Category: Beauty and Fashion

Beauty: Sunscreen Again

After the sunscreen controversy, I was left wanting specific products recommended, and apparently other people did too, so Odile Monod produced this video. I’m going to be trying the outdoor ones. I think trying to keep only indoor for winter is just too complicated for me. And Lab Muffin beauty produced this list of her… Continue reading Beauty: Sunscreen Again

Should I Care About My Beauty or Lack Thereof?

“You shouldn’t care what guys think.” It is the proportion of caring that matters. I hate being told falsehoods to comfort. It’s dismissive of my feelings and reality and can actually reinforce the perception or opinion since it makes me feel that since they dismiss my opinion they can’t actually answer my opinion, that what… Continue reading Should I Care About My Beauty or Lack Thereof?

Potatoes, Parents, and Past Styles of Beauty

I mentioned in my last post about parents and grandparents and some of their friends opinion’s on mine and my sisters’ beauty. One sister said we must have been very beautiful back in their day (rather than now) seeing as the compliments people are grandparents’ ages gave us. I wrote such comments on our intelligence*… Continue reading Potatoes, Parents, and Past Styles of Beauty

More Beauty Stuff and the Pseudoscience of “Green” or “Clean” Beauty

I feel like a few years ago I mentioned this channel, but I’m not sure. I highly recommend Lab Muffin beauty for most sunscreen stuff (and for all the fallacies regarding “natural beauty” hint, its a marketing thing, its not science, please watch this!!!!! This was one of the main things to knock some sense… Continue reading More Beauty Stuff and the Pseudoscience of “Green” or “Clean” Beauty

Straight Hair, Wavy Hair, Curly Hair

Three beauty category posts in a week? Wow, I’m actually using this category more! I’d not really been inspired much until this week. I was watching this video. I’ve heard for years about the curly girl method, about how lots of girls who thought they had straight hair might be wavy, and I’ve wondered, but it… Continue reading Straight Hair, Wavy Hair, Curly Hair

Sunscreen Hoopla

So I’ve been using Korean sunscreens for a couple years, they made wearing sunscreen everyday not disgusting. However, I heard briefly at the beginning of the year that Purito failed miserably to meet the SPF claims it made. I’d tried that brand once and didn’t love it (not sure it was the exact same formulation… Continue reading Sunscreen Hoopla

Jane Austen Festival 2018: Part 4 Regency Accessories and Festival Wrap-Up

I’m on Instagram now, so I’ve been searching #JaneAustenFestival and finding lots of new costumers/historical fashion sewists to follow as well as some of the vendors. I will probably be featuring lots of articles here. I’ve been pinning tons of historical fashions lately too if you want to see my Pinterest board. Also, this blog… Continue reading Jane Austen Festival 2018: Part 4 Regency Accessories and Festival Wrap-Up

Jane Austen Festival 2018: Part 3, Regency Patterns and Planning for Next Year

I’ve always loved historical fashion mainly pioneer (or prairie) girl with some Victorian and Colonial as a child; my knowledge stemmed from Little House and the American Girls, so the Regency period was an unknown time until I was introduced to Jane Austen. I sewed quite a bit for a child, but struggled to progress… Continue reading Jane Austen Festival 2018: Part 3, Regency Patterns and Planning for Next Year