The Demoiselles

For months, Lindsay and I have been fighting against anti-progressive beauty standards – the “perfect” face, the “perfect” body – by asking women to challenge themselves to a day without makeup, upload photos of their “naked faces” to Flickr, posting our own naked faces, and celebrating women that choose to put their real selves out [...]

It’s funny how one sentence can remind you of your purpose. Between Elle’s fashion events and business meetings in Chicago, and my happy hour coffee dates and handmade rummagings in Seattle, it can be hard for us to keep up on anything not “business related.” That’s why, more often than not, Miss Elle and I [...]

Think back to a day when you felt amazing.  Your waistline was playing nice, your body had perfect proportions, and your skin seemed to glow.  What was it that brought on that effortless beauty?  What experiences and words created the type of grace that let you put on your shortest dress and reddest lips, without feeling [...]

Readers!  If you haven’t seen the television show Dollhouse and intend on watching it, you’ll want to skip this post.  I’ll be speaking pretty openly about the first season of the show, which includes – you guessed it! – spoilers.  You’ve been warned! When I think of actress Miracle Laurie, especially in her role as [...]

Finally, the subjects of over-photoshopped magazine spreads and covers are starting to get annoyed that their beauty still isn’t good enough for glossies (without 9 hours of retouching). Recently, there have been an influx of international magazines taking steps against furthering unrealistic beauty standards. Elle France‘s recently published April issue featured their cover models and [...]