Cosmetic Wane
If you’re thinking of ditching your day job and moving to Hollywood to become the ‘next big thing,’ you better think twice before plumping, botoxing or augmenting.
“If I look good, I am good.”™
If you’re thinking of ditching your day job and moving to Hollywood to become the ‘next big thing,’ you better think twice before plumping, botoxing or augmenting.
Well how’s your New Year’s resolution to diet working out? Mmmmm.
One thing I was always fascinated with while living in Japan was the fight against your aging metabolism, or “metabo” for short. See, a couple of years ago the Japanese Ministry of Health started to popularize the fears of metabolic syndrome, and became a product innovation platform of its own.
Germany’s lower house of parliament has set a motion to ban anyone under the age of 18 from using a tanning bed in an effort to battle skin cancer.
Buff Culture™ is often filled with life evidence pieces that adhere to surgery, strange cosmetic products on the market, or the latest gimmicks promising beauty. In fact, for a wave that represents our inherent idea of “beauty as perfection” –cosmetic enhancements are a given. Recently however, we stumbled upon a clothing company that promotes its [...]
Way out in right field, from a strange little country named Japan, comes this oddity. Is it a space age ninja accessory? Is it a Hannibal Lector Halloween costume for Ladies? No, it is the latest in beauty technology, a face slimming mask , of course! Man, what people suckers those in need of psychiatric [...]
The UK’s Channel 4 has always pushed the envelope airing shows that tend to shock while they entertain and educate. The series that’s dropping jaws lately is called Embarrassing Bodies along with Embarrassing Illnesses. I thought these shows are a good fit for Buff Culture because the aim of the series is really to address [...]
Some people take Buff Culture™ to well after their own deaths. Our obsession with beauty as perfection has certainly gotten expensive. Extreme & expensive are words that come up in this wave a lot. Now, we’ve seen people wishing to be laid to rest better looking and younger than when they heaved their last breath. [...]
Cosmetic surgery for elementary age children is becoming commonplace in Japan. It seems some parents are determined to do whatever it takes for their children to have the perfect face or body. Sometimes, surgery is performed to remove some birth deformity –such as a large mole on a child’s face. Most times, it’s about parents [...]
File this into the department of things that I would rather not visualize. Apparently, a new dermatological treatment that reduces the appearance of scarring and wrinkles named Vavelta is primarily derived from the foreskin of newborn infants. No, this is not some kind of strange voodoo, it is pure science and at least in this [...]