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The Worst Fashion Combinations
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The Worst Fashion Combinations

We have all had a look through the photo albums and often wondered what on earth we were thinking when we decided that floral jumper looked great with the leopard print leggings. Interestingly money doesn't buy you style and it's often celebrities that end up putting together some of the worst fashion combinations. Here are a few pointers to help you know what to avoid. Just because it's hot on the catwalk doesn't mean it's going to look good on you, remember many fashion designers about push boundaries and concept design. Don't mix denim with denim, it didn't look good in the 80's and it won't look good now, look to combine denim skirts, jeans and jackets with other solid colors and if you have to wear darker denim washes, you don't want to look like you are wearing a denim suit. Don't...
To Dye For Is A Jolting Exposé That Reveals The True Cost Of The Toxic, Largely Unregulated Chemicals Found On Most Clothing Today
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To Dye For Is A Jolting Exposé That Reveals The True Cost Of The Toxic, Largely Unregulated Chemicals Found On Most Clothing Today

To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick--and How We Can Fight Back. A Silent Spring for your wardrobe, To Dye For is a jolting exposé that reveals the true cost of the toxic, largely unregulated chemicals found on most clothing today. Many of us are aware of the ethical minefield that is fast fashion: the dodgy labor practices, the lax environmental standards, and the mountains of waste piling up on the shores of developing countries. But have you stopped to consider the dangerous effects your clothes are having on your own health? Award-winning journalist Alden Wicker breaks open a story hiding in plain sight: the unregulated toxic chemicals that are likely in your wardrobe right now, how they’re harming you, and what you can do about it. In To Dye For, Wicker reveals how cloth...
Fast Fashion — Is It Making Us Sick?
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Fast Fashion — Is It Making Us Sick?

Is Fast Fashion Making Us Sick? In her new book, journalist Alden Wicker examines the public health impact of an under-regulated industry. On a recent spring afternoon, journalist Alden Wicker was examining a neon orange purse at H&M. The price tag read $14.99, but instead of listing materials, it simply said “vegan.” She raised an eyebrow. At Wicker’s request, a store clerk looked up the materials: polyurethane and polyester. Plastics. For the last decade, Wicker has been covering the dirty side of fast fashion — from its contribution to the climate crisis and greenwashing to multi-level marketing schemes. She founded the popular blog EcoCult in 2013 and has become an authority on sustainable fashion. Wicker’s new book, To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick, examines the...
The Soaring Need Of On-Demand Beauty Apps: Rise & Benefits
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The Soaring Need Of On-Demand Beauty Apps: Rise & Benefits

It's evident that the dramatic increase in the number of smartphones, connected consumers, location based services and secured payment gateways have given a booming rise to uberification of services. It has transfigured the way we interact with the beauty brand. If you have ever wished a personal stylist coming your home to doll you up with a laid-back spa, make-up, hair and other salon services, then you have to wait no more! On-demand beauty and fitness services are scoring high with a sheer expansion of beauty companies. The heat wave of embracing the uberification model has expanded across borders to make a revolutionary impact in this digitally growing world. What are the leading benefits that make this on demand app a front-runner in the hotly contested markets? Let's funnel it dow...
Looking For An Instant Facelift Before Stepping Out Of Your Home?
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Looking For An Instant Facelift Before Stepping Out Of Your Home?

Platinum Deluxe Platinum Lux Instant Face Lift combines powerhouse ingredients like Hyaluronic Acid and Alba Bark Extract to instantly banish visible signs of aging. This special formula is engineered to tone, tighten, and contour the skin to generate a safe and non-invasive facelift by smoothing out lines and wrinkles. Apply a small amount in the morning and after one minute you will have smoother, tighter skin for the entire day. Alba Bark Extract is proven to help diminish signs of aging over the long run and Hyaluronic Acid will keep your skin glowing. Shop Here!
Beauty, The Ugly Side
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Beauty, The Ugly Side

The ugly side of beauty: Chemicals in cosmetics threaten college-age women’s reproductive health. When you walk through the personal care aisles of your local store, you likely see dozens of products that promise to soften your skin, make you smell better, extend your lashes, decrease wrinkling, tame your curly hair, or even semi-permanently change the color of your lips, hair or skin. Remember the old adage “If it seems too good to be true, it probably is”? What many people don’t realize is that many of these promises are based on chemicals that can also be hazardous to your health, including endocrine-disrupting chemicals that can interfere with fertility and reproduction, fetal growth, and infant development. That’s a big concern, because these products are heavily marketed to young ...
Sulfur An Effective Hair And Eye Lash Grower — According To Makeup Artist
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Sulfur An Effective Hair And Eye Lash Grower — According To Makeup Artist

Sulfur As an Effective Hair and Eye Lash Grower. Sulfur is performing three essential functions in your body. It helps you to achieve hair growth, smooth skin, and strong nails. Everyone surely loves to experience all of the mentioned benefits that sulfur has to offer. It is said to be something that works wonders when it comes to hair growth, especially when you have high sulfur intake. Doctors usually prescribe minerals and vitamins when you consult them regarding your hair loss problems and no doubt the most essential mineral that can supplement hair growth at present is sulfur, which also makes it as a potential eye lash grower. Normally, sulfur is found inside the body in the form of sulfonyl sulfur which is being supplied by the foods that you eat. These are soluble in water and can...
From Fashion To Fundraising – History Of Rubber Bracelets
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From Fashion To Fundraising – History Of Rubber Bracelets

Rubber Bracelets, began as a punk rock anti-fashion, anti-establishment statement in the late 1970's - early 1980's. Originally, black, rubber 0-rings were worn as bracelets. These bracelets depicted the anti-jewelry sentiment, as rubber has no value whatsoever or status compared to precious metals such as gold, silver, and platinum. They became highly popular in the 1980's when they were worn by celebrities during their concerts and videos, but these bracelets weren't really rubber, they were actually silicone bracelets; today they are still made from silicone. Around the same time, jelly bracelets became a hot item; thin rubber bands that came in many opaque and translucent colors. The translucent ones could even be found with glitter embedded in them. These exciting new novelties could...
A Brief History: How Pink Became Fashion’s Color Of Controversy
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A Brief History: How Pink Became Fashion’s Color Of Controversy

From the blush pink of royal mistresses to the hot pink of tabloid party girls, pink has gained a reputation for being a provocative color for those who dare to wear it. You can listen to more articles from The Conversation, narrated by Noa, here. Despite its various shades and the complexities of its cultural significance, it is a color that is often branded with the same connotations of feminine frivolity and excess – whether girlish and innocent or womanly and erotic. So much so that worshipers at a North London church were ordered to remove pink chairs after an ecclesiastical judge claimed that the choice of color scheme could “cause puzzlement”. This pink panic invites the question: why is pink so controversial? A brief glimpse at its rather colorful history in the Western ...
Secret Celebrity Piercings And Body Jewelry
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Secret Celebrity Piercings And Body Jewelry

Have you ever noticed how celebrities are put on a pedestal and looked at as flawless? Don't get me wrong, the media has a great way of making stars look bad but let's face it, when we see our favorite movie star in a magazine with a bunch of unknown piercings, we are shocked. In movies, we see actors as perfect people who have their lives made for them until we see them uncover their secrets of tattoos, piercings and other physical flaws. Let's say showed up at a concert wearing piercings all over her body. Parents and kids across the nation would be shocked. Celebrities are uncovering their secret body jewelry ever day. There are many famous actors, actresses, singers, and models that have some type of piercing in odd places of their body that not many people know about. As fans of the...