Not many people, really, want to hurt animals or be involved with things that hurt animals. It is ignorance, rather than indifference, which places so many innocent animals in daily peril across the globe. This is why it is so important for the message to get out; and for consumers to know which products contribute to animal cruelty. Once someone becomes aware that their regular consumption of this product is part of the chain of hurt, then, often, they choose to purchase something else. The internet has been a great boon for spreading the truth about companies that test their products on animals.

Cruelty Free Makeup Choices for Eco Conscious Young Adults

PETA are People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and they boast some 6.5 million members and supporters globally. They have some muscle in the marketplace, when it comes to identifying transgressors and ‘the good guys’. More and more young people are factoring in the ecology of the planet, when it comes to making consumer decisions. They are supporting brands and manufacturers who do the right thing, when it comes to animals and the environment. An Australian makeup brand, which is cruelty free and environmentally friendly will win friends and consumers.

Innocent Animals Suffering

Makeup and cosmetics, generally, are a funny thing, in that it is an industry built on vanity. People, mainly women, applying topical substances to their faces and bodies to look a certain way. The irony of an innocent animal suffering or dying, so that some person can, hopefully, look and feel better about themselves is acute. You do not see many animals wearing makeup. They are not lounging about in the pursuit of some ideal identity seen on TV. Putting aside the nature and morality of wearing makeup per se, it is clear, that no animal should suffer in the production of these human foible fripperies.

Little girls grow up watching mummy apply her makeup in front of the mirror!

The thing about women wearing makeup, it is, often, handed down from mother to daughter. Behaviours like these are cultural and familial. Little girls grow up watching mummy apply her makeup in front of the mirror. Cosmetics and makeup are, usually, inessentials, which have been promoted as more integral to the concept of beauty and personal attractiveness, than they really are. Applying make-up becomes a ritualised process in the lives of these women. The application of different faces for different roles. Sexual attractiveness. Demure maiden. Mother. Co-worker. Etc.

In Australia, a school has taken dressing up the disabled quite literally. According to The Telegraph, Ramco Primary School stirred an outrage after their “dress like a disabled person” event. Although the proceeds are for a good cause, the dress-up day was organised in poor taste. For disability advocates, there are other ways on how the school should have conducted inspirational activities for the people with disabilities.

Over the years, we’ve seen how some people have disguised themselves as people with disabilities (PWDs) during Halloween parties. In fact, using oxygen masks and wheelchairs has become a fashion statement, especially to the rich and famous. This is just outright insensitive and offensive. Dressing up the disabled is a huge undertaking and should not be taken as a joke.

Dressing Up The Disabled: Fashion Spreads Its Wings

People with physical and mental impairments, like the Japanese amputee artist Mari Katayama, use dressing aids and equipment that assist them when dressing up. Examples are sock aids, button hooks, zip extenders and dressing sticks. But if you want fashion to spread its wings upon them, there is a clothing line that makes dressing up the disabled a lot easier.

Independence Day Clothing, the company that specifically caters disabled kids and adults, is the idea of Lauren Thierry. You probably have heard her name as she was a news anchor for CNN. Since Thierry has a son with autism, she knows too well how laborious it is to put on clothes on PWDs. She then decided to put up this clothing line.

Thierry’s company produces clothes that are not only fashionable, but are also comfortable and easy to wear. The clothes and dresses do not have zippers, seams, buttons and even laces. These can also be worn in any way as the inside and outside of the garments look the same.

Another business called Buck & Buck specialises in disability clothing. They have various clothing styles depending on the person’s capacity to dress himself or herself. For women, Buck & Buck offers cut float dresses that are ideal for those in wheelchairs; pull on, side zip and back flap slacks; adaptive dresses and a whole lot more. While for the gents, they have waterproof fleece and ponchos, snap back undershirts and open back shirts.

In dressing up the disabled, there are available fashionable clothes that do not sacrifice its comfort and functionality. Kudos to Buck & Buck and Independence Day Clothing!

