Mother's Day Monday

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Awesome:
♦One of the funniest Mother's Day cards I have ever seen!
♦A Man Named Pearl Awesome documentary about a cool man and his amazing yard! (Available on Netflix) Check out pictures of his topiaries! They are unbelievable!!!!
♦Will Wheaton explains why being a nerd is awesome

"True Facts About the Tarsier" (Content warning: swearing)

Art:
http://frodesignco.com/all-work/

Beauty:
♦Oil Cleansing...it really works! (I have been using coconut oil to clean my face and my skins has greatly improved!)
♦X-ray themed nails, using temporary tattoo paper

Beauty is a Beast:
♦Model scouts approaching girls out side of an eating disorder clinic (Content warning: images of very underweight women, may be triggering to some.) 
♦Photo-shop phoniness Hall of Shame Again...(Content warning: images of very underweight women, may be triggering to some.) 
♦If beauty hurts...why go along with it? This excerpt was a huge eye opener for me:
 
The FDA report states patients [Who have gotten implants] must get MRIs every two years to screen for “silent ruptures” of the silicone implants, which don’t deflate when they tear like saline implants so you don’t know when they’re leaking. That’s an extra $2,000 biannually for women who have elected to breast enhancement! Add it all up and the original $5K to $10K procedure will now cost a 25-year-old woman at least another $35K for re-implantation and $30K for the recommended number of MRIs throughout her life!

DIY:
♦Garden art (Glass flowers)
♦All pourpose healing salve

Helpful Hints:
♦Holy cow! Jillee has 66 uses for coffee filters.
♦Tired of your boring old fridge? Wallpaper it.
♦Get rid of mold with tea tree oil

Feminism:
♦Dirty Girls; a film about some exceptionally forward thinking girls. I would have loved to be friends with these girls!
♦Gender is a lens that behavior is viewed through... I wish this wasn't true.
♦Awesomeness Cut the puppet strings ladies!
♦Boho-Perfectionism... The new Stepford Wife persona? A great read, about guilt for not being effortlesssly perfect.
♦Body issues comic This is great

Noms:
♦Make your own blooming onion?! (Good, but oh so bad!)
♦Yeast raised wafles These sound sooo good.

Think Piece:
♦Where do those affordable mass produced clothes come from?  What are the working conditions like? More info on unethical brands

WTF:
♦I love cute cat pictures, but sushi cats???

Hope everyone had a great Mother's Day!

Sorry for posting late, I was spending time with my Mom. I had to work on Sunday! Boo!

Mistake (Happy Accident) Monday

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Art:
♦Amazing self portraits
♦Wow! Incredible pencil drawings!
♦"There are no mistakes, only happy accidents."

Beauty:
♦An interesting discussion about "Real Beauty" and ad campaigns
♦The discussion continues at The Beheld
♦Barbie without makeup...not sure what I think about this. Was the aim "realness" or were they trying to make Barbie less attractive, a caricature if you will? What is your take on this?
One commenter nails it: "An opposite side of the pendulum swing? Looks a little more exaggerated than merely not having make up on if you ask me. Maybe it's a psychological tactic saying "this is how you will look if you don't wear your make up!" which then scares young girls into always wearing it?"

 Cute:
♦Don't matter what size the cat, they ♥ boxes (I may have posted this before, but its still cute!)

DIY:
♦Cute jewelry box - would be a nice gift idea
♦Make a portable art case- so awesome!
♦5 things to do with ugly crafts you made (Ha ha!)
♦Strawberry rocks...So freakin' cute!
♦Polymer clay rings...very cool
♦Cardigan leather/suede make-over
♦Star hair chain

Fashion:
♦9 ways to wear your scarf (The photos are a hoot!)
♦Fashion bag vocabulary

Feminism:
♦Spring Fashion Tips These are great! (Warning~ swearing)
♦Disney white washes the princesses. Ugh! (I found the changes to Mulan really disturbing. Her new image goes against her personality.)
♦A must see for any one in the Feminist Movement: Miss Representaion (Video)

Hair-tos:
♦Easy and cute updo

Heroes:
♦Lizzie Velasquez awesome motivational speaker. She has a website too.
♦Grimes's music might not suit everyone's taste, but you can't argue with her logic (Feminist quote)

Lol:
♦Three words: Taxidermied Robot Mouse (I ♥ U Jenny! Don't ever change!)

