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The Man Bra - ultimate support for your moobs

November 20th 2008 00:01

Guys, is the fear that your moobs may resemble upside down icebergs in the near future keeping you awake at night? Do you fear to jog on the street because there is a small earthquake where your chest should be? Or do you simply think it’s sexist that only women should be allowed to wear bras and men aren’t– after all, men were the ones that invented the skirts, right?

OK - I don't know if this guy is embarrassed about his sagging moobs or he's staunchly refusing to wear the bra

Well, fear no more because a Japanese company has come up with a brilliant idea to keep your moobs in check. Now, you can do your step aerobics with great enthusiasm, walk around with your chest out with no fear of jiggling and feel darn-right attractive in the process. That’s right, men, Wish Room has heeded your wishes and come up with the men’s premium brassiere, the Man Bra.

A variety of colours in The Man Bra - ooh la la!

The bra comes in two sizes (A85cm and A90cm) and you can choose between three attractive colours. Feeling virginal? The white bra will have you covered. What about adding a touch of, er, feminity? Go for pink. And to complement any evening wear, black is the way to go. The bra straps are adjustable, look oh-so-comfortable and, above all, offer all the support you and your precious man boobs need. Just ask the guy in the picture.

So no more embarrassment about getting naked in bed because, trust me, when you flash your Man Bra, your sagging moobs will be the last thing on your partner’s mind.

The bra costs 2800 Yen (AUD$45) so what are you waiting for? Get your dad or grandfather what he REALLY wants for Christmas.

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The secret to Trump's hairstyle

August 13th 2008 00:01

Ever since Donald Trump puckered up to snarl ‘You’re fired’, people’s eyes have been more drawn to his crown, scratching their own heads and asking, “Is it or isn’t it?” – much as I cock my head and ask my husband everytime Bush comes on TV, ‘Is he or isn’t he a muppet?”

Finally, after years of rumour and speculation, people can now sleep in peace because Trump has revealed the secret to his hairstyle. So take note, people, if you want to be a billionaire, you must first look like one.

The secret to his trademark muff? Lots and lots of hairspray. “I’ll comb it went then spray it so it doesn’t get blown away by the wind,” he says, amidst silent cries of despair from reporters ‘Oh but we want it to get blown away by the wind’. He adds, “I had an article where someone said it was a hairpiece but you can see it isn’t’.

Can you? To say that I was shocked – and disappointed – that it wasn’t a highly trained skunk by the name of Gus is an understatement. Because I swear on my own black frizzy head that I saw the combover twitch a couple of times, and I have grown so fond of saying, “Ooh, this week, Trump and his Gus fired so and so.”

Trump goes on to claim that producers of The Apprentice do not want his hairstyle to change. I guess these days, Trump without Gus, er, his hairspray-laden hair is like Pamela Anderson without the inflated boobs.

Do I hear the sale of cans of hairspray going up? Maybe not.

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Down with Miss Universe & all beauty pageants!

July 24th 2008 02:23

Watching Miss Universe as a kid was a huge event for my whole family. Our mum would arrange to have our favourite dishes cooked, it was the only time we were allowed to eat in front of the TV, the doors were shut, phones were put on hold, squabbles between siblings were temporarily halted as we happily made bets on our favourite Misses. Even as feminist groups began attacking Miss Universe as nothing more than a beauty pageant that is grossly outdated, I stuck by the ideal that the competition truly was a ‘platform for young women to voice their opinions and forge into their chosen fields, helping today’s women become strong and independent because of all the help the competition gives’ – as Miss India’s Lara Dutta so eloquently put it (and went on to win the Miss Universe 2000 title).

Miss Universe 2008 - natural, my ass!

But in the past five years, my interest in watching Miss Universe is waning and gradually replaced with disgust. As much as I hate disappointing my mum who is adamant on continuing our tradition of watching Miss Universe with a banquet only to grasp a semblance of those happy, carefree childhood days, I find I just cannot sit through the whole show without booing and hissing at the TV, growling at Trump whom I place all responsibility for this farce of a pageant.

