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Samantha Brick + the perils of pretty girl syndrome ( + Ashley Judd bitch-slaps the media) | Justine Musk

The ugly truth: 'beautiful' Brick becomes the victim

is something I probably don't do often enough, and may not do now, but I really should ( Read more... )

I want to go back and respond to the comments on my post about Samantha Bricks and being pretty, but RL life keeps getting in the way.

In the meantime, there's this great discussion over at Jezebel.

I love lists of beauty product "classics" and "must-haves" for some reason. I suppose the appeal is that I'm always looking for THE perfect product that I can just have on order via Amazon's Subscribe & Save and never have to think about shopping for again. Not that this ever works--I get bored, the product stops working so well, I find something ( Read more... )

Mint green, Pride, Hero, Long Vacation, Beautiful Life.

Thanks for voting!

Didn't Buzzer Beat have kind of the same plot as Pride?

P & T are watching "Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging" together ( on Nickeodeon!). P is explaining English slang to T. It's very cute. I'm a little alarmed that T thinks Georgia is ugly, since she looks a bit like me (though, tbqh, I am more of a cross between Georgia and Lindsay ( Read more... )

Two weeks ago I mentioned that at the silent auction I bought a box o' perfumes and that I would write about that in a separate post.

But then real life intervened.

But, now things are calmer and I have spent the intervening time sniffing my new acquisitions and re-sampling all the ones I already had.

I totally love perfume and always have. I love ( Read more... )

Antony Hegarty "How I get dressed"

When you dress up, even in a pedestrian way, like putting on a little make-up to go to work, you're honouring a little deity, an inner beauty.