SkinCare 1- Gen Y Skincare Products !

Since long time ago, historical people from Cleopatra to Queen Elizabeth I, used skincare & beauty product to maintain their beauty. Cleopatra was famous for her milk and snake's blood bath routine to soften her skin, while Queen Elizabeth always use squashed bugs for her ruby red pout.

Thank's to invention of beauty technology! Nobody have to use those extreme beauty secret anymore.

But, Have you ever give a thought as the more improvement in technology, such as laser or non recyclable substances ie; petrolatum, mercury,etc. the more dangerous impacts that we get??


It is not only threaten our skin, but it also affects our environment while keeping our body beautiful from the outside.
Well, here is some reality beyond skincare & beauty products that has been researched by some experts.

1) Landfills : The dump beauty products package fill the 1/3rd of landfill waste and threaten the environment as it is non-biodegradable that takes million years to dissolve.

2) Animal testing : Several substances are tested to animals in order to determine allergic reactions and irritants which cause almost 40,000 animals die each year.

3) Common Chemicals : Skin care and beauty products such as sunblock, moisturizer and anti aging cream contains several substances. The most common substances are parabens, phenols, dioxanes,phthalates,etc. But, unconsciously with the regularly use, those substances potentially affect our endocrine system.

4) Environmental Damage : Common Chemicals in skincare products not only impact our body, but to our environment as well. Especially to aquatic environment. For example; The presence of Phtalates disrupts the reproductive health of fish population.

As the Generation Y,we have to aware to these impacts and use the new beauty product that is safer to our environment. You can use the range of natural beauty products. Even though It costs more but it's worth.

here are some affordable natural beauty & skin care products that you can get in Australia :

* Body Shop; This brand is superb ! They use the mix natural oil and fruits. But, the most important, they against ANIMAL CRUELTY


* Jurlique ; One of Australian Skincare brand. They only use the flower essence to made the products. It smells so good and hypo allergenic.


* LUSH ; Omigod..this brand is my guilty pleasure! You can just spend more than a hundred bucks to get the products!
The first time you enter this shop, you will experience "heavenly moment" ever. All of the soap or shampoo were handmade and using natural ingredients .


So, Let's go Au Naturale !be pretty & Save Our World!

In Response to " Facebook Violates Privacy Laws"

After read this article that written by Maggie Shiels from BBC News, i am quite surprise. Well, i am a loyal member of Facebook. I check it every day, change my status every 4 or 7 hours, upload every new pictures every where i hang out with my friends, and play the online game with the other members. This article reports that A Canadian privacy group has accusing Facebook publicly due to breaches privacy laws in its country.

It is so disappointing. I might not a professional journalist, but as far as i jump into this citizen journalism field, i learn about few obligation inside this issues, such as ethics, privacy, censorship, etc.
This article also explains what makes Facebook count as " Privacy Ruiner" . For example , in minefield, on the industry leading controls, etc.

Well, in the article that was published on May 31th 2008, Facebook was indicated as one of a social networking that disrespect member's privacy. Why ?? well, according to Canadian Clinic director, Phillipa Lawson, the average members of Facebook are teenagers, which might not understand about the privacy setting, hence it raises vulnerability issues.

Several investigations had been done and it was resulting in the fact that Facebook never destroy member's data after accounts are closed. Facebook also become an access for third party to get our information, which not necessary for them to know.

Furthermore, even though Facebook is known as a social networking, it's also involved in commercial activities such as advertising. I also have this experience, where facebook always promotes celebrity and invite as to join as a member.

Subsequently, Canadian privacy group not only accused facebook due to the breach of privacy laws.According to Lawson, they also use this complaint as "a shot accros the bows of all social networking sites."


So guys, use your privacy setting carefully ! =)))

Citizen Journalism is so IN ! =)

Citizen Journalism is a new concept for me as a student in communication course. Well actually I just realised about it’s existences, such as blogger or RSF
Since the massive explosion of easy access technology devices used to publish our idea, story and everything else that we can share, there is a massive increase in citizen journalism.
Furthermore, citizen journalism is the participation of some creative yet unprofessional person who utilise modern technology devices to join the role in collecting, reporting, and spreading some information.

For me, this is a great phenomenon because we can see and get information not only from one sided professional’s journalism that sometimes conceals the truth to gain some advantages.
According to the new media theorist Terry Flew’s perspective,” Citizen journalism can be increased by implying the 3 elements of “the rise of citizen journalism and citizen media”. They are : open publishing, collaborative editing and distributed content.

This perspective increases my awareness in citizen journalism. Even though I see it as an improvement in journalism, but sometimes we cannot avoid explicit contents due to the difficulty of censorship. As citizen journalism is diverse, we need to distinguish its reliable and relevant information.
For example, Facebook is one of easy access to get the idea of citizen journalism. However, sometimes its’ member upload some inappropriate content such as sex tape, raunchy pictures and etc.

But well, we have our right to become a critical person right?? So, let’s participate in citizen journalism!!

Be Critical and Positive!

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