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...have to hand it to Stella McCartney: she has forged her beliefs into her brand, consistently steering clear of the use of leather and fur in her ready-to-wear and accessory collections. The newest offering from this committed vegetarian and antifur campaigner is a range of luxurious beauty products that, she insists, don't even use endangered plant species...
Care by Stella McCartney contains 100% active organic ingredients and comes with an 11-point charter guaranteeing no formulas tested on animals and no animal-derived or genetically modified ingredients. So far, so much like other laudable products on sale at your local health store. But the difference with McCartney, who from the beginning of her fashion career a decade ago has used her fame as Beatle Paul's designing daughter as a soapbox for her principles, is that Care is also unashamedly glamorous...
...always wanted to use organic skin care," says McCartney, "but it had really bad textures, smelled awful, and the packaging was usually so unattractive, I would end up being seduced by all the conventional stuff, even though it's full of silicone. So I wanted to know, If we ditch the silicone, will it feel lumpy...
...McCartney was also determined to rule out petrochemicals and parabens; the latter are preservatives red-flagged by those who suspect that they cause cancer (a direct link remains unproved). "Your skin is your largest organ, and up to 60% of what you put on it is absorbed into the system. Lots of skin products use the same petrochemicals as the antifreeze in your car!" says McCartney...
...other eight sub-minute songs on the album) sound basically like a five year old stepping on a Casio keyboard. The band’s website claims that these sounds were made using a vintage vocoder and Paul McCartney’s tape machine from “McCartney 2,” but the result is still a 30-second track that distracts from the surrounding pop glory. Knowing that “Same Old Drag,” which is the musical equivalent of an ethereal summer day, was made using 96 tracks of instrumentation makes me think...