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A few months ago, I was flicking through a few Magazines and came across the Spring/Summer 2010 Sportmax campaign featuring Siri Tollerod. Since then, I have developed an undying love for bleached eyebrows.
The androgynous “no eyebrow” look is quickly becoming one of the most dramatic and hottest beauty trends for Spring/Summer. This new facial phenomenon has been seen throughout shows at Givenchy, Prada, Armani, and Alexander McQueen, and is now slowly filtering into mainstream street fashion.
Now, appreciating the look and having the confidence to actually lighten your own are two different things entirely. I made the stupid mistake when I was younger by shaving my eyebrows off and swore I’d never go down that route again. But, I was very lucky to have my friend and fellow bleached ‘brow model Ruby, guide me through the dying procedure. I was reassured that if I didn’t like it, there were plenty of products on the market that could restore my eyebrows to their natural colour.
For those of you that don’t have the time or money to get your eyebrows bleached professionally, fear not! Jolen bleach is a safe and cheap alternative that makes life a little bit easier when it comes to the constant maintenance (believe me re-bleaching at least once a week is a necessity to tackle re-growth). Want a less permanent solution? M.A.C Senior Artist Romero Jennings suggests applying M.A.C Duo Adhesive to your eyebrows and going over them with a powder foundation that matches your skin tone.
Granted, this extreme look is not for everyone. It dramatically changes the visual structure of your face, when I first removed the bleach - I had to double take as I hardly recognised myself. You also have to take into consideration if you are strong enough to deal with reactions from the general public, not everyone is going to approve, because lets be serious - looking like an androgynous mannequin/alien is hardly the definition of tradition beauty.
Turns out I didn’t need to worry, as I absolutely love how they look on me. Regardless of what anyone else thinks…..
Malcolm McLaren Dies
Malcolm McLaren, British music legend and former partner of Dame Vivienne Westwood sadly passed away today from Cancer aged 64. His life should certainly be celebrated; this ongoing controversial figure unearthed the groundbreaking band of the 70’s, ‘The Sex Pistols’ and also the ‘New York Dolls’. McLaren was indefinitely one of the seminal figures of the Punk Rock era, majorly influencing the music and fashion industry with his talent.
In short McLaren was the godfather of Punk, it was his creativity that carried it forwards, without him there would have been no rebellion, let alone no Sex Pistols. Hell, the list of controversy is acres long. So here is just our top 8 of true punk behaviour.
1) Building a shop named “sex” in 1960
2) Selling latex fetish wear with Vivienne Westwood,
3) Loosing his virginity to Vivienne Westwood
4) Getting fired from EMI records
5) Getting fired from A&M records
6) Being banned by the BBC for “God Save The Queen”
7) Being banned by the American Government from a number of states
8) Calling the ” Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” a “Piss Stain”
There is no doubt that the world will be a sadder place without him and we leave this in his own words “Rock and roll doesn’t necessarily mean a band. It doesn’t mean a singer, and it doesn’t mean a lyric, really. It’s that question of trying to be immortal.”
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DIE FACEBOOK DIE
We all love Facebook, where would most of us be without it. Actually, probably a lot better off, after all, you might be doing something useful instead of stalking that ex-boyfriend, or even more so, your boss seeing you wasted beyond belief from the night before.
So, Facebook has been getting a bad reputation lately, with the devious privacy policy and people loosing their jobs because they are moronic enough to post images and statuses when they are pulling a “sickie”.
How can you get your own back on the social giant? Well, what could be more suitable to mark facebook’s problems than this t-shirt entitled “ Die Facebook Die ”. Strong words maybe, but it does look pretty chic, although ironically one of our staff found this on Facebook , and as we all knowFacebook won’t be dying anytime soon…
This exact version of the tee is pretty hard to hunt down, plus we are told it is already sold out. However hand made versions of this slogan can be found on popular site Etsy. ![]()
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