makeup
The Newest Naked Face: Jessica Simpson
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 [...]
I Don’t Need Makeup: Benefit Cosmetics
After Elle stumbled across the outrageous advertising of Estée Lauder, I started checking into my favorite brands’ advertising tactics, crossing my fingers that I wouldn’t have to toss my favorite glosses, powders and stains. (Because seriously, I don’t have the money for that sort of thing.) Luckily, the results of my search were far from [...]
Article Outrage: Estee Lauder’s [Failed] Attempt at Mind Control
It’s been a minute since our last “Article Outrage” and honestly – that’s kind of a good thing, and kind of a bad thing. It’s a good thing because our combined blood pressure over at the Demoiselles’ newsroom has been at an average level lately, but bad because that means companies are getting a little [...]
The Demoiselles Respond: Makeup-less, and true to our word!
Last week, Elle’s emphatic rant about Chic Report’s perception of Scarlet Johansson’s makeup-less cover of French Elle received a lot of really positive, aligned responses from you guys. One lady in particular, Eyeliah from Style Symmetry, was so outraged by Chic Report’s “suggestions” that she was inspired to post photos of her face, completely free [...]
Article Outrage: Chic Report on ScarJo’s French Elle Cover
Articles, blog posts, and essays fly across our desk by the hundreds, daily… but every so often, we come across one that’s so remarkably infuriating that the only way to truly express our feelings is to rant about it. The easiest way to rant? Video. So welcome to our first installment of Article Outrage, hosted [...]
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