SELFCARE__ : CONSUME__

Whether you're grouchy from the heat or feeling the pressure of this season's beauty standards, try one of Selfcare's summer dishes to ease your hunger for perfection! Recipes below:

Stay Sexy Sandwich:

2 slices whole wheat bread

1 T Maybelline Dream Fresh BB cream

1 page Celeb Diet Tips

1 page Beauty ad

1 page personal indulgence

1 tsp Tarte bronzer

Lightly spread BB cream on bread. Layer magazine pages based on mood-- bright colors taste better! Toast bread with bronzer, cut and serve.

Insecure Insalata:

1 C Romaine lettuce

2 T Proactiv refining mask

1 tube Clinique lipstick, sliced

2 T anti-anxiety medicine

1 tsp Clinique Happy perfume

Break rinsed lettuce into bowl. Glop refining mask on as you see fit. Toss in sliced lipstick of choice (We like Matte Petal-- yum!). Sprinkle anti-anxiety meds unsparingly. Spritz perfume to taste.

Softest Thighs Smoothie:

1/2 banana, sliced

1/2 C Elastin3 Advanced Stretch Mark Therapy cream

1/2 C Midnight Pomegranate Shower cream

ice

water

Combine ingredients in blender, mix until smooth. Pour into chilled glass. Do not be embarrassed to chug this delicious mess.

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SELFCARE__ by Emily Siegenthaler is an exploration of the rituals and practices through which we understand, maintain, and care for our bodies. When and how do we disrupt our routines? What then?