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The idealized female of the 21st century: the magazine girl.  The magazine, as an artistic forum, defines and perpetuates the new “ideal” female: beautiful, inexorably thin, vacant, with not a hair out of place. Yet below this plastic exterior lurk larger implications for contemporary society.

(excerpt from: NADJA POPOVICH, "Life in Plastic ... it's fantastic?", The McGill Daily,  Published on March 20, 2008 on Janet Werner’s exhibition “Too Much Happiness” at Parisian Laundry)

Get perfect hair. The way your hair looks is crucial for your image as a whole. In order to achieve great hair, follow the advice below.

Keep your hair clean all the time. Nobody looks beautiful with greasy hair. Make sure your hair always looks perfect. The only hairstyles that look glamorous are the perfectly styled ones. Rebellious hair not allowed. It can be straight, wavy, or curly, as long as it's shiny and perfectly tamed.

(excerpt from wikiHow: How to Get a Glamorous Style - This page was last modified 02:55, 5 March 2011 by Suicune!. Based on work by Teresa, Sarah Eliza, Lois Wade, Dave Crosby, Gabrielle Delacroix, BR, Victoria, Suicune! and Peachy, wikiHow user(s) OhioMike, Sophie Caley, Lillian May, Aunt Slappy, Agurl, SilverMoonshine, LinkTool and Linksprinkler and Anonymous)