With all the buzz about volcano's I thought it would be interesting to look at beauty essentials that are born from the mighty volcano Some legends say that volcanos had appetites for very beautiful virgins . Who were thrust into hot molten lava to sooth the savage beast .Wow the volcano is trully the original Rock Star!
Pumice : is a type of extrusive volcanic rock, produced when lava with a very high content of water and gases (together these are called volatiles) is extruded (or thrown out of) a volcano. As the gas bubbles escape from the lava, it becomes frothy. When this lava cools and hardens, the result is a very light rock material filled with tiny bubbles of gas. Pumice is the only rock that floats on water, although it will eventually become waterlogged and sink. It is usually light-colored, indicating that it is a volcanic rock high in silica content and low in iron and magnesium, a type usually classed as rhyolite
Taken from /read more here : Mineral Information Institute http://www.mii.org/Minerals/photopumice.html
Hot Volcanic Stone Massage : Hot stone massage is a specialty massage that uses smooth, heated stones. They are often basalt, a black volcanic rock that absorbs and retains heat well, but they can be other types. The heat is both deeply relaxing and helps tight muscles release.
Taken From /read more here: What is a Hot Stone Massage http://spas.about.com/od/hotstonemassage/a/Hotstone.htm
Volcanic clay and ash are used today in many beauty masks ,cleansers and exfoliants . For its nourishing detoxing properties . I had one at a spa and it left my skin all glowy and fresh . My face felt balance oil wise for days . You can also find beautiful jewlery made of volcanic materials . Each time I visit my realitives in Seattle , in most of the fine Washington State gift shops . You can find a piece of jewlery made from Mt St Helens Ash . So here is a short but sweet look into the Glamourous Rock Star world of the Mighty Volcano.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Malcom McLaren
When I heard about the passing of Malcolm McLaren ,Wrote a epic long blog about him . When I read it back to myself it was an obituary. I was regurgitating facts 5 long paragraphs of information that was making me the writer glaze over . So I decided to write him a Thank you letter
Dear , Malcolm
I want to thank you for bringing so many precious gifts into this world . Many musicians of Iconic status owe the mere fact that they are in existence to you . Music is such a powerful influence in so many of our lives. Thank you for opening the doors for that generation to come through . For they inspired the ones that came after them . In a sense you will be immortal . For your finger prints wither or not they know it will be on there music. Thanks for having the balls to get it done. Breaking the rules . We are so thankful you did .
Love and Thanks
Tracey
“Rock and roll doesn't necessarily mean a band. It doesn't mean a singer, and it doesn't mean a lyric, really. It's that question of trying to be immortal.”
-Malcolm Mclaren -
Record Store Day (That's Entertianment , Worcester MA )
It was a glooming day today, cold an rainy. Couldn't dampen the spirits of the many music fans that came out today. Record Store Day is actually international in scope, following there twitter site. Updates from all over the world poured as diehard vinyl record fans , music makers , curiosity seekers made the pilgrimage to there local mom and pop record shops. To some people it was a chance to take a peek into those loudly painted shops, with the too cool for school clerks. To see what actually goes on in these places. I decided to take my 68 year old mother with me to see what she thought. I told her she was helping me with my twitter updates. As we walked up to that’s Entertainment in Worcester Massachusetts. You could hear the Local Band "LUNCH" singing about Zombies. My mom's face pursed with that look many mothers get, when they are about to be intertwined with the culture of there children. Her eyes scanning the outside windows that had large comic book character posters hanging. As we opened the door the music got louder.
"This is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day and hundreds of artists in the United States and in various countries across the globe make special appearances and performances. Festivities include performances, cook-outs, body painting, meet & greets with artists, parades, djs spinning records and on and on. Metallica officially kicked off Record Store Day at Rasputin Music in San Francisco on April 19, 2008 and Record Store Day is now celebrated the third Saturday every April." (via http://www.recordstoreday.com )
As we pass the Red Room where the band was playing. My moms eyes got wide this place is cool she said. Then I lost my golden girl in a crowd of many. A record shop is a feast for the lover of pop culture .The staff was extremely welcoming and helpful. I asked them if I could take pictures for my blog and they were very accommodating. It was just so much fun. People were at every turn talking about genres and sub genres. Some guy was talking openly and freely about Kraftwerk punk. This blipped off my music geek radar like a torpedo. I went through the bins of vinyl’s that were just being released for Record Shop Day. I scored a very cool Elvis Costello. As I was going through the Duran Duran section. I saw my mother motion over to me all excited.
Waving her arms around I finally came over. That lady over there is Robin Lane. You should put her on your blog. She was sharing love with her fans. They had vinyl record and CD cases for her to sign. Telling her there memories of her.Robin Lane and The Chartbusters "Robin" (Neal Young ) Then I did geek out just a little when it all sunk in .She sang a couple of songs . Her voice was smooth as ever . Lyrics that cut to your core . It was interesting to find out , she does so many good works. Through her non profit organization (When A Song Bird Sings ). Helping survivors of trauma. My Record Store Day was absolutely top notch. My mom was a fantastic assistant. I even bought her a Bon Jovi poster (Don’t ask she is the biggest Bon Jovi fan). Counting the days till I can flip it on the B-side in record utopia. Id like to give special thanks to That’s Entertainment, Robin Lane, LUNCH, vinyl records fans across the globe. For making this one special day. Of course I scored some swag for my PTB peeps. In the comment section give me shout about your fav time in Pop Culture. Anything song, movie, moment, product. We have 3 Vinyl’s and Green Lantern rings to give out. I will pick the winners this week !
