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If You Haven’t Had Enough Trainwreckery Today …

By Voxy  |  2010/08/23 20:31 Posted in Uncategorized, bad ideas  |  Comments (2)

Man apologizes for others of his gender having driven women to undergo the “clearly delusional” process of wearing makeup.

http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/20/t-exclusive-michelle-phan/?scp=1&sq=michelle%20phan&st=Search

Go! (The first comment sets the whole thing off.)

Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dok1/4233473301/

Monday Mix: Surprisingly, Doesn’t Smell Like Cinnamon Rolls; Sales

By Voxy  |  2010/08/23 07:00 Posted in bad ideas, sale  |  Comments (2)

Because a couple of times a year at Halloween and Comic-Con are evidently not enough: now you can not just look like Princess-Leia-as-Sexy-Slave, but you can smell like her too!

Presenting the (thankfully) limited edition Slave Leia perfume for women, sold exclusively at the online Star Wars Shop (from whence the image at left is taken). According to their copy, this perfume is “More powerful than a thermal detonator yet more comfortable than a metal bikini!”

Uhh, yeah.

Unfortunately, it has notes that really appeal to me: “Fearless and inventive, Slave Leia Perfume includes floral top notes of white peach, lily, bergamot, heliotrope and raspberry that dry down to a warm sultry mix of cashmere woods, musk and night-blooming jasmine.” However, I will of course NOT be buying this product.

Please, please tell me there is a companion Jabba the Hutt scent. I imagine top notes of sweat and bodily secretions over a luminous blend of swamp gas and toe jam, with a solid masculine base of rancid fat and garbage dump.

Sales!

Crap! HauteLook has Stila today and Urban Decay on Wednesday! This is very, very bad for removable wallets everywhere. (They also have Glowology skincare today and Yes to Carrots skincare tomorrow, but fortunately I can resist those as I’m pretty set for skincare.) Sales start at 11 am Eastern/8 am Pacific.

If you’re in the market for some less-spendy items, CherryCulture.com is offering 20% off their assorted less-common drugstore brands through 8/24 with code B2S20. (That stands for Back 2 School, in case any of us need reminding, WHICH WE DON’T, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.)

In Which Voxy Is Rendered Speechless by Patrick Mohr at Berlin Fashion Week

By Voxy  |  2010/07/13 07:00 Posted in bad ideas  |  Comments (4)

Bearded lady. by katutaide.This is more of a Monday Mix/Thursday Tossup item, but I just can’t wait until Thursday. Sorry.

I have occasionally posted odd hair/makeup looks from various Fashion Weeks. Normally the subtext behind these is “OMG, what were they thinking?” — but in a tone that conveys eyerolling and sardonic, even indulgent, amusement.

This time, I seriously have no words. The image at the left is a clue, but I thought I’d leave the magic and mystery to be revealed behind the link.

Via the Huffington Post:
Patrick Mohr: Craziest Runway Show Ever?

(warning: some NSFW, although in context I can’t imagine … well, I just can’t imagine.)

Wonder what Patrick Mohr was up to in earlier collections? Of course you do. Check out the various pictures from his Autumn/Winter 2010 collection here:
http://www.patrickmohr.net/show/show05

It’s well worth a trip through all the slides.

Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pomo/3299423715/

Open Thread Thursday: End-of-Year Splurges, You Won’t Believe What They’re Doing at Weather.com, Sales

By Voxy  |  2010/05/13 07:00 Posted in bad ideas, things you don't need  |  Comments (10)

Finish Line by jayneandd.Oh! So! Close! to the end of the school year. At this point I am crawling tortuously (yet glamorously) towards the finish line. I am not sweating, of course, because that would be unglamorous, but it would be fair to say that I am dripping with glow. In fact, I think “Blood, Glow, and Tears” would be a very good way to describe it. And don’t we all deserve an end-of-school treat for being such hard little worker bees? Yes, I think we do. I celebrated (albeit a little prematurely) by buying two sample-size containers of Creme de la Mer off eBay. I can’t really afford to plop down $100+ for the full-size container, but these were an affordable splurge.

From the “Every Day We Get A Little Closer To Idiocracy” department: Weather.com is now offering (I cringe to even type it) a “Daily Beauty Forecast,” in which they not only give you the temperature and forecast (which is, presumably, why you went there), but also a “check list” of beauty items you might need to cope with the vagaries of whatever weather is coming your way. Here is Wednesday night’s Beauty Forecast for NYC:

Oh my God — I didn’t bring a scarf! I need a scarf! Weather.com says I need a scarf! It’s on the checklist and I don’t have one! But wait — is that a woolly winter scarf or a pashmina or a Pucci scarf that we’re talking about? And the lip balm — should it be tinted? Scented? Flavored? HOW CAN I MAKE A DECISION BY MYSELF!?!?!?!!?!?

