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Donald Trump launches platform to work around his Twitter ban

Donald Trump launches platform to work around his Twitter ban
May 5 2021 Share

After being banned off of social media platforms, former US President Donald Trump has launched his new communications platform in order to work around his banning. ‘From The Desk of Donald J. Trump’ has just been launched, giving the 74-year-old ex-president the space to say anything he wants. There is a catch however – the platform allows subscribers to share his posts on Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms.

Users will not be able to comment or react to the posts on his blog but they are able to share them around. Trump branded his new ‘From the Desk’ as a ‘beacon of freedom’ during a ‘time of lies and silence.’ It is unclear whether Facebook or Twitter will allow users to continue sharing his blogs, but the launch comes in the same week as Facebook’s Oversight Board was set to announce whether to keep Trump off the platforms.

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World renowned restaurant Eleven Madison Park is going vegan

World renowned restaurant Eleven Madison Park is going vegan
May 5 2021 Share

The three-Michelin-star New York restaurant Eleven Madison Park will make its grand reopening after more than a year by going plant-based. Most of the dishes it became known for, such as its iconic roasted duck with daikon and plum, will no longer be available on the menu. This will make the restaurant one of the first ever high-profile eateries to go vegan, with chef and owner Daniel Humm stating that he is immensely excited to share the decision of turning towards a plant-based menu.

Vegetarianism and veganism seem to be no longer fringe diets as more and more restaurants are seemingly making the shift. Humm stated in an interview that ‘the way people eat meat is not sustainable’. Acknowledging the risk this moves entails, Humm believes the decision is worth it as he aims to ‘redefine luxury as an experience that serves a higher purpose and maintains a genuine connection to the community.’

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Mark Wahlberg gains as much weight as possible for film role

Mark Wahlberg gains as much weight as possible for film role
May 4 2021 Share

Putting on around 30 pounds for his new upcoming film Father Stu, Mark Wahlberg took to social media to show off his new ‘dad bod’. The ‘before-and-after’ Instagram post shows a three week difference which the 49-year-old actor went through. Wahlberg deviated significantly from his strict healthy routine, opening up on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ how he planned to prepare for the role by ‘eating everything in sight.’

Wahlberg told Kimmel that he stated to put on as much weight as possible, challenging himself to put on 30 pounds in a six week time span. Wahlberg has already done similar body transformations before, gaining 40 pounds of muscle for ‘Pain & Gain’, and more than 60 pounds for ‘Deepwater Horizon’ and ‘Patriot’s Day’. Commenting on his recent body shape, his wife Rhea stated; ‘It looks just as hot in person baby.’

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Beauty in the time of corona: Facing the face in the ‘mirror’

Beauty in the time of corona: Facing the face in the ‘mirror’
May 4 2021 Share

The lipstick index is a term coined by the son of the founder of Estée Lauder claims that lipstick sales could be inversely proportionate to a thriving economy. It speculated that women substitute cosmetics for more expensive indulgences like expensive bags or trips when their budgets are tight.

The pandemic is the first time since the ’50s that trauma and economic downturn didn’t cause an increase in sales of lipstick – the lips have been covered with masks… but it may have increased the interest in med-aesthetic treatments.

With so much work going online, on Zoom and other applications, most of us spend most of our time looking at our faces. Some of us had already experienced being afraid to look at our faces as they seemed to deceive us as the years went by. We have almost doubled our life expectancies as humans over the last century and have certainly multiplied the value we associate with all our expectations of life after 40. We need to feel confident. We need to feel ourselves. This is why most persons seek aesthetic medical treatments which bust away wrinkles and restore volume with fillers and the such.

Did the pandemic reveal that we in fact only do these treatments for ourselves? To consolidate the outward with our inwards? Our looks with what we feel inside? We had nowhere to go, no one to please, we met no strangers, no one to have to leave physical good first impressions on.

The aesthetic medical world deals with repair, restoration and beautification but it also deals with overcoming trauma, restoring confidence and positive transformations.

During the pandemic, the beautification and enhancement aspects decreased. The ‘if only’ aspect decreased except for post menopausal peri-oral restoration in women who experienced near complete loss of lip shape and volume and barcode lines around the lip where bone density in the jaws decreased, leading sometimes to teeth loss causing backward recession of the area around the mouth. This was due to the fact that most patients seeking restoration of this area are very adamant to do so discretely, so post-treatment a clean surgical mask proved very effective at hiding any latent signs of having had the procedure done from the world!

In combination, the flexibility to work from home, and the mask served to give clients the courage to make decisions about treatments they had long been thinking of having done.

Restoration of confidence, in line with our expectation of a long life expectancy and good quality of life is part and parcel with a good bill of health.

To perceive yourself as ‘beautiful‘, in terms of harmony, proportion and the appearance of ‘healthy’ uniformly toned skin is an inevitable wish of every human. To see that the idea that the desire for personal beauty is for the satisfaction of the self, to reinforce the will to enjoy life has been reinforced during a time of isolation, shifting paradigms and values and self reflection is a reassuring thought for the aesthetic doctor.

For more information on med-aesthetic treatments, visit People and Skin’s website at www.peopleandskin.com

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