Am I Pretty Now?

Am I Pretty Now?

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Am I Pretty Now? episodes

  • 011 - Dr. John Kellogg - Helping Us Not Feel Feelings (and Ourselves) for Over 100 Years!
    Erin is presenting everything about Dr. John Kellogg this week on the show. She will tell us about his innovative therapies practiced at his wellness retreat, Battle Creek Sanitarium. Kellogg believed that to achieve optimal health, you had to eliminate any extreme feelings, especially of the sexual variety. Join us as Erin tells us why Corn Flakes were initially developed and how he used light, water and yogurts throughout his therapies. Buckle in friends, it's a wild ride!
    52 min
  • 010 - The Dimple Maker - They Were Feared and Revered!

    On this episode, Hailey is telling us all about the device called the Dimple Maker. Join us while she attempts to explain what dimples are, how they are thought of among cultures, and how you can get yourself a set for the low, low price of about $1,500. This will be another example of a more modern trend, being from only 50ish years ago. The gore is at a minimum, but the absurdity of the device definitely makes up for it.

    56 min
  • 009 - Vampire Facials - There Will Be Blood!
    Erin is presenting this week, and she is bringing us a bloody topic. Vampire facials! Unfortunately, Nosferatu and Dracula couldn't make it as guests. But, ya boy Pliney makes yet another appearance. Erin explains the allure and history of blood-letting and how, modernly, we use this technique to achieve that forever-young look.
    1 hr 16 min
  • 008 - Radium Water and Baths - You Might As Well Call It A Potion

    We are back from a little break, and Hailey is bringing us the topic this week: Radium Water and Baths. With the discovery of radium came a lot of assumptions of what it could treat in terms of wellness. However, turns out radium is actually really radioactive. Join us while we discuss why people of the early 1900's bathed in and consumed radium-laced water and how it truly effected their health.

    1 hr 33 min
  • 007 - Halloween Special!
    We are switching things up a bit and bringing you an early Halloween present! Since the holiday is right around the corner, we wanted to take things in a ghostly direction. On this episode, we will be sharing the Japanese urban legend that lends us our name for the show. We will also be sharing a couple beauty-related ghost stories from pop-culture, a movie review of a movie that hasn't actually been released (but will be soon! *fingers crossed*), and then we'll round it out with some of our own experiences. It's a long and relaxed episode, so get comfortable!
    1 hr 45 min
  • 006 - Eye Stuff - How To Get That Dreamy TB Look!
    On this week's episode, Erin is bringing us a conversation all about eye stuff! She will be covering the barbaric techniques used with the installation of original eyelash extensions, how silent-film starlets got those raindrop lashes and how women achieved the sought after "bright" eyes caused by tuberculosis ... without actually getting tuberculosis.
    1 hr 2 min
  • 005 - Corsets - Look At How Sturdy You Are!

    On this episode, Hailey will be talking about corsets, and how they weren't only physically dangerous, but also psychologically dangerous. She will also discuss waist trainers, which are basically modern day corsets. And are just as problematic.

    1 hr 13 min
  • 004 - Macabre Makeup - What An Exquisite Corpse!
    This week, Erin is telling us all about the lethal, and sometimes disgusting, ingredients that have gone into makeup products throughout history. And how some of these questionable components still rear their ugly heads in the current market. We will also discuss how the symptoms of poisoning resulted in a vicious circle of using even more of these products! Queen Elizabeth makes yet another mention during our episode all about macabre makeup!
    1 hr
  • 003 - Paris Green - The Arsenic Tastes Like Arsenic!

    Episode 3 is all about Paris Green or Scheele's Green, a dangerous dye that was developed with an unstable arsenic compound. Hailey tells us all about why this color choice was a death sentence. And why it was a painful way to go in the name of fashion. This episode does include some gory details. Listen at your own risk.

    1 hr
  • 002 - Mouches and Merkins - You Were Probably A Witch

    On episode 2, Erin is bringing us a bit of a twofer special. For the main course, we will dive into mouches, or faux beauty marks, and how they were tools of fortune and status. And then we are giving you a little dessert by ending with merkins, or pubic wigs. Don't think too hard about it. It's exactly what you're thinking.

    57 min

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A podcast about the ugly side of beauty and wellness!