Sorry. Got a little carried away there.

Let’s talk about Sales!

Er…

Right then. Nothing much new. The Hourglass sale is still going on, and will be through the 31st, so you’re probably sick of hearing me mention that. (In case you’re not, 35% off with code LUCKYBREAKS2.) The Shu Uemura sale is going on through Friday (20% off of $50 and up, plus free shipping; code HAPPY).

That’s about it for the kind of sales I usually bring you here; as usual, I’ll update if something rolls into my inbox.

Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jayneandd/ / CC BY 2.0

Sunless Tanning Study Reveals People Are Depressingly Stupid

By Voxy  |  2010/05/08 08:51 Posted in bad ideas  |  Comments (2)

fail-owned-mississippi-literacy-fail by kjarrett.As seen on The Beauty Brains blog:

Sunless Tanning Will NOT Provide Protection from UV damage.

The authors of a study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, are urging the FDA to require sunless tanning products to contain chemicals that effectively block UV. Currently, there is no such requirement and that may be causing some confusion with consumers.

In this survey based study authored by Katie Brooks et. al. of Boston University School of Medicine, it was found that one third of all people believed that a sunless tanner was protecting them from the sun’s harmful UV rays. Unfortunately, they don’t.

This is not an issue of the lack of a UV requirement “causing some confusion with consumers.” It is an issue of “consumers not bothering to educate themselves about ingredients and then making random assumptions that (while convenient for them) are erroneous, and then getting pissy and likely threatening lawsuits if they develop skin cancer when it was THEIR FAULT IN THE FIRST PLACE.” There is no confusion if you are a responsible consumer. If you are not a responsible consumer, I haven’t got much sympathy.

Photo via failblog.org / http://www.flickr.com/photos/kjarrett/ / CC BY 2.0

Mad Woman

By Voxy  |  2010/05/04 21:25 Posted in bad ideas, trends  |  Comments (5)

http://www.style.com/blogs/beautycounter/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ap100503143503.jpgDear January Jones,

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiggghhh!!!!!

I know it’s the Met Costume Institute Gala, but I don’t think that this is really what they had in mind.

I’m sorry, I know it’s wrong in so many ways, but I like you SO MUCH BETTER as Betty Draper. I am more than a little afraid of you this way. (Please don’t hurt me.)

Love,

Voxy

Photo: Peter Kramer / AP Photo

Dear PETA: Is this really necessary?

By Voxy  |  2010/04/30 21:38 Posted in bad ideas  |  Comments (1)

Is this really necessary? Can’t we forego animal testing while also keeping our clothes on? Do we really have to use nudity to sell compassion for animals?

Really?

At this point I am not sure if the bunnies I am supposed to be nice to are of the white-n-fluffy or Playboy variety.

Monday Mix: Mantyhose (I Am Not Kidding) and Sales

By Voxy  |  2010/03/22 07:00 Posted in bad ideas, sale  |  Comments (9)

Mantyhose.

You heard me.

Pantyhose for men. Mantyhose.

The photo at left comes from e-mancipate.net, a “hosiery fashion magazine for men.” (That’s straight, non-cross-dressing men.) This particular photo is taken from their guide on “How to put on the Mantyhose.” You should really look at that. It’s … something. I had quite a time deciding which photo to borrow for this post.

From the “Fashion for Men” page on the site:

“Perhaps you wanted to wear something elegant, but not a suit; a conservative set, but nothing dark… Then you found the white mantyhose with the stripes.”

Wanna see it? Of course you do.

Sales!

Ending today (Monday 3/22): Blissworld is offering 20% off Bliss, Laboratoire Remede, or Elemis products. Shipping is free. Use code APRIL20.

As of Sunday night, Tarte‘s 30% off sale with code GGAD was still going on. End date is unknown on this one. Free shipping with an order of $40 or more.

HauteLook has Three Custom Color today, Stila on Wednesday 3/24, and Juice Beauty on Thursday 3/25. All sales begin at 11 am Eastern/8 am Pacific.

In case you want to try yesterday’s reviewed product, or have another Sue Devitt love, she’s offering 30% off on her website with code DAILYCANDY. Expiration unknown — this one just came in.

I’m Not Really A Martian, I Just Play One In Fashion Shows

By Voxy  |  2010/03/05 07:00 Posted in bad ideas, trends  |  Comments (3)

If you thought that last look from the Thakoon Panichgul fashion show was bad, get an eyeful of this one.

This is one of several versions of the look designed by Pat McGrath for the Balenciaga Fall 2010 fashion show.

I swear I’m not making this up. As Ellen would say, “No wonder she looks so mad.”