Barbie Doll

Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy-company Mattel Inc and launched in March 1959. The doll was intended to be a teenage fashion doll. Barbie is a super star. Barbie is girl's favoritedoll. With over 15 makeup artists and hairstylists working on each doll. Barbie was one of the first toys to have a marketing strategy based extensively on television advertising, which has been copied widely by other toys. It is estimated that over a billion Barbie dolls have been sold worldwide in over 150 countries. In 2009, Barbie celebrated her 50th birthday. Here is the Barbie Dolls Wallpapers Gallery a new world of Barbie wallpapers and Barbie dolls for your computer, PCs & mobile.

Lower Back- the most popular spot for tattoos

Every noww and then you find the jolies,the holmes,the simpsons,the lohans,the watsons,the jones flaunting their much hyped LBT's (Lower Back Tattoos) striking a chord with the Gen Next. The Tattoo has now became a hot commodity within the pop culture.

Lower back tattoos are more common among young women. The decoration of blues singer Janis Joplin with a wristlet and a small heart on her left breast, by the San Francisco tattoo artist Lyle Tuttle, is taken as a seminal moment in the popular acceptance of tattoos as art.

Tattoos as u all know is a permanent/temporary(sometimes) marking made by inserting ink into the layers of skin for decorative, spiritual and other purpose. Tattoo-since the word's first usage in the Captain James Cook diary in 1769 has been popular in many parts of the world. Even though the word is in usage only 350 years back this dynamic but tentative art has adorned many ancient scriptures. It is popularly used by traditional Japanese and Chinese people, the Polynesian groups, the Maori of New Zealand, parts of Europe,N.America and S.America, Philippines etc..,

History
The invention of tattoos was an accident. Someone had a small wound, and rubbed it with soot and ashes from a fire. Once the wound had healed, they saw that a mark stayed permanently.

Glimpses of ancient tattooing can be found in Chinese literature-Egypt and India (Henna andMehendi)-Pre-Christian Germanic, Celtic and other central and northern European tribes were often heavily tattooed-spiritual and decorative purposes in Japan-as a sign of respect for the dead and a symbol of reverence in Middle East.

Between 1766 and 1769 Tattoos were Reintroduced into the western world by Captain James Cook with his knowledge from the 'tattooed savages' he had seen during his voyage to Polynesian islands.

Know more about History of Tattoos here

The Rise and Rise of Tattoos
Tattoos have experienced a resurgence in popularity in many parts of the world, particularly in North America, Japan, and Europe. This popularity provoked new advancements in the equipment used for tattooing. The growth in tattoo culture has seen an influx of new artists into the industry, many of whom have technical and fine art training. This popularity provoked new advancements in the equipment used for tattooing. The 2007 movie Eastern Promises about Russian Mafia highlighted the use of tattoos and the tattoo culture.

A poll conducted online in July 2003 estimated that 16% of all adults in the United States have at least one tattoo. Tattooing was ranked as the sixth fastest growing retail venture of the 1990s, establishing the tattoo industry as a hot property. A study by Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology found that 24% of Americans who were between the ages of 18 and 50 had a tattoo, which is almost one in four people in the United states.

Usage
Today, people choose to be tattooed for cosmetic, sentimental/memorial, religious, and magical reasons, and to symbolize their belonging to or identification with particular groups, including criminal gangs

For the sake of identification

• People use tattoos to tell the world who they are and to which community they belong to. For example Māori chiefs sometimes drew their moko (facial tattoo) on documents in place of a signature.
• Tattoos are sometimes used by forensic pathologists to help them identify burned, putrefied, or mutilated bodies
• Tattoos for identification are also used on animals.Pet dogs and cats are often tattooed with a serial number (usually in the ear, or on the inner thigh) via which their owners can be identified

Cosmetics

Tattoos are a hot property in cosmetics now. They are extensively used to cover face marks, pimples, dislocations, moles, enhancing eyebrows/lips etc.., This is what we call Permanent Makeup.

Medicine

Medical tattoos are used to ensure instruments are properly located for repeated application of radiotherapy and for the areola in some forms of breast reconstruction. Tattooing has also been used to convey medical information about the wearer

Negative

In the United States many prisoners and criminal gangs use distinctive tattoos to indicate facts about their criminal behavior, prison sentences, and organizational affiliation.

