New skincare and makeup launches (eye brow pomade in a stick?!), why we need new beauty concepts and dumpster diving. Also, Gwyneth Paltrow is called out by NASA, a beauty regime for your vulva and the most amazing cakes you’ll ever see. Ergo, the hottest beauty news and posts in April is here!
Beauty News
It’s a sad day when Armani announces they’ll revamp their Eye Tints. The Eye Tints are already perfect, why tamper with them?! Sigh. (Chicprofile)
A brow pomade in a stick? Why not, thinks NYX. (They might be onto something, as beauty junkies everywhere hate that pomades usually dry out after you’ve used 1/3 of the whole pot.) (Beauty News)
Should I care that Amazon launched a beauty line? You tell me. (Fashionista)
Sunday Riley: Somehow it’s endlessly amusing to me that you now get her products for free when you fly business class at united airlines. Selling out much?! (Cosmo UK)
Do you want some skincare to go with your yoga leggings? Lululemon wants to sell you some! (Vogue)
Beauty Stories
What’s behind beauty dumpster diving? The beauty industry’s wasteful attitude to returns and samples. (Refinery29)
Say it with me: having a beauty regime for your vulva is not empowering. (Grazia)
Nasa calls out a product on Gwyneth Paltrow’s shop GOOP for bullshit advertising. Reader, I lol’ed. (Gizmodo)
Skin melanoma is on the rise, says annual US cancer report, which makes it the form of cancer people are most likely to get. (The numbers might actually be a good thing. Wear sunscreen, people, and get check-ups regularly.) (Allure)
Beauty, interrupted
The question of beauty, part I: This article spoke to me so, so much. Is it really important to be perceived as beautiful and the weird approach to beauty that everyone is beautiful. It’s not, and it’s ultimately utterly irrelevant to who you are (I wrote about that, too, once.). (NY Times)
The question of beauty, part II: Who creates the (often toxic) images of beauty nowadays? Rich, powerful, old white men. Thank you, next! (In other words, we must come up with different beauty concepts.) (Counterpunch)
Life, love and other things
What people do when they get a large sum of money. Buy that raffle ticket, and read this piece. It’s moving in a way I didn’t suspect. (Topic)
Stay-at-home mommy bloggers are on the rise: they don’t write for self-fullfillment, but with the simple objective to earn money. (Buzzfeed)
Science (in this case, medicine) is deeply male-centred. Which means that women will often be treated the wrong way because women have different bodies, and every procedure or medicine is tested on the male body that is perceived as the norm. Infuriating. (Vox)
Are you a procrastinator? I know I am (at least sometimes). No productivity hack will cure that: but awareness will. Turns out, you’ll need to manage your emotions that are at the root of the task you’re delaying to do. Very interesting article! (NY Times)
Travel
I was recently in London and a bit miffed that so much nowadays is a cookie-cutter experience: There’s a Muji, Uniqlo and cos apparently in every big city in the world, and the Dior exhibition could’ve been at every high-profile museum in the world. Here’re some hidden places in London for the most jaded visitor (I’d add Sir John Soanes museum to the list: utterly charming and interesting!). (Lonely Planet)
Also: cake. The most amazing cake you’ll ever see. Trust me on that. (Best In Social Media)
On the Blog
We had a quite pared back schedule due to Astrid and me travelling, but nevertheless, there’re some pretty great posts, if I may say so! Always a crowd-pleaser: Our quarterly high-end makeup release round-up. I also saw Pat McGrath in London at her launch at Selfridges! (Wait for the product reviews!)
A lot of skincare: Do you need bodycare products that address specific concerns? Also, my Paula’s Choice favourites and her overnight mask reviewed extensively. Plus, something that lifts my mood immediately: Diptyque’s Damascena candle.
