br> <strong>Bonus question: What am I not considering that I really should?</strong>,2013:site.243051 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:48:27 -0800 beauty debunk science wedding corb Help me have awesome-looking hair Need tips from the hivemind for fantastic-looking hair! I have thick, dark hair that is about shoulder-length. It is quite heavy and gets oily fast, so it only ever looks really nice in the first couple of days after I have a blowdry...and when I wash it more than once a week I need to dry it myself and because of the volume, it turns into a real chore. Also, the ends don't always look tidy. <br> <br> Can the gals from the hivemind give me some tips on how I can keep it looking shiny, tidy and looking nice when I don't have the chance to go to the hairdresser? Hydration/treatment/washing/drying methods would be super helpful. <br> <br> In terms of products, I have been using Aussie's shampoo and conditioner, have tried Neutrogena, Vichy but it works in the first few times, then my hair goes back to looking really messy and full of build-up. <br> <br> Since I am in South America and can't always get access to every imported product, some recommendations of certain generic, natural alternatives (like aloe vera, etc) or mainstream brands (like L'Oreal and so on) for creams, finishing products etc and all would help a lot. Thank you!!,2013:site.242866 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 06:43:34 -0800 beauty hair heartofglass