tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post5098525882723047649..comments2024-03-18T06:47:36.697-04:00Comments on Beauty, and What It Means: Beauty Blogosphere 6.29.12Autumn Whitefield-Madranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379314479257695986noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-35309900519469335732012-07-01T13:55:30.423-04:002012-07-01T13:55:30.423-04:00But of course! I was surprised to realize I hadn&#...But of course! I was surprised to realize I hadn't before. Love what you're doing!Autumn Whitefield-Madranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379314479257695986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-30912548043306594132012-06-30T14:38:25.607-04:002012-06-30T14:38:25.607-04:00OMG!! Thank you so much for mentioning the Museum!...OMG!! Thank you so much for mentioning the Museum!! I'm so incredibly flattered!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-57516976581573762012-06-29T14:16:11.963-04:002012-06-29T14:16:11.963-04:00Ha! I had no idea. And yep, you nailed it. I can p...Ha! I had no idea. And yep, you nailed it. I can practically see the product roll-out meeting now...Autumn Whitefield-Madranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379314479257695986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-87963680732330492802012-06-29T14:14:24.660-04:002012-06-29T14:14:24.660-04:00Jame, this is so interesting--having only gone to ...Jame, this is so interesting--having only gone to white salons, this is indeed a different experience. I've never sat under a dryer (well, when I had a perm in the '80s...) and unless it's a very small salon there usually is a shampooer and a hairstylist, and one of the few times I splurged and went to a super-nice salon, they had yet another person dry my hair.<br /><br />I wonder what this is about--how it started. Was it a once-upon-a-time thing when there would only be one person with the appropriate expertise in the town so everyone knew they'd have a full day at the salon? And was the community aspect of salons an outgrowth of this, or was it the other way around? Hmmm. In any case thank you for reporting your own experiences here!Autumn Whitefield-Madranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379314479257695986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-65283058084416649402012-06-29T14:11:23.037-04:002012-06-29T14:11:23.037-04:00Disney already created a Villans line with MAC. Cu...Disney already created a Villans line with MAC. Curious they feel theres a market for similar products among children as well. Or maaaybe they're just cleverly remaking the MAC line at a more affordable price point(and throwing in some non beauty products to make it less obvious).Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05443988760644224437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-37115979608461915612012-06-29T14:10:02.925-04:002012-06-29T14:10:02.925-04:00I stumbled across this just now--a dollhouse heavy...I stumbled across this just now--a dollhouse heavy on the electronic features designed to get girls into technology. This seems more appropriate than a fashionista spin on science--dolls allow for a greater interpretation of girlhood/womanhood and aren't as attached to stereotypes of femininity. Hmm...<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/garden/roominate-a-dollhouse-wired-to-teach-girls-science.html?_r=2&ref=womenAutumn Whitefield-Madranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379314479257695986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-79862530621246935432012-06-29T13:30:15.260-04:002012-06-29T13:30:15.260-04:00Re black hair salons:
When I was a kid my mom use...Re black hair salons: <br />When I was a kid my mom used to go to a hair salon, and she would tote my sister and I. It would be an entire day. By the time I was 6 or so, she started doing her hair at home and hasn't been back in about 30 years.<br /><br />She did my hair up until about 7 years ago. I went to an independent place, with a coworker working out of her house. Good because she didn't double book. Bad: it was kinda far and basically in her garage. <br /><br />Now I go to another place that is about a mile from my house, so it is convenient. The biggest problem is that many black salons double and triple book people, so every station is filled at every moment. <br /><br />I don't see this at white salons. Where I am going now, tends to be a little slow. It takes from 2-3 hours end to end. If I go earlier in the day, it is faster. The 5pm appts take forever (until 7:30 or 7:45). There are people scheduled for 5:00, 5:15 and 5:30. You wait until the stylist is done with shampooing or drying or whatever. Before her or she gets back to you. <br /><br />A typical white salon seems to have different staff for the shampoo station, so there isn't as much waiting or overlap, or each stylist only works with one person at a time. <br /><br />At the black salon, the hair dryer is almost an excuse to multitask. I notice at the white one, the dryer chair isn't generally used, just a hair dryer. The black salon uses the dryer chair for 15-20 minutes, and then finishes with a blow dryer.<br /><br />It is a different process. And I really don't want to switch because I know where I am going is pretty good on the scale of "black salons." My appt takes around 2 hours. But people come prepared with dinner, snacks, and homework for their kids. I wish I could just get in and out with individualized attention for my entire appt, and not have to wait around while someone else's hair is getting completed. The stylist I go to wants to open her own "white" spa with other services and more individualized attention -- when she meets Mr. Big or wins the lottery.Jamenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-13043620429137010432012-06-29T12:20:50.687-04:002012-06-29T12:20:50.687-04:00Cynthia, that's interesting--I think I had bee...Cynthia, that's interesting--I think I had been automatically equating feminization with an interest in things typically considered in the feminine realm, like fashion. I agree that putting a stereotypical "feminine" spin on science (hey girls! you'll look so sexy in a lab coat and stilettos!) isn't going to help; I think it's more about having models (like you) out there who show that an interest in style needn't be incompatible with an interest in fashion—that one needn't fall into either stereotype. But then again, maybe that stereotype is outdated by now? I feel like I want an advisory panel of tween girls I can tap into at all times to see what the current thinking is on this and so many other things I'm probably superimposing my early-80s childhood onto!Autumn Whitefield-Madranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379314479257695986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-34638605250428851602012-06-29T12:13:58.158-04:002012-06-29T12:13:58.158-04:00I feel like her whole thing has been branding from...I feel like her whole thing has been branding from the beginning, which I don't necessarily mean as a put-down, more that it's just...expected, I guess? Sigh.Autumn Whitefield-Madranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379314479257695986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-50921377223622378952012-06-29T10:44:00.194-04:002012-06-29T10:44:00.194-04:00Re: girls being scared away from science by it bei...Re: girls being scared away from science by it being "defeminized" -- oh I hope they do not manage to "feminize" science. I think I found the one job where my disinterest in fulfilling feminine stereotypes or wearing high heeled shoes is seen as the optimum. Research is a safe haven from all that crap and long may it continue to be so!Cynthiahttp://www.befabulousdaily.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-55137459068499391342012-06-29T10:38:55.730-04:002012-06-29T10:38:55.730-04:00On Gaga's cosmetics line--what a sell out! Mon...On Gaga's cosmetics line--what a sell out! Money's on she's on the path to become Katy Perry in no time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03703150053201639138noreply@blogger.com