Some Types of Tattoos:-
I have collected some innovative and intriguing tattoos which are popular among different groups and are named accordingly. Visit these links

• Yantra Tattoo
• Permnent makeup Tattooos
• Henna
• Mehendi
• Medical tattoos
• Airbrush tattoos
• Chinese character tattoos
• Criminal tattoo Five-Dot tattoo
• Flash(tattoo)
• Irezumi - Japanese Tattoo
• Marquesan tattoo
• Sleeve tattoo
• UV tattoo
• Tear tattoo

Visit this link for the worlds most popular tattoo designs and their meanings

Techniques

• The most common method of tattooing in modern times is the electric tattoo machine, which inserts ink into the skin via a group of needles that are soldered onto a bar, which is attached to an oscillating unit.
• A technique often used for home made tattoos is "stick and poke". The tip of a sewing needle is wrapped in ink-soaked thread, leaving only the point protruding. Keeping this simple instrument saturated with ink, the skin is pricked over and over, creating a design.
• Natural Tattoos-these tattoos are often formed accidentally owing to coal dust getting into wounds,due to gunpowder,implantation of amalgam particles during dental filling.
• A wide range of dyes and pigments can be used in tattoos.

Risks Involved

• Though tattooing is attractive and helpful in many ways there are some risks involved in it.
• Uncareful tattooing sometimes leads to allergic reactions and infections.
• Since tattoo instruments come in contact with blood and bodily fluids, diseases may be transmitted if the instruments are used on more than one person without being sterilized. However, infection from tattooing in clean and modern tattoo studios employing single-use needles is rare.
• Infections that could be transmitted via the use of unsterilized tattoo equipment or contaminated ink include surface infections of the skin, herpes simplex virus, tetanus,staphInfected Tattoo), fungal infections, some forms of hepatitis, tuberculosis, and HIV.
• But upto now no person in the United States is reported to have contracted HIV via a commercially-applied tattooing process.
• There is also a small risk of anaphylactic shock (hypersensitive reaction) in those who are susceptible, but the chance of a health risk is small. The mechanism which is involved in tattooing is such that the tattoo inks have been described as "nonreactive histologically".

So with the influx of so many innovations and precautions in the field of tattooing the tattooists need not worry much about the risks involved in this art.

This art is certainly catching up fast with the young generation. Have fun tattooing atleast once yola !!!. Don't Worry even the so called permanent tattoos can be removed easily now.

Learn about Tattoo Removal here. If you change your mind.
Sources:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattoo
• http://atledo.com/
• http://www.thetattoocollection.com/tattoo_post_operative_care.htm
• http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/tattoos-and-piercings/MC00020
• http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic563.htm#section~histology
• http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-94598397.html
• http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/c/tattoo.htm

"Watch this video tutorial on how you can superimpose a tattoo onto your body! Before you take the plunge!"

Favourite Links:

• The Tattoo club in Russia.
• The Tattoo FAQ
• After Care for Your Tattoo
• Tattoo Statistics and Pop culture
• Tattoofinder-Largest online tattoo gallery
• Vanishingtattoo

The Top Deodrants for MEN

Deodorants, Antiperspirants and Perfumes have always been the Boy's Toys!! Men are Men after all and hence they carry an array of Deo's . A Deo has always been associated with Men and so here I list some of the Top rated Deodorants for MEN . Sounds crazy but this is 'the' Youngistan Stuff :D

The basic purpose of deodorants, combined with antiperspirants, is to destroy unpleasantbody odors and make a man smell good. For his personal benefit and for those around him, a man will consider deodorant as an essential toiletry both at home and while traveling.

Deodorants come in both spray and roll on form but most men would choose the spray anytime for easy application and less likelihood of mess. There are plenty of choices as you will see when you walk into any store with shelves full of all the popular brands in a variety of fragrances. You shouldn't go far wrong by settling on one of the major brands.

RIGHT GUARD
One of the top choices in deodorants for many years has been Right Guard. A straightforward antiperspirant when it began, Right Guard has added the fragrant deodorant to its range recognizing that men don't simply want to stay dry but also want to smell good. Irony is that I was unaware of the fact that Right Guard topped the list!though I was using Right Guard for quite some time now!!

SURE
This deodorant is well known thanks to the advertising campaign with the trademark "tick" which stayed dry regardless of the hot conditions the person had to endure. Like Right Guard, the Sure brand has been known more as an antiperspirant than a fragrance.

LYNX
This is a big favorite with the guys with a range of great fragrances in a deodorant that is relatively good on price. Lynx could well be the most popular of bunch among men used in combination with an antiperspirant. Lynx have a wide variety of scents that are very pleasant and would probably be the top recommendation in any random survey.

