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Hilary Duff keeps it casual in ripped overalls as she enjoys some rare time to herself at lunch!
With a youngster at home and many duties preparing for an upcoming album release, Hilary Duff's days are quite busy. So it's no wonder the 27-year-old was thrilled to find the time for a solo lunch in Los Angeles on Friday, and had a big smile on her face as she arrived for the meal. The former Disney star was casual and on trend in overalls that were ripped at the knee and high-top sneakers.
Her blonde tresses were styled in waves with a centre part and rested around her shoulders, while a light touch of eyeliner and a rosy lip completed the laid back look. During the excursion, the Cheaper By The Dozen actress tucked into a meal at Zinque restaurant in West Hollywood, and later she waved to onlookers as headed to her car. Not seen was her three-year-old son Luca, who was likely being watched by her ex Mike Comrie.
Fashion designer has a great explanation for banning body-shaming terms on her site
Reality TV star and fashion designer Lauren Conrad made a surprise announcement on her highly popular website yesterday: she and her staff of fashion, health, and lifestyle bloggers would no longer be using body-shaming terminology.
Under the new guidelines, words like "thin," "slim," and "skinny" will be replaced by words like "fit," "toned," and "healthy."
Though the rule is new, Conrad said it had been coming for a long time, as the site has always been focused on body positivity:
Starting this month, we’ll be banning any body shaming terms from the site, and replacing them with words like “fit” “toned,” and “healthy.” We try do to this for the most part anyway, but now we’re making it official! The word skinny will now be reserved for skinny jeans. My editorial team and I had a long talk about it, and we want to make sure that the focus is on being fit as opposed to a number on the scale. Every body is created differently—and healthy bodies come in all shapes and sizes.
For the most part, Conrad's community embraced the change, with comments on her blog post and the Internet at large staying generally positive. On her Facebookcrosspost, criticism was more plentiful, with numerous commenters claiming that banning descriptions of certain body types would only serve to shame people with those body types instead of making people with other body types more uncomfortable.
But most readers seemed to understand and accept that the goal of the website is to promote the idea, as blog commenter olayak put it, that "anyone can be fit, toned or healthy, regardless of weight. "
Many readers and media outlets noted, however, that Conrad's various clothing lines haven't fully embraced body positivity to the level of adding plus sizes.
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7 Scary Facts About Your Makeup
In this episode of "Sick, Sad World" (you're welcome for that Daria reference), you know nothing about your makeup. Welcome to the dark side, my fellow 18-shades-of-lipstick-toting, the-cosmetics-counter-is-your-home-away-from-home beauty lovers. (I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.)
We don't have any real federal regulations on makeup in the United States.
The United States Food & Drug Administration isn't testing cosmetic ingredients because, well, they're not food or drugs. Which means things banned elsewhere (think parabens, which are linked to breast cancer; ethylene oxide, which is a known carcinogen; and octinoxate) are totally A-OK here. In fact, pretty much any chemical can be used as an ingredient.
The FDA does monitor cosmetics under the FD&C Act, which basically says as long as they aren't "adulterated" or "misbranded" they're cool to go on the market. (So no poisons, phew.) To put it frankly: In Europe there are 1,373 banned cosmetic chemicals. In the U.S.? Eight.
Companies don't have to test their products.
Well, not in any way that has to be demonstrated. Like we said, the FDA doesn't have legal authority to approve cosmetics. However, companies are "legally responsible" to ensure their product is safe. The way they can prove cosmetics safety? By saying ingredients are legit and comparing it to other similar product formulations. As long as that's done, it's fine to hit the shelf. In fact, this is a real sentence on the FDA website: "If a manufacturer does not have the technical expertise to determine the best way to ensure that a product is protected from contamination, the company may want to work with a consultant." MAY want to work with a consultant. They can't legally tell them to, because they don't have any authority over these companies.
80 percent of ingredients used in personal care products have never been tested for safety.
Wait, what?!
Fragrance can mean pretty much anything.
It can mean anything from a couple of natural oils to a straight-up chem lab. But it doesn't matter. Fragrance is fragrance is fragrance in makeup land. And it'll be labeled as such. Think of the term as a catch-all.
Organic probably doesn't mean what you think it means.
There's no true, standard definition for what can be labeled "natural" or "organic," meaning as long as it's not "misleading" in the FDA's eyes, it's passable. There are certain programs—like the "USDA Organic" logo—that work to certify bath and beauty products, but definitions vary from program to program and basically, it's all a little confusing. That body wash with cucumber extract made up of 97% of chemicals? That can be classified organic.
"Cruelty-free" and "not tested on animals"?
There are no legal definitions for these terms. None. Nada.
The average woman uses 13 products per day with 515 ingredients.
Ugh, BRB. Scrubbing my face.
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