Fashionitis

I hopped off the train today a bit late when my wires got crossed and wound up on the wrong 

train. But anywho, doing my daily stroll through the online fashion neighborhood i created (via my convenient bookmarks bar. yay technology!) when I stumbled upon the most entertaining beauty story I've read in a while. Kudos to the geniuses at W who hired this writer. Take a look-see.

EYEAGRA LATISSIMA

(eye-AG-ra la-TEES-ee-muh)

Fixation on making eyelashes appear thick and erect at all times. 

Symptoms: Addiction to prescription Latisse or other eyelash “conditioners”; frequent reapplication of mascara. Often diagnosed in tandem with Red Carpet Face—a perma-squint resulting from lids being weighed down with copious amounts of lash.

The whole point was addressing the trend of overdoing it that seems to have taken over some fashion girls (and ladies....HOUSEWIVES). The story pokes fun at some of the major beauty obsessions that took women from improving looks to destroying it with one too many applications or injections. 

PEELIMIA

(peel-EE-me-ah) 

Compulsive disorder in which victims exfoliate and chemically plane face—using scrubs, organic fruit extracts, trichloroacetic acid, or vibrating diamond- encrusted sanding wands—until skin resembles a slice of seared bluefin tuna. Symptom: Dating dermatologists—or at least friending them on Facebook.

WHITENITIS

(wy-ten-EYE-tiss)

Craving for teeth to appear the color of blackboard chalk. Symptoms: Sleeping with hydrogen peroxide–filled mouth guard; limiting oral intake to pale foods and white wine; recurring dreams involving Clorox.

Cred:

Captions under pics by Mike Albo

Pics by Melanie Teppich

Laugh with me at the rest of the beauty disorders at W Mag

Stay Inspired.