Curator's Corner, 4/1/2018
April 01, 2018
Happy Easter Fool's! Let's take a look to see what the interwebz had in store for the past few weeks.
-In what I thought for sure were early April Fool's jokes that turned out to be true, Chanel beauty will now be sold at Ulta, while Einstein Bros. inexplicably released cheese-scented shampoo and bacon-scented conditioner. Equally confounding is the fact that both items sold out.
- The crazy brow trend isn't going anywhere any time soon. However, Racked points out why we fall for these and explains why they're actually not trends at all.
- In makeup history, the Smithsonian outlines Madam C.J. Walker's philanthropic endeavors, and we finally discover what brow pencil Frida Kahlo wore.
- On why J-Beauty isn't the new K-beauty.
- Certainly a novel use for a hairdryer, but I guess when you shell out that kind of money for a Dyson it should do more than merely dry one's hair, yes?
The random:
- So much '90s nostalgia! Twentieth birthday wishes are in order for both Dawson's Creek and one of the Curator's favorite movies (read more critics' thoughts here and here). Meanwhile, '90s-era music is experiencing not so much nostalgia as a resurgence, what with bands like The Breeders, Belly and Superchunk all releasing new albums.
- On the museum front, what's worse than another made-for-Instagram museum? One that rips off legitimate artists. Sigh.
- No idea how I missed this book - it was just recently brought to my attention via Twitter - but it's now on my wishlist.
How are you? Did you have a good Easter/Passover/weekend?