What I Know About Beauty

Well, I’ve wrapped up another issue (yippee!!!!). I’m not doing a separate “What Oprah Knows For Sure” entry because Oprah doesn’t talk about beauty in the beauty issue. Maybe Oprah feels ugly. Maybe she doesn’t feel like she knows something about beauty for sure. What she does know is that when [...]

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You’re Normal if You Don’t Like the Way You Look

The beauty-themed articles in the April 2006 O are useful.  Several pages are short stories from people who have had body issues but have learned to get over them and love the “imperfection.”  I always enjoy reading personal stories.
“Beauty and the Bitch” talks about your inner voice, the one that doesn’t allow you to like [...]

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Don’t Believe These Beauty Lies!

Here’s a useful beauty article that debunks 12 popular beauty myths.  With each one there’s a bit of explanation, but the main thing to remember is don’t believe them:

“Eighty percent of your lifetime sun damage occurs before age 18.” (nope!  only 23%!)
If you’re sleep deprived, you’ll get dark circles under your eyes.  (apparently that’s genetics)
You [...]

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Thinking About Beauty

In April 2006, O still published the “Something to Think About” questions, so I’ll keep doing them, simply because they do force me to examine myself, no matter if I like it or not.

“How much time and money do  you spend each week on your appearance?  Is it more than you spend on your inner [...]

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Early Beauty

Here we go with the first beauty issue–O Magazine April 2006. As Oprah explains in the “Here We Go!” column, the question they want you to answer is, “Do you like the way you look?” I think they want you to get to, “Yes, I do.” After all, this magazine is about [...]

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Change Can Be Beautiful

Well, I’m done with another issue. I’m still struck by all the change that’s going on in O-land. Lots more advice dispensed–I didn’t even get into the advice panel, style q&a, beauty q&a, health/food advice, and relationship questions. It’s as if all we want now are the answers to life’s problems. [...]

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Oprah’s Figured Out Beauty

I’ll be interested to see how Oprah’s “What I Know For Sure” columns vary when the theme of the issue is the same.  Will it be a repeat?  Will her views change over time?  We’ll find out when I go backwards to look at the other beauty issue.
This time though, she thinks she’s figured out [...]

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A Small Beauty Revolution

Even though O Magazine is still themed, the table of contents doesn’t distinguish what parts of the magazine are geared toward this “Beauty Revolution” theme. In the past, the contents pages were color-coded. The themed articles were a different color than the general articles. Now the theme is a “special” and it [...]

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