About

I am really excited that you are checking out my ‘about’ page!

In this blog I seek to learn different aspects of beauty, from taking care of oneself, to the best natural products, and last but not least, the way that beauty is portrayed in the media. Additionally, this blog will also have a few random posts of things that make me happy at the time. I am a Chicana and Chicano Studies and an International Developmetal Studies double major. Chicana and Chicano Studies is an area of study that came out after the Civil Rights Movements during the late 1960′s to incorporate Chicana/o and Latina/o history (Latina/o includes people of mixed race such as African, Asian, and Middle Eastern that have immigrated and identified as Latin American) into our education. Another fundamental aspect of this field of study is the incorporation of feminism, and the protection of immigrants and the LGBTQ community. Many different branches came out demanding that Chicanos and other communities of color be given justice, equality and freedom. Lastly, Chicana/o Studies also explores issues or race, gender, class and sexuality, and how those attributes affect the way that people and society perceive other groups of people in the United States. Whereas International Developmental Studies seeks to explore the process of a country becoming modernized, why different countries are developing at different rates, and if modernization is even something that countries should aspire. In this blog, I try to tie what I learn through my area of study with different issues of beauty and natural health care, cosmetics and lifestyles.

So why all the pomegranates? Pomegranates are a symbol of health and beauty which I describe here. Also, pomegranates give me back memories of when I used to live in El Salvador as a child because my grandmother had a pomegranate tree that the chickens liked to climb once the sun was setting down. It was a fruit that my family and I would eat often in El Salvador, but not so much in the United States anymore. My dad used to get pomegranates and crack them open for my sisters and I to enjoy the sweet red juice from the seeds. That is why I really like the giant header of the pomegranate, because it looks like it has been cracked open! Additionally, pomegranates are very beautiful fruits on their own, with their crimson red color and shinny little seeds that looks like little well packaged gifts.

Thank you for stopping by to check out my blog! I hope you enjoy it, and if you would like to send me any personal messages, you can e-mail me at: natalysmarti@gmail.com.