I find this change of opinion is due to four things : the reduction of question & answer portions (there used to be about 3 different questions posed to each finalist which have now been reduced to one); the fact that the contestants are looking more and more alike (which glaringly shows just what the world in general thinks about the epitome of beauty); the girls with the biggest boobs and the narrowest waists ALWAYS get the highest scores in the swimsuit round; but most of all, the prevalence of cosmetic surgery among several contestants and that cosmetic surgery isn’t frowned upon.

Miss USA got one of the highest scores in the swimsuit portion - wonder why?

How can Miss Guam 1999 be disqualified from Miss Universe because she was pregnant, Vanessa Williams forced to resign her Miss America ’84 crown because she posed nude prior to her pageant days and Miss World ’74 was also forced to relinquish her crown when it was discovered she was an unmarried mother, while contestants who undergo plastic surgery aren’t banned from a competition that supposedly encourages the ‘natural essence and feminity of a woman’?

Take the steps Miss Venezuelas have to take to prepare for Miss Universe. As hopefuls for the Miss Venezuela title, 20 girls are enrolled in the Miss Venezuela Academy where they undergo six months of intensive training. Dr Eduardo Krulig, Venezuela’s leading plastic surgeon claims plastic surgery for the girls is only an option in the academy and that he only works on half of the girls on ‘very small procedures’ such as breast augmentation, thigh lipo-sculpting and waist reduction. He adds that plastic surgery is ‘readily accepted as a valid means of beautification because in Venezuela, the girls are judged on being ‘beautiful’ and not on being natural’.* (from brooklynrail).

But it’s not just in Venezuela, is it? Each year, Miss Universe is increasingly becoming all about the contestants’ physical beauty - don’t worry about poise, intelligence and culture. I mean, what happened to those days when the 5 finalists sat down for a one-on-one interview with the host, answering questions tailored specifically for them? Then answering a second question from a specific judge before finally answering the question that is given to the other contestants?

These Q&A portions were the highlights of Miss Universe for me because it allowed the audience to know more about each finalist’s personal lives (other than the brief bio they flash on TV such as ‘likes: skiing, shopping & meeting different people) and how well they react under pressure. And it also separated the pretty faces with substance from the pretty faces who blather on like Miss South Carolina in Miss Teen USA. How many times do I have to listen to that lame answer of ‘There is nothing in my life I would change because all the mistakes I may have made in the past made me stronger and made me the woman of today’ to that equally lame question ‘If you could turn back time, what would you change about your life?’ poised by our own Jennifer Hawkins this year.

Jennifer Hawkins asks the cliche question 'What would you change about your life?'

I realize boycotting Miss Universe means turning my back on a huge part of my childhood but there is no way I can continue to support a competition of a bevy of Barbie dolls who think going under the knife and sticking their chests out in a bikini top are the only way to ‘voice their opinions and forge into their chosen fields’. Should my firstborn be a daughter, I hope I’m able to teach her that beauty is all about being natural and nothing to do with the perfectly symmetrical, wrinkle-free flawless skin that you weren’t born with.

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Beauty & Health tip for men : Don't call pregnant women fat

June 4th 2008 05:00

I was talking to a co-worker some time ago - a 45 year old male, loves his mother, has 2 dominating sisters. I made a mistake of ruefully remarking how much weight I'd gained at 3 months pregnant. All too heartily and readily, he agreed and proceeded to stretch out his cheeks with his fingers to demonstrate just how puffy my face had become. Now, I don't find this remotely amusing from a 3-year old and to see a 45-year old doing it...well, I immediately felt that hot itch (that is now becoming so familiar to me) at the back of my head and I pounded on the desk, toppling the cup of coffee into his lap and swore my head off for about 5 minutes, before promptly bursting into tears.

