Beauty standards - xoJane

How To Actually Be A Beautiful Woman

Helena — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:30:00 -0500

Of course we know beauty comes from within. But how do we actually carry that out into the world?

My Boss Told Me My Hair and Makeup Were Holding Me Back

Rebecca — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:00:00 -0400

“Someone has come to me,” my boss said, “And they’ve got some complaints about what you’ve been doing with your face and your hair.”

Dudes Who Wear Makeup Are Hot And I Will Fight Anyone Who Says Otherwise

Kate Conway — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:30:00 -0400

In South Korea, an increasing number of guys are wearing makeup as a form of professional advancement. I'd like to see that attitude make its way across the Pacific.

Magazines Are Now Photoshopping Models to Look BIGGER! Um, Yay?

Lesley — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:00:00 -0400

And it's all Kate Upton's fault. Plus: a short art history tour of the feminine ideal. In photoshops.

Why Do We Care So Damn Much About Our Hair?

Marianne — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:00:19 -0400

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised to spend so much time thinking about my hair. Especially for women (and even more especially for women of color), the performance of the right kind of hair, good hair, has real consequences.

On Men Who Don't Like Women in Makeup

Emily — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:00:12 -0500

How do you piss me off? Let me count the ways.

How I Learned to Love My Freckles

Jenny — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:00:11 -0400

Even Dorothy Parker hated on freckles, saying "Four be the things I'd have been better without: love, curiosity, freckles and doubt." Dorothy Parker was wrong.