We take so much consideration when buying a prom dress. It is because we want to shine our beauty all over the night. How our dress looks like give us the confidence how we will act at the prom. Some girls purchase dresses encrusted with jewels so they would have an stunning and elegant look at their special night. These kind of dresses ranges in higher prices and only suitable for someone who can afford it and who wants the best dress for their prom.

Most Expensive Prom Dresses Ever

There’s a lot of expensive prom dresses varies from different famous brand. If Victoria’s Secret’s has a famous $2million diamond-encrusted bra, the Dress Goddess worth of $14,000 has also a diamond-encrusted all over the dress from its 2011 prom collection. This is the most expensive prom dress ever made and is created to ensure you have a memorable entrance and exit at any prom. When you buy this dress using your credit card, you may end up ACM group chasing you in the future so be careful.

Blue Violet Sleeveless Dress made by Gucci is pretty costly at its price costing $7,500. Gucci is an Italian brand and one of the very famous around the world. The prom dress is made of georgette and 100% silk. This dress will make sure you will have a worthy moment throughout the night.

Prom Dress by Tony Bowls costs $4,500. An expensive dress but good quality brand. By wearing this dress, you will have a charming looks like a beauty queen that  every guys would love to dance with.

Bandage Dress made by Herve Leger is another pricey prom dress. It is costs $3,900, designed with beads that makes the whole dress glamorous yet trendy look. This dress is very modern and stylish which can give you elegance and sophistication on dance floor.

In addition to what I’ve mentioned, there are more expensive prom dresses such as Silk Gorgette Dress by Ralp Lauren, Assymetric Neck Line Tulle Dress by Vernace, Mermaid Dress by Tarik Ediz, Dress 2250 from Alyce Paris Prom Collection, Jovani Prom Dress Model 88216 and Armani Stretch Silk Prom Dress and many more dresses that prices are ranges from $1,500 and above.

Is there something strange about affixing a lock to a bridge in Venice or Moscow? Apparently, lovers in a gesture of their commitment to each other, have been locking padlocks to bridges in Venice and Moscow for many years now. These padlocks are inscribed with the initials of the two parties concerned, which is symbolic, I imagine, of their secure devotion to each other. Authorities in Venice and Moscow are not enamoured of the practice and regularly employ locksmiths to remove the offending bunches of padlocks. Citizens of both cities are both fans and critics of this trend involving ‘love locks‘,.

Personally, I consider the practice to be a somewhat tragic gesture in the face of love’s reality in the 21^st century. A symbolic padlock is not going to keep a couple together, any more than a diamond ring or a house in the suburbs. I can imagine that city authorities find the practice to be abhorrent and impractical. Lovers locks on the Bridges of Venice: Romantic or horrific? Does true love need a lock? According to these people it must do. What will be next? Ankle chains and leggings made of gold and silver and inscribed with the names of the lovers, who wish to lock each other in an endless embrace?

Lover’s Locks on the Bridges of Venice: Romantic or Horrific?

Locksmiths in nearby Como must be licking their lips every day of the week. I wonder whether it was a locksmith who came up with this idea in the first place? Perhaps, he and his wife are rubbing their hands in glee, as they count up their profits from the sale of padlocks and on the charges they have levied on the city of Venice to remove hundreds and hundreds of padlocks. We as a race are a very strange bunch indeed, the things that we do are mightily strange.

Whatever happened to the saying, “if you love someone set them free”, I wonder? It obviously didn’t catch on in Moscow or Venice, and in the lives of all those tourists who visit these bridges with their metallic locks and keys. A psychologist would have to say that security is an issue for these people, perhaps, even a lack of trust is manifest in their lives. There are no locks on hearts and souls, they blow free in the winds of time and change. Love is an unlockable phenomenon; empty gestures will only rust away in the winter’s rain on a bridge in Venice.