Vanity

single time she was finished she couldn’t believe she was nervous. It was like a weight was lifted off her shoulders. She sat at one of the mirrors that was backstage, just staring at herself. She tapped her hands lightly against the top of the vanity, cocked her head to the side. She never wore make up, so she didn’t understand why they always told her to go take a seat and wait at one of them. She wasn’t like the other girls around here, she didn’t feel the need to paint her face up…

Vanity is another important subject. i. Plastic surgery has always been a key to beauty, and many viewers that saw shows like “Extreme Makeover” wanted to take the risk of going under the knife. ii. This show, however, educated them on the high risks and…

In the 1600s Barbados was a beautiful and flourishing city, whereas the town of Wethersfield was cold and tedious. The big island of Barbados features many shops, restaurants, large plantations, and slaves. While both communities boasted natural beauty, Barbados was dramatically colorful. The Puritan religion and lifestyle of the people of Wethersfield contrasted greatly with the open-minded views of the Church of England, Barbados inhabitants. In fact, the famous witchcraft trials of…

attend Sno-Isle TECH for Cosmetology to start forming a solid foundation for a career in cosmetology. Ever since I was younger, cosmetology and beauty have sparked my interest. Being raised in a home with all female care-givers, I was intrigued by the vanity and self-care they would provide themselves. From freshly bleached hair to acrylic nails, I've seen a lot of different styles walkthrough the doors of my house. As I matured, I wanted to experiment and starting doing my own hair. In fifth…

The hype on Caitlyn Jenner’s transition has dimmed since her interview with Diane Sawyer and her Vanity Fair cover, but on September 25th it is legally documented that she is Caitlyn and a woman. Caitlyn is placed on a pedestal by her popularity on the Kardashians and her being an Olympic winner, and it seems unfair to the Trans community because of how Caitlyn Jenner knows so little. Her status also has helped her move through this process, not smoothly, but not as bumpy as most in the Trans or…

Today's college students are slightly less narcissistic than their counterparts were in the 1990s, researchers report in a new study -- not significantly more, as some have proposed. The study, reported in the journal Psychological Science, analyzed data from 1,166 students at the University of California, Berkeley in the 1990s, and from tens of thousands of students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of California, Davis in the 2000s and 2010s. All of the…

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residence in Bath should have initiated a change in his behavior, he continues to obsess over image and people of consequence. When Wentworth and Anne are reunited, Sir Walter concludes that he is fit for his daughter as he is attractive. Once again, his vanity prevails. Perhaps the most frustrating and saddening part of Sir Walter is his inability to change, despite what he should have learned from his daughter and Wentworth. The dual qualities of Sir Walter’s comedic yet disappointing behavior…

OVERVIEW Red Nose Day airs on Thursday, May 25th at 10pm as part of a night full of primetime excitement inspiration and pure entertainment created to help raise money for children in poverty. The hour-long special will follow special Red Nose-themed editions of American Ninja Warrior with celebrity competitors and Running Wild with Bear Grylls featuring Julia Roberts. Marketing will leverage the notoriety of these hit shows along with their respective talent and the A-list talent appearing in…

Throughout the tragic and enlightening novel The Picture of Dorian Grey, by Oscar Wilde, the author uses a morally ambiguous character in order to highlight the universal truth that if someone lives a life of reckless self indulgence, then both the person and their friends will be corrupted and ruined. The portrait of Dorian grey features a morally ambiguous character, Dorian Grey, who is convinced to live a hedonistic lifestyle and pays for it with his life in the end. At first Dorian is…