Here's JibJab with another very popular satire of the US election campaign. It's called 'Time for Some Campaignin'. As we see it on YouTube it now has 18,000 views but may be up to over a couple of million by the end of today. (Update: see the stats as of two days later here.)

Margaret Morganroth Gullette says the beauty industry should rather be called 'the uglification industry' as it makes most of us feel self-conscious about our faces and body parts. She's written two books about aging and mid-life. Declining to Decline won the prize of best feminist book on American popular culture.

Smashing Magazine has a useful summary of the 70 best photoshop tutorials you will find online that relate to the unreal beautifying of your subject with the help of photoshop. These tutorials focus on how to make skin, hair, eyes and teeth look better and how to give your subject the perfect retouched figure (or completely exaggerated assets). Check out the best photoshop retouching tutorials here.

How to Look Younger
by Heather Johnson

Everyone wants to look younger these days; it consumes many of us. There’s nothing wrong with this at all as it’s completely natural. Looking younger helps us feel younger and allows us to tackle the world with a greater tenacity. This can help us professionally and personally. The proper attitude will help you achieve your goals at work and strive for promotions, while helping you in your amorous endeavors. Here are a few tips for you to consider if you’re looking to change your look to a younger version of you:

1. Avoid the dark lipsticks. Brown lipsticks can age you. Matte lipsticks, for that matter, also can add years to your face. Consider going with a gloss that instantly makes you look younger.

2. Go with a shorter hair style. Consider cutting your hair so it’s between your shoulders and chin. The shorter the hair they younger you look. It gives you that playful, innocent look that you’re searching for.

3. Pay attention to posture – it’s that important. Standing tall and straight will give you a slimmer look and make you look a bit younger. Standing this way will give you a more confident look which goes hand-in-hand with looking younger.

4. Sleep is extremely important. The effects of a solid night’s sleep can’t be understated. The puffy bags that gather under your eyes can make you look even older than you are. These appear when you’ve deprived yourself of sleep. Try to maintain a regulated sleep pattern. This can be difficult, especially in the summer, but do it for your skin. It helps eliminate wrinkles as well.

5. Whiten up your smile. As you get older your teeth get more yellow after years of drinking coffee, wine or smoking. Many tooth paste companies now have teeth whitening tooth paste or whitening strips that are sold over the counter. This is a cheaper alternative to getting your teeth bleached.

6. Go to a creamier blush. Creamy blushes will soften your skin and make you look years younger. Powder-based blushes can settle in your lines or wrinkles. The creamier products will give your skin plumpness.

7. Resist the urge to over pluck your eye brows. As you get into your 30s and 40s you’ll be less apt to have your eye brows grow back. This is obviously just an ugly look and something you’ll want to avoid like the plague.

Thanks for this guest post from Heather Johnson who writes on the subject of nursing and lpn online degrees. She invites feedback at heatherjohnson2323 at gmail dot com.

The above unrelated vintage photobooth photos are via freeparking.

Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela was crowned Miss Universe 2008 last night in Vietnam. See lots of photos of her in the video below.

Mendoza, age 22, wants to become an interior designer. The crown was passed over to her by last years winner from Japan, Riyo Mori, Miss Universe 2007.

What are the odds that Miss USA would fall and trip in the Miss Universe beauty pageant two years in a row? It happened last night to Miss USA Crystle Stewart, one of the ten finalists in the Miss Universe competition in Vietnam. She stepped on her evening dress and fell down. Last year, the same thing happened to Miss USA Rachel Smith.This years Miss USA recovered with an immediate big smile. See video below;

Ellen Simonetti, age 34, is going through an identity crisis.

She's well known for being a flight attendant who was fired because she had a blog that talked about her job. She's gone on to publish a book Diary of a Dysfunctional Flight Attendantand graduate from real estate school but quit that and is now taking journalism, film and video courses.

Her blog is very popular. It used to be called "Queen of the Sky" but she has recently changed the name to the much more modest "Diary of a Human Being". She's on a spiritual quest now. Check out her site and personal journey.

OK! Magazine has chosen to place celebrity teenage motherhood on the cover of their magazine. The photo is of Jamie Lynn Spears, age 17 (and two months), along with her baby girl Maddie. The headline is Ms. Spears saying "Being a mom is the best feeling in the world".

And why is her hair gray? Is she trying to look older or does she want to start a new gray hair trend for teens? Or was it just bad lighting or has motherhood aged her so much already?

On second thought, wouldn't that be a cool and bizarre world where teenage girls dyed their hair gray to differentiate themselves even more from all us middle aged women who are trying to cover up their gray?