Looking beautiful

With plastic surgery becoming more and more popular, it is evident that many women are seeking to recreate their features into an image of something else. Rather than looking for their own beauty and enhancing it, they are looking for a quick fix to enhance their beauty by changing what they have naturally. Luckily, it is just as easy, and much less painful, to enhance the beauty you already have. Everyone has a degree of natural beauty, and this is important to remember as you think about enhancing features that you already possess, rather than creating features that you never really had.

The eyes are generally considered the most beautiful part of the body. They are seen as “windows to the soul,” and few people decline to comment on a pair of striking eyes. Luckily, the eyes are also the easiest features to enhance. It can be done simply or elaborately, but however you do it, the eyes can be made to “pop” and catch attention, drawing others’ gazes from less attractive areas of the body to the eyes.

In a society that emphasizes the beauty of those six-foot tall supermodels who weigh in at a light 120 pounds, it is becoming all too easy for the average woman to feel inadequate and not very beautiful.  Pictures of super thin models plaster the covers of popular magazines and the screens of television sets around the world with the message of ‘this is what beautiful is.’  However, for the average woman in today’s world looking in the mirror does not result in seeing the reflection of a six-foot tall, 120-pound woman.  The average American woman stands five foot four and weighs 140 pounds, seven inches shorter and twenty three pounds heavier than the average American model.  The fact that the entertainment industry uses models who are, on average, thinner than 98% of American women puts an unrealistic image of what is beautiful in the heads of Americans.  In fact, studies have shown that four in five American women are not satisfied with the way they look.  In fact, obsession with being ‘perfect’ can be the downfall in women finding their own beauty.  You will surely find that the real secret to being beautiful is a positive outlook on your own image.

The diet crusade is something that has been somewhat of a plague on American society for some time.  Americans, particularly women, are in many cases encouraged to diet, and in some cases starve themselves, to obtain what society deems “the perfect body.”  In fact, it is not a cutback in calories that these women truly need.  By being made to feel good about the way they look, women would find that their overall outlook on themselves and their lives would improve drastically.  Women who feel good about the way they look are happier in their day to day lives, are less hung up about what they eat and counting calories, and are less likely to have problems with depression and/or anxiety. 

For years the extent of grooming for men was a haircut and a quick shave.  However, in today’s society men are faced with a number of grooming options that may seem, to some, a little on the feminine side.  Men now have the option of partaking in almost every grooming practice that women do.  Advancements in grooming and changes of attitudes have allowed men to take care of their hair, skin and nails in ways that men never have in the past. 

What you need to do is figure out what is important to you, and what kind of life you want to lead. If work is the most important thing to you, do a little more work and cut back in other areas. If you feel like work is taking over your life and not leaving enough time for family, try to use your time more efficiently at work. Or leave community involvement out altogether so that if you cannot take time off work you are spending time with your family instead of rushing back out the door to plan some event.

In today’s world, we seemed to be pulled in many directions. The demands of family, work, community life, time for self, and other activities all vie for our time. And when we have kids, those family obligations only increase. Or if we are in graduate school, trying to balance school, work, homework, and an occasional night out. Plus it seems like everywhere we turn there are people clamoring for you to do this or that.