Little Girls and High Heels

Little girls are growing up too fast. The only heels I wore as a kid. Were my mums while playing dress up . The rules of our house .

My Moms Rules
Heels : 12 or 13 only on special ocaisions .
Bikini : Must be wearing a bra , for over a year. Must fit properly approved by mom.
Makeup: Tinkerbell Girl Cosmetics at 9 , only for dressup at home.
Age 13 I was allowed to wear to Junior high . If it was too think she'd hand me a tissue.
Nail Polish : age 9 light shades of pink or clear.

I think little girls should be running around in barefeet or sneakers . Playing , laughing , having a childhood. Its such a short time in your life . There is enough time for all the nonsense and society pressures.

Debra Macki Celebrity MUA For The Yellow Umbrella

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Celebrity makeup artist Debra Macki has joined forces with the Yellow Umbrella.org, to raise awareness about cervical cancer. Widely known and respected in the makeup industry worldwide. She can list such major celebrities as Rhianna and Al Gore to her long client list. Debra also has a very successful makeup line.




Photo Credit: www.debramacki.com/services.htm

The Yellow Umbrella was started by Christine Baze. Who at 31 was diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer she fought the fight through a gauntlet of surgeries, chemo, brachytheoraphy, radiation. She won the fight! She decided to use her talents as a singer and songwriter to educate and empower women. To prevent cervical cancer. Through a benefit she called Pop Smear. She spread the word and got women talking and educating one another about cervical cancer and HPV. 100 tour dates later she called it The Yellow Umbrella Tour. Spreading the word that cervical cancer is preventable. She has reached out to communities with her music and education. For more about The Yellow Umbrella and upcoming tour dates go to
http://www.theyellowumbrella.org/

Debra Macki Celebrity Makeup Artist http://www.debramacki.com/ designed a three color eye shadow palette to benefit the The Yellow Umbrella. (Here is a description and Pic via https://secure.savethehooch.org/home.aspx ) you can also purchase the palette there. Sells for 38.00 proceeds 80% of them will go to The Yellow Umbrella

The highly pigmented shadows are designed with mineral pigments and are fragrance, talc, and paraben free. The beautiful colors were inspired by monaco are designed to withstand the flashing lights of the papa razzi. You'll love this ultra chic formula and staying power whether you're a soccer mom or a fashion model.
Colors: nude shimmer, plum, purple/blue sparkle



Note: Debra Macki was my makeup teacher , talented , sassy and real is the words that come to mind.
 
Basic Info on Testing :
A word about Pap tests and other screening procedures: Although knowing the symptoms cancer can cause is important, nothing can substitute for the screening tests we have available: the annual pelvic exam, which should include the Pap test, bimanual exam, and recto-vaginal exam. These tests have the potential to detect cancer before it causes symptoms. Women at high risk for certain cancers may be advised to have other screening procedures, such as a transvaginal ultrasound test or CA 125 blood test.

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Houndstooth

About 3 years while rooting around in a Tucson AZ, Buffalo exchange. I fell back in love with Hounds tooth. When I came home so flushed with excitement over my, reignited love for this eye crossing pattern. I put out a facebook post saying. Don’t hate me but, I love hounds tooth. What I learned even people not so into the whole fashion thing. Had strong opinions about the pattern. Which surprised me from my very football loving, beer drinking guy friend’s .Id say that would classify it as pop culture? I guess you love it or hate. Not that I bought a ton of things. Then slowly but surely it crept its little dizzy way into my closet. I don’t think, I couldn’t have a blog named Pop Trash Beauty without a splash of the H-tooth.
Houndstooth

Born: Scottland
aka : Glen Plaid , houndtooth check,


How is it made : Houndstooth is made from alternating stripes of black and white in both directions made up of four threads each. Each thread is woven over two threads and under two threads of the opposite directions to create the houndstooth pattern ( via Margaret Montet eHow Contributing Writer)

Quirky Fact : Bear Bryant, the famous former football coach at the University of Alabama, used to wear a houndstooth hat. It became so closely associated with him and the team that fans began wearing it in his honor( via Margaret Montet eHow Contributing Writer)
( seems fitting that they just won the rose bowl )

Example of Bama Fans Houndstooth

Seller: cwhelms

http://www.etsy.com/profile.php?user_id=5587293
Price 2.50 USD

I decided to post a pic of me, in my favorite hounds tooth hat. I change it up with pins, feathers all the time. It’s actually pretty warm. I purchased it for 6.00 at my local Dots store. So little bit of information about a woven fabric. If you think you hate it, watch out you could be bitten by the Hounds Tooth. (Yes I was thinking about that line all day) The Title of this post was going to be “I’ve got a sweet tooth for hounds tooth. Not surprising seeing the level of kitsch and cheese that flows freely here at PTB lol

Socially Distorted Body Image

As many of you know how even though I despise Inside Edition especially for the Tiger Woods coverage.I watch it like its a train wreck knowing as a smart women , I shouldn't yet its on after the news and I find myself watching. Gerard Butler was featured tonight . They showed a picture of him on his recent holiday. Showing a little bit of a belly , Compared to his body in the movie 300. Making a remark that he should skip dessert . Im not a huge fan of Gerard Butler who is having a meltdown. I am disturbed with the message that segments like this do send out to young men and women in the world . They didnt care to mention that Butler who has openly said he dosent sport the body of his 300 charactor  in his real life , So Ive posted an interview he did with Mens Heath  right out of the gate what does he say and I quote " I generally train for roles" 


Butler makes no claim that he maintains his 300 body. That isn’t covered in the Inside Edition piece just snarky comments about his belly. We have such a distorted sense of body image in society. Kristie Alley , Jessica Simpson , Kelly Clarkson , Tyra Banks are just a few of the other celebs that have taken flack at the hands of the media . Tyra Banks fighting back when a picture of her in a bathing suit was distorted. Jessica Simpson having a cartoon made about her curvy look at the time. Kristie Alley where do I begin. When I went on a tour of NBC studios in Burbank. They had a display of some of Jay Leno's props. One of them being Kristie Alley's Lunch box. It was bigger than life lunch box, ultimately a jab at her weight. So why take up for a bunch of rich celebrities. Why? I do because it filters down to us and our children. Things need to change we are raising a generation who's image of what they are supposed to look like is just egregious and unrealistic. Only 5% of the world looks like the Standard that entertainment industry has put out there. I have been working on a more in-depth blog post on this subject. I have been doing allot of reading and interviewing eating disorder specialists. I’ve learned allot doing the research. It will be posted in the month and will be worth the wait.

Note: This is a subject very close to me . Over the past two years , I’ve lost 90lbs . Struggled with my own body image most of my life . I remember saying to a friend “ I didn’t know , I was ugly till junior high “ the names I was called had me in tears . High School it got worse then I started in my 20’s doing it to myself. I didn’t need the bully’s any longer . My own internal dialogue could do more than any person. Before I got into makeup . Which was late in my 30’s . You’d think this would fuel the fire . It didn’t I got a understanding of self . How to help others feel better about themselves. I saw what went into constructing that image women think they need to obtain .Knowing with the exception a a few genetically blessed few. No one and I mean it gets out of bed looking camera ready. When I lived in Arizona my sister helped me begin with in helping truly embody what I was feeling . She said to Begin Within . It’s a powerful two words huh. As I said before we are only scratching the surface on this one