Lupo Fiasco Harmful beauty

Author: Kate Lupo

At the Winter Ball this weekend, it was exciting to see the usual "sweatpants and UGG" library crowd become the beautiful swans that dazzled the dance floor. Girls in their most glamorous outfits shimmied and swayed next to clean-shaven boys sporting suits and ties. One student even wore a kilt.

For these magical beauty transformations to occur, a lot of cleaning, teasing, spraying, primping, smearing and spritzing takes place all over campus in dorm rooms, in bathrooms, in closets, etc. Most Middlebury students, and especially women, rely on a myriad of beauty products to prepare themselves for nights of revelry. I know that I rely on wearing mascara and undereye make up whenever I intend on being seen in public. Many women on campus similarly depend on cosmetics to make themselves look great, but have we ever wondered what exactly is in the products we use or the potential dangers we face in using them? I think it is time we started to pay attention