Websites of note :
Robin Lane
http://www.randomrogue.com/robinlane/
That's Entertianment
http://www.thatse.com/
Record Store Day
http://www.recordstoreday.com/
"This is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day and hundreds of artists in the United States and in various countries across the globe make special appearances and performances. Festivities include performances, cook-outs, body painting, meet & greets with artists, parades, djs spinning records and on and on. Metallica officially kicked off Record Store Day at Rasputin Music in San Francisco on April 19, 2008 and Record Store Day is now celebrated the third Saturday every April." (via http://www.recordstoreday.com )
As we pass the Red Room where the band was playing. My moms eyes got wide this place is cool she said. Then I lost my golden girl in a crowd of many. A record shop is a feast for the lover of pop culture .The staff was extremely welcoming and helpful. I asked them if I could take pictures for my blog and they were very accommodating. It was just so much fun. People were at every turn talking about genres and sub genres. Some guy was talking openly and freely about Kraftwerk punk. This blipped off my music geek radar like a torpedo. I went through the bins of vinyl’s that were just being released for Record Shop Day. I scored a very cool Elvis Costello. As I was going through the Duran Duran section. I saw my mother motion over to me all excited.
Waving her arms around I finally came over. That lady over there is Robin Lane. You should put her on your blog. She was sharing love with her fans. They had vinyl record and CD cases for her to sign. Telling her there memories of her.Robin Lane and The Chartbusters "Robin" (Neal Young ) Then I did geek out just a little when it all sunk in .She sang a couple of songs . Her voice was smooth as ever . Lyrics that cut to your core . It was interesting to find out , she does so many good works. Through her non profit organization (When A Song Bird Sings ). Helping survivors of trauma. My Record Store Day was absolutely top notch. My mom was a fantastic assistant. I even bought her a Bon Jovi poster (Don’t ask she is the biggest Bon Jovi fan). Counting the days till I can flip it on the B-side in record utopia. Id like to give special thanks to That’s Entertainment, Robin Lane, LUNCH, vinyl records fans across the globe. For making this one special day. Of course I scored some swag for my PTB peeps. In the comment section give me shout about your fav time in Pop Culture. Anything song, movie, moment, product. We have 3 Vinyl’s and Green Lantern rings to give out. I will pick the winners this week !
Websites of note :
Robin Lane
http://www.randomrogue.com/robinlane/
That's Entertianment
http://www.thatse.com/
Record Store Day
http://www.recordstoreday.com/
Record Store Day Photos
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Pop Trash Beauty
Monday, April 12, 2010
Rocking With Your Socks Out
Photo via Oprah.com Portia De Rossi wearing knee socks and heels
References : Photo / Oprah.com Nov 9, 2009
Suggested Reading
Socks with sandals are on trend for spring/summer 2010 By Hilary Alexander
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/hilaryalexander/7543649/Socks-with-sandals-are-on-trend-for-springsummer-2010.html
Pop Trash Beauty by Tracey J Whitney is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
Based on a work at poptrashbeauty.wordpress.com.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Men's Skincare : Scoring in your T-Zone
Id have too say the lable Metrosexual . Hit the lexicon hardcore about 5 years ago. It was made famous by the advent of men taking part in womens primping rituals . Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran (pictured here ) always seemed ahead of this curve way before its popularity , Ryan Seacrest and Bands like My Chemical Romance really seemed to set the trend a blaze . Men were wearing Guyliner on there eyes , getting spa treatments . Women started to notice this and liked there nice smelling well groomed men.(eyeliner on a man , makes me swoon)
Still the Metro male was confined to celebrities , hipsters , rockstars ,business men etc . Though in middle america the was a underground movement of men . Getting Spa treatments and using product in there hair. It was unspoken for a long time until now.The mens skincare and bodycare market has exploded in the last two years . Now instead of sending there lady in there life on a covert mission to the Clinique counter . They can belly up to the check out at any Drug or Grocery store .So now you have all these options so here are the simple facts about your skin . For the "GI JOE was not a doll, he's and action figure " faction .
Men's Skin Is Different From a Womens
Skin Type : You do indeed have a skin type . What is it ? I would say go to an esthetician and get a proper skin typing , if that isnt possible , here is a simple way to find out. This isnt acurate but consider it a close estimate
T-Zone : The center area of your face.coresponding to the forehead, nose and chin .Take your fingers and swipe them across the T-Zone area's make sure your hands are dry and clean. How do they feel to you Oily will feel slightly moist, it will feel oily . Dry will feel flaky and rough . Normal will feel soft not moist . What I would say is go with your gut .
