Children: FACE the past, future, your social media, Capitalism

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MENTAL HEALTH and WELLBEING LIFELONG LEARNING   KEY LITERACIES  PSHE EDUCATION -  Personal, Social,  Health and Economic

The Face

'Apps such as TikTok and Instagram are filled with videos of young girls and teenagers advising their peers on elaborate skincare routines, especially through a popular line of content called "Get Ready with Me". Parents have sounded the alarm over this trend, while recent medical literature has recognised the phenomenon of "cosmeticorexia", also called "dermorexia", defined as a culturally reinforced preoccupation or obsession with achieving "flawless" skin that can lead to "excessive, age-inappropriate or compulsive use of cosmetic products".'

'Italy is investigating a beauty retailer and make-up brand owned by French luxury group LVMH over claims their marketing has fuelled "cosmeticorexia", an unhealthy obsession with skincare among young girls. The Italian Competition and Market Authority (AGCM) said yesterday it was probing Sephora and Benefit Cosmetics for suspected "unfair commercial practices" with the promotion of skincare products such as face masks, serums and anti-ageing creams to girls as young as 10 years old. Those marketing campaigns were carried out mainly via social media, the  regulator said, leading young girls to "compulsively" buy such products.'

My sources: Amy Kazmin, LVMH's Sephora probed in Italy over fuelling young girls' skincare obsession, FTWeekend, 28-29 March 2026, p.1. FTWeekend and The Times. Reviews.

See also: Kazmin et al. Beauty industry scrutinised over age-inappropriate teen marketing. FTWeekend. 11-12 April, 2026, p.14. 

London visit February. Waterstones, Foyles, Hatchards & others.

Book image: https://www.amazon.ca/Face-Cultural-Fay-Bound-Alberti/dp/1538766531
 

Previously: 'health' : 'face' : 'child' : 'obsession' : 'social media'

APPGs - All Party Parliamentary Groups (Revisited: One-By-One ...?)

Previously in "How many APPGs does your Garden Grow?", I wondered about the number and variety of APPGs related to health and social care. How do they integrate their work, the inputs, outputs and impact on legislation, policy, safety, standards, delivery of care and sustainability in the future? 

A selection of APPGs includes:

APPG on 22q11 Syndrome
APPG on Access to Medicines and Medical Devices
APPG on Acquired Brain Injury
APPG on Adult Social Care
APPG on Ageing and Older People
APPG on Air Pollution
APPG on Allergy
APPG on Antibiotics
APPG on Arts, Health and Wellbeing 
APPG on Autism
APPG on Axial Spondyloarthritis
APPG on Baby Loss
APPG on Beauty, Aesthetics and Wellbeing
APPG on Black Maternal Health
APPG on Bladder and Bowel Continence Care
APPG on Blood Cancer
APPG on Brain Tumours
APPG on Breast Cancer
APPG on Bullying
APPG on Cancers
APPG on Carbon Monoxide
APPG on Cardiac Risk in the Young
APPG on Carers
APPG on Cerebral Palsy
APPG on Childhood Trauma
APPG on Children of Alcoholics
APPG on Children who Need Palliative Care
APPG on Children, Teenagers and Young Adults with Cancer
APPG on Cleaning and Hygiene
APPG on Complex Need and Dual Diagnosis
APPG on Coronavirus
APPG on Dementia and Adult Social Care
APPG on Dementia
APPG on Dentistry and Oral Health
APPG on Disability
APPG on Down Syndrome
APPG on Dyslexia and Other Specific Learning Difficulties
APPG on Eating Disorders
APPG on Extreme Poverty
APPG on Eye Health and Visual Impairment
APPG on Food and Health
[APPG on Further Education and Lifelong Learning]
APPG on Gaps in Support
APPG on Global Health
APPG on Health
APPG on Health and the Natural Environment
APPG on Health in all Policies
APPG on Health Infrastructure
APPG on HIV and AIDS
APPG on Learning Disability
APPG on Multiple Sclerosis
APPG on PANS and PANDAS
APPG on Parkinson's
APPG on Terminal Illness
APPG on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
[APPG on Whistleblowing]
APPG on Yoga in Society
APPG on Young People's Health

There is a 'full' register at:

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/220323/register-220323.pdf

Revisiting the previous post and its list of APPGs, extended above, you can see some obvious potential sources of influence for several APPGs.

Scanning the register with the list of APPG by countries, I was disappointed not to see Earth, or Gaia listed. But then they are probably not recognised as 'political' entities? Which is the ongoing challenge in the climate crisis (recognition of ecocide?). 

What about, more reasonably 'Global Health'? This was not listed as a country, but further reading is rewarded. There it is - 'Global Health':

https://globalhealth.inparliament.uk/

[ The link in the register is currently broken. ]

I should have remembered this APPG having posted before:

https://hodges-model.blogspot.com/2016/10/triple-impact-nursing.html

On the radio this past week I heard mention of Transparency International and published recommendations to control lobbying, prevent corruption and malign influences of sponsorship.

See also:

"APPGs scandal: MP reveals how lobby firm tried to use her to influence Parliament"

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/appgs-scandal-mp-reveals-lobby-firm-tried-influence-parliament-alison-thewliss-snp/

This post also helps inform a paper on Hodges' model, Early Intervention in Psychoses and research.

There are so many APPGs related to health, and associated with the purposes of Hodges' model.

One discovery - I must follow the APPG on Health Infrastructure.

"Public Domain" - The Vaudeville Theatre

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Public Domain is a dark, funny, verbatim musical about the internet: Those who own it; those who live in it; and YOU! Following an acclaimed digital debut at Southwark Playhouse this thrilling, new British musical, composed entirely from the real-life words of YouTube vloggers, Instagram influencers, Facebook’s tech giants, and everyday internet users now has its live world premiere in the West End. Written and performed by the hugely talented Francesca Forristal (Oddball) and Jordan Paul Clarke (Showstopper! The Improvised Musical), this blackly comic musical follows two teenage influencers; Millie (sporty spice, health guru, buddha bowls – millennial) and Z (GCSEs existential dread, swag – generation Z), as well as featuring exclusive ‘footage’ of inside Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan’s family home… You’re gonna get their honest, true selves… with some serious bass, obvs. Authentic, right? Remember, it’s like ‘Black Mirror’ but real and set to music. The Vaudeville Theatre operates strictly under the government COVID-19 guidelines. For further information check our COVID-19 secure information page. All bookings in a party must only be from the same household or the legally defined support bubble.