Noms:
♦Turtle Brownie Bars
♦Bee Sting cake

WTF:
♦Women are getting their nipples tattooed...as in making them larger or darker Ouch!!!!
♦A jaw-dropping, ridiculous review of Animal Farm

Earth Day Monday

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Beauty:
♦You could, in fact, extract a cactus spleen:Fantasticaly funny review of tweezers.

Cute:
♦A dog loves dryer sheets. (Video)

Feminism:
♦Bearded mom embraces her facial hair. Good for her! She looks so happy.
♦This is what a feminist looks like ◄Awesome!!

Hair-to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDjkMZR-el4&feature=player_embedded

WTF:
Corporate licecing crack down on Firefly Hats

I had a busy week. I had to work overtime. Blerg.
Hope you all have a good week.

Monday Majesty

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Awesome:
♦Victorian floral code interpreted
♦Ice safety: I needed this last Monday, when I fell. : (

Beauty Is A Bitch:
♦"The Price We Pay To Be Pretty"

DIY:
♦Adorable = cat ear bowler hat
♦Make a happy quilt (She is a genius!)
♦Make cute slippers out of an old sweater

Feminism:
♦Tiger Stripes = Awesome!

Lol:
♦Easter Bunny poop
♦Why would you make lights out of that!

WTF:
♦Photoshopping is the pits
♦Labor intensive "Gourmet Apples"

Monday...make it happen!

"Hi there!" Puppy noses are awesome!  Source

A commercial parodying the "unrealness" of photoshopped images.

"My skin feels like plastic!"

A friend of mine shared this video of their local weather man. Crazy cold!

Thanks Het Stadium!

I warn you: this will make you hungry!

Mental Health/Self-Care:
♦A blog about "Perfect Weight" what does that mean?

"Sometimes I feel like there's an invisible scale that follows me around. It sits next to me when I eat, staring pointedly at the pat of butter on my bread roll. It lurks in the corner while I'm running on my treadmill. I open the door to my pantry and the invisible scale glares at me from a shelf, dictating what I should and should not eat. And worst of all, it regularly reminds me of my lowest weight, the number I was when I was sick and starving.

That damm scale.
My damm weight."

♦Is putting an activity monitor on children ethical? I smell Big Brother coming….
♦You can make it possible! *** [Note: this article contains some cursing and course language
♦Why do TV couples all fight bicker and compete
♦A look at how fashion, culture, color, and psychology collide.
Last week I shared this link on my Facebook page…but wanted to share on my blog, for those who may have missed it. The cost of hiding mental illness.

Fashion:
♦Vintage Cosmopolitan covers.
♦Do you (like me)have a scarf addiction? I found a tutorial for different ways to tie scarves. (Bonus: Dr. Who mention!)

Diy:
♦Make your own no-knit hats and mittens.
♦Do you like googly eyes? Do you like whimsical objects? Here is a perfect fusion of the two.
♦Make your own high-end decorator candles. (Battery operated candles only!!!!!)

Funny stuff:
♦Curiosity gets the cat in trouble. (And is expensive)
♦An aunt trying to be cool + slang terms = comic gold.


***Please note: I am not affiliated with any political party, or endorsing Socialism or any other political movement. I Simply liked this post and wanted to share the positive message it had.


Color of the day:
30th ~ White
31st ~ White
1st   ~ White (wow, three in a row!)
2nd  ~ Tourqoise
3rd  ~ Pink
4th  ~ Black
5th  ~ Orange

Do you feel that bald is beautiful?

I do.

I just wanted to share a story with all of you. I read a guest post over at Eat The Damn Cake that really moved me. A young woman writes about her life being bald.

At 14 she began to lose her hair. I can’t begin to imagine the taunting and pain of being bald in junior high. She is a strong woman.

Straight Hair For The Price of Chemical Burns...Awesome!

I have been hearing terrible things about the Brazilian Blowout. (It is a chemical treatment to straighten hair.) There have been reports of burns and hair loss.

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It is really scary what  chemicals can be in beauty products. I want women and men, to be more aware of what they put on and in their bodies.

Siobhan O Connor tells of her experience with the Brazilian Blowout:

"Siobhan O’Connor’s journey into natural beauty began with formaldehyde. Whenever she and her best friend from back home in Montreal, Alexandra Spunt, would travel cross-country to see one other, they’d do “girly things”—including a foray into Brazilian blowouts. Their hair looked great for a month, but when O’Connor’s strands started breaking and Spunt’s hair turned into a “French-fried mangled mess,” they did some investigating and learned that they’d gotten a formaldehyde treatment. (Brazilian blowouts are now officially on the OSHA hazard alert list.) "


Check out the rest of the article from The Beheld's blog.

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