Within that same week, another male co-worker - 65, with a loving wife, a daughter my age -approached me in the midst of my third snack for the morning and said with that 'Oh, you are SO going to think I'm hilarious' smirk, "You do realise you're eating for two, not for six?" My reply resulted in my boss sending out warning emails to all employees to stay away.

As I began to think that perhaps some of the men I work with are simply dicks, an old friend of mine from Uni - newly married, 31 years - said matter-of-factly that I'd be very ugly when I start ballooning from 5 months as pregnant women are wont to do. Even a male stranger who had nothing better to do but observe my eating habits at a random party came up and said, "Guess it's time to say goodybe to the waistline, huh?" to which I replied, "I'm pregnant. What's your f*ing excuse, you a*hole?"

Now all this happened within 2 weeks approaching the end of my first trimester, and I was forced to ask, in this age where men are working more alongside women on a daily basis, the plethora of chick flicks, chick shows, chick lits and I thought, a more sensitive apporach and general awareness of what women are like, why are there still dicks in the world who risk their lives by making a joke about a pregnant woman's weight? I mean, you don't joke about the weight of a non-pregnant woman, for goodness' sake!

You see, pregnant women are at the mercy of their hormones as they have at least 8 mood-altering hormones. This means that some of us are drawn to totally insane outbursts - such as when I got into my car with the intent of ramming it into the back of a male co-worker or almost buying an apparatus to accompany my now spectacular road rages.

On top of these blessed hormones, there are other worries and insecurites we go through, especially for first-time mothers such as myself : Will I be a good mother? Will I be able to provide for my child financially? Will I have my figure back? To what extent will my life change?

So, for the sake of our beauty and your health, men, please think twice before you make a joke about a pregnant woman's weight. You do not want to mess with one. Trust me.

*image from clipart

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10 Things (& People) where germs lurk

May 14th 2008 01:42

MSN Health & Fitness has come up with a list of surprising places and people bugs cling to that will have you investing in a 1litre hand sanitizer and get some people even more paranoid than they already are.

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The Body the new face of Revlon

March 31st 2008 01:22

Elle Macpherson has joined the ranks of Halle Berry and Jessica Alba by signing up as a global brand spokesperson for Revlon. She will feature in major print and TV advertising campaigns, but what products she’ll actually endorse are yet to be disclosed.

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When beloved beauty products become discontinued...

February 14th 2008 00:49

I recently grew attached to a lipstick. It didn't matter that it had a tacky floral print on the cover and I found it in a dilapidated cardboard box in the corner of a $2 shop. All it mattered was that it gave my lips that shimmering, plump look. The shade wasn't so dark that it looked like I had no lips at all, not too pink that I looked like I was permanently stuck in the 80s. It was just right, the texture so smooth it went over my lips like silk and most important of all, it made my lips look 'kissable'.

So obsessed was I that I would use it routinely throughout the day, directly after meals and even resorted to drinking my 8 glasses of water through a straw. Mind you, I never put my lips around the straw, just my teeth so I looked like a braying donkey with my lips pulled back everytime I drank, sorry, sipped.
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What are your beauty resolutions for 2008?

January 3rd 2008 02:47

After a week of face-stuffing and playing endless rounds of drinking games (with the result of trying to prove to everyone you are indeed sober by trying to rub your belly and pat your head at the same time), I noticed that people usually spend the first week of the new year hung over - with guilt. Many then resort to trying to put some semblance of control into their new year by creating New Year's resolutions. Myself included. But since my NY resolutions have been consisten in the past 5 years (winning money from lotto), I decided to create NY Beauty Resolutions instead.

Possible Beauty Resolution 08 : to look more like the Mona Lisa

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The Thirties Panic Phenomenon

December 14th 2007 00:57

Have you ever had moments you would consider to be major turning points in your life? Graduation? Marriage? Maybe, having your first child? All of these life changes can make you stop and think, maybe even panic? All of these events, anxious it may seem are usually expected and considered normal. However, there is one particular event I was not entirely prepared for, and that was turning 3-0. I had no idea how this would affect me, consciously.

