Skip to main content

Posts

The World of Makeup: Trends and Personalities

The World of Makeup  Over the semester I have done quite a few blogs dealing with makeup and the current trends. So when thinking of an idea for my wild card paper makeup of course worked its way back into my brain. I wanted to take a deeper dive into the world of makeup and even some of my favorite personalities. Now I've stated before most people on campus don't really see my love for makeup because minimal effort is made for my appearance in class. However, I have the whole spread shape tape, false eyelashes, multiple eyeshadow palettes, lipsticks, etc. you name it. I'd also like to give myself some credit with my knowledge of makeup as i've done multiple girls makeup for senior pictures and other events.  Let me start off by introducing you to the basics of makeup and what you may find in any girls makeup bags these days. Typically you start off with a primer for you face, which prepares your skin to take the products you are about to apply. I then head in...
Recent posts

Digital and Media Literacy:

Digital and Media Literacy  I want to start off by saying I had to do some heavy research to know exactly what digital and media literacy was and how it works. Google defines it as "the ability to effectively find, identify, evaluate, and use information." Not everyone has access to these skills which is why there are multiple non profit organizations that work to help teach these skills and more. People around the globe don't have access to the internet like we do on a daily basis which makes learning these skills a lot more difficult.  Last month Apple announced that they will be partnering with non profit organizations to help media literacy programs in the United States and some parts of Europe. Their efforts are going to help advance young peoples ability to use their critical thinking skills that they believe are necessary to survive in such a digital heavy world.  Apple's CEO Tim Cook stated "News literacy is vital to sustaining free press and t...

International Media Trends:

International Media Trends   Media is changing are day to day lives all around the world. Trends are sweeping the nation and carrying over to other countries. An innovation that is spreading word quickly of trends around the globe is Snapchat’s subscription feature. Snapchat is a social media app where users can ‘snap’ each other back with images or videos. The subscription feature is changing the way we use the app as it acts as an online magazine store of sorts. Snapchat features popular magazines like Seventeen, Vice, Men’s Health, Wired, etc.  The app also has features like Art Insider where it covers a wide range of art trends around the world. The subscriptions release one or two episodes a week and have different seasons. One of the newest trends is sidewalk art created by Norwegian artist Dino Tomic. Where he paints with an invisible water-repellent solvent. When asked his sidewalk masterpieces by Art Insider he said “The faster you work, the more you can see...