Mirror, Mirror OFF the Wall

I was reading an article this morning about how women spend more money on beauty products than health care. There is a new website "You Beauty" -- The Science of a Beautiful You, which was founded by Oprah's protege Dr Oz. The site is targeting women ages 25-55. Its goal is to coax to become healthier by tying beauty and health together. OK , so that sounds reasonable.

Anyway, as so often happens when I am reading an article I end up clicking this link and that link and eventually I end up somewhere completely different and half the time I can't remember where I started. But, this time I came upon a link that lead me to the coolest blog.

Here's a little about it:

When Kjerstin Gruys got engaged to her longtime boyfriend, the former fashion merchandiser turned sociologist feared she would relapse into an eating disorder as she hunted for the perfect wedding dress. She was fiercely committed to researching her sociology Ph.D. on beauty and inequality, but was overwhelmed by the pressure of having a picturesque wedding. Her values and behavior were at odds, and she knew had to do something -- and quick.

 Instead of becoming engulfed in a vanity obsession, she committed to a year without mirrors -- and launched the blog Mirror Mirror...OFF The Wall six months before her wedding date. 

 "I've been trying to stick to my own goal of writing honestly and openly about the process," Gruys said.

 Her inspiration for the blog and staying mirror-free for a year came from "The Birth of Venus," a novel about an order of nuns who lived in Italy hundreds of years ago and gave up looking at their bodies and reflections for a lifetime. Since kicking off her blog five months ago, she's written about everything from her "No Makeup Mondays" to the history of mirrors, referencing stats such as how women spend five full days a year staring at their reflection.

 Her objective for the blog? To get women to rethink body images and what they're told about beauty. 

Could you give up looking in the mirror for a whole year??

 Wanna read the rest of the story? 

Of course you do!

here's the link  to the article

and here's the link to the blog

I'm Just Sayin!