How cool is this? An open-air free-standing bathtub: love the green exterior, too. A timber batten screen provides modesty.
At my previous home, I enjoyed top-down, bottom-up blinds that enabled me to walk out of the bathroom naked with fearing onlookers.
Source:
Keighran, M. (2021). A Balcony With a Bathtub Caps This Striking Prefab in Melbourne. Dwell. Retrieved 31 May 2021, from https://www.dwell.com/article/st-kilda-prefab-modscape-62559646.
I subscribe to the Get The Gloss e-newsletter from the UK. Today’s e-newsletter featured an article on Zara’s new makeup line, which debuts May 12 (Wednesday!). Previously, Zara had launched a line matte lipsticks.
Zara’s makeup line was created in collaboration with UK makeup artist Diane Kendal. It features refillable packaging.
In its article Zara Makeup: What’s The New Beauty Collection Actually Like?, Get The Gloss shows press photos of the makeup. It admits that it hasn’t got its hands on the makeup collection: however, MUA Lisa Potter-Dixon gave a run-down on her Instagram feed and she’s super-excited:
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French makeup artist Violette, who previously collaborated with Estée Lauder, has launched her own makeup line Violette_fr. Byrdie has the details.
This is what I envisioned retirement to be: leisurely sipping coffee and browsing my tablet at a coffeehouse – something other than The Green Mermaid!
I love “cute”! I found these socks on sale at Harris Teeter in Reston, Virginia.
Women told Macy’s to pull these plates from their stores. Body shaming, I guess.
How can I get these plates from @Macys banned in all 50 states pic.twitter.com/1spntAluVl
— Alie Ward (@alieward) July 21, 2019
I’m overweight, even obese, but I found these plates funny and I’d buy them. They’re by POURTIONS™.
Gucci Westman, formerly creative director for both Lancôme and Revlon, has launched her own #cleanbeauty line Westman Atelier.
Below she demonstrates how to do a dimensional (read contouring and highlighting) face using three shades of her Vital Skin Foundation Stick ($68.00 a piece!). She blends ATELIER I (Fair, with neutral undertone) and ATELIER II (Medium fair, warm beige undertone) to create an under eye concealer.
Gucci Westman on Instagram: westmanatelier and gucciwestman
The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss by Jason Fung
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book gives the lie to the idea that weight gain depends on calories in/calories out. Rather, insulin or insulin resistance is responsible for weight gain.
I’m pre-diabetic, and The Obesity Code has inspired me to cut back on sugars. Also, it’s not only a matter of what you eat, but also how frequently you eat. Fung endorses intermittent fasting.
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Found through Twitter:
Am I a total racist for thinking this is a way to keep poor & minority customers out of their hip San Francisco coffee shop? https://t.co/u9ZVdlJQ9O
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) March 1, 2019
Blue Bottle will ban cash at twelve locations across the USA as part of a month-long experiment that aims to speed up purchases. Two participating stores are in San Francisco.
Is banning cash a ploy to exclude people unable to obtain credit cards or other electronic payment methods?
“For a lot of low-income San Franciscans, credit cards or other phone-based mobile payments aren’t an option,” said San Francisco Supervisor Vallie Brown.
I’m inclined to think that banning cash is a ploy to discourage the poor and homeless from entering their stores.
There were many different takes on this tweet. I prefer to pay cash for purchases under twenty dollars, as paying cash and accepting change is a tangible way to gauge how I spend my money. If I get a five-dollar bill, I just sock it away.
Sources:
Chinn, P. (n.d.). [Dianne Francisco pays for her order with a credit card at Blue Bottle Coffee at Market and 10th streets in San Francisco, Calif. on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. At left, is barista Greg Alfaro. The cafe inside the Twitter headquarters building is one of a handful of Blue Bottle stores that will go cashless for a trial period beginning March 11.Photo: Photos by Paul Chinn / The Chronicle]. Retrieved March 1, 2019, from https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/00/66/73/17002238/5/gallery_xlarge.jpg
EducatëdHillbilly™. (2019, Mar). Am I a total racist for thinking this is a way to keep poor & minority customers out of their hip San Francisco coffee shop? [Twitter post]. Retrieved from https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/1101531306620530688.
Narayan, S. (2019, March 01). Blue Bottle buys into cashless trend. Retrieved March 1, 2019, from https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Blue-Bottle-buys-into-cashless-trend-13653830.php
The Unicode Consortium has approved a #PeriodEmoji to “de-stigmatize” menstruation.
I’m not commenting on de-stigmatizing menstruation, I’m speaking here as someone who has worked in standardization. Unicode Consortium has done outstanding work in machine coding of scripts for both modern and historical languages. Approving emojis is beneath its exalted mission. Time to spin off this activity into a new consortium: The Universal Emoji Consortium? Hell, create a whole new ISO infrastructure!
Sources:
Byrne, K. (2019, February 10). Opinion: The new ‘period’ emoji is a reminder that destigmatising menstruation has a long way to go. Retrieved February 16, 2019, from https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/period-emoji-unicode-menstruation-iphone-android-poverty-stigma-a8772166.html
Unicode Consortium. (n.d.). Retrieved February 16, 2019, from https://www.unicode.org/
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