Products
I loved Clinique 3 Step for men. The packaging is man friendly , the steps are easy . What I did for this post is went to the drug store . Asked men what they liked and from that impropt reasearch and years of calls from my friends husbands to help them. I compiled this basic regime.
Clensing ( washing your face )
Cleansers : Cethaphil , Phisoderm,
Toner : Is debated in the beauty industry, I personally think it does a great job getting rid of excess dirt and restoring PH balance in your skin. If you want to skip it , Ill leave it up to you .
Burts Bee's Toner ,witch hazel ,
Exfoliate : This is extremly important , you only have to do it 2x's a week. Since you shave it is a form of exfoliation your doing it already . Exfoliation is extremly important if you suffer from Pseudofollicultis ( Razor Bumps ) This is caused by improper shaving . when you exfoliate it keeps the foliclels open . So it will keep your face from feeling tight and tender .
St Ives Apricot Scrub ,
Moisturize : Very important , even if you have oily skin or acne .What happens is the sebaceous gland (gland that secrets oil and keep skin protected) sees that your skin is dry , goes in too panic mode producing more oil to protect your skin. I know if your skin is oily you want to dry it out . Its very important to moiturize . It keeps the gland at bay and my reduce your break outs or oily feeling.
Dispense product on your palm
Loreal's Mens Expert Hyra Power Infigurating moisturizer, Copertone light facial sunblock spf 30
Pop Trash Beauty by Tracey J Whitney is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
Based on a work at poptrashbeauty.wordpress.com.
Still the Metro male was confined to celebrities , hipsters , rockstars ,business men etc . Though in middle america the was a underground movement of men . Getting Spa treatments and using product in there hair. It was unspoken for a long time until now.The mens skincare and bodycare market has exploded in the last two years . Now instead of sending there lady in there life on a covert mission to the Clinique counter . They can belly up to the check out at any Drug or Grocery store .So now you have all these options so here are the simple facts about your skin . For the "GI JOE was not a doll, he's and action figure " faction .
Men's Skin Is Different From a Womens
- Thicker in texture , due to shaving .
- Oiler with larger pores
- More resistant to sun
- Less prone to wrinkles
Skin Type : You do indeed have a skin type . What is it ? I would say go to an esthetician and get a proper skin typing , if that isnt possible , here is a simple way to find out. This isnt acurate but consider it a close estimate
T-Zone : The center area of your face.coresponding to the forehead, nose and chin .Take your fingers and swipe them across the T-Zone area's make sure your hands are dry and clean. How do they feel to you Oily will feel slightly moist, it will feel oily . Dry will feel flaky and rough . Normal will feel soft not moist . What I would say is go with your gut .
- Oily : If your prone to breakouts . If your T-Zone feels oily most . Then type yourself as oily
- Combination : You feel two types or all three in your T-Zone .
- Normal : Skin feels soft and smooth
Products
I loved Clinique 3 Step for men. The packaging is man friendly , the steps are easy . What I did for this post is went to the drug store . Asked men what they liked and from that impropt reasearch and years of calls from my friends husbands to help them. I compiled this basic regime.
Clensing ( washing your face )
Cleansers : Cethaphil , Phisoderm,
- Splash warm water on your face
- Dispense product on your palm
- With your finger tips , use upward and outward motions to apply product
- When you come to beard line , apply the product in direction of hair growth
- Once you scrubed your face . rinse it away with warm water
- Take a towel and pat face dry
Toner : Is debated in the beauty industry, I personally think it does a great job getting rid of excess dirt and restoring PH balance in your skin. If you want to skip it , Ill leave it up to you .
Burts Bee's Toner ,witch hazel ,
- Wet a cotton ball with warm water
- apply toner to cotton ball
- Using upward and outward motions apply above , beard line
- Avoid eye contact
- Apply in beard area in direction of hair growth
Exfoliate : This is extremly important , you only have to do it 2x's a week. Since you shave it is a form of exfoliation your doing it already . Exfoliation is extremly important if you suffer from Pseudofollicultis ( Razor Bumps ) This is caused by improper shaving . when you exfoliate it keeps the foliclels open . So it will keep your face from feeling tight and tender .
St Ives Apricot Scrub ,
- wet your face with warm water
- Take a quarter size amout of product
- apply it too yout finger tips
- in circle motions apply the exfoliant
- avoid eye area
- Take a warm wash cloth and remove the product
- Rinse face with warm water to get rid of grains
- On days you exfoliated do toner after
Moisturize : Very important , even if you have oily skin or acne .What happens is the sebaceous gland (gland that secrets oil and keep skin protected) sees that your skin is dry , goes in too panic mode producing more oil to protect your skin. I know if your skin is oily you want to dry it out . Its very important to moiturize . It keeps the gland at bay and my reduce your break outs or oily feeling.
Dispense product on your palm
Loreal's Mens Expert Hyra Power Infigurating moisturizer, Copertone light facial sunblock spf 30
- With your finger tips , use upward and outward motions to apply product
- When you come to beard line , apply the product in direction of hair growth
Pop Trash Beauty by Tracey J Whitney is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
Based on a work at poptrashbeauty.wordpress.com.
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