OTHERS
There are a host of other top deodorants, some expensive, some not that are less well known and therefore less popular. Some of the big names in colognes also do the regular deodorants but usually at a much higher cost.

In days gone by, deodorants were designed solely to fight the odors produced by perspiration and often did not give off much of a fragrance. Things have changed now with deodorants created to give all manner of pleasant scents in addition to disguising everyday unpleasantbody odors.

Because deodorants are relatively inexpensive, there should be no excuse for unpleasantbody odor. A trip to the local store will give you an endless choice of deodorants that will not only help keep you dry, but will also make you smell nice around other people.

So the next time you are out for Shopping make sure pick one of these..

Denim and Denim all the way!

I Hate WearinG Jeans Hmmmmmmm....!

So.. What makes denim the most famous fabric?? I always wondered if there was any garment denim less! Well tell you what there are denim themes and a blogger template too.....! I was on a shopping spree recently and couldn't resist with yet another denim for myself though I'm not blessed with an excellent physic.. :D!

One of the oldest and yet most versatile fabric on the planet has always been on the desks of any garment counter!
It has evolved over the years from the early cowboy stuff of 1930's to the denim necklace blended with diamonds! Its the hottest selling item at any given point in any country. The craze it carries with an equally experimentation that its subjected to makes this garment one of the greatest inventions of the Fashion industry!


Marketed by almost all the famous firms, Levis Strauss n Co. leads the pack with Lee, Wrangler,Pepe Jeans, Trigger, Live in, Disel etc.. to follow.

When it comes the history.. lemme put an incident which triggered the Jeans!

In 1853, the California gold rush was in full swing, and everyday items were in short supply. Levi Strauss, a 24-year-old German immigrant, left New York for San Francisco with a small supply of dry goods with the intention of opening a branch of his brother's New York dry goods business. Shortly after his arrival, a prospector wanted to know what Mr. Strauss was selling. When Strauss told him he had rough canvas to use for tents and wagon covers, the prospector said, "You should have brought pants!," saying he couldn’t find a pair of pants strong enough to last.

Denim Blue Jeans

Levi Strauss had the canvas made into waist overalls. Miners liked the pants, but complained that they tended to chafe. Levi Strauss substituted a twilled cotton cloth from France called "serge de Nimes." The fabric later became known as denim and the pants were nicknamed.



Here comes the Time-Line of Denim..

1800’s: American gold miners wanted clothes that were strong and did not tear easily. To meet this demand, Leob Strauss started a wholesale business, supplying clothes. Strauss later changed his name from the rather plain Leob to the extremely recognizable Levi.

1930's: Cowboys - who often wore jeans in the movies - became very popular, which lead to an increased interest in the rugged trousers.

1940's: Fewer jeans were made during World War 2, but American soldiers did introduce them to the world by wearing them when they were off duty. After the war, rival companies, like Wrangler and Lee, began to compete with Levi's for a share of the international market.

1950's: Denim became very popular with young people in the 1950's. It was the symbol of the teenage rebellion in TV programmes and movies - think James Dean in the 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause! Some schools in the US went so far as to ban students from wearing denim.

1960-70's: Manufacturers started to make different styles of jeans to match the 60's fashions: embroidered jeans, painted jeans, psychedelic jeans... In many non-western countries, jeans became a symbol of ' western decadence' and were very hard to get.

1980's: In the 1980's jeans became high fashion clothing. Famous fashion designers like Gucci started making jeans, with their own labels on them, and jean sales started to rocket.

1990's: Although denim is never completely out of style, it certainly goes out of "fashion" from time to time. The 1990's youth market wasn’t particularly interested in 501s and other traditional jeans styles, mainly because their parents: the "generation born in blue" were still wearing them. No teenager in their right mind would be caught dead in anything their parents are wearing, so the 1990's youth turned to other fabrics and styles like cargo pants, khakis and branded sportswear.

Denim was still in vogue, but it had to be in different finishes, new cuts, shapes, styles, or in the form of aged, authentic, vintage jeans, discovered in markets, and second-hand stores, not conventional jeans stores. Levi Strauss & Co., the No.1producer of jeans closed 11 factories in the 1990's.

2000: Jeans made a come back on the catwalk with big name designers Chanel, Dior, Chloe and Versace adding them to their summer ’99 collections.

Time-line credit goes to nzgirl

Before you can start following up, lemme also include some pictures ....!


I would luv to expand this but I'l do it some time time later...
Hope you like my Denim Saga..!!
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