Fragrant Friday - Gabrielle: A Story Of Passion

Here's a sneak peek of the 21st chapter of Inside Chanel, Gabrielle, the Pursuit of Passion, which will be released officially on Saturday, August 19, Gabrielle Chanel's birthday.

A rebel at heart, free, stylish and passionate: these are without a doubt the four most defining characteristics of Gabrielle Chanel's personality. Traits that guided the destiny she had chosen for herself, her whole life through. An open book on the history of the House and the personality of its founder, Inside Chanel is an illustrated heritage to be discovered again and again. The short films can be viewed in any order, each an invitation to read a story in total freedom, with no constraints. Just as Gabrielle would have done...

Be sure to check out the rest of the chapters of the film “Gabrielle: A story of passion” on the Inside Chanel website - inside.chanel.com - starting tomorrow - a great way to celebrate Gabrielle Chanel's birthday!

- Lisamarie -

Make Me Young - Contest!

It's no wonder with a name like "Beauty Crazed" that we are very interested in the way we look - and of course in our youth obsessed culture it goes without saying that we are especially focused (fine, obsessed with) on products and services that claim to make us look younger.  It's nice to know we're not alone - in the documentary, Make Me Young, Mitch McCabe, the daughter of a plastic surgeon, sets out to investigate why Americans are so obsessed with aging.  She spends 2 years traveling across America visiting doctors, experts and an interesting cast of characters (including a Jack Nicholson lookalike) searching for answers.  If you're squeamish (like me) you'll want to turn your head away for the surgery footage but the rest of it is "can't stop watching" fascinating!  Whether it makes you think "what the hell am I/they doing?" or "when can I get my next procedure?" it sure does make you think!

You can check out the trailer here:

http://www.youthknowsnopain.com/

The film is available nationwide in the US or through VSC in Canada: 
http://www.videoservicecorp.com/Documentary/Make-Me-Young-Youth-Knows-No-Pain/

Better yet, win your very own - we have 5 copies up for grabs!

Want in?  It's super easy!  This contest is open to US and Canadian residents. All you have to do is join Beauty Crazed as a follower if you aren't one already.  You can either do it through Google or through Networked Blogs on Facebook - you can find both signups on the right hand side of the Beauty Crazed site.  Once you belong to our crazy family just leave a reply to this post letting us know you want in and if you have ever considered having plastic surgery and if so, what you would have done - I've course we'd also love to hear about any work you have done already too! If you give the contest link a tweet and/or post it on your blog, there's an extra entry in it for you! Including an e-mail address would be extra helpful and you can write it like this - info(at)beautycrazed(dot)ca - so the bots can't find you but we can.  If you prefer not to leave your info on a public post, please leave a post saying you want to enter and then e-mail us your info - info@beautycrazed.ca, please put "Make Me Young Contest" in the subject line.  Winner to be decided by random drawing and you have until October 29th to enter. 

- Lisamarie -

The Colour of Beauty: Is the Fashion Industry Racist or just a Reflection of Society?

This short film examines racism and the lack of diversity in the fashion industry through the eyes of a young ambitious Black model. You can see her frustration when she's sometimes told castings are for white models only. But is the fashion industry really racist? Or is it simply a reflection of what people want to see? In all fairness, if nobody buys magazines with Black, Asian or Latina models on the cover, why would magazine editors use these models?

Just like when some people mention the lack of leading roles for black Hollywood actors, or even openly gay actors; my answer is the same: editors, directors are in this business to make money and not everyone is ready to alienate their audience and risk millions of dollars in the name of fairness and equality. Another example: I don't believe TV shows drive their audience to violence, deviant sex and crime: they are just a reflection of society, plain and simple. 

There is only one possible conclusion: Human race = massive fail!


Video:

-Christelle-