Confessions of a Beauty Addict by Nadine Haobsh

And a fray it can be.Īt this point, you may be wondering what a ladymag beauty sale has to do with feminism, even as its link to women in media is obvious, since everyone there is, indeed, a woman in the media. (Proceeds go to charity, often a women's shelter, I'm glad to report.) If it's a big enough sale, you may well see a line of women snaking through the office, bags and single dollar bills clutched in hand, ready for the fray. Whether it's a $2 Wet 'n' Wild lipstick or a $98 face serum, it's $1 now. The bins and buckets come out, and staffers have at it. So the closet gets full, and the beauty team needs to make room for more products to come in, so maybe once a quarter they'll have a beauty sale. But unlike couture fashions, which are usually returned after photo shoots, all the beauty goodies wind up in the beauty closet. Incidentally, she estimates she receives 50-200 products every single day, which is par for the course.) For every product you see featured in a magazine, there are hundreds that don't make it.

(Beauty editor Ali gets into this in our interview, and if you're interested in the goings-on of beauty departments, add Free Gift With Purchase by Lucky beauty editor Jean Godfrey-June to your must-read list. They will have my nail polish collection.Ĭompanies send magazines these products in hopes of making it into the pages, which sometimes happens and sometimes doesn't. 'What about the seventh generation? Where are you taking them? What will they have?' I am talking buckets-literally, buckets-full of lipstick, bins of nail polish, drawers full of powder compacts. I'm not talking a narrow selection here, people. Eyelash curlers, skin supplements, bust enhancers, electronic ab exercisers, 'face yoga' contraptions, pubic hair dye, coconut-scented underarm powders, brow waxing templates, nail polish that changes color with your mood-you get the point. Body moisturizers, body butters, body creams, body oils, body lathers, body lotions, body powders, body bars. Fake nails, fake hair, fake eyelashes, fake tans. Lipsticks, lip pencils, lip stains, lip glosses.

And when I say 'every single beauty product you have ever heard of,' I want you to really picture every permutation of every product possible. Imagine every single beauty product you have ever heard of being crammed into one room, and you have something resembling the women's magazine beauty closet. You can read a roundup of all FFB prompt posts here. This post is a part of this month's Feminist Fashion Bloggers prompt: women in media.

Confessions of a Beauty Addict by Nadine Haobsh