Suddenly, it was not just another birthday. To me, it was the end of youthfulness and the beginning of aging. It had occurred to me, I was now the age of my mother when I was a little girl who, back then, thought of her mum as being “old”!
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Paris' Beauty Secrets

December 4th 2007 02:16

Yes, as sad as it may sound, I honestly wanted to know. Not because I wanted to emulate the pinched, scrawny, Playboy Bunny-who’s downed-some-sleeping-pills-wi th-vodka look, but because I secretly wanted to see if she could come up with a tip other than : Be born ridiculously rich (as to make up for the huge lack of brain and natural talent) so you can squander your ancestors’ hard-earned money on plastic surgery and become a walking poster for FAKE (fake tan, fake eye colour, fake hair, fake smile, etc). Of course, this is all between driving down the wrong side of the road, being holed up in prison or (pretending to?) angrily swiping copies of your One Night in Paris from porn shops.

Yes, please tell us, o enlighted one, what makes you so beautiful?

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At what age would you take your daughter to a beauty spa?

November 29th 2007 01:26

In the US, girls as young as 6 can waltz into a beauty salon, ask for a facial, manicure and hair extensions without the beauty therapist batting an eyelid or quickly shepherding them out of the salon to look for their parents. Because the thing is, it’s actually the mothers ushering their daughters into these pampering sessions, which some of us didn’t get until we were adults, under the guise of quality time.

Growing up too fast

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The Ugly Side of Beauty

November 15th 2007 02:06

Did you know that you are absorbing more than 200 chemical toxins into your body, even before leaving your house? The lotions, creams, sprays, the shiny glittery things – products that are designed to make us feel and look good on the outside - can potentially lead to cancer, infertility, birth defects and chronic disease?

Stacy Malkan, a self-confessed former make-up diva, is a staunch advocate of eliminating harmful chemicals from personal care and cosmetic products, launching the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and writing Not Just a Pretty Face : The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry. Here, she exposes how the US Food & Drug Administration seems to be protecting the $35 billion beauty industry by letting their products hit the shelves without prior approval from the FDA and why only 10 harmful products had been banned from the US shelves while the EU has banned more than 1100. Pretty worrying considering that 70% of the products available for purchase contain phthalates which are connected to infertility and birth defects and that baby soaps contain 1,4 dioxane, a cancer causing chemical. So it’s not just the beauty junkies at risk, it’s everyone who has ever picked up a personal care product – from men liberally spraying deodorant to newborn babes via breast milk laden with pollutants from mothers who have used these products.
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Weird, Wacky (Wonderful?) Beauty Treatments

September 18th 2007 01:57

A nanny once told me that one surefire way to get rid of pimples is to rinse your face with your own periods. But before you scoff at this, check out some of the more bizarre beauty treatments that have piqued people’s curiosity enough to queue up outside certain day spas :

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What was your worst beauty buy?

August 28th 2007 01:24

Recently my sister was ~~conned~~ persuaded into buying a plethora of skincare products to treat her acne-prone skin. Two weeks later, she lamented over the loss of $300 of her hard-earned money on products that had only made her skin cry out for hydration as it sprouted a multitude of big, red angry pimples. As much as I was tempted to ask her why she chose to trust a beauty therapist whose face resembled an abstract painting of oranges and blues and who looked like she wrestled with a cheap can of tan spray judging by the zigzag colours of her cleavage, sadly, it’s a tale I’ve heard (and moaned out myself) too often. In our desperate attempt to imitate the flawless, glowing faces of our favourite celebs and retain our youth, beauty products will continue to be a hit and miss and my sister was not the first – or the last – to vow revenge on these beauty companies for false advertising.

In the past several years, I’ve probably thrown out a hundred garbagefuls of useless beauty and cosmetic products. Here are only some of the products I bought in 2007 that I wish I hadn’t spent the time, money and effort on :
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