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12 Feb

Sweat, tears and rage: The best smeared make-up moments

Sweat, tears and rage: The best smeared make-up moments
The best smeared make-upGallery / 14 images A perfectly made-up face is a sure sign of a woman in control, according to Hollywood at least, where even when in extreme peril or while living in a post-apocalyptic world, female characters always find the time to apply a bit of lipstick that never smudges. So, when movie make-up is anything less than immaculate, it serves as a shorthand for a woman in distress. Since a woman’s power in films is almost always contingent on youth and beauty, the moment she falls, her mascara tends to follow. A make-up look ruined by dirt, sweat or tears can indicate that a woman is full of rage, deranged, manic, heartbroken, humiliated, or having a full-on breakdown....
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21 Feb

Is Botox ruining cinema? | Dazed

Is Botox ruining cinema? | Dazed
Body horror in The Substance18 Images In her thought-provoking book Trophy Lives: On the Celebrity as an Art Object, Philippa Snow observes that “there's something self-abnegating in regards to the desire to be a really superstar, requiring a saint-like level of devotion to non-public transformation, sometimes extending to mutilation and self-sacrifice”. The “mutilation” that Snow is explicitly referring to is cosmetic surgery, and while we don’t have the statistics to showcase the variety of celebrities who've resorted to cosmetic surgery, we do know that various them get work done – from the celebrities who've different faces and hairlines every few months, to the incontrovertible fact that increasingly more of them have been transparent about their cosmetic work over the previous few...
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4 Jul

The seductive power of the smoky eye in cult

The seductive power of the smoky eye in cult
From Pam Grier to Pam Anderson, we unpack the pop cultural history of the smoky eye – and the way it became shorthand for seduction, sex and power Welcome to Beauty School, the corner of Dazed Beauty dedicated to learning. From guides to temporary histories, that is where we make clear past subcultural movements and educate our readers on current trends and various goings-on. Witches, goths, daring glam girlies, indie-sleaze band groupies – the smoky eye has transcended all subcultures and allegiances to grow to be a logo of universal sultry confidence. The final word in grimey glamour, in movies the characters who wear their eye make-up smoky are strong, daring and sexy. They...
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