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Headteacher clamps down on fake tan
A headteacher in Lancashire has writtten to parents advising them to stop their daughters from slathering themselves in fake tan so that they no longer "come to school looking varying shades of orange."
Carol Robinson, the head of Baines School, a mixed comprehensive in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, wrote in her letter to mums and dads, "The current trend for fake/spray tans does little to enhance the appearance of our young ladies."
She claimed that fake tan went against the principles of the school, where staff strived to "promote natural beauty and contentment with one's own looks".
Her remarks have been met with cautious support with some of her more pale-skinned pupils at the school, which educates 1,070 children aged between 11 and 18.
Alison Taylor, a 17-year-old sixth former, said: "I agree fake tan should be banned. I think it looks a lot nicer to be natural than bright orange."
Sarah Clark, 17, added: "Fake tan can be OK, but some people go a bit over-the-top and then I think it looks quite tacky."
One parent said she had been appalled by the sight of girls walking up to the school gates with bright orange legs.
"I think the school is right to clamp down and try to drive up standards because there are other issues like the length of skirts the girls wear which are miles too short and the lads having their shirts all hanging out," she said.
But Dr John Kellett, a Blackpool-based consultant dermatologist, said it was better for pupils to use fake tan than go on sunbeds.
He said: "Fake tan doesn't do any harm at all to health. If the alternative is for young girls to go on the sunbed then it is preferable."
What do you think? If girls (and women, and men) want to look like they've been Tango'd should they have the right to paint themselves whatever shade of orange they see fit? Is this headteacher protecting her female pupils from quite frankly looking stupid (and is there any way of banning the wearing of shorts with high heels in all public places? It would achieve the same goal, after all) or is she a beauty-fascist who should let them break out the bottle, rather than risk skin cancer on a sun bed? Has Britain's desire for a fake tan - from a bottle or a bed - got a little out of hand? And why can't orange people see what crazy colour they are!?
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Hello my prettiez. If you love (to see or wear) make up as much as I do, this is good (GF, BFF, buddy, friend, whatever) information to share, as it is important to know what is hiding in these products that are so close to your skin and often not known or available to the public.
The rockstar blog of TheCoveted posted this awesome interview with Stacy Malkan, author of the book 'Not Just a Pretty Face. The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry'.
"Stacy Malkan is the Communications Director of Health Care Without Harm and co-founder of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics.
"All the major companies lined up at the hearing to complain that it’s too hard for them to get lead out of lipstick"
Q: Cosmetics are virtually unregulated in the United States. Meanwhile, in 2003 the European Union banned chemicals strongly linked to cancer, mutation, or birth defects from personal care products. Why are we so far behind?..."
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And if you are in San Francisco, there will be a special event July 19th (12-2pm). Join Stacy Malkan at the San Francisco Library’s Koret Auditorium for this free special event for moms, daughters, teens and weens. You don’t want to miss this — mark your calendars!
http://notjustaprettyface.org/index.php/book-tour/san-f...
When: Saturday, July 19, 12-2pm
Where: San Francisco Library, Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco; Civic Center BART
Who: Emceed by Alexa at Movin’ 99.7. Stacy Malkan, author of “Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry,” Sarah Janssen, MD, PhD, MPH, science fellow, National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Jessica Assaf, Teens for Safe Cosmetics.
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Today's bride-to-be "wants everything to be perfect," says Heidi Allen,"They want their hair, nails and makeup all professionally done. They want a beautiful dress. And I hear from their mothers that they are almost all obsessed with their weight." Many customers order their dresses a size or two smaller than what they currently wear, she says, because they're determined to be thinner by the big day. Some go much further than that. "I've had to send some brides who ordered a size 12 to get alternations to make their dress a size 20," Allen says. "Luckily, I know a seamstress who's a miracle worker. But it's absolutely ridiculous, the denial I see in the salon." Ironically, she says, it's often the women with the least to lose who lose the most. "A lot of thin girls get obsessed with being even thinner," she says, "and end up coming in for their fittings looking like a rack of bones."
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