Beauty and the Geek: Even Makeup Has Taken Blu-ray's Side
First Netflix chooses Blu-ray, now makeup manufacturers are! Recently Bella alerted us to Cargo makeup's subtle entrance into the tech world with their new line of products, including a mattifier, powder, mascara, gloss, and highlighter, that have been specifically formulated for use by makeup artists on the set of high-definition shoots. The line is called "blu_ray" — it's interesting that they used an underscore instead of the official hyphen of the real Blu-ray, plus, this naming is just the latest visitor to HD-DVD's funeral.
The high definition of HDTV and Blu-ray is otherwise exciting: It looks amazing! But, uh, my sensitivity as a woman skews my view a little, ever since I heard that actresses have been freaking out since the advent of this technology — you can see everything on an actor's face — wrinkles, makeup, acne — and many people have responded by seeking our more Botox and other plastic surgery to make up for it. Yikes! Here's hoping the makeup works, ladies.
The historic takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which could come as soon as this weekend, moved to the forefront of the presidential campaign Saturday.
In the arena that night, the whole last minute was drowned out by cheers — and then when the soaring music swelled, the confetti rained down as the harbinger of balloons and the hopeful first family took the stage, forget about it — it was a perfect end to a convention that last Monday, no one even knew if it would happen. But it did, and I'